Leader alexina pictured sitting up with his family and breathing on his own. I merely said i must and welcome the United Arab Emirates and the frame have signed agreements to normalize relations with israel its the 1st major agreement of this kind between arab countries and israel since jordan and egypt signed peace treaties a quarter century ago u. S. President post of the white house ceremony placing himself in the role of International Peacemaker ahead of us elections in november. The decision by the United Arab Emirates and bahrain to normalize ties with israel breaks with decades of consensus within the arab world a peace deal with the palestinians had long been up hild as a prerequisite for establishing relations with israel both trump and netanyahu price the deal is groundbreaking. Were here this afternoon to change the course of history after decades of division and conflict we mark the dawn of a new middle east thanks to the great courage of the leaders of these 3 countries we
9 11 when nearly 3,000 people were killed in terror attacks plotted by al qaeda. Ahead we will have more on how the country is commemorating this solemn day. First, we want to begin with the historic wildfires that are ravaging it the west coast. In northwest oregon, half a Million People were told to evacuate as wildfires grow. Nearly 30 massive and fastmoving blazes are burning across the state. You are looking at the charred remains of a neighborhood in northern california. The north complex fire ripped through the area killing at least ten people, making it the states deadliest fire of the year. Danya bacchus is in fresno county, california. What is the containment like on the north complex fire . Reporter annemarie, the containment is just at 23 . Officials say that fire is still a threat, and now more than ever is the time to be vigilant. Residents of oregon city evacuated thursday as wildfires crebt toward the portland suburbs. We have never seen this amount of uncontained fire
In the middle. Powerless. Nearly 2 Million People on the east coast still in the dark you have no idea when youre going to have power. This morning, frustration is mounting, with no end in sight shock and anger. Overnight, chilling, new images emerge of that deadly explosion in beirut, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless the search for survivors and answers entering day three just ahead, why Officials Say the tragedy could have been avoided. Spiked the university of connecticut becomes the first Major College to cancel its football season. The board of trustees and our studentathletes and coaches were all on the same page. Championships for other fall sports called off for hundreds of schools this morning, the president of the ncaa is with us for an exclusive, live interview. All that, plus the return of rokerthon. Al shattered records doing weather for 34 hours straight. And from all 50 states in a single week. This morning, hes back at it, aiming for another milestone involving so
Figuring out whether youre for me or trump, then you aint black. Bidens push back on this question is he taking the black vote for granted . Guilty pleas. Lori loughlin and Fashion Designer husband mossimo giantheir roles in the College Admissions scandal. Their deal with prosecutors and where the full house star could be serving her prison time. And wild weather this weekend. The severe storm threat for the plains and midwest. A reported tornado damaging homes and cars. In texas heavy rains flooding roads. Robs got your Holiday Weekend forecast. Hey, good morning. Happy saturday on this unusual memorial day weekend. We have a lot to cover this morning. In the last 24 hours there are more than 24,000 new cases of the coronavirus here in the cases in the world. Just behind the u. S. Surging past russia overnight. The World Health Organization is now calling brazil the new epicenter of the pandemic. And the cdc is estimating 35 of people with covid19 dont exhibit any symptoms. Thats much
Overnight. Americans overseas scrambling to get out. I just want to be home and were hopefully going to get there. Delta slashing flights, apple shutting down stores worldwide. Theme parks closing their doors and shoppers rushing stores to buy essentials as coronavirus cases arrived in 49 states. Were live with how to prepare and how to protect yourself. Today, saturday, march 14, 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. You might notice our digs look different this morning. To try to limit our travel for us and our team, we decided to stay put in washington, d. C. For todays show. Thats right. We wanted to follow the advice of Health Officials and do our part. Most important,ly, we want to make sure you have your information. The way were greeting each other. Weve got a lot of news to get to. We want to start with the overnight headlines. A few hours ago, the house pa