Before it gets better. As millions wonder about their jobs. Were already living paycheck to paycheck. Their safety. Take nothing for grantd. Their future. This is the moment to keep your family and your friends safe. This is an nbc news special report, the coronavirus pandemic. Hello everyone, im lester holt in new york. In the next hour were going to bring the latest of the coronavirus pandemic infected now close to 1. 5 Million People worldwide, 400,000 in the united states, the death toll reaches 13,000. Tonight the mayor of los angeles ordered starting friday anyone entering an essential business, face covering. Search for a vaccine and the latest on british Prime Minister Boris Johnson still in intensive care tonight. Front line workers risking their lives to save others, well remember some lives lost to the pandemic and in collaboration with pandemic well answer your questions. And well talk to new york mayor bill de blasio, is this country is put to the test of the past, pearl h
Announcer publishing great steve forbes at the detroit economic club. [applause] i have been asked today to make some observations about the economy and the elections. That is one reason why we did the documentary a little over a year ago. There is a feeling of the country even though we are doing well economically, things are still not quite right, and people cannot quite put their finger on it, but this year in the election, we will have one of those unusual elections in the United States, even though the campaign started in a rather uninspiring manner. No one would confuse it with greek philosophers debating life or the lincolndouglas debates or anything like that, but there are going to be very basic questions. The most basic one of all is what kind of country do we want for the future . We have had these debates before. We had them in the 1850s before the civil war. Which them in the 1890s, people do not recall today, but in the early 90s, people were in turmoil. There was great c
Hello there the u. S. Is calling them proof precision defensive strikes the iraqi Prime Minister has labeled them quote an acceptable and american attack on the bases of a shia on group close to the Syrian Border is causing new friction 3 camps of cats a hezbollah our hits in iraq one of them near and 2 inside syria that least 1000 people were killed the pentagon says its in response to repeated rocket attacks on iraqi bases the most recent one killed an american civilian contractor just a few days ago well similar to fulton explains why these targeted airstrikes appear to be an important shift in u. S. Action in iraq. Well there are quite significant because this is actually the 1st time that the u. S. Actually strikes a target on iraq his soil lets remember the not until too long ago the u. S. And were fighting against isis on the same side but of course since then the tensions between the u. S. And iranian backed groups have played a quite a bit and this particular at attack were he
Out now tens of thousands of australians told to leave homes as bush. States plus. The developing world with the pledge to relinquish. Power but for those who live in the socalled sacrifice. Is too long to wait for. The u. S. Defense secretary ruling out further action after airstrikes on a shia armed group in iraq and syria iraqs Prime Minister has labeled them a breach of sovereignty 3 camps of cuts were hit in iraq one of them their al qaim and 2 more inside syria at least 25. 00 people were killed the pentagon says that its in response to rocket attacks on iraqi bases the most recent of which killed an american civilian contractor last week serious about a full team is in baghdad and says the strikes marcus shift in u. S. Strategy. Well there are quite significant because this is actually the 1st time that the u. S. Actually strikes a target on iraq his soil lets remember not until too long ago the u. S. And for fighting against eisel on the same side but of course since then the t
Women in india become a symbol of the protest movement against the contentious citizenship law. Chile is leading the developing world with a pledge to relinquish things of course to generate power but for those who live in the socalled sacrifice owns 30 years is too long to wait. So there has been a prisoner swap in Eastern Ukraine between Government Forces and protesters separatists it is the 2nd major release in 3 months and follows ukraine and russia agreeing to ease tensions between them remember it is now 5 years since Russian Troops and the Crimean Peninsula so an update as we start with alexander got froid in moscow just take us through how events have actually gone today. So the checkpoint called the my office which is near the town of huddle of co which is on to them occasional line between ukraine and. Russia supported separatists today at like 4 hours ago this swap of prisoners started to and what we receive now is an information that is finally over 1st ukrainians did a swa