This morning, the disturbing charges she faces. In some cases maxwell participated in the abuse and how epsteins accusers are reacting to the news, including an interview with a woman who says maxwell recruited her. Breaking overnight, under pressure, the Washington Redskins facing pressure to rebrand, including from fedex, the sponsor whose name is on its field, and nike pulls redskins merchandise from its website. Whats the teams next move . Remembering an icon. Good morning. This is today in new york. Well celebrate the life of broadcasting legend hugh downs, televisions most familiar face for six decades, including his time here on today. All that, plus a fourth like no other. From new ways of celebrating to how the weather is going to be, americas plans to mark Independence Day in this new normal, today, friday, july 3rd, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning. Welcome to tod
Edition of news if you where have all the leaders gone. And 9 me joining you again as america has changed since the last time we talked now we are all adapting to this new normal but it seems like for every step forward we make you take 2 steps back we are seeing the politicians a message in conflict with the c. D. C. And even doctors in conflict with each other confusion and chaos continue to dominate but whose responsibility is it to not only create a plan but more importantly see it implement it well to help me find a clarity i want to bring in ed bryant c. Of american majority and former president ial writer for george w. Bush and democratic strategist jan ronis who is also going to help us get the 360 view of this very important issue thank you for joining me gentleman my pleasure good to be with you. Well annette i want to start with you because its easy to ask where of all the leaders gone but is it more accurate as considering how quickly we crumble both physically and economic
Welcome to the program we start in the United States where the run up to the 4th of july Independence Day weekend has seen a Record Number of new corona virus infections on thursday alone 55000 new cases were registered heres a look at data showing the daily tally of new cases every day since the beginning of the u. S. Outbreak rising steadily at 1st the curve then flattened from the end of april to mid june but as lock down restrictions eased new infections shot up again those startling statistics mean this weekends Independence Day celebrations are being scaled back as officials urge caution at public and private gatherings Washington Bureau chief in his fall has been to ocean city in maryland to guard the mood. For Many Americans this is the 1st time out of 2 months. They are hungry for fun and some. Want to celebrate this 4th of july weekend as they normally do id like to keep moving on do the fireworks continue no malice as much as we can moving back to normalcy is what wed like t
Exclusive. Maybe i can sound a bit crude but this is 100 bull [ bleep ]. Democrats and republicans demanding answers today. On capitol hill. Summer scorcher. The first major heat wave of the season taking hold from the midwest to the east coast. Record highs expected in the south. The full forecast straight ahead. Firing back. The st. Louis couple who went viral for aiming guns at protesters. Get the hell out of my neighborhood now defending their actions. Coming right at the house. Why they say demonstrators left them with no other choice and the investigation into the confrontation caught on camera. Game off. Just one day before Training Camps reopen, the star players who wont be a part of baseballs return. Why they say theyre opting out. Those stories, plus snap, crackle, pop. A surprise Fireworks Show lights up the new york city skyline as macys kicks off its annual fourth of july display with a series of sec retoshows. Today, tuesday, june 30th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news this
Few people out here. The governor ordered parking lots to be closed at all state beaches. But the mayor here in pacifica says she wants to do more to make sure that the crowds stay away. And mayor Deirdra Martin says what they saw in memorial day was in her words, out of control. This year fourth of july is on a saturday, and they want to make sure that they dont see a repeat. She is going to follow the governors orders by closing parking lots, but also plans to close beaches. The state of california is not mandating the closure of beaches this weekend, but we are modifying our Parking Facility operations and closing them to traffic. The governor has closed our parking lots, and the city of pacifica has decided to close our beaches this year from sunrise friday morning to sunrise monday morning. I think with cases spiking all around california, its probably the right thing to do. Now the parking closures affect all state beaches in nine counties, including san mateo, marin, monterey, S