News the president of the United States threatening executive action this hour as negotiations have collapsed. The president is about to speak from his resort in new jersey. He has just stepped out and told people assembled there hes going to be speaking in a couple of moments. It comes as the House Speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin describe the talks as far apart or at one point today very far apart. And new jobs numbers show an incredible slowdown in hiring, the United States down 13 million jobs since the start of the pandemic. So, the issue here is the 600 weekly jobless benefit which expired at the end of the july so people didnt get that this weeb. Currently more than 30 million americans are collecting those job let events. I want to go first to Jeremy Diamond at the white house. Jer mist just to be clear here, the president had what he called a lid. He was done for the night. He was going to have his private time. That was lifted and hes going to be com
Violent crime in our cities. Reporter President Trump lashing out during a celebration at the feet of americas most famous president s. Thousands in attendance with hardly any social distancing to be seen. And now another member of the president s inner circle testing positive for coronavirus. Anger in aurora. Three Colorado Police officers fired after photos were discovered of the cops making light of Elijah Mcclains struggle with police before he died. As protesters gather for another night of protesting. Whats in a name . The Cleveland Indians announce overnight theyre now discussing whether to change the teams name. All of that plus celebrating the fourth safely. Tens of millions across the country urged to stay inside and watch the fireworks from home, as america celebrates its independence today, saturday, july 4th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with Peter Alexander, Kristen Welker, and dylan dreyer. Welcome to today and thank you so much for joining us on this sa
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11 and planning to close some stores permanently. This as some Grocery Store workers and employees at other American Giants get set to lose the hero pay theyve been receiving for the passed two months. Start your engines. Nascar back in action this weekend and racing fans cant wait, even though they have to watch from home. But how will they keep the drivers and their crew members safe . The president of nascar will join us live. All of that, plus mission to space. The u. S. Space force making history this morning, launching a secretive plane into orbit for the first time ever. The mission and what it hopes to accomplish. Today saturday, may 15, 2020. From nbc news this is today with peter alexander, Kristen Welker and dylan dreyer. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. It is the weekend, whatever that means anymore. We are glad to have our friend dylan back of course as well. The days are all blending together these days. This is only your second weekend