Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world, were focusing on all the latest coronavirus nationally and globally. New figures show the United States has suffered its largest one day death toll, according to numbers byJohns Hopkins university, 2108 people have died injust the past university, 2108 people have died in just the past 2a hours. The United States has the highest number of cases in the world, nearly half a million. It has also suffered the second highest number of deaths, 18,000, it is onlyjust behind out of italy. 18,500. And new york state alone now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any single country in the world. Pictures have now emerged of a mass grave being used in new york city as the death toll there continues to rise. Hart island has long been used for people with no next of kin, or by families who cant afford a funeral. Heres our north america editorjohn sopel. It is somehow unimaginable, unbelievable, that in the most famous city of th
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world, were covering all the latest coronavirus nationally and globally. World Health Organization has warned that lifting restrictions on movement to quickly to start economies could lead to a deadly resurgence of the pandemic. The total number of confirmed deaths from the pandemic around the world has now passed 100,000. Figures collated byjohns now passed 100,000. Figures collated by Johns Hopkins university in the United States says that globally there are 110w says that globally there are now almost 1. 7 million registered cases of covid 19. The United States now has the highest number of cases, nearly half a million. It has also suffered the second highest number of deaths, 18,500, it is only just number of deaths, 18,500, it is onlyjust behind number of deaths, 18,500, it is only just behind italy. Number of deaths, 18,500, it is onlyjust behind italy. In new york state alone now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than
Im christine romans. Im john berman. It is thursday june 18th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. A gunman is on the loose right now after shooting and killing nine people at a prayer meeting inside Historic South Carolina church. One of the most historic africanamerican churches in the country in charleston South Carolina. A frantic search underway for a suspect that is described as a white male in his early 20s. The police chief calls this a hate crime. It took place at the emanuel a. M. E. Church. This is the largest africanamerican congregation and oldest congregation south of baltimore. This is a tragedy that no community should have to experience. It is senseless and it is unfathomable that somebody in Todays Society would walk into a church when people are having a prayer meeting and take their lives. I can assure you we will do everything in our power to find this individual to lock him up and make sure that he does not hurt anyone else. Lets go live to charleston and bring in producer as
Daughter ivanka were there with her husband jared kushner. The meeting comes hours after pence introduced trump last night at a rally in the Hoosier State. I often joke, youll be calling up mike pence, i dont know whether hes going to be your governor or Vice President. Who the hell knows . We have just five days to go before the Republican National convention and trump is promising to reveal his running mate by friday. The latest development as poll numbers show trump neck and neck. Trump leading 42 to clintons 39 . Thats a significant drop from the eightpoint lead last night. In pennsylvania 43 to 41. In ohio the race has tightened with trump and clinton tied at 41 . Meanwhile the list of fluids has gotten longer. Trump calling for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs resignation after she doubled down on comments criticizing him. Twum tweeted, justice bins gurg of the u. S. Supreme court has embarrassed all by making very dumb political comments about me. He was responding to
Good morning, Alex Witt Msnbc headquarters. 8 00 a. M. , 5 00 a. M. Out west. Here is whats happening. Protesters took to the streets in half a dozen cities overnight. They were speaking out against shootings. Marshes happened in baton rouge, louisiana, atlanta, georgia, philadelphia, pennsylvania, st. Francisica. A black man shot and killed. 0 people arrested for disorderly conduct. Elsewhere in the country phoenix, arizona, police turned tear gas and pepper spray on that crowd gathering last night. In dallas more details emerging about the man who killed five Police Officers and wounded seven more in thursday nights shooting. Mike Xavier Johnson former Army Reservist, 25yearold served a tour of duty in afghanistan. He was also a trained carpenter. Before the attack he was working as an aide for children with special needs. He was killed when Dallas Police sent a robot explosion. President obama cutting his trip short at a nato summit. Police across america feel this tragedy to their