All of the chaos coming just hours after the minneapolis officer who put his knee on the neck of george floyd was arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter. Were live across the country as america begins to fracture. Mixed messages. President trump trying to calm nerves nationwide saying he spoke to the floyd family. I understand the hurt, i understand the pain. That after a rose garden event where he didnt say a word about america in chaos and which controversy raging over his tweet saying when the looting starts, the shooting starts. What hes now saying about that tweet. Big news for the big apple. New york citys mayor making a major announcement. The epicenter of the coronavirus will begin the process of getting back to normal in less than two weeks. What life will look like now in the nations biggest city. Those stories, plus take two. Nasa and spacex hoping the weather cooperates for a historic manned launch at Kennedy Space center after the previous attempt was scrubbed a
Ciggal signal that this vaccine is on the right path just ahead, what has doctors so hopeful as america gets back to business. All 50 states partially froe attempting to tase shooting victim Ahmaud Arbery. Hands out of your pocket. Down. Warning, down. This morning what led up to that incident, and why arberys family says its a clear case of police harassment. Seacrest scare concern over the health of Ryan Seacrest after he appeared to slur his words on american welcome back idol. Cynthia and the top 11 right time to turn our attention to there. The left coast, because that is this morning what the popular tv host is saying to assure fans where we find one carson daly he did not have a stroke with millions of families with pop start. Anxious to find out what it is pop start, guys good morning colleges will do this fall were going to start off with my notre dame revealed its students friend Ryan Seacrest will return to campus two weeks fans of the Television Host were left a little worr
Their rent. Reporter the plan is to close some streets like center and north shattuck to traffic, the mayor says its a natural extension of the slow Streets Program cities like oakland are already implementing. Weve had a lot of interest in berkeley to close streets for people to be able to ride their bikes and be able to walk and get some exercise. I see this as an extension of that and not just sort of closing streets and purpose in streets for physical distancing but also for economic development. Reporter diners worried about the favorite spots are ready to give the experiment to try. Many of them are going to have difficulty selling enough food through an open door because they are limited to one customer at a time and they wont be able to support very many people as servers. I think its really excit i miss having all the restaurants open. As long as there is adequate social distancing i think thats a good idea. Reporter the Berkeley City Council will take up this topic for a vote
To lift their restrictions or else. If they dont dot i will override the governors. In america, we need more prayer, not less. The president s edict, a direct appeal to his base while legal experts say he does not have that authority. This as former Vice President joe biden apologizes for comments he made about African American voters. Pulled from the wreckage. The incredible survival story of two men who survived a plane crash. Whats believed to be the final moments caught on camera. How those two survivors are doing this morning. All that, plus going to graceland. Elvis presleys famed tennessee home opening his doors once again after being shut down because of coronavirus. Even with new guidelines in effect, its still a move that has the kings fans all shook up. Today is saturday, may 23rd, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with peter alexander, Kristen Welker and dylan dreyer. Welcome to today. We thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. As long as were speaking
A record breaking charity walk to raise millions for Health Care Workers battling the coronavirus. Im phil gramm welcome to the program germanys chancellor has announced a further easing of the countrys coronavirus lockdown after consulting with regional legions leaders im going to map will set museums galleries places of worship and childrens playgrounds would be allowed to reopen but major events such as professional football matches remain banned until the end of august and the chancellor warned that the easing of restrictions could be reversed if the rate of covered 1000. 00 infection increased again. Chancellor Angela Merkel defended a step by step approach as she outlined details of the latest easing of restrictions in germany following a Virtual Meeting with the 16 state premiers its been the 1st im strongly convinced we can best work in the interest of business but also of social contacts if we focus on taking small steps towards allowing more contacts but if we dont have to ta