Advertising a raffle with a semi automatic rifle as the price. And add appeared in vanguard magazine and the raffle is open to anyone who bought a 20 ticket. Today, the union called it off. That was after the citys former Police Auditor said it was in poor taste, especially in light of the shooting last weekend in gilroy. I have a problem with using weapons as a way to raise money, especially for wonderful organization like a chaplaincy and that is just in general. Completely understand the optics of it, the horrible timing of this, and it wasnt our intention. That is exactly why we decided to cancel the raffle. The Police Officers association has held fundraisers before with a gun as a prize, available need officers. But now it says it will hold any raffles involving weapons. A Family Assistance Center for gilroy shooting survivors and their relatives will stay open through sunday. Services provided include emotional support and grief counseling, help filing claims for medical bills.
Help their community. Its friday, august 2nd, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tlooi the granddaughter of robert andeth l kennedy has been found dead at their family home in massachusetts. Another tragedy for the Kennedy Family. The family issued a statement saying the world is a little less beautiful today. We will love her and miss her forever. President trump held a Campaign Rally after the democratic debates. The democrats spent more time attacking barack obama than they did attacking me. For the third time in eight days north korea has conducted a missile test. President trump says he has no problem with theaunches. The president upped the ante will apply 10 tariff on about 300 billion worth of chinese p if they dont want to trade with us anymore that would be fine with me. A top u. S. Navy seal sent a blistering letter to the force after several high profile incidents of alleged misbehavior. A close call for dozens of drivers. A small plane makes an Emerge
Desk right now. Will congress end their vacation and go back to work . Wall street on edge after the dow faces its worst selloff of 2019, closing 767 points down as that trade war with china grows. How the market is reacting right now. Shark survivor. The diver in the right place at the right time, rescued by this charter boat full of nurses. How they saved his life. In court, the united pilots going before the judge this morning, accused of being too drunk to fly a plane full of passengers from scotland to newark. And an abc news exclusive. Siegfried roy breaking their silence about that fateful night when a Siberian Tiger dragged roy off the stage, nearly killing him, and responding to the recent allegations that he made mistakes that led to that accident only on gma this morning. Good morning, america. And were looking forward to that interview with Siegfried Roy. Its a rare interview. Havent spoken in a while. Deb got them to speak. Oh, yeah. A lot of news to get to. Keeping an eye
This morning what the president had to say. Our racism must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. The question, will words be followed by action free fall, wall street plummets, its worst day of the year as china plays hardball, the aggressive move it just made escalating the trade war when it will hit your wallet. All that, plus saying goodbye, the heartfelt goodbye. The terrifying moments caught on camera, smoke filling the cabin of a packed plane forcing an emergency landing. And judge jay, late night legend jay leno is on a mission to find hidden talent on our plaza, today tuesday, august 6th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning, and nice to have you become. I know its a hard duty to be there in dayton with the community thats just really, really hurting right now. Yeah, its good to be back, and youre right, they ar
Tonight by the Kennedy Family in hyannisport. As soon as we can bring you more information on that we will bring it during the hour. But go on now to the news of the week in the president ial campaign, beginning with a very simple fact. President s dont debate. But president ial candidates have to debate in order to win the presidency. A job where they then will not have to debate. Most american president s have been elected without ever debating. Debates do not actually test the skills necessary to be president. And most of the political news media does not seem to realize that. And i will have much more to say about that at the end of this hour. And about how we can improve debates and the work that you actually have to do as a viewer and voter when you are watching the debates. It shouldnt be a passive exercise. You should be listening and thinking and ignoring much of what happens in president ial debates, especially the games sometimes played by some of the moderators. And this we