High profile dismissal President Donald Trump announces hes fired defense secretary marc esper on twitter. Thousands leave the regional capital in nagornokarabakh as fighting between azerbaijan and armenia intensifies. Terms in doha with only sports news 27 team asas champion Sergio Garcia withdrawals from this weeks tournament after testing positive for corona virus. American drug maker pfizer has released interim results show its vaccine is effective against the corona virus the news has been welcomed by scientists and World Leaders and triggered a surge on Global Markets the vaccine developed by pfizer and german start up by on tech was found to be more than 90 percent effective in preventing covert 19 among study participants no serious safety concerns were observed among the more than 43000 Party Percent across the globe a study showed just 94 confirmed cases of kevin 19 of the news has been called a great day for science and humanity and while the World Health Organization says t
U. S. President elect joe biden has addressed the nation for the 1st time since claiming victory in tuesdays election biden delivered the speech in his home state of delaware alongside Vice President elect common to horace the running mate submerged victorious soph to taking a clear lead in the swing state of pennsylvania after days of voting. Fireworks light up the docks sky in delaware but will a new dawn soon be upon America Joe Biden has one power promising just that. To a country that has been living through a year of pandemic in unrest the veteran league is promising to bring a new bomb. The bible tells us everything there is a season a time to build a time when to time to sober and a time to hear oh this is the time to heal in america. Alongside biden a woman who says shes determined to heal the countrys rice who divisions Camilla Harris will be the countrys 1st female a minority Vice President she did the key to victory to the Civil Rights Movement and said it will help restore
Administrations refusal to aid his transition and the impact it could have as the nation battles the pandemic. Breaking overnight, catastrophic. Hurricane iota tears across nicaragua as a powerful category 4, ripping roofs off buildings, toppling trees and causing widespread flooding. Just ahead, the damage and where this dangerous storm is headed next. Home away from home. Dragon spacex, capture confirmed. Overnight four astronauts arrive safely for their sixmonth stay on the International Space station, leading to cheers on the ground welcome to the iss. And hugs high above. All that, plus big demand for small turkeys. The holiday dilemma facing millions of families downsizing their gatherings this year. And rokers recovery. Al joins us live for the First Time Since his cancer surgery with some very good news to share. Today, tuesday, november 17th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, guys, w
Ther, president and ceo for partnership for Public Services center for president ial transition. Why is a successful president ial transition so important . Safety isabout our the ultimate answer here. When you think about it, our democratic system envisions transfers of power when you have election so you have accountable government. That means that a new team has to figure out how to take charge immediately on january 20 in an effective way. Its a big task. When you think about our government you are looking at trillions of dollars, 4 million of people 4 million people, hundreds of operating units, and historically president s have aborted 4000 political appointees. Its a massive underage have appointed 400 political employees. Its a massive undertaking. The world is such a dangerous place that there is not a lot of time on the other postosted january 20 january 20 to do your learning curve, you have to be on top of it right away and have plans in place and work well together. That i
InterNational Space station. Humans a new era of spaceflight and i could not be more pleased with what the nasa and spacex team has accomplished. Its truly an exciting time. Its great we are flying cruise on a regular cadence crews on a regular cadence from here to Kennedy Space center on u. S. Rockets and great we are doing it with our International Partners. Weve got one from japan on board. I could not be more pleased with what the team has accomplished. Im proud and humbled to be a part of it. Introduceleasure to our nasa administrator, jim bridenstine. Through his outstanding leadership and advocacy for the commercialization of lower lowearth orbit, the commercial route program, and transformation of the Kennedy Space center, to a multiuser spaceport that becomes a reality, please welcome a Great American to the stand, our administrator, jim bridenstine. [applause] jim thank you. And q, bob, for that introduction and thank you for your amazing leadership here at the entities base