After a shooting outside. The president returning moments later. Were live with what happened. Class is in, but as some schools reopen today, masks are out. Walking into the school i didnt see a lot of mask wearing. The parents and teachers voicing concern this morning. New hot spots emerging in the u. S. As cases hit 20 million worldwide. And overnight, Vladimir Putin with a bold claim that russia has the vaccine. Sacked . The leaders of College Football holding emergency talks today on whether to cancel the season as star players and coaches say game on. We want to play no matter who it is or where it is, so well see how those chips fall. Just ahead, dan patrick on the sports uncertain future. Those stories, plus in the air. The youtube stars hearing that phil collins classic for the very first time. And it sends the song to the top of the charts four declads later. Oh, lord. Today, tuesday, august 11th, announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live
Parts here today. Some are literal. The princess cruise ship is one. Theyre watching throughout the day as it makes its way to the port of oakland. It is supposed to dock around 3 00 this afternoon. Well talk about that, oil off the bat with our buddy phil flynn out in chicago, price futures group, senior strategist at cme. We talked about it last week, phil. You and i were going back and forth about russia and saudi arabia. Now we have the true price war breaking out that has consequences in places like texas and north dakota. Take us through what youre thinking about today . What im thinking about is were learning today, not always is a low price for oil good for everything. There is concerns for banks, oil producers, the general overall market. Having said that, there is some hope, you know, right now with the talks of stimulus. Maybe we can pull off the lows right now. There are old saying in the business low prices cure low prices but this breakup of opec and russia, this opec plu
Colorado. He responded to more than 100 calls dealing with mercury spills. The first thing you want to do is isolate the area. If possible, kill all power to that area so that it doesnt get into the hvac system. He shared with us photos from his work years ago to demonstrate the potency of the material. He also showed us necklaces once shown tiny amount. That much could contaminate an entire classroom. Reporter once that happens, the cleanup is extensive. We the carpet had to be removed, the desks were contaminated. Reporter the liquid metal is most dangerous if inhaled. Water will evaporate and be dry. Mercury will evaporate and be there for days, weeks, years. Decontamination effort efforts at Walter Johnson junior are sake taking so long. The process of cleaning mercury is meticulous. Poisoning can result to damage to the brain, kidneys and lungs. He said its harder to find but the chemical element is more common in thermometers and thermostats. The safest place for it to be thank y
The last case of coronavirus was identified in the west wing. If there have been no new one since then. And while the president s feud with the State Government of michigan continues he just completed a much more constructive dialogue with a bipartisan duo of governors. In the cabinet room today President Trump meeting with the governors of arkansas and kansas. Both states in the early stages of reopening. President trump states are opening up, some rapidly and safely and looking forward to that and i think we will get back and have some very good numbers i would project. I think we will have a great transition. The transition is on display in florida welcoming Vice President mike pence and Governor Ron Desantis going off on the media. You have a lot of people in your profession who whacks politically for weeks and weeks about how florida was going to be just like new york. Wait two weeks. What we are eight weeks away from that and it hasnt happen happened. With all 50 states and some
Stalemate. The president tweeted yesterday he wants to make a deal with Border Security. They havent gotten a phone call from the president in 19 days. They know where he is. They know where he has been the entire time. Bulaming democrats for the death of two Migrant Children at the u. S. mexico border. At the end of the day you had two young innocent children die in american custody that should never occur. The president has made to public appearances in the last 48 hours. They say he will remain in the white house to ring in the new year with his family. A leading republican joyce weighing in on whether President Trump might blink. Joining us now is kelly. This is a time when we have the president alone in the white house. His family is in florida and he has been using twitter the try to fire out some of his messages about the shutdown situation ch. He will be having lunch with lindsay gram. He told our colleagues at cnn on their Morning Program he want today have this lunch to talk