Leaders. Stunning lawsuit, the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin now suing martins family and prosecutors for 100 million. This morning, the new outrage in a racially charged case that divided the nation. Those stories, plus, unfiltered truth, nbc launches an investigation into americas got talent after a fivehour meeting with former star Gabrielle Union. The new American Dream. An explosive look inside the mall of the future from thrill rides to ski slopes. How far theyre going to win your business. And let there be light. 3, 2, 1. Joy to the world the Iconic Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree shining bright after we helped flip the switch on the Holiday Season. Today thursday, december 5th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, welcome to today, t today, thank you for joining us on this thursday overdrive now. Certainly is, yeah. Were going to get to the highlights of the night in a moment.
Apparently he just found out g7 doesnt mean you get to play seven rounds of golf [ laughter ] thats right President Trump will no longer hold the upcoming g7 summit at his golf resort in florida yeah, i guess it is a bad idea to commit an Impeachable Offense when youre already being impeached. [ laughter ] that would be like stabbing the bailiff at your murder trial [ laughter and applause House Speaker nancy pelosi today distributed a fact sheet outlining what she feels are President Trumps abuses of power. Even more impressive, getting it down to a sheet. [ laughter and applause [ cheers and applause politico has published a new article about the Campaign Expenses of the top democratic president ial candidates and found that former Vice President joe biden has spent nearly 4,000 on ice cream since july [ light laughter ] that would explain all the brain freezes. [ laughter and applause senator senator mitt romney admitted last night to having a secret twitter account in addition to h
You can make that apply to modern america i have been looking very much of this chance to chat with you. I appreciate that. Im very impressed i read through your book i am impressed quickly that came out. My last book took seven years to write. Maybe i should be more diligent but my research focuses to have an interesting discussion so what did you think of it as a genuine china scholar . I am not. What did you think of the information. A tough question. Your recommendations and i would agree with. We can talk about how people different interpretations and it was very problematic and how to pursue power and influence i may disagree with some of the characterizations of china but i wouldnt mind asking you about that. But before getting into the nittygritty you mentioned in the intro that the threat of china is something that you have recently focused on so i am curious what exactly sparked your interest . And reading about it and thinking about it since 1960 its not sudden i have been v
Its interesting. They talked a lot about earthquakes today. I forgot, what an earthquake actually is, its technical, but basically an earthquake is when the planet sneezes and a tsunami is when the world pees a little after sneezing. So try to avoid them both. Hey, speaking of shakeouts, another member of the Trump Administration is on his way out. Secretary of energy, rick perry reportedly informed the president today that he plans to resign. He did not explain why, although i think we have a pretty good idea. Perrys been secretary of energy since the beginning. But soon, like all the others, hell be gone. When ben carson wakes up, hell be like, where the hell is everybody . The president reportedly blamed rick perry for getting him on that now infamous call to in this story, the president and his admirers have been insisting there was no quid pro quo involving the call about the bidens. Mulvaney went before reporters and blatantly admitted that there was. The demand for an investigat
Good evening everyone. The test comes on the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. Live coverage from. She is in San Francisco with how people reacted to the test. Reporter it definitely took some people by surprise. Imagine being out and every waddy cell phone started ringing. A part of the test work. The city said they were in the room with ever bridge the vendor trying to work out unexpected problems just to get the message out tonight. Throughout San Francisco this evening about a quarter after 6 pm phone started buzzing. They were in a meeting on market street. All the attendees and us. At the notification at the same time. It freaked me out. It freaked olivas out. It abruptly stops the whole room came to attention. It was pretty alarming. Reporter San Francisco sent the message as part of a scheduled test of the new alert system. Instead of using an area code it sends a message to all mobile devices connected to a cell phone tower within San Francisco. On thursday there