Last friday. Today, for example, Small Business confidence index, the nfib Business Confidence index registered a very strong number, keeping its near record high. Unemremains low at 3 1 2 . Other indicators look pretty good. We had a lot of momentum in the first quarter, good thing. I recognized challenges and that is why we are proposing these fiscal measures to combine with monetary measures that have already taken, and again i will repeat the president s word. Just struck me as his determination, he intends to bring the full power of the federal government to deal with these health and economic challenges. Thank you. Wellsaid. And a worried from Surgeon General jerome adams. General . Good evening, everyone. Surgeon general, whether it is opioids or cigarettes or the coronavirus, my job is to help the American People understand how to live a healthy life and im asking all of you, im imploring all of you to help share my prescription for america to overcome this coronavirus situatio
We are waiting to find out if power has been restored to the terminal and if trains will be running on time today after going completely dark yesterday. The lights back on in Grand Centrals upper level overnight as police blocked access to the lower level which was still without lights after a rarity for the historic station. Lights are out. Atm, ticket machines. Everything out. A partial power outage as an off site pipe six inches in diameter flooded a transformer around 9 30 monday morning. Lower level train tracks restaurants bathrooms and shops all closed as a result. Ive never seen it except for the black out night in 2003. Continuing upper level and the more than 60 retailers the outage meant a loss in business and spoiled food. A good amount of product especially for all of the other businesses on the market too. Passengers just eager to get to their destinations. As long as the trains are running thats all i care about. Yesterday the trains were running on time and schedule but
Washington to honor the civil rights leader and reflect on how far weve come today, wednesday, august 28th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a wednesday. Im matt lauer. Good morning everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie along with tamron hall. This is where dr. King said those iconic words back in 1963 where president obama will deliver a speech of his own in a few hours and take a look at that very spot 50 years ago today where Martin Luther king had that poignant statement thats been a call to action so many generations afterwards. When you read about the history of this and think of the preparation, a quarter of a Million People gathered on that day 50 years ago in a violencefree protest against a lack of civil rights and jobs. A moment that means so much to so many. Al is there. Hes in washington. Hell speak
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Priests to marry. That is today on wednesday, september 11th. Good morning. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie. This is a solemn day in our history. The nation is remembering 9 11. There have been moments of silence that have been commemorating 9 11. There is a memorial in shanksville. We are all asking where our lives are. And we will continue with that coverage in a moment. We will begin with new developments on the crisis in syria. President obama telling the nation he is willing to hold off on air strikes for now. Nbcs Peter Alexander has the story from the white house this morning. Peter, good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. Today, you said congress will not vote on anything in terms of authorizing strikes in syria. The president asked them to delay that after a primetime speech that offered more of a reset. It could be weeks or months before possible strikes as the president explores the diplomatic option first. It was one o