Is there a chance that man could Face Criminal Charges . And rollover. No winners in last nights powerball drawing, the jackpot the largest in history, nearly half a billion dollars today, thursday, may 5th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on tuesday. Savannah finally waved the white flag of surrender. Shes been sick for a while. Battling some sinus thing and i hope you buying tickets for everybody will make her feel better. Half a billion dollars, nothing to sneeze at. Well talk about that later. First, donald trump training his sights on the general election and Hillary Clinton. Is he the last man standing in the republican race. We have complete coverage, beginning with our nbc national correspondent, peter alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Hi, matt. Good morning. Republican race now officially over. Donald trump focused on his next prize, the wh
It does come down in the short run, come out and the long run, that will be declining his share of the economy for the next several years, but after 2018 net debt will start rising is a share of the economy which is are we will be putting forward more balanced measures on both the revenue side and the expenditure side to assure that that debt is continuing to decline as a share gdp. A lot of you are focused on, understandably, on agriculture growth which is what i have been focusing on so far. It does matter as well have echoed the shared. Matters. You work for companies the sold to consumers and the income matters. Matters for the short run recovery. Matters for the sustainability of our economy over the long run and for the Political Support of the type of market oriented growth in hansen policies. Thats why they guy room like that is a is important to reflect on just how large income inequality has bell of the last several decades and why is important to take steps to make sure that
White house can prevail on the president , if you want a good, constructive final two years of your presidency, dont do this now. Martha plus president obamas nomination of loretta lynn much for the next attorney general is setting up possible confirmation showdown. Senator john thune saying dont even go there. I think it would be best interest of the country and congress to wait to do this next year under regular order, candy. Loretta lynn much will get fair. Martha byron york is here. Good morning martha. Martha president obama has to want to shore up a legacy for himself in the final two years for his presidency. Gop has to use their victory carefully, right . Especially on immigration you have to take both sides at their word on this. President obama is saying im going to do this and i think he will do it. Republicans say he will strongly oppose. How much stronger than they say this, playing with fire and red flags in front of bulls. Republicans are going to oppose this what will h
Well be looking at the changing face of the royal family. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. The ukrainian plane that crashed in iran killing 176 people on board, President Trump says he has suspicions about the cause. A e departments in england record their worst ever performance, it follows a big rise in the number of patients. More signs of a tough christmas for the high street, john lewis may not pay their annual staff bonus. And tipped for stardom, well hear from the singer from brighton whos been named the bbcs sound of 2020. Our main story at five is that the royal family is said to be hurt and disappointed, after prince harry and his wife meghan announced last night theyre stepping back from royal duties. Its understood the couple did not consult the queen or anyone else in the royal family about their decision. There are now huge questions about where the couple are going to live, and how theyre going to earn an income. Buckingham palace says there are complicated issues
And they have relee released documents that one of Rudy Giulianis associates talked with nunes top aide. And theyre burning the weekend oil. Thats right, were just beyond the 5 p. M. Deadline where they put it forth and speaker of the house enjoyed late night tv. There are some who said they wanted to be impeached. Just for the record, being impeached is a bad thing, right . And youre impeached forever. [applause] no matter what the senate does, it can never be erased. Last night, House Democrats released new documents showing what they say is more evidence of the Trump Administration wanting to pressure top ukrainian officials to investigate joe biden. The documents show messages between lev parnas and associate a rudy giant and a top aide of devin nunes, a leader defender of the president and the messages shows that harvey and parnas were working to arrange interviews with ukrainians claiming wrongdoing by the bidens. She says they dont want to hear from anyone else. There is no need