Resume on Unemployment Benefits that expired last friday and talks on the on a larger package. Live coverage here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, to whom we must give an account for all our powers and privileges, guide the members of this body so that they will be faithful stewards of your will. Lord, open their minds and hearts to know and do your bidding, teaching them to rely on your strength and to serve you with honor. Help them to discover in their daily work the joy of a partnership with you. Use them to bring good news to the marginalized, to comfort the brokenhearted, and to announce that captives will be released and the shackled will be freed. May our senators depend upon the power of your prevailing providence for you are the author and finisher of our faith. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for whic
Craig melvin take the polar plunge, well tell you why early today starts right now good morning im phillip mena. And im frances rivera. Wee coronavirus which is having a greater impact here at home the virus has arrived in new york city. Officials say a woman in her 30s is quarantined in manhattan. She contracted the illness while traveling in iran. Governor andrew cuomo says she has been in a, quote, controlled situation since arriving in new york meanwhile there has now been a second death reported in Washington State, and the cdc is investigating a nursing home there over concerns of a possible outbreak. Were joined now by nbcs tracie potts in d. C tracie, what can you tell us about the u. S. Response to this . I can tell you the president wants to change it a bit he now wants to screen people when they enter the united states, even if theyve already been screened before they got on the plane. And then drugmakers to try to get them to fast track a vaccine Washington State announced
This is a half hour. Joining us is dr. Eric zillmer from Drexel University, here to talk about politics and the Olympic Games. Good morning, sir. Dr. Zillmer, how political do Olympic Games generally get . How much more this year because theyre in south korea . Yeah, welcome to the 23rd winter Olympic Games, known as the political games. Theyve been political from the beginning of time. Even when the first olympics was staged in 776 b. C. , the powers to be placed it in a sleepy Little Village called olympia to get away from perception there might be power associated with a town or a region. Since then, especially the selection of where the olympics are being hosted, has become a political hot potato. Just think about four years ago on in sochi. Now in pyeongchang, korea. A mere 50 miles away from the border of north korea. And in 2012, in beijing, china. Its a far cry away from st. Moritz and the country clubs of Winter Olympics in europe in the 30s and 40s. So with this games in sout
Zillmer from Drexel University, here to talk about politics and the Olympic Games. Good morning, sir. Dr. Zillmer, how political do Olympic Games generally get . How much more this year because theyre in south korea . Yeah, welcome to the 23rd winter Olympic Games, known as the political games. Theyve been political from the beginning of time. Even when the first olympics was staged in 776 b. C. , the powers to be placed it in a sleepy Little Village called olympia to get away from perception there might be power associated with a town or a region. Since then, especially the selection of where the olympics are being hosted, has become a political hot potato. Just think about four years ago on in sochi. Now in pyeongchang, korea. A mere 50 miles away from the border of north korea. And in 2012, in beijing, china. Its a far cry away from st. Moritz and the country clubs of Winter Olympics in europe in the 30s and 40s. So with this games in south korea, is there a particular political con
People and injurining more than 100 others. Bodies everywhere. Was human error to blame . Running rampant. The flu epidemic somewhere getting worse. The number of deaths and hospitalizations climbing even higher. This morning what the cdc wants you to know and do. All that, plus, uma thurman breaks her silence on Harvey Weinstein. Icy conditions lead to massive pileups in the midwest, as a new winter storm marches across the country. And super monday. From the commercials that everyone is talking about to the surprising star of the halftime show. To the star of the postgame show, mandy moore, joining us live to talk this is us. And we got it covered for you, today, february 5th, 2018. From nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us this monday morning. I will not be neutral this morning. Im happy to see you wearing your jersey. What a game. What a game. I