President ial ticket. Plus, the scathing remarks from former president barack obama, accusing donald trump of turning the presidency into, quote, one more reality show to get the attention that he craves. Also, more reporting on the postal crisis ahead of the election as the president slams Mitch Mcconnell for the timing of it in upcoming testimony. Good thursday morning, everybody. It is august 20th, and im yasmin vossoughian. So we want to begin with senator Kamela Harris making history as we showed. The first woman of color to formally accept the democratic nomination for Vice President of this country. In her speech delivered live from joe bidens hometown of wilmington, delaware, harris shared parts of her own personal story, took aim at the president , and called on americans to fight for the countrys future. My mother instilled in my sister miya and me the values that would chart the course of our lives. She raised us to be proud, strong black women, and she raised us to know and
Covid situation. And everything we do, we need to be wearing the mask, we need to be practicing social distancing, good hygiene, get out of harms way if theres an Evacuation Order in place, whether its mandatory or voluntary, and understand our state hasnt seen a storm surge like this in many, many decades. Those are potentially lifethreatening, so keep yourself safe. Joining us now for the latest on the storms track is the today shows al roker and from port arthur texas, is sam brock. Al, two things. What is the track, and i dont think i have heard the National Hurricane center call storm surges unsurvivable in the past. What does that mean . Well, katy, we have been talking, i have been talking amongst our meteorologists at the nbc news climate unit, and nobody has ever heard the National Hurricane center use that term. What that basically means is at a 20foot storm surge, youre not going to survive that. Its going to wash over everything, take everything in its path. People dont rea
Than 222,000, President Trump says in an interview he has no regrets. With covid, is there anything that you think you could have done differently . If you had a mulligan or doover on one aspect of the way you handled it . Not much. Its all over the world. A lot of great leaders, a lot of smart people. Its all over the world. Kamala harris is making socially distanced stops while joe biden is preparing for the debate. As negotiations between the white house and Speaker Nancy Pelosi continue today on a Coronavirus Relief bill, a procedural vote on the republicans 500 billion bill just failed. Joining me Yamiche Alcindor and jake sherman, coauthor of politico playbook. Yamiche, ill start with you. North carolina, we just crossed 250,000 cases, 4,000 deaths alone in that state, the president saying he wouldnt do anything different, he wouldnt have changed much. What are you hearing out on the campaign trail . What im hearing on the campaign trail is from voters supporting President Trump.
Distancing. An estimated 500,000 lives, well, they depend on it. Also tonight, a proud boy in the peoples house. How did the known leader of a far right Extremist Group score a tour of the white house . Who invited him . And latebreaking tonight, a new federal defeat for the sitting president. This is american voices. We begin tonight with hope. We have waited nearly a year on. A vaccine has arrived. It has gained emergency approval from the fda. And by morning, the rollout begins. Here is todays gamechanging announcement from the food and drug administration. Late yesterday, the fda authorized for emergency use the Pfizer Biontech covid19 vaccine. This is the first covid19 vaccine to be authorized in the United States. We know that our federal partners are already moving to distribute the first doses of the vaccine throughout the country. That incredible news. And it is incredible, comes with a grim milestone. Just a couple of hours ago, america surpassed 16 million confirmed covid ca
United states has now passed 21 million coronavirus cases. And hospitalizations are reaching another record high. The question is, is the worst still ahead for certain states. Its way too early for this. Good morning. And welcome to way too early, the show thats been certificates fied and certifiable for quite a while now. Im kasie hunt on this wednesday, january 6th. We will start with the news. This morning, georgia is halfway to flipping completely blue in two Crucial Senate runoff races. Nbc news projects that democrat Raphael Warnock is the winner of the special election against incumbent republican senator Kelly Loeffler. Warnock leads by 53,000 votes, roughly 1 percentage point. And his win gives democrats at least one net gain in the senate. The reverend at Martin Luther King Ebenezer church makes history as the states first africanamerican senator. May my story be inspiration to some young person trying to grasp and grab hold of the american dream. So, georgia, i am honored by