[no audio] kayleigh hello, everyone. Is another historic day at the white house. I have ambassador rick grenell, National Security advisor robert obrien, and Senior Advisor jared kushner, to talk to you about history made at the white house today and then they will take a few questions. Robert it was a great morning in the oval office. Through theogether, hard work of great diplomats, led by rick grenell of the serbiants direction, and kosovo have normalized economic relationships. This serbiakosovo conflict has gone on for decades. They have been unable to move onward for many years, and the president some time ago decided we knighted we needed to try something new, break the deadlock and move forward with the Peace Process with serbia and kosovo. To have the Prime Minister of kosovo and president of serbia and the oval office was something, given the history of those two countries at the history of the United States with respect to serbia and the conflict in the balkans, is remarkabl
Violence. War over words. Military members and their families. New coronavirus concerns. The u. S. Death toll tops 190,000 overnight. While a large Holiday Weekend crowd sparks fears of outbreaks coast to coast. And videos of students shown breaking social distancing rules. When youre living in a house with 50 people, one person can ruin it for everybody. Drama at the u. S. Open. Novak djokovic qualified for hitting a line judge with a ball. This morning the stars apology and what hes saying about the oncourt incident. Those stories plus lifesavers. The remarkable rescue of an injured father, his daughter, and their dog trapped for days in a Remote National forest. When theres children involved, thats a top priority. An inside look at the incredible effort to bring them to safety. Today, monday, september 7th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on this labor day monday m
Is just over an hour and a half. I see that we have a quorum present. I really want to thank everybody for joining us, its an important issue that i now recognize myself for opening remarks. Pursuant to the notice, were holding a hearing to discuss the american lives on the line come lessons for managing the russia threat. Two weeks ago startling revelations that russia put bounties on american troops serving in afghanistan. This week in the Foreign Affairs committee weve been examining this egregious attack on americans and the Top Administration failure to handle it probably. Its important for the public to know this. Ive personally been involved in four earrings. This week alone that ive with this issue and that doesnt include the actions of other committees working on their own. I just want to underscore to people listening that they should know that we in concert taking over some of this matter very seriously. The one thing if we do nothing else, the most basic and fundamental dut
Mile an hour winds and heavy rain. We will go there live as some covid19 testing sites are closed for the storm. Our sunday focus on misinformation about coronavirus. Where it comes from, how it spreads and why it is hampering americas handling of this crisis. Plus, harry smith visits olympic gold medallist tommy smith, a half century after his iconic stand at the 1968 summer Olympic Games to get his thoughts on the athlete protests of today. And later, a sunday sitdown with oscar, emmy and tony win are viola davis on her rise from a childhood of poverty to the heights of hollywood and why she knows theres more to life than all of those golden statues. The elixir is living a life thats bigger than you. Thats what it is. If you are not doing that, then you are not doing anything. Nothing. A sunday sitdown with viola dave us plus another life well lived later in the show. Lets begin with the latest on Tropical Storm isaias moving slowly along the coast of florida and impacting the states
Was battling american troops in afghanistan and weve been examining this egregious attack on americans and the Trump Administrations failure to handle it appropriately. Itsimportant for the public to know this. Ive been involved in four hearings this week alone we dealt with this issue. That doesnt include the actions of other committees working on their own so i want to underscore to people listening that they should know that wein congress have taken oversight of this matter very seriously. Party politics and everything inside the one thing if we do nothing else one of the most basic and fundamental duties is to do everything in our power tokeep americans safe. We all went to the Service Members whose lives were lost in afghanistan. We owing to their families. We to every member of our military, to every american serving abroad puts their life on the line every day in service to our country. On tuesday the subcommittee heard from former us officials and experts on the kremlins networ