Good morning its thursday, september 19th. On set katty kay. Mike barn cal, Nicole Wallace and visiting professor from nyu, harold ford jr. And in washington columnist, associate editor for the Washington Post David Ignatius. David, you have a piece in the post this morning talking about president obamas syria strategy off the assad interview. Youre giving him more credit than most people have been in the last month mainly reaching for a good outcome however he got there. Ive been puzzled frankly at the very Harsh Criticism of president obama for doing this deal with russia to control syrias chemical weapons. And the reason ive been surprised this is the kind of framework that tu has been looking for for two years. People have said this is a problem from hell. The best outcome people from both parties thought would be some kind of negotiated settlement that would first bring the chemical weapons under control and then move towards real political dialogue about transition and those are
On the satellite rate now. We do expect a period of light snow to start towards morning. The heaviest of the snow will fall up to the north of us in wisconsin and michigan. Most of the advisory levels occurring up north with green bay so if you are traveling that way that is where you will see some precipitation. It will not be quite that dramatic tomorrow we will see yoube back. Kevin jones was giving a High School Student a ride home when he was accused of sexually assaulting her. Charged with two counts of criminal Sexual Assault and one count of criminal sexualassault, kevin jones in his 30s was are rested today by police and accused of sexually assaulting a female student he coaches basketball at the high school at 7 30 p. M. On january 17th jones learned the team into his car and then raped her, he is no longer employed by or affiliated with the high school after the economy takes the safety of the students very seriously anything brought to the attention of the administrators wi
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning, im erica hill. Im craig melvin. Lester is enjoying the morning off. Many of you noticed, no dylan dreyer. No dylan dreyer. There she is. Taking a boat ride. Shes touring manhattan. Wow nice, very nice. Shes going to show us some of the great sights of this city throughout the course of the morning. We are going to check in with her in a moment. Also ahead, people in texas and across the country, urged to get the whooping cough vaccine after an outbreak doctors are saying are Meeting Health concer concerns. Questions tied to the safety of the metal helicopters that kids play with after a 19yearold man was killed trying to do tricks with one of those things. We want to begin with the latest on the president s attempt to get congress to approve a strike in syria. Peter alexander has more on that. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Preside
This is bbc news, im reeta chakrabarti. The headlines Boris Johnson is preparing to announce tough new local coronavirus restrictions in england, as medical advisers warned of the dangers of failing to act. If we do not take measures to control the spread of the virus, the death toll will be too great to bear. The Liverpool City Region is expected to face the toughest restrictions with pubs, gyms and bookies closed. And the Prime Minister will address mps at 3 30pm this afternoon. Well bring that to you live and have full reaction on bbc news. As three nightingale hospitals are put on standby, its revealed there are now more people in hospital with covid 19 than when a National Lockdown was imposed in march. An anxious wait for businesses to hear whether they will be in the most restricted zones,
and how theyll cope if they are. And most gcse and a level exams in england next year will be delayed by three weeks, the education secretary has confirmed. Boris johnson is preparing to annou
Dramatic milestones. A short time ago, the global number of confirmed cases surpassing 10 million according to the latest Johns Hopkins data. An unimaginable milestone as the spread of the deadly disease has claimed the lives of almost half a Million People since first being reported in december. Here in the united states, cases of covid19 top 40,000 for a fifth straight day on saturday. The rapid rise has been most dramatic in southern and western states. Florida, georgia, south carolina, and nevada all hitting new daily highs yesterday. On saturday, the Florida Department of health announced 9585 new cases bringing the total infections recorded in early march to 132,545. With that daily high, that state alone is approaching what the entire nation of italy had at its overall worst. But Florida Governor still said there are no plans to mandate face masks to help stop the spread. Okay. Here is what we know from past experience. Its a pattern. First come the confirmed cases, then the inc