How cleepolice are expanding th hunt for a student accused of going on a killing spree. And the new space age . Well show you what could disrupt tomorrows historic attempt at the first manned space launch in america in nearly a decade. Its big. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. In recent months, our nation and the world have been engaged in a new form of battle against an invisible enemy. Memorial day ceremonies were held across the country. But the coronavirus pandemic forced visitors to stay home. Joe biden made his first public appearance in more than two months. He and his wife laid a wreath to honor Fallen Heroes for memorial day. Thanks for your service. President trump is threatening to pull the Republican Convention out of North Carolina unless the governor there eases covid19 restrictions. The fbi is now involved in the multistate manhunt of a uconn student accused of killing two people. Its time to let the healing process begin. Its time to surrend
Tribute to the fallen overnight. Terror scare, a man goes on a deadly stabbing spree in the heart of sydney. Bystanders racing to the rescue. This morning, what Australian Police just revealed about a link to the mass killings here in the u. S. Those stories, plus wicked weather, severe storms expected from texas to the east coast and dangerous heat across the entire southern half of the country. Sign of the times, the surprising back to school item flying off shelves at major retailers across the nation. And close encounter. Oh, my god. One familys unforgettable brush with a massive great white shark, today, tuesday, august 13th, 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 Tuesday Morning. I look at that weather map, its got a Little Something for everybody but not in a good way. Weve got storms across a lot of the country and then hot down south. Fall right around t
Lisa portland has now experienced 50 Straight Days of leftwing violence. Last night, a violent mob attempted to overrun a Police Station and burn it to the ground. They have toppled statues, destroyed property, and attacked the police. Heres one report from earlier this week. According to police, not only did protesters take over the streets but some lobbed paint,io rocks, bottles and more last night. Police say one officer was hurt when a brick was thrown at him. Police say that protesters interfered with arrests andd pointed lasers at their eyes. Lisa portlands leaders have failed to rein in the violence. Its not clear they are even trying. Instead, they are passing blame on the federal Law Enforcement officers trying to restore order. Heres portlands mayor, ted wheeler. La what i have a problem with is them leaving the facilities, going out on the streets of this community, and escalating an already tense situation like they did the other night. Lisa got that . Law enforcement is re
Trading on wall street. The dow tumbled 750 points earlier today and has since broken through those lows. Now were testing them again. Investors fear the economy is headed toward a recession. Why . If you read anything about the markets today or watch the tv news at all, you probably heard about the yield curve inversion. Which is historically a sign that we could be headed toward a recession. Boils down to this. Some short term Bond Investments have started to pay more interests than longterm investments. That can happen for different reasons. Whether were headed for a recession may depend in part on why this is happening. How long it lasts. Think of it this way. In normal times, if you lend money to somebody for a long time, you get more interest than if you got your money back quickly. So a tenyear bond would bring your more yield than a twoyear bond. Thats normal times. Today is not normal. Normal is reversed now. Short term bonds pay you more than longterm bonds. From the governme
Travel to poland this weekend but cancelled the trip to monitor the hurricane. We have complete coverage of hurricane doctor yan beginning with nbc news metrologist Michelle Grossman who joins us. Walk us through where the storm is and whats likely to happen once it gets to land. Hi, there, ali. We have a powerful storm even at this moment. Winds around 110mileperhour, and we are only going to get stronger from there. Still anticipated to be a category 4 storm. Lets look at the stats here. Its 660 miles east of West Palm Beach looking at winds of 110mileperhour. Its moving northwest at 10mileperhour. So ali that was a take away from the last advisory. Moving quicker yesterday. Its slowing, drastically slowing down throughout the next couple of days, even down to 4. 5mileperhour. A walking pace. Thats not good news because its going to pick up steam and be able to linger over florida a lot longer. Lets take you through the track. The track is the most uncertainty right now. Were were co