Welcome. It could be the final act of a greek drama, with eurozone finance ministers due to meet in a couple hours time and try to reach a deal on the countrys bailout. Lets have a look at some of the figures in play here. In total, greece owes more than 320 billion euros in debt. Thats a huge 175 of the countrys gdp, its annual economic output. And as a proportion thats one of the highest in the world, because if you were to split up greeces mountain of debt over its entire population each person would owe almost 30,000 euros each. And so far, greece has received 240 billion euros in bailout deals. But those agreements as we know, have been tied to strict austerity measures. And those measures is have hit the economy hard. The majority of young people are unemployed. So, greeces Loan Agreement will expire on the 28th of february. And without a deal it would be unable to pay its bills within a matter of weeks. In a moment were going to hear from the street of athens. But first, heres t
Emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine, the drug often touted by donald trump as a potential treatment for coronavirus, despite medical warnings. Agency says they believe the dosing regimens are, quote, unlikely to produce an antiviral effect, end quote. We have our team of reporters here to cover all of this. We begin with the breaking news. This historic ruling for lgbtq rights by the Supreme Court today. Now, this was not a split decision. It was actually 63, including a vote from a recent member of the court who came from the Trump Administration, neil gorsuch. The court ruling of discrimination on the basis of Sexual Orientation or gender identity, that is, people who may identify as trans. If you are discriminated against just for that, that is now formally and officially, the court says, illegal, under a very old law, 1964 Civil Rights Act. Before todays ruling, members of the Lgbtq Community did have, we should note, employment protections in 21 states around the co
Brooks grabbed one of the officers tasers at this point, the officer, who fired the fatal round, garrett ralth, was terminated from his position after pursuing brooks and pyring his weapon. Officer Devin Brosnan is being placed on leave. The police chief of atlanta resigning 24 hours after it happened. The anger boiling over last night, as protesters set the restaurant where it happen, that wendys on fire. We have been getting a lot of new Police Body Cam video of the interaction between rashard brooks and the police. There is Surveillance Video thats also been released and is being further examined. So what took place before the shooting when officers were questioning brooks . And how did it all escalate . And why did it end in the 27yearolds death. We want to warn you, some of the footage is very disturbing. Just making sure youre safe to drive. I know, man. You scared me a little bit because you were sleeping in there. Thats why i was making sure you are okay. I know, you just doing
It is thursday, october 16th, 2014. This is the daily rundown. The fight against ebola in this country is intensifying. Here in dallas, the second nurse to test positive for ebola from human to human contact is waking up in an atlanta hospital. She walked both on to and off the medical flight and into a waiting ambulance last night. Shes the one in the yellow there, wearing that hazmat suit. She walked from that ambulance into the Isolation Unit at emory hospital. Just days after duncans death, vinson flew from dallas to cleveland to visit her family and fiance in the akron area to plan an upcoming wedding. Monday, she boarded a Frontier Airlines flight with 132 passengers on board for the flight back to dallas. Even though she had a temperature of 99. 5. The head of the cdc said vinson should have never been on that flight. We will, from this moment forward, ensure that no other individual who is being monitored for exposure undergoes travel. In an exclusive interview with nbc news, a
Winterwary boston area facing another two feet of snow by the time its all over. Its only been 14 days folks and weve gotten 70 to 80 inches of snow around the commonwealth. I mean, this is pretty much unprecedented. And on the waterlogged west coast, the Pineapple Express is dumping more rain on the region with some areas getting up to a foot of rain since friday. We have coasttocoast coverage on the rundown. Amanda is in boston and bill tracking storms on both coasts. Amanda, start with you. We heard from the governor of massachusetts this morning. Where are they going put all of this snow thats coming down . Amanda . Can you here us this morning . Reporter yes. We dont have i. V. Well try to reestablish communication with amanda. You see a live shot of the treacherous weather. Look, theres bill karins. Hes got the forecast for us for the east and for the west. Bill, good morning. Yeah. Both coasts suffered this weekend, now the west coast slowly improves. That in a second. The east