Morning. Shattering records. Coronavirus cases growing across most of the nation. Each death a painful loss. To tell her that he wasnt going to make it, its just not something that you want to have to tell anyone ever. The new rules for travelers heading to new york. Femas Field Hospital in el paso. And this illegal Halloween Party packed with people. Gaining strength. Tropical storm eta in the Caribbean Sea tying 2005 for the most named storms in a season. Our weather team tracking its path. And touching tributes to sean connery. Bond, james bond. From the dashing 007 to the role that earned him an oscar. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. The magical moments on screen and how hollywood is remembering him this morning. Good morning. If youre waking up in parts of the country that use daylight savings time, we hope you enjoyed that extra hour of sleep. I know i did. The mood. I didnt even realize it was happening.
Which is indeed making a comeback. The latest numbers show a sharp increase in new cases, running to about 40,000 a day. The virus task force reconvenes today for the first time in two months. Some states are pausing their reopening program. That is a warning to the nations economy and the rebound. The wall street journal, this is an important warning for the president. The powerful Editorial Board bluntly said hes heading for defeat. Thats a warning for wall street, too, because a biden win would be a real challenge for stocks. So where are we this morning . Warnings duly noted. Ive got some red arrows there. The dow is down about 180. The s p down about 10. The nasdaq down about 15. Red arrows for three indicators. All right. Im going to call this a positive. Remember the mob that threatened to take down the lincoln emancipation memorial . They were supposed to attack it at 7 00 eastern last night . Well, it rained. The limited number of people who showed up retreated to shelter. The
Also on the programme. Borisjohnson sticks with his pledge for a British Digital tax risking the ire of donald trump and possible tariffs. Showing big budget retail brands how its done one hardware shop in wales is proving a christmas advert doesnt have to cost the earth. Hello and welcome im Michelle Fleury in new york, Christian Fraser is in london. The nato chiefs had agonised over the celebrations for their 70th anniversary. Normally, as was the case with the 50th, it would have been held in washington, where the founding treaty was signed. But given Donald Trumps unpredictability and the obvious doubts he has shared about the alliance they decided to hold the summit in the uk. The actual anniversary was in april, attended only by Foreign Ministers nato worried what might happen if the leaders were brought together. And with some reason, the tensions were on full public display. There were the perennial disagreements over defence spending, Emmanuel Macron accused turkey of colludin
Risen to 108. Meantime, the state is also now involved in trying to curb this outbreak. State employees plan on testing 100 cooling towers in the bronx today. Today Governor Cuomo dispatched approximately 150 state workers to test cooling towers on buildings all across the bronx for the bacteria that causes legionnaires disease. New York State Health commissioner, dr. Howard zucker. Id like to see those numbers go to zero and that we have no cases, no other mortalities. The pneumonialike illness has already taken ten lives and sickened more than a hundred others in the south bronx. Five towers have tested positive, and in a press conference this afternoon, the mayor explained the difficulty in tackling the outbreak which began three weeks ago. When this began, no one, understandably, had reason to think that cough might be something much worse, that shortness of breath might be something much worse because we had never had such an outbreak before. City officials are now requiring that
Worth more than 1 million. Why hes learning the art of being a little more careful. Today, august 25, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. That moment as a parent are you saying, oh, honey, what did you do or do i know you . I didnt bring my son today. There is a tensecond period where the kid tries to think, maybe nobody saw this. Anyway, well show you more of it later. Lets get to the top story. Mayhem on wall street sparking fears amid a massive selloff. This time lapse shows mondays roller coaster ride with wild swings. What can we expect . Cnbcs jim cramer is at the Stock Exchange this morning. Good morning to you. Good morning, savannah. Yesterday wasnt for the faint of heart. Do you expect more of this . No. The opening will be very strong. A lot of that is because china cut Interest Rates just now. Europe looks stable. Frankly, as