Outside that has some bombs. You people are going get it and im going to ignite it if they try to do anything stupid. No explosives are ever found. At 4 21 a. M. , police pull an air conditioning unit evacuating a group of survivors. The chief of police stressing there was no gunfire in the three hours it took for s. W. A. T. Teams to take mateen down. I think there was this misconception that we didnt do anything for three hours and im just trying to clarify thats absolutely not true. We have been training for this situation for many, many years since columbine, since 9 11. Reporter factors that add to an already complex investigation, abc news learning days before the standoff mateen spent 9,000 on jewelry, two months earlier he signed over his interest in this florida home he owned with this father for just 100. And the fbi initially releasing portions of that 911 call in written form omitting any reference to radical islam. They later corrected course after get something criticism
Ramadi, 25 is contested, how sure is this victory . Well, the iraqi forces unless for some reason they just quit will finish retaking ramadi. Its going to be messy. Urban warfare the street fighting with booby traps and ambushes and snipers, you can only go so fast, and its always ugly. But they will retake it. And thats important. Its a significant tactical victory militarily. Its a big pr blow for Islamic State. But once the battle is over, once the shooting more or less stops in ramadi, then the strategic question kicks in and thats when the Iraqi Government, the baghdad government backed by iran, by the way, will they show common sense this time around and allow the sunni arabs, in province in continuous areas a reasonable degree of self government, of self control . Because iraq if it has any hope whatsoever of returning to the old borders, its got to be as federation. The kurds are not coming back, et cetera,. Deirdre yeah, i want to underline that point because as you said u. S.
Stricter measures to contain the spread. S Christina Coleman is tracking all of this, live in loss an lens. What do we know about the american who died. Reporter the First American who died from the virus was a woman with Underlying Health conditions. The u. S. Embassy in beijing says the 60yearold u. S. Citizen diagnosed with the virus died this week. Officials did not identify this person and today the World Health Organization released the new numbers. Theres been 34,598 confirmed cases in china and 288 cases in 24 other countries. 723 people have died from this new strain of coronavirus since it was first reported on december 31st. Almost all of the new fatalities were in an around wuhan and central china. In an effort to prevent a mass outbreak in the us, federal of icials have screened officials have screened more than 20,000 people arriveing from china. So far, the only place in the world this is outofcontrol is still the hubay province in the middle of china. The speed of the g
Today in the capitol, nine democratic president ial contenders are speaking. Joe biden is set to speak in about 30 minutes from now, well bring that you live. Well hear from voters and preparations for these first democratic debate of the 2020 election which is now just nine days away. Twonight event live from miami hosted right here on msnbc and nbc news and telemundo. Joining us now from todays forum. Our friend ali vitali. For those who are unfamiliar of this event, give us an idea of the purpose whos there and what contenders are in the room . Reporter the purpose of the campaign is an event as reverend b barber saying it is not for the poor people but with the poor people. We hear so many of these 2020 candidates talk about of the wealth gap. Nine of them are taking the stage today. This Group Released their policy ideals last year, today they are coming out with a moral budget. Their suggestion of how lawmakers could get tho theo th policies thatll help with america impoverish we
As i would remind people, as youre looking at these forecasts, a bump in one direction or the other could have really significant ramifications in terms of impact. If it bumps further east, that obviously is positive. If it bumps a little west, youre looking at really, really Significant Impacts. Laura the white house says President Trump is being briefed by fema every hour. Looking like our great South Carolina could get hit much harder than first thought. Georgia and North Carolina also, its moving around, he says and very hard to h predict except tt its one of the biggest that weve seen in dec decades. Manage havemergencies have beend in florida, georgia and South Carolina. Lets go to Allison Barber live in miami with more on storm prep efforts. Hi,a allison. Reporter the people weve spoken to in the miami area have been watching the forecast reports. They have seen in the last 24 hours that the cone of concern appears like its heading north. Officials are trying to tell them they n