The president s Team Planning legal challenges, all of this as the president s chief of staff tests positive for coronavirus and the u. S. Is hit with the most cases ever. Who will be the next president to handle the pandemic . And will today be the day a president ial winner is declared . America is watching and waiting, today, saturday, november 7th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with peter alexander, kristen welker, and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today and thank you so much for joining us on this saturday morning. Peter and i are so happy to be joining you from new york. Typically of course we would be in d. C. , but here we are in our election headquarters as we watch and wait for results today. Thats right. We had election day that turned into election week. We welcome you to election weekend. You were in wilmington, i was at the white house. Were in new york for as long as it takes to get you results. It
Land on the different issues of the day, what is coming to the floor is the ways we talk to one another, the ways in which we listen. You have written a fantastic book with understanding and hearing other peoples stories and ways they are heard and ways you listen to them. Lets jimp in and ask you, what led you to this book . What is this book . Tell us the background of it. Your assessment is right. I worry a great deal about that we dont converse anymore. We have lost that as an art of conversation. We have become divisive. The rhetoric on both sides takes over the conversation. This is about human beings, an ethical issue. For me it started many years ago in childhood, t 20when i ma eastern chad and refugee camps right when they were coming over. In those camps i would say is when i started listening to refugee stories and i heard the best of humanity and i heard about the worst, what happened to people. I made many subsequent trips. Then many years later, in looking at this world w
Hes down right unamerican. And the politics behind a Coronavirus Vaccine. We may have a vaccine bef where it stands as it enters the home stretch. Unprecedented pledge. This morning nine of the worlds top drug makers joining forces vowing to deliver that vaccine only when its safe. So when will that be and who will get it first . The ceo of pfizer joins us live for an exclusive interview. Oneonone. Michael cohen, President Trumps former lawyer, speaking first to nbc news as his bombshell book about the president is released. The actions that i was performing for my boss were morally wrong. What hes saying this morning about the president s behavior behind closed doors. Those stories plus 15 million putt. And dti a dominating performance. Today, tuesday, september 8th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. So happy to be back after the long Holi
Surpassed 4 million cases of thats a drastic increase of infections in just a few weeks that illustrates how rapidly the virus is spreading. To give you a sense of how fast cases are growing, it took about five months to reach 2 million cases here in the u. S. But only six weeks to double that number. And tonight for the second night in a row more than 1,000 people have been killed by the virus nationwide in just 24 hours. The cdc said today that death toll will only keep growing, projecting as many as 30,000 more deaths in the next three weeks. With deaths in florida hitting a record high tonight, President Trump says he is pulling back on his plan to host part of the Republican Convention in jacksonville next month, and will most likely now give his acceptance speech online. The president angrily moved much of the convention to florida last month after north carolinas governor said his state couldnt safely allow thousands of delegates to gather in an arena. And in his third briefing
Staggering job losses. Toniht the 1. 4 million filing claims last week. But with Unemployment Benefits set to expire in just days, will congress extend the lifeline . Culture of misogyny. Congresswoman alexdrsicorts a rr alusa sexist profanity. Its not about one incident. It is cultural. Odonnell dangerous Hand Sanitizer, dozens of brands being recalled, the chemical that could be life threatening. Tracking Tropical Storm gonzalo. It is on its way to becoming a hurricane. And finally tonight, the Twin Brothers who have dedicated their lives to saving others after a near catastrophe in the pool. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. As we come on the air tonight the u. S. Has now surpassed 4 million cases of coronavirus. A drastic increase of infections in just a few weeks that illustrates how rapidly the virus is spreading. To give you a sense of how fast cases