So let me introduce you. Joining us today to help you get answers is right now employment attorney Angela Wright and dr. Peter hong, an Infectious Disease specialist at ucsf here in San Francisco. Good to see you both back with us. Great to be back. Thank you. Let me start with you becaus this is very timely. Protesters in big cities this past weekend gathered to demand that their governors open up the economy. Some states like georgia saying today some limited openings will happen this weekend, but i read a New York Times article saying that testing needs to triple before we can do that safely. So, what are your thoughts on that . Kristen, weve been talking about this on and off on this show and you know, we still havent been at the levels of testing that we really need. And again, its like were operating in a black box all with waxen eyes. I mean, i cant tell you if our if we relax shelter in place how we would be doing because we dont have sensitive measures of whats going on in the
But think about to when johnson pivska visited the class and we talked about the Jackson Magnolia. Who remembers the story . Andrew jacksons wife died right before he went to office so he planted this tree because it was her favorite tree. And he brought the seeds from the hermitage in tennessee and do you remember what jonathan told us . He said there isnt any contemporary evidence, Andrew Jackson never mentions planting a tree, theres nothing in newspapers so it seems like this is a story that has these romantic origins and its continued to grow from that ever since. So this is actually first known exterior photograph of the white house taken by a welsh born photographer named john plume jr. In january 1846. So if youre looking at the white house, this is 1846, so in theory jackson planted his tree already, right . But i dont see a magnolia anywhere. So this also bolsters the case that perhaps the magnolia came a little bit later than people think. Heres an outdoor shot by lewis walt
Car, hanging on for his life. The driver refusing to stop. And buyer beware. A surge in porch pirates stealing Christmas Gifts from your front door. How you can fight back. Good evening and thank you for being here. President trump is savoring his first big legislative win hours after congress and a Party Line Vote passed the the massive tax overhaul, a practically giddy president took a victory lap at the white house. A back slapping celebration with lawmakers passing the tax cut is a critical win for the approximate the and his party as they approach next years midterm elections. The hope now that the large number of americans unhappy with the bill will learn to love it. Our chief white house corresp d correspondent Hallie Jackson starts our coverage. Good evening and it feels like a Holiday Celebration here at the white house with republicans betting there will be no political hangover. This tax plan will end up winning over more americans. Surrounded by his party, it felt like for
To a new nbc news poll. Can he sustain the momentum with the first Republican Debate ten days away well talk to the Party Chairman in a live interview. Tough landing. A plane wobbles its way to the run way before safely touching down. The crew is being praised for their skills today, monday, july 27, 2015. 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 a monday morning. Ten days away from the first republican president ial debate. Donald trump making headlines with really impressive polling numbers. Hes at or near the top of pretty much every poll you see. Well talk about the state of the race with Reince Priebus who joins us exclusively this morning. First todays top story. The family of Bobbi Kristina brown announcing her death six months after she, just like her mother was found unresponsive in a bathtub. Tamron has been following the story. So sad. Heartbreaking. You ca
28th, 2017. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today the impact of Hurricane Harvey, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. So glad to have you on us on a busy monday morning if youre just waking up. Craig melvin is in for matt. Weve been seeing images out of texas they take your breath away, words like catastrophic and historic being used to describe the flooding and damage from harvey and yet those words hardly seem to do it justice. Hard to believe that that part of this country is actually expecting more rain as well. Meanwhile, fema says they expect at least 30,000 people to live in those temporary shelters. We are just at the beginning of this. Heres where it stands right now. At least two people have died, but officials expect that number to rise as crews work that are way through still rising floodwaters. In houston alone more than 1,000 high water rescues