It is another grim milestone for the u. S. There are now more than 3 million confirmed cases of covid19 and as the numbers keep going up the debate and how and when to reopen it continues Camilla Bernal has the latest. 19 cases in the u. S. Hits new records, the White House Coronavirus task force needs at the u. S. Department of education is time for us to get our kids back to school the briefing focusing on reopening schools and doing it safely. They must fully open and they must be fully operational and how that happens is best left to education and community leaders. Before the meeting President Trump tweeting his disagreement with cdc guidelines for opening schools and in another tweet saying he may cut off funding if the schools dont open all this as the country reaches 3 million covid19 cases and at least 2 dozen states have paused or rolled back reopening plans new cases in the u. S. Continue to rise at a record rate with the country reporting more than 16,000 cases tuesday. Its
This week ahead of the february 20 primary. Last night, frontrunner donald trump made a stop in clemson coming off his big win in New Hampshire, drawing a crowd of thousands. Our chad mills was there. Chad mills donald trump described this crowd as possibly 10,000 people strong in the garrison livestock arena on clemson university. Its a place they normally cheer on a rodeo, but tonight, they were cheering on their candidate, who quickly played to this mostly orange and purple crowd. Donald j. Trump ill tell you what, the Clemson Tigers i was watching that game but next year all the way great team great team in front of a crowd of thousands, donald trump took a bow after an impressive victory tuesday now, his focus is on the palmetto states first in the south primary. Hes headed to Campaign Stops in louisiana and florida, but hell be back next week for speeches in greenville, walterboro, sumter, and myrtle beach. Donald j. Trump if we win here, were going to run the table. If we win he
In nevada. Donald trump is the winner of Carolina Republican president ial the race. Up. The turnout for saturdays republican president ial primary primary smashed both the number of people who voted in 2012 and the expected number of voters this year. More than 735 thousand people cast ballots in the election easily surpassing the number experts were predicting. We were able to break down the winner of each county here in South Carolina. The candidates on the left hand side are represented by their own color, and you can see, donald trump won all but three counties in the palmetto state ultimately taking home 33 percent of the total vote. And trump remains the man to beat in this 2016 president ial race. Our chad mills has more. The supporters of donald j. Trump are calling the primary a decisive win for their candidate. In the end, he claimed all but polls closed. When he took the stage here at he didnt even mention jeb an insurance policy for donald trump since his first stop as a p
To figure out what caused the truck to overturn. Votes are already being tallied in the first in the nation primary state of New Hampshire. The tiny town of Dixville Notch is home of the first votes in the new england state. John kasich and Bernie Sanders garnered the most votes in the town. The rest of New Hampshire voters will head to the polls throughout the day. Karin caifa reports from manchester. The candidates biggest challenge in their final full day of campaigning here the weather. Snow and messy roadways on a day packed with rallies and town halls. Donald trump and Bernie Sanders enter primary day with strong leads in the polls but theres much more to both of these races. Vo the New Hampshire republican contest looks a lot different than iowas last week which was largely about the anti establishment, and a battle and ted cruz. The focus here has been on a trio of governors former Florida Governor jeb bush, Ohio Governor john kasich and new Jersey Governor Chris Christie vying
And direct hit. A massive cyclone hitting the island of fiji today. The top winds hitting over 177 miles per hour. And girls with goals the u. S. Womens National Soccer team easily beating trinidad in tobago in the tournament. That means they have punched their ticket for rio. Today, saturday, february 20th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im craig melvin. Alongside dylan dreyer. Erica has the day off. I spent the week crossing the state. We did columbia and lexington and low country in charleston. Few undecided votes left there. And people are sick of the campaign calls. And dylan and i were in las vegas. You cannot watch tv. I was gambling. You were watching television. I did tell her. You can chop it with a knife. You can feel it. Lets get to the top story. Two big votes in the race for president in the president ial primary. Polls in South Carolina are now open. Donald trump is exp