Rights a year and a day on the walk on washington. This on the big right to life march in washington, d. C. This morning, more on the american divide. Accidental overdose. Three months after legend tom petty died, autopsy results public. A fatal cocktail of prescription drugs. Petty was suffering from unbearable physical pain. The terrible news petty received the day he died. All that, plus, an intense flu season gets worse. Delta makes a major change on Service Animals on board. And will he or wont he. After hurting his thumb, tom brady plays it cool if he will play in the afc championship game. Well see. Well see. Patriots fans everywhere hoping, praying for a speedy recovery. Today, saturday, january 20th, 2018. From nbc news, this is today with Sheinelle Jones and craig melvin and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us. Im craig melvin. And im Sheinelle Jones. Take a look at this. This is the capitol dome in washington, d. C.
Marches plan around the country starting today. Fighting for womens rights a year and a day on the walk on washington. This after a big right to life march in d. Krmt. The president firing up his base. This morning, more on the american divide. Accidental overdose. Three months after rock legend tom petty died, his autopsy results made public. The cause of death . A fatal cocktail of prescription drugs. Petty was suffering from unbearable physical pain. This morning, the terrible news petty received the day he died. All that, plus, an intense flu season gets worse. Delta makes a major change to its policy about bringing Service Animals on board. And will he or wont he . After hurting his thumb, tom brady plays it cool when asked whether hell play in tomorrows afc championship game. Well see. Well see. Well see. Patriots fans everywhere hoping, praying for a speedy recovery. Today, saturday, january 20, 2018. From nbc news, this is today with Sheinelle Jones and craig melvin and dylan d
Significant delays. That report goes on to blast the postmaster general. More on that in just a moment as well. We start this hour with nbcs kasie hunt. She is following that Senate Health Committee Hearing on capitol hill. Ca kasie, what have we learned so far . Reporter craig, the focus of this hearing has been, as you mentioned, on whats going on with that vaccine trial. Its been one of the most promising that weve been tracking, Oxford University and astrazeneca. We first heard from the director of the nih, dr. Francis collins, who talked about it generally. Why dont we watch a little bit about what he had to say and well talk about what senators were asking him as followups. Watch. I want to address concerns about safety. This is foremost in all our minds. We cannot compromise here. The announcement yesterday about the astrazeneca vaccine is a concrete example of how even a single case of an unexpected illness is sufficient to require a clinical hold for the trial in multiple coun
On pl on capitol hill. Already were hearing this pandemic is far from over. Well take you there in just a few minutes once the witnesses. Before we do that, lets get caught up on the latest facts with the pandemic. At this hour, more than 2. 3 million known cases of coronavirus in this country. So far weve lost more than 120,000 americans. States across the south and west especially are seeing a huge spike in cases, and as we are speaking at this hour, the president is on his way to one state seeing a surge. Arizona. President trump heading the a political event there even as cases have doubled in just the last 15 days. Health experts say the end of lockdown orders and memorial day have likely contributed to the increase. Officials a few moments from starting their testimony before a House Committee about the administrations response to the pandemic. Nbcs kasie hunt is standing by on the hill. Kas kasie, the hearing, taking on added urgency, as the death toll numbers continue to climb
Second meeting with Vladimir Putin. But why are we just learning about that hourlong dinner conversation at the g20 summit . And why does it matter . And o. J. Out . In less than 24 hours, o. J. Simpsons fate will be decided at a parole hearing. Why there is a very good chance that the juice goes free. Those stories this just a moment. We start at the white house this afternoon where there are just a few things happening. First of all, at this moment, President Trump is meeting with republican senators who arrived by bus, just a few minutes ago. We just got this video in. They arrived there at the white house to see if there is anything to be done that would revive the Senates Health care bill. The president also this morning took another step in his quest to get to the bottom of a problem that few besides him acknowledges an actual problem. Voter fraud. Just a short time ago, he spoke at the first meeting of that controversial president ial Advisory Commission on election integrity, t