The u. S. Iowas governor is now reversing course issuing a statewide mask mandate. Stricter Public Health orders are also being imposed from philadelphia to california where governor gavin newsom said the state needed to pull the emergency brake on reopening. The action comes as the u. S. Faces 14 Straight Days of new cases surging past 100,000. Yesterday more than 166,000 new infections were reported in the u. S. , the Third Largest in a single day. Ian lee has the latest developments. Ian, why are Health Officials most concerned about next week . Reporter annemarie, we talk about super spreader events where a lot of people congregate in one place and the virus spreads. Doctors are worried about a super spreader holiday. As we know, next week is thanksgiving and its typically one of the busiest travel periods of the year because folks are visiting friends and family, but doctors warn if that happens this year, we could see a further spike of coronavirus cases on top of the current one
Coney barrett and later a look at the how the Affordable Care act is an issue this Election Year with the good morning. Its the washington journal for friday, october 16. Both president and joe biden held separate town halls. A variety of topics were the stuff discussed. Show you short bits from both of those town halls. In our first hour, we will ask you to comment. Us a callt to give and you support President Trump and mike pence, 202 7488001 is the number to call. If you support joe biden, 202 7488000. Maybe watch the town halls, you are undecided at this point, give us a call at 202 7488002. If you want to text us this morning, you can do that. You can post on our twitter feed. Our Facebook Pages available as well. Usa today offering a breakdown of some of the topics at the town halls you saw last night. Here are some of the breakdowns from that. When it comes to President Trump with Savannah Guthrie, they became heated at one point. The president called the moderator so cute and c
Announcer its a late show live with Stephen Colbert tonight land of opportunity. Plus, stephen welcomes keanu reeves and alex winter and former congressman trey gowdy. Featuring, live, jon batiste and stay homin. And now live from the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen welcome, welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a late show im your host, Stephen Colbert. We just walked in this room. We just literally finalized the script. I cant wait to find out what we just wrote. This is going to be really exciting, i havent even had time to prep my eyeballs because theyve had quite a beating tonight. We are live for the second night of the Republican National if you missed last night, congratulations. Despite promises of positive message, it was a dark, angry propaganda with terrible production values. They should have called it triumph of the will this be over soon . One big problem is trump and the g. O. P. Were in covid denial for months. The democrat
Vaccine in just months, not years. And gametime decision. Well take you inside the huddle with nfl commissioner Roger Goodell about when america might be ready for some football again. After last nights drafrkt, people are excited. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. So well see what happens. I told him very distinctly, i said mike was there. I said you do what you think is best. Several Southern States moving forward with plans to reopen businesses, even as the death toll continues to grow. This is a reckless step that will lead to more infections and unfortunately more preventable deaths. With Small Businesses still left waiting for help, Congress Approves hundreds of billions of dollars in additional funding. At the White House Briefing, President Trump said the u. S. Is doing a, quote, great job on testing. The president also suggested using disinfectants as a treatment. Sounds interesting to me, so well see. But the whole concept of the way it goes in one
Very latest. Super tuesday the sequel. Six states up for grabs today, as Bernie Sanders turns to michigan to save his campaign. Let me say without any hesitancy, any hesitancy, our Campaign Together is the campaign. Joe biden looking to the same state to put an end to his rivals white house hopes. Michigan, im counting on you in a big way. So could the race for the democratic nomination essentially be over by the end of the day . Those stories plus spring has sprung. Unusually warm temperatures across much of the country. Al will tell us if they are here to stay. Dramafilled farewell. An inside look at harry and meghans final official royal appearancehead, why they did no take part in the queens procession. For heavens sake. After years of debate and the highprofile court battle led zeppelin wins big in the fight over its iconic song. Today tuesday, march 10th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi