The president relishes the democrats debate divide in a latenight rally, while on the 2020 trail, the candidates split over the obama legacy. I was a little surprised at how much there was about barack. The latest on the race just ahead. Those stories, plus, we have a problem. The nations top navy s. E. A. L. Writes a blistering letter to his officers why he is demanding immediate change inside the s. E. A. L. S. Summer scare a sudden increase in shark sightings and attacks leads to popular beaches being shut down heading into the weekend catching up with hoda. Well check in with her live to talk about life as a mom with two and the new project she hopes will inspire today, frida augt 2nd, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza hi, everybody. Good morning welcome to friday. Im glad he mentioned hoda kotb, because she is going to be a sight for sore eyes. Well check in with her later. Im happy to be here
Anywhere in the bond market. Crudear yield totally bucking its train from yesterday. Were selloff in over four years. The worst selloff in over four years. We are going to kick things off , the morningtters news that is moving the world. We are going to kick it off with china responding to the trade escalation. Ministrygn spokesperson saying china will have to take necessary countermeasures. We took now to bloombergs chief is a correspondent chief asia correspondent enda curran. Enda a pretty robust response, as you would expect. They said they will retaliate if the u. S. Goes ahead with these tariffs. They stop short on specific details, but the thinking is that china could respond by making life much more difficult for u. S. Companies operating within china that could divert purchases of agricultural goods away from the u. S. And scrapped those promises to buy more u. S. And they could let the yuan soften against the dollar. They probably have some restrictions on what they can do in
Sheer Saoirse Kennedy was found annispsa. He Kennedy Compound at hill was just 22 years old. Marc liverman is in new york. Good morning, marc. Good morning, wendy. Theres still a lot of questione loss of another kennedy. Robert f. Kennedys granddaughter died thursday afternoon at the familys compound in hyannis port, massachusetts. Emergency responders rushed to the estate of nantucket sound. Her family released a statement saying our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved saoirse. She was the daughter of robert f. Kennedys fifth daughter courtney. She was due to graduate from Boston College next year. The sixacre estate is best known for being the summer white house for president john f. Kennedy. The death is the latest in a long line of tragedy in the political dynasty. President kennedy and his Brother Robert were each assassinated in the 1960s. John kennedy jr. And his wife died in a private plane crash in 1999, not far from hyannis port includmichael kennedvid kennedyr or
Bay bridge toll plaza which is where were looking right now. As far as your planner weatherwise, a little drizzle the closer you are to the coast. Not seeing quite as much fog in the north bay. Well keep an eye on it. It could sneak in around the 7 00 hours. Temperatures will be a little warmer with brighter conditions. As we head towards 4 00, looking near 80 to 86. By 7 00, 73 to 79. Enjoy the weekend. Tracking the sig alert in the east bay, east bay 80 at appian with an overturned big rig. Were seeing slowing in both directions. The traffic is very heavy, east bay 80 approaching the scene. Were seeing a drive time adding an additional 24 minutes for the east bay direction. Really consider northbound 680 as an alternate to get out of town. As we zoom in a little farther, starting to see slowing in the westbound direction for most commuters. Here is an earlier shot, the four lanes are blocked. Only the right lane getting through at this time. We also have better shots of the scene bec
Comfy evening from the 60s to the 70s. Well talk about the heat this weekend next. Here is frances. Things are slow at the bay bridge toll plaza because of earlier accidents. You can see traffic is backed up past the 880 overcrossing. If youre considering b. A. R. T. , there are tenminute delays report at the macarthur station due to an earlier problem that has been cleared. A. C. E. Train 1 is running about nine minutes late. Here is a live shot of interstate 80 in emeryville. Great news on interstate 80, the earlier overturned big rig accident east bay 80 at appian has been cleared. A normal friday flow for folks heading towards the bay bridge. Developing now, a tragedy for the Kennedy Family. Robert f. Kennedys granddaughter was found dead at the kennedy compound. Now the New York Times he ports it was the result of an apparent overdose. Shes one of the 11 the compound has been in the Kennedy Family for decades. The u. S. Ramps up its trade war with china. President trump announced