General suspends those controversial cutbacks until after the election and Congress Calls him to capitol hill demanding answers College Crisis notre dame, the latest university to suspend inperson classes just one week into the semester the spike in cases is very serious and we must take serious steps to address it. An entire Sorority House in oklahoma now quarantining. Just ahead what schools are trying to do to keep covid off campus state of emergency the National Guard mobilized in california with dozens of wildfires raging across the state. Evacuations underway overnight and a searing heat wave making everything worse all that plus just desserts. The Surprising New girl scout cookie thats already the toast of the town. Today, wednesday, august 19th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody welcome to today. Nice to have you with us couldnt you go for a french toast cookie got to wait
To eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, you are going have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. So i just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan bolin at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Lets see, where is the clock on the screen . There it is. Okay. In any given year, one in five adults experience a Mental Illness such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. But 2020 has been a year like no other. In a recent poll, half of adults report that their Mental Health has been negatively impacted due to the coronavirus. One can only imagine the middle of impacts on the American Families who are grieving the loss of their loved ones to this virus. The economic downturn is also taking a mental toll
24000000 people have been affected plus it took me a long time to get well about 6 weeks before i found sort of normal again. We catch up with a former 19 patient from new zealand who tells us what life is like for her today. And im pieced image of all your sports as a limb pick hosts japan come under fire following claims of athlete abuse across 50 sports. Lets get going more than 14000000 people have now been infected with covert 19 around the world and more than 600000 die the pandemic has up ended our daily lives and many are wondering how close we are to a vaccine well researches around the world are racing to develop more than 150. 00 potential vaccines there are for providing some positive results. Theres the university of Oxford Astra Zeneca which is testing its vaccine in big numbers of people in the u. K. South africa and brazil its expected to release the results of its 1st human Clinical Trial shortly in australia the university of melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research I
Extends its lockdowns as infection surge. Also had china sees its worst flooding in decades the Authorities Say 24000000 people have been affected. And im Peter Simmons of all the sport as a limping coasts japan come under fire following claims of athlete abuse across 50 sports. It was their 1st face to face meeting in brussels since the coronavirus pandemic began and talks between European Union leaders were planned for just 2 days but now 27. 00 e. U. Leaders are going into their 4th day of trying to agree on a virus Recovery Plan at stake an unprecedented 857000000000. 00 worth of a deal to help with the economic fallout of the Global Pandemic but theres disagreement over the amount of funding and how its to be distributed to Member States. Only if we did it to not meet a spirit of compromise and ambition is to take the risk of returning to hard times and for someone who are concerned about this in the end it may end up costing us even more so i will continue to fight on these subje
Situation room. The lead with jake tapper starts right now cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We are following Breaking News out of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial in New York City were right, this i mean, it Michael Cohen is facing an incredibly aggressive crossexamination so far, trump attorney todd blanche has gotten cohen to confirm that he wants to see trump convicted in this case, that he makes money off of his antitrump social media posts and even sells merchandise showing trump in jail. Earlier today, prosecutors had cohen explained why he felt there was the Pressure Campaign to keep him from turning against trump. And how and why he eventually flipped from a loyal confidant to a cooperating witness. Prosecutors also tried to get ahead of the defense by having cohen admit to multiple lines. He has previously told including his plea of not guilty his plea of guilty to the tax charges the sent him to prison cohen also owned up to the fact that he lied