Coronavirus up. And the changing color of antarctica how close a warming is giving it. A powerful so i cloud has slammed ashore in eastern india and bangladesh forcing more than 3000000 people to seek shelter so when a barrel towards land is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the region well that has since been downgraded Elizabeth Purnell reports now from new delhi. Sounding the alarm Indias National Disaster Response force one people in the state of west bank all ahead of cycling on making landfall the storm brought heavy rain and strong winds are pushing trees. More than half a 1000000 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters in west bengal and another 150000 to the state of disarray bond with their issues of actuating around 2000000 people and that. Many people have come to the shelters since morning because the rivers banks have broken down here most of the houses arent made of concrete and bricks people here live in basic structures as of mud. The densely popula
should be the ones making the decision and they re making noises on coronavirus on climate change we meet the young dutch with a passion for politics. 2 of the most powerful politicians in the u.s. have just started their 1st foray into kenya asian nations and already there s a wary eye being kept on north korea secretary of state anthony blinken than secretary of defense lloyd austin started the trip with high level meetings in japan well ahead of their arrival the sister of north korea s leader kim jong warned the new job the ministration to quote not do anything unseemly well we ll get more on that shortly from rob mcbride in south korea but 1st thought is solemn a is in tokyo thought he said this trip by anthony blinken and lloyd austin may be about strengthening allies and countering china but what will japan be hoping to get out of this. this is a very important visit for japan 1st of all this is complete the change from the so-called the america 1st policy of former us
Suspend venezuela while ignoring the recent ouster of Dilma Rousseff in brazil . The international right wing carried out a coup in brazil and the organization of american states went violent. Right now theyre threatening to intervene in our country. Amy we will get response from venezuelas ambassador to oas. And then, could the upcoming rio olympics help cement the coup in brazil . We will speak to sportswriters dave zirin and jules boycoff, both just back from brazil. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Presumptive republican president ial nominee donald trump has attacked the news media for pushing him to explain what he did with millions of dollars he claimed to have raised for veterans. At a fundraiser in january, trump said he raised over 6 million for veterans groups. Last week, after the Washington Post said they could trace only about half of that, 3. 1 million going to vet groups, trump donated
Photos now surfacing taken moments before the deadliest hot air balloon crash in history. More on the 16 people who lost their lives and how it happened. Olympic athletes and fans arriving in rio. Final preparations in full swing. Will the city be ready to host its Biggest Party ever . We headed to copacabana beach to find out, today, august 1st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is a special edition of today, countdown to rio with matt lauer live from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a monday morning. The 2016 Olympic Games almost at hand. We made our way to rios copacabana beach. Savannah, sometimes a picture truly is worth a thousand words. Take a look at that. Copacabana is beautiful on a perfect day and by the way, lets get something straight off the bat. In the United States, some people say Rio De Janeiro. Here they call it Rio De Janeiro. Tomato, tomato. Its freaking
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