Over the shooting in kenosha. Want do go to Stephanie Redding from nba tv in the bubble with the players living in. What is the latest on this . Reporter anderson, this is all still very fluid. The players held a meeting around 11 00. You can see the hotel tower. Players on the bridge behind me 11 51. Meeting just under an hour. They did not come to a final resolution but wanted to play and important to note hundreds of players involved in this decision, not a monolithic group. They have different perspective, goals and motivations but the consensus to continue play. The games for thursday are not looking like they will be played. No official announcement from the league but sources told me no games today in the nba. Theyre hopeful that the schedule can resume to action tomorrow on friday. Do we know why did lebron james have a change of heart . Thats a great question, anderson. I dont know that answer specifically. What ive been told from players who were in the meeting was that the m
The campaign trail, just tonight. Claiming, without any evidence, that joe biden will endanger americans safety. Same alternate reality that he pushed at the rnc. The question. Will anyone believe the lies . And the coronavirus death toll in the u. S. , now, surpassing 181,000 people. And heres what a key model is predicting. That number will jump to over 317,000, by december. But researchers say, if 95 of the country wore masks, more than 67,000 of those lives could be saved. So, what are we waiting for . And why are people booing at a rally for the president , when president , pushing an alternate asked to put on a mask . Plus, the Kenosha Police reality at the rnc. Union claiming that jacob blake lets discuss. Cnns chief media correspondent, had a knife in his hand, put an officer in a head lock, before mr. Brian stelter is here. He was shot multiple times. He is the author of the new book but a blake family Attorney Says he posed no imminent threat to hoax donald trump, fox news, a
Latest stations that a tv and tower has collapsed. Let me take you through some of the concerns we have with the storm. Right now the eye, whats left of the eye, you can see it clearly north of lake charles, thats where were getting destruction, some damage to roofs, to trees. And even in alexandria winds are kicking up strong too. Alexandria wind gusts 49, gusts here the eye near 82 miles an hour, thats enough to do significant damage. We have a little over half a Million People without power. That number will continue to grow as the storm heads up towards shreveport, the closest the storm is to you will be at about 1 00 this afternoon. Youll be on the backside, the winds should be anywhere between 50 to 70 Miles Per Hour. And then the storm holds together as a rain and wind event through the areas of the southern ohio valley. Saturday, watch out through d. C. And portions of new jersey, we could see gusty winds and a rainy saturday afternoon for you. The peek wind gusts shreveport 65
Louisiana. President trump said hell be visiting the gulfs coast this weekend. He was prepared to move his speech tonight and move it to monday. The president is moving forward with preparations tonight. The president is expected to announce the administrations purchase of 150 million rapid covid tests. Governors in both parties are ignoring the new cdc guidelines not to test people without symptoms. Vice President Biden said this earlier. Loosening up pressure on scientists is a big mistake and undercuts everything. Well have more on that in a moment. We want to begin with Tropical Storm laura. The storms eye battering port charles overnight. Joining me now are nbcs al roker and ali velshi in louisiana. Ali, we know that parts of louisiana are also under a tornado threat. Tell us about what the weather pattern looks like right now and what are you seeing in terms of big picture trends. Reporter the two big trends are going to be this vigorous system. The feeder bands extend all the wa
You cant stop it with a tweet. You cant create a distraction and hope it will go away. It doesnt go away. By its nature, a pandemic is unforgiving. If you get it wrong at the beginning the consequences are catastrophic and its very hard to catch up. You dont get a Second Chance at getting it right. Well, President Trump, you got it wrong from the beginning and then he got it wrong again and again. Senator Kamala Harris reality check to a nation reeling under multiple crises is where we start today. Washington post columnist Eugene Robinson and Associated Press White House Reporter jonathan hemere, democratic strategist ayesha mills will join us in a few moments. If you had intel about all the places where you could hurt donald trump the most politically, and then wrote a speech about those places, that was the speech senator harris delivered today. Well, we just saw right there, nicolle, one of the reasons why senator harris is on the ticket. They saw her time in the senate in a number