During a chase. Helping police nab the driver. Why did he end up in cuffs. All well that ends well saturday may 23rd 2015. In nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio one a. Welcome to today. I am erica hill. I am tom and in for lester. We have a great morning planned for you. Its at least week in new york and we have the men and woman of the armed forces on the plaza. Looking sharp. We love that. Its memorial day weekend and thats the unofficial start to summer. We dont want to forget the reason that we have it and a nice chance to say thank you to so many that have served and are serving. Yeah were going to have a tug of war battle. We have an on set battle between the strips and solids. We will break it all down and have the winners by 9 00. Perfect. We want to get to the top story. Record amounts of rain. Residence are prepping for the worst. Nbc marks potter is in texas. Mark good morning. Reporter as you can see the rasing flood waters. The river i
Of the South Pacific island nation of vanuatu has been left homeless by cyclone pam, a category 5 storm. Vanuatus president directly linked the storm to Climate Change. We will get an update from 350. Orgs Bill Mckibben who also talk about how a nasa scientist estimates california has about one year of water left. And how the United Nations body responsible for Global Climate change negotiations is backing the campaign to persuade investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets. Then, as wikileaks founder Julian Assange marks is 1000th day seeking silent a salem swedish prosecutors have agreed for the first time to come to london to question him. We see this as a victory for Julian Assange and as an evidence that we were right all the time, that the prosecutor was wrong all the time, and we will cooperate fully to get this interrogation made as soon as possible. But it may take some time. But that will not be up to us. Amy we would get an update from wikileaks and Julian Assanges lawyer
Rise from saturdays devastating earthquake. Thousands of people are still unaccounted for. Hundreds of thousands have an left homeless. We will go to kathmandu for the latest. Then on this payday, protests continue in baltimore and around the country over the death of freddie gray as more evidence emerges that the 25yearold died from injuries inside a Police Transport van. On thursday, Police Revealed the van made a previously undisclosed stop with gray inside. We discovered this new stop based on our thorough encumbrance of an ongoing review of all cctv cameras and privately own cameras and in fact, this new stop has been or was discovered from a privately owned camera. Amy dennis Bernie Sanders announces he is running for president , we will talk with a former president ial candidate ralph nader. He just published return to sender containing dozens of unanswered letters to president s past. I once wrote a letter to president george w. Bush and barack obama and said, i havent gotten a
Its us wants fresh sanctions against russia for its actions in ukraine the masters including assets creases and hit the dance acts seven russian individuals and seventeen Companies Close to the kremlin cctv staff the customer has been following the developments and give this more details among the seven individuals named for asset freezes and travel bans. These folks these are igor section the president of brosnan the Russian State Oil company the chairman of rottnest was also a knight named annie got a leg up eleven c at the moment of the russian president ial envoy to crimea and dimitri cars after Russian Deputy Prime Minister now seventeen companies were also sanctioned i didnt fall into three categories of finance and infrastructure for Russias Energy and transportation industries. At thirteen of the seventeen will also be denied us high tech exports. That could help build up the Russian Military and the americans announced this third count of sanctions us president barack obama ha
University. Plus, trailing in the polls. The president floats delaying the election, blaming without evidence increased mailin voting. These elections will be fraudulent. Theyll be fixed. Theyll be rigged. Many republicans push back. Well cope with whatever the situation is and have the election on november 3rd as already scheduled. Why even mr. Trumps allies say this time hes going too far. Also while honoring john lewis, president obama takes on President Trump. George wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators. And who will joe biden choose as his running mate . I am going to do everything i can to make sure that he gets elected, and once elected, make sure that hes a successful president. Ill talk to a rising contender, congresswoman karen bass of california. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief Foreign Affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. Journalist and author robert dr