reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, thousands taking to the streets in israel, blocking the country s main airport and make highways. prime minister netanyahu s latest attempt to curb judicial power just reignited massive protests. also, president zelenskyy arrives at the nato summit. he just addressed a crowd of thousands from an outdoor stage with many supporters in the crowd waving ukrainian flags. ahead, what to expect from his meeting tomorrow with president biden who says ukraine is not ready to join nato. and presidents of turkey just hours ago. his message of thanks now that turkey has lifted the last hurdle. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we begin in lithuania with president biden and president erdogan. chris, just a couple of days ago, the u.s. was suggesting that sweden would join nato but we didn t know when. they were not thinking it was going to be possible during the course of this summit. we got that surprise
china cutting ties with key diplomatic issues as retaliatio retaliation against nancy pelos continues our foreign policy experts weigh in as tensions escalated. and what washington, d.c. new york will not be getting any help from the national guard in dealing with the influx of migrants being best in from texas. the defense department denying what she calls a human internin crisis great what helpings next in the nation s capital. would begin with that complicated u.s. economy. good numbers today. it doesn t get in line up with the most americans struggle wit the effects of inflation. the u.s. job growth, unexpectedly shot up in july battling the forecasted amounts. employers added 528,000 jobs only expected to hit 250,000 th unemployment rate also a downward trend at 3.5 percent which is the lowest it s been since the pandemic started over two years ago. breasted biden still testing positive for covid 19 in his second bout in two weeks following the reports released, the pres
the suspect in the killing spree that left eight people dead at three different spas in atlanta felt tortured by sexual addiction. six asian-american women who were shot and killed yesterday. the asian community is once again being target. the country still averaging over 50,000 new cases every day. when we see a plateau like that that predicts another surge. we are vaccinating really well. that s the good news. these variants are spreading that s the bad news. this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. it s thursday, march 18th, 6:00 here in new york. erica hill is here with me again. always good to be here. we have a lot going on. this is what we know this morning. the asian-american community in this country is on edge understandably. the murder rampage in georgia left eight people dead, six of them asian women. anti-asian hate crime up nearly 150% in maj
shootings and as well as about the victims here. reporter: right are here in cherokee county, authorities have released the names of the people who died as well as one survivor of the shooting in cherokee county. here is one of the families of a victim that one of our affiliates talked to, this is a woman named delana yan. this is so heartbreaking. he took a mother, a wife, a daughter and a sister for no reason. this family is broken because of this man. it is so hard on everybody today because this man has taken this innocent angel from us. he took an ad ad an angel from who would do anything for anybody. and according to the gofundme page that her family has set up, the family says that she was actually there for a couples 3 massage and that her husband made it out safely from the shooting but she did not. let s take a look at the four people who were killed at that location, that includes yan whom we ve mentioned. paul andre michaels, age 54. and tan and feng. and on
This storm is wider than our entire state and is expected to cause major and life threatening impacts from coast to coast. President trump i ask everyone in the storms path to be vigilant and to heed all recommendations from government officials. Do not put yourself or your familys life at risk. Get out of the house. Get yourself in the right spot the window is closing rapidly. W. You can rebuild your home you cant rebuild your life. Theres nowhere to run. The water comes up, thats the end. Liz and that is a monster storm, youre seeing right in front of florida about to come on board this weekend. Airlines scrambling and roads filling as hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors rush to get out of florida ahead of irma. The hurricane is now slated to hit the state in just 36 hours with miami in the direct path of this monster storm, and the trajectory that could include, could include georgia and south carolina. Tonight, we have Fox Team Coverage of the impending storm from where