Opponents of trying to organize a massacre as voting begins in what could be his toughest election in years. On the hummus with all the sporting glue it is raining us open champion rafael nadal pulls out of this years tournament citing concerns over the corner virus pandemic. To begin with our breaking news from lebanon and the massive explosion that shaken the capital beirut 70 people have been confirmed dead and the Lebanese Health Ministry Says around 3700 people have been injured Security Officials say the blast happened in a warehouse at the port which had been housing 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate the 6 years lebanons president has branded that unacceptable the cabinet is expected to declare a state of emergency in beirut when it holds an emergency meeting on wednesday into monohan report. A massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital the blast sent shock waves across beirut shattering windows destroying buildings. And injuring hundreds. The streets were filled wit
the state she wants to run and why it s ammo for the gop. and what the pentagon is saying about those comments from joe biden. nbc news in the room with the defense secretary, asking him to react when the president saying he would act militarily if china tried to take over taiwan. and with tens of thousands of pounds on baby formula on the ground in the u.s. and why the house ethics committee is opening an investigation into congressman madison cawthorn. we re live with today s newest headline for the north carolina republican. i m hallie jackson in washington. with me is ellison barber in georgia, rick murray is here along with reporter rahul bally. it s all about georgia. as we look ahead to tomorrow s key races here, and the marquee one is the republican governor s primary. on the one hand, you have brian kemp, the incumbent governor, set to appear with mike pence. he s leading in polls. then you have former senator david perdue, who has the backing of donald trump, who
From abc news, this is world news now. A good morning to you all. Were going to begin this half hour with winter making an early appearance. There is more heavy snowfall in upstate new york and snow in the forecast all week. Theres already a foot of snow on the ground in the buffalo area, and whiteout conditions exist on many highways. There are travel advisories now in place. Rob marciano with more. Reporter more than 100 million americans feeling the effects of this winter blast. Lakeeffect snow falling from indiana to new york. Thundersnow, startling west seneca. Three miles south, this scene, the bills colts game, snow falling up to two inches per hour, so thick at times you can barely see the field. Indiana drivers dealing with whiteout conditions, slick roads causing crashes. A jackknifed tractortrailer slowing traffic to a crawl. This driver careening into a pond outside boston. At the height of the winter storm almost 300,000 without power. Theres trees popping all over. Never
Well also talk to Oklahoma Republican senator james lankford, a member of the Intelligence Committee which is conducting one of the investigation into possible Trump Campaign collusion with the russians. Well also have plenty of analysis on all the news of the week and look ahead to next. Plus how the tax bill might impact you, its all ahead on face the nation. Good morning, welcome to face the nation im john dickerson. Republican tax plan is in the home stretch. The final package will be voted on tuesday in the house then moves to the senate. At this point it looks like republicans have enough votes to pass it. One s. 5 trillion tax cut plan roughly doubles the standard deduction for both individuals and married couples. It cuts individual tax rates, the top income bracket drops from 9. 6 to 37 . The Corporate Tax rate decreases, too, it goes from 35 to 21 . The bill eliminates the obamacare ban mate with individuals no longer required to Purchase Health care. It could result in 1 mil
Entire country. There were amazing acts of self leness and heroism that happened inside the theater. Well hear more of those as we talk to witnesses. A couple that i heard as i went to the local hospital. Two teachers here on summer break wanted to see one final moey a movie a comedy as they were getting ready for school to start. One teacher jumping over her friend saving her life. Second teacher felt like the bullet would have hit her in the head if her friend didnt. She was shot in the leg and had the presence of mind to pull the fire alarm. Who knows how many lives were saved by that presence of mind. This shooting comes six days after james holmes was found guilty in the colorado movie shooting. The jury decided unanimously that the attack was cruel enough to justify the Death Penalty for holmes. He opened fire during a showing of the dark knight rises. 12 People Killed and oef 0 others injured. Defense attorneys are urging jurors to spare his life, despite the horrors he caused.