The city council in minneapolis voting to dismantle its entire department. Nationwide dem good morning. Facing justice. Derek chauvin, the officer in court for the first time today. This morning what the case against him may look like. One of the Junior Officers attorneys speaking exclusively to nbc news. Stralt ahead, the latest on the pandemic, worries of spike in cases in other spots around the country. Slamming ashore. Tropical storm cristobal makes landfall in louisiana, packing high winds, rain, and storm surge. Millions in the impact as it heads inland. Breaking overnight. Justice department ratchets up pressure on Prince Andrew, demanding he kopt with the criminal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Will he finally talk with prosecutors . All that, dear class of 2020. Hold your heads high and celebrate. Go ahead and do a little dance. Stars from all walks of life come together for a Commencement Ceremony for students around the world. Every obstacle is really an opportunity to le
At this. Look at the market this morning. We are going to be down today, of course that follows an enormous 20 rally in the last three days. Perhaps investors are upset with the delay in the stimulus vote. Perhaps theres some profit taking after the explosive rally. The dow will open this morning with a loss of around 700 points. The s p, down about 200. The nasdaq off about 82. A decline at the opening bell. President trump, he wants to get the economy back up and running again as soon as possible. He has a plan to divide counties by risk, high, medium and low, depending on medical conditions. Some of those low risk counties may be able to bring some people back to work early. Today on this program, i will ask Vice President pence about the president s plan. Thats in our 10 00 hour this morning. The news on the virus itself, the United States has now more cases than any other country in the world, assuming you can believe the numbers coming out of china. Spain recorded 769 deaths in t
Inventing disaster the culture of calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the johnstown flood. Copies will be for sale. Thrilled to be with you to hear her talk. I hope you will join me in a very warm welcome for cindy kerner. [applause] prof. Kierner in 2012, Superstorm Sandy destroyed many places i cared about. It was not in the ocean on a road on it. Stories about this storm really riveting. Especially the Human Interest stories about its victims, survivors, efforts to provide post Disaster Relief in the way in which the whole says situation became politicized. It happened so soon before president ial election. I also found it interesting what all the stories told us about the larger story worlds of new york and new jersey. In the United States generally. In 2012. , i noticedortant that the news followed a pattern familiar to me from katrina and other disasters. The quantitative information about what happened. How many people died, how much property was destroyed in the value of that
Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the johnstown flood. Copies will be available for sale. I am thrilled to be with you to hear her talk. I hope you will join me in a very warm welcome. [applause] prof. Kierner in 2012, Superstorm Sandy destroyed many places i love. I found toys about the storm very riveting. Especially the Human Interest stories about its victims, survivors, different efforts to provide Disaster Relief. Which the whole system became politicized. I also found it interesting what this told us about the larger worlds of new york and new jersey. I notice that the news followed a pattern that was familiar to me from katrina and other disasters. First claim the quantitative information about what happens. How may people died. How much property was destroyed. And the value of that property. Interestme the human stories, mostly uplifting stories about relief and resilience. Third and finally came the postdisaster investigation. This is a threestep process. It is how we do
Its finally gotten on top of the stunning lack of testing. What is the reality on the ground. Chaos. Massive lines for americans returning home as the travel ban goes into effect. We feel unsafe and more at risk of getting the coronavirus. More major American Airlines slashing flights across the country. The well have the very latest on that. Messages not received. Scenes of crowded bars and restaurants around the country this weekend. Why are some ignoring the pleas of experts and at what cost . It is a new day in america. Tens of millions of families across the country waking up to the reality of work and school from home. Its really frustrating. Its anxiety inducing. The question, is our nations infrastructure prepared to handle this. Were going to show you where adults and kids can turn for help today monday, march 16th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today the coronavirus pandemic with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller p