David spunt has reaction from the white house, but we begin with dan springer who is in seattle. Dan . Yeah, jon, it was all a show of solidarity with whats going on in portland. Here in seattle, there was about a dozen protests across the country here in seattle. Protesters were pretty peaceful for the first couple of hours, but then Seattle Police declared a riot, once their east precinct came under attack. Also before that, arsonists torched five construction trailers. They set them on fire where a youth center is being built. Protesters smashed windows, painted graffiti on many businesses and threw commercial grade fireworks at police. But spd had the upper hand throughout, making 45 arrests. They did use pepper spray, blast balls and foam bullets, all the tools that the city council tried to take away from them, but late friday night, the federal judge blocked the law agreeing with the department of justice that it would likely lead to more use of force. Portland saw its 59th stra
Classrooms. Senate republicans and Administration Officials have dropped the idea of a payroll tax cut from the negotiations over a new round of coronavirus aid. The Senate Majority leader says he will release a framework for a new bill next week, well a talk live with the white house chief of staff mark meadows about this and other topics in just a few minutes. This occurs as the u. S. Passes the 4 million mark in infections, 143,000 americans have died in this country. An Associated Press poll indicates 3 out of 4 americans favor requiring people to wear masks outside of their homes. Here in the nations capital, face coverings are now mandatory. Meantime, applications for firsttime jobless benefits went up this week for the first time in months. Also breaking tonight, new fox battleground state polls, the president trailing joe biden in three key battleground states, well bring that to you in a minute. A chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off. Just a typical thurs
Coronavirus vaccine has just hit a bump. We learned overnight that the pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca has put its phase iii vaccine trial on hold because of an inexplained illness in a study participant. This is not uncommon in large vaccine trials, but it will slow things down and it will lead to questions about other trials. It also just shows that the development of a vaccine will depend on science, not politics, and the president s claims that there will be a vaccine available by election day are really nothing other than words spoken occupant loud meant to grab headlines and appear in political ads. Its not based in reality. In a new interview, dr. Anthony fauci stresses that he thinks the possibility of a vaccine by election day is unlikely. As of this morning, the number of coronavirus case s has appeared to level off at around 40,000 a day. And a 16 increase in kids testing positive. All of that as President Trump ignored a statewide mask mandate at his rally in North Carolin
Illness in one of the volunteer participants. This is a standard precaution they say as the Company Reviews all of the information. But as we wait for a vaccine, Top Health Experts are demanding more testing as a way to try to get a handle of this. Directors for the National Institutes of health say test as many people as possible. A new report from the Rockefeller Foundation at Duke University suggesting that the bar should be set at 200 million tests per month. Now, to be clear thats not an unusual message. Health experts have been saying the key to stopping the outbreak is widespread testing and Contact Tracing and it works but the u. S. Remains without a National Plan to do so. Lets begin with the latest on this halt to astrazenecas trials. Cnns medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen joins us now thats why you do the broad trials to confirm it is safe. How significant is this effect on one patient in the trial . This could be very significant, jim. When they have an unexplained illn
This hearing room, youre about to see on capitol hill, where two Top Health Officials are testifying on the race for a Coronavirus Vaccine. And you can bet theyll be asked about the global setback, the trial for one of the leading vaccine candidates on hold, plus what a patient in that trial is telling us. And 2020, with joe biden trying to turn the tide in the one area where polling shows the president is doing better than him, the economy. Biden, in michigan, to talk about his plan to build back better as President Trump gets back from his own battleground state swing. The scoop from what sources are telling me and my colleagues about his debate prep in the show. I was told we have 15,000 people here tonight. I really believe these crowds are bigger than they were four years ago. It is pretty amazing. Im Hallie Jackson in washington. Starting off this hour with nbcs Julia Ainsley at the Justice Department, carol lee at the white house, and were here with Barrett Berger who served as