Good afternoon. It is great to be in Central Florida. The reason we are here today is because so many floridians have asked what else can i do to be helpful in the fight against covid19 . Obviously, folks have been faceently wearing coverings, looking out for senior citizens, and we want you to continue to do that, but there is another way that you can help, and that is for those who have been infected with covid19 and developed antibodies for the disease, to donate your blood. One blood here is really leading the charge on this. When we started this in march, there was not a lot of information about how to treat somebody that was infected with covid19 and required hospitalization, and there has been a lot of Different Things along the way that have been done. There have been a lot of great inroads that have been made. One of the treatments that many physicians around the state believe is very effective is the use of convalescent plasma, so this is blood that is donated from somebody w
The arrest made in the murder of a key witness of former Dallas Police officer amber guyger. Nothing to sneeze at, a warning as flu season gets underway, why it could be one of the worst in years. And solid gold, simone biles leads the u. S. To its fifth team title in the World Championships and makes more history for herself in the process, today, wednesday, october 9th, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. We want to get right to our breaking news from overseas, that buildup of turkish troops at the border with syria poised for a major offensive against a key u. S. Ally, and it comes in the wake of the president s decision to pull troops out of that area. That decision drawing fierce criticism here and abroad from republicans and democrats. Nbc chief correspondent Richard Engel is in istanbul with the latest. Whats the situation the
Hunt for the suspected shooter continues. Were going hear from a reporter live on the ground with the very latest coming up at 6. 30. Meantime, the bay area pilot accused of trying to shut down the engines of an Alaska Airlines jet midflight. Made his first appearance in federal court today. Joseph emerson faces one federal charge of interfering with a flight crew in the meantime, his wife in attorneys are speaking out. Our kron fours. Dan kerman live for us in the newsroom tonight with the very latest on this bizarre story, dan. Well, very bizarre story. Andersons wife says this is totally out of character for him. And his attorney says. There was no intention on his part to harm himself or others. Now the single federal it carries up to 20 years in prison. In the meantime, the state has also charge emmerson, but 83 counts of Second Degree attempted murder. Now he remains in jail. He will return to federal court on the 22nd of november. Get back to you on that meantime, 2 people are i
Winning the election runoff. At least forty one people died in a tack on a shia Cultural Center in the Afghan Capital kabul. Protests continue in peru of x. President Alberto Fujimori is pardoned for murder and human rights abuses and a teenager whos become an icon of resistance for palestinians is kept behind bars by an Israeli Military court. As one of the worlds top Football Player now george ware has become his countrys leader after wondering liberias president ial election where defeated Vice President joseph in a runoff taking just of a sixty one percent of the vote hell succeed alan Johnson Sirleaf next month in the countrys first democratic transfer of policy the line team forty four west strongly campaigned on lowering paul the. In liberia where more than eighty percent of people live on the one Dollar Twenty Five cents a day the home of the reports now from the capital monrovia was celebration in the streets of the liberian capital neutral it was supporters will find some Nat
George where will become the next president. Thousands marched through perus capital to protest against the pardoning of a former leader a sentence for murder and human rights abuses. And tech giant apple apologizes off to millions deliberate slowing down of old i phones. Heres President Donald Trump accused china of violating u. N. Sanctions against north korea by not cutting off oil supplies to pyongyang trump has tweeted caught red handed im very disappointed that china is allowing oil to go into north korea there will never be a friendly solution to the north korea problem if this continues to happen a White House Correspondent kimberly hulk it has more from washington d. C. Chinas denying the accusations that the president made on twitter you have to sometimes decipher why and what has prompted donald trump to go to twitter and often this is when he feels that an issue isnt being covered adequately in his view in the media he will tweet knowing that then in turn we will take a loo