Profile and has a higher proportion of people in the very elderly category. The elderly in italy account for 22. 6 of the population. Its the highest in the european union. The w. H. O. Also said maintaining standards of care has been very difficult. It mentioned the situation in northern italy where over 1,200 patients a are in intensive car at the samame time. The w. H. O. Says more than 200,000 infections have bebeen coconfirmed araround thehe glob. More than 8,000 people have died. The w. H. O. Director general says 80 of all cases are in the western pacific and europe. The u. S. Trump administration has issued an extraordinary advisory. Its urging americans not to travel overseas and return home amid this spreading coronavirus pandemic. The state department issued a new alert on thursday. It urged americans not to travel abroad under any circumstances. It also says to immediately return home if already a abroad unless they are prepared to remain overseas. Until the upgraded warnin
Mega merger. Kwsk buys the Home Shopping network for more than 2 billion. Will these two giants combined be able to stop amazons quest to corner the market . All that, plus drama at wimbledon. Throwing shade at the tour de france. And savannah marks five years on today as we celebrate her big savannahanniversary. Today, friday, july 7th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. 7 00 out on the west coast. We thank you for joining us on your fifth anniversary, which, congratulations in order. Thank you very much. More on that later. But a lot of news this morning. A lot to goat to. Starting with this highly anticipated highstakes meeting between President Trump and russian president , Vladimir Putin. Thats happening at the g20 summit in hamburg. Earlier this morning, they did meet and shake hands for the first time. Their sitdown is expected to take
Qvc buys the Home Shopping network for 2 million. Will these giants combined stop amazons quest to corner to market. And drama at wimbledon. Blowing shade at the Tour De France. And savannah marks five years on today, as we celebrate her savannahversary. Today, friday, july 7th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this friday morning. A lot to talk about. First of all, happy anniversary. Thank you very much. Well get to that in a little while. The story that Everyone Wants to talk about today is the highstakes, highlyanticipated meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin in hamhambur. Todays meeting comes after the president acknowledged just 24 hours ago, that the kremlin meddled in the 2016 u. S. Election. But then adding, nobody really knows for sure. We got it all covered beginning with Peter Alexander in hamburg. Peter, good morning to you. Report
God willing, you will hear the good news. But the militants are putting up a fight. Theyve carried out suicide attacks using cars packed with explosives. Iraqi officers say they found booby trapped buildings and roadside bombs. This tunnel was found on mosuls outskirts. Its believed the militants used it as an Evacuation Route and a bunker to take cover from air strikes. Translator when we attacked them, they were cooking. The tunnel offers clues as to how the militants have dug in to try to defend the city theyve controlled for two years. It has a cooking area and abandoned food. There are also electric cables. Similar tunnels have been found in other abandoned villages. The mission is being backed by the u. S. Military who are providing air and ground support. Humanitarian organizations are urging caution. They say civilians trying to flee mosul are at great risk of being caught in crossfire. Human rights activists are revealing a grim picture of syrias civil war. They say more than
God willing, you will hear the good news. But the militants are putting up a fight. Theyve carried out suicide attacks using cars packed with explosives. Iraqi officers say they found booby trapped buildings and roadside bombs. This tunnel was found on mosuls outskirts. Its believed the militants used it as an Evacuation Route and a bunker to take cover from air strikes. Translator when we attacked them, they were cooking. The tunnel offers clues as to how the militants have dug in to try to defend the city theyve controlled for two years. It has a cooking area and abandoned food. There are also electric cables. Similar tunnels have been found in other abandoned villages. The mission is being backed by the u. S. Military who are providing air and ground support. Humanitarian organizations are urging caution. They say civilians trying to flee mosul are at great risk of being caught in crossfire. Human rights activists are revealing a grim picture of syrias civil war. They say more than