Starting with several antigovernment comments he made on facebook live during his standoff with police today. And, of course, No Matter What his motive is, this underscores the ongoing danger faced by u. S. Capitol police in the months since January 6th and the urgency of another Brand New Dhs Bulletin released just late last week that warned of a heightened threat of domestic terrorism. It is against that backdrop that Todays Incident played out among the police and residents of Capitol Hill. We start with some of our most favorite reporters and friends on this breaking news story. Nbc News Investigation Correspondent Tom Winter, Capitol Hill Correspondent Garrett Haake is here for us, near the site of the Bomb Threat, and former Fbi Assistant Director for Counterintelligence And Msnbc national security analyst, and our friend, former senior aide to Mike Pence and director of the accountability project. Tom winter, take me through all of nbcs reporting. I know a lot of it is Pete Will
Would try and avoid it right now. You see berkeley infectious Disease Expert Doctor John Swartzberg says those most at risk are people who are not vaccinated. Doctor rona subramanian infectious Disease Professor at stanford agrees. We dont know whos vaccinated and whos not. And unfortunately dumped a variant. Its a new virus thats going around. Even if youre vaccinated. You cant have a lot of. Viral particles in your nasal passages as the Delta Variant has been described as highly transmissible. Large events are still set to happen. Apples bottle, rock. Music festival is requiring proof of vaccination or a negative Covid Test at Levi Stadium where the fortyniners will kick off their Preseason Schedule this weekend. Proof of vaccination and a negative Covid Tests are not required. Masks are optional, but safety protocols are in place, which is why Health Experts caution. To be safe. If you are doing those activities where youre close together and you are and cheering and singing. Are li
Then. Patrick oppman is joining us from havana, cuba. Patrick, what more are you hearing about the impact, what happened And the calamity . Reporter well, were starting to hear from survivors of this earthquake, talking about buildings crashing down around them, people having to run for their lives. And of course the initial reports of fatalities. It will probably take days or longer to know exactly how many people have lost their lives, but there are reports of bodies in rubble. There are also pictures of people near the epicenter receiving aid, so there appears to be some sort of organization, people being pulled from the rubble, people being treated, And there are pictures of buildings that are still stAnding. So that does appear to be somewhat positive as well, the fact that this not happen in the capital of portauprince where the 2010 quake took Place And Cost hundreds of thousAnds of lives is really positive. But really for the people who are in the poor southwestern community, t
Expected to green light a third dose for immunocompromised americans. That means millions of people are potentially eligible. The question, will everyone else need one, too . Vaccine, at least not within this category, is going to have an indefinite amount of protection. Inevitably, there will be a time when well have to give boosts. More on that in a second. A first on Nbc News, new incoming governor of New York exclusively with Nbc News on the Today Show. What Kathy Hochul says about andrew cuomo, running for governor in her own right next Year And Masking in schools. Growing concern inside the pentagon, u. S. Officials watching Al Qaeda trying to come back with a vengeance as the taliban keeps picking up territory. Security concerns both inside and outside afghanistan. Weve got a lot to get to. A lot of Nbc News reporting this morning. Im Hallie Jackson with you on assignment this week. Back home in washington, Monica Alba at the White House. John torres is joining us, along with fo
They marched with torches chanting jews will not replace us as they paraded tHrough the campus of the university of virginia. It was eerily reminiscent of the Torch Light rallies held At Nuremberg during the third reich. The following day they carried confederate flags and symbols of Nazi Genocide as they vowed to protect the statue of a treasonous confederate general and openly embraced Donald Trump as one of their own. In fact just months earlier, an organizer of the Unite The Right shouted hail trump, hail our people, and was greeted with nazi salutes and applause add a pro Trump Campaign rally. Another organizer was a member of the proud boys which would later lead the siege of the u. S. Capitol on January 6th. In other words, charlottesville, four years ago tonight, was a Tinder Box just waiting to ignite. Inevitably, it did. In fact we witnessed some of the violence live on this very network when one of our guests, reverend tracy blackman, was whisked away for her own safety. I w