As a nation, this is the kind of the best of america in action. This is something we do well and this is a living History Lesson today. Yes, all of us who are here to cover it love this sort of thing and wouldnt miss it for the world, but this is how an interest in history and politics can get kindled at a young age. And its one of the great spectacles available for free from home. Savannah guthrie, i heard someone say this past week that this time around, four years later, the highs are not so high and the lows are not so low, meaning yes, the crowd wont number 2 million. The history of this administration has already been made. But also the economy isnt in a fr fr freefall. It doesnt feel as dire as it did. As you mentioned, this is one of these moments. This is one of the symbols that we who love this democracy cherish so much. The president using this opportunity. We talk about the big moments in a presidency. This is one of them. Im told this is an inaugural address that will be f
Coronavirus cases around the world. And the number of deaths here in the United States is now nearly 23,000. This is the most reported by any country at this point. Almost half of those deaths are in new york where there are more than 10,000 lives lost across the state. The Governor Cuomo did say he thinks the worst is hopefully over. Lets go to Shimon Prokupecz in hardhit new york city. And shimon, the death rate has been declining along with the number of hospitalizations. Tell us about that. Reporter and that is significant because that is what is letting the officials here really know that maybe perhaps we have turned a corner in all of this and that we continue to be heading in the right direction. And as you said, hospitalizations are down. The number of people the key data in all of this is the number of people that are in the intensive care unit, that number is down. People that are receiving intubations or need ventilators, those numbers continue to go down and those are all v
Last few weeks of his life were a bit mysterious. Prince was an artist of the kind of significant that his death would merit an official statement from the president of the United States and we just got one. We lost a world icon. Michelle and i join millions of fans from around the world in mourning the sudden death of prince. Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly or touched quite so many people with their talent. Prince did it all. Funk, r b, rock n roll. He was a brilliant band leader. A strong spirit transcends rules. Nobody was more creative. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his band and all who loved him. A statement from president obama tom foreman is here with a look at a rather irreplaceable life. Prince was incredibly showy and at once incredibly private. He showed up in magazines but not for all of the wrong reasons that we see with a celebrity. He was a fascinating character and so talented. Thats what makes this n
State jam session. First polls keep up tempo. We can barely keep one the onslaught of surveys that flooded our inbox today. With less than a week before eday, florida remains a razor thin race. In one poll, clinton is up by 1 point. In the other she is up by 2 points. In ohio donald trump is ahead by five percentage points. In North Carolina accident clinton leads by 3. In pennsylvania, clinton leads by 5 points in one poll. In wisconsin, clinton is still up by 6. While her advantage in colorado has shrunk to 3 points. In virginia shes up by 5 percentage points. And finally in arizona, the state just last week that her campaign was talking about winning, Donald Trump Holds a 5point advantage. We have a new Bloomberg Politics purple slice poll, National Poll of independent voters. It shows clinton with a small lead. 3027 . That is a lot of data. So youve been out on the campaign trail. Youve been in wisconsin. Youre in iowa today. Rudolph giuliani, bill clinton, all over the place. In t
Trump who spent most of the 169 days of his presidency under the specter of the russian role in 2016 election sitting down with Vladimir Putin. The meeting was scheduled 30 minutes and lasted more than two hours. In front of the cameras President Trump sounded upbeat. We look forward to a lot of very positive things happening for russia, for the United States. And for everybody concerned. And its an honor to be with you. Thank you. Thank you. For days the headlines were all about the fact that the meeting was going to happen. Now that its over the headlines are all about the conflicting accounts of what was said in the meeting. Rex tillerson, the only u. S. Cabinet official in the meeting said that President Trump pushed putin on russias election hacks. While Sergei Lavrov putins frnlts told reporters a different story. The president opened the meeting with president putin by raising concerns of the American People regarding russian interference in the 2016 election. They had a very ro