Reporter beverly mccollough still shaken by what she witnessed this afternoon at the home right next to hers. They put him in the ambulance he was crying real hard. Reporter a chilling sight following what investigators describe as a tragic accident it happened a little before 4 00 from skyfox you can see two bicy was it a rifle or handgun . At this point its a handgun. But were going to investigate. Reporter Plymouth County d. A. Tim cruz tells fox 25 two 11yearold boys were playing with the hanged gun when it went off striking one of the boys in the face. Crews declined to say if the boy mistakenly shot himself or if his friend accidentally pulled the trigger. Its early at this point i would say its fair to say we believe there was not hurt somebody. Reporter cruz says hes unaware if any adults were in the home when the shooting happened. According to neighbors one of the boys involved in the shooting lives in the home another a few houses away on the same street. Certainly a serious
And invoking the memory of her father. Her fate could be in the hands of the jury as early as today. And supersized, the major food overhaul. Today thursday, february 27, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today, 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a thursday. The big story out west, the rain, really the first significant rainfall they have had in months. Al has called it a double edged sword. Al is tracking really intensely cold weathert that is striking many parts of the country. He is on a coast guard ice breaker in the frozen hudson river. He has been tracking the temperatures. Good morning to you. I think we lost al. The trouble with having shots like that. Cold weather reeks havoc on a lot of things. Miguel almaguer is in california covering the storms there. Reporter it is certainly wet here, not as cold as where al is. Rain, we are getting a lot of it here. Let me give you statistics. Over th
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
Recordings released by bob woodward. There right now is a massive effort under way by the white house and the administration to recast what the president clearly said on those calls. Hindsight is 20 20. Recriminations, what the president was communicating, i believe what you hear in that february tape was the seriousness with which he took this from day one. Heres what he actually said, that he, the president , deliberately misled the American Public about what he knew about the coronavirus, the severity of it, and when he knew it. It goes through air, bob, thats always tougher than the touch. The touch, you dont have to touch things. But the air, you just breathe the air, and thats how its passed. And so thats a very tricky one. Thats a very delicate one. Its also more deadly than your, you know, even your strenuous flus. We now know that as he was admitting to bob woodward that the virus was deadly and airborne, he was also holding packed rallies with thousands of supporters inside a
Loan debt. It announced a measure late in the week that democrats plan a student loan push in june. What are they proposing to do . This is a way to lower the Interest Rates on student loans. What is interesting about this you have to look at everything especially that the senate is doing this year as an electionyear push. Democrats found the student loan push helpful when they took recontrol of the senate. They have done it repeatedly. It is an issue not only with young people but with families who are being squeezed because of the higher cost of living and higher expenses. It gets a lot of attention, but i would not expect this to clear the house anytime soon. They seemed to lay down the gauntlet to challenge republicans in the senate to support the bill, but so far nobody on the republican side is backing that. Right. Lets take a look at the house. Eric cantor releasing his memo, telling members what ahead for june. What are some of the top items we should look for as the house come