First tonight, the graphic images coming in. For the second day in a row, hundreds of wireless devices simultaneously exploding across lebanon. Our team in bay route, about 20 feet from one of the blasts. At least 20 people killed today, more than 30 dead now. Thousands more wounded. 24 hours ago, pagers exploding with deadly force. Today, walkietalkies exploding, too. Devices that had been given to members of hezbollah. Tonight what weve learned about the remote driger. Marcus moore witnessing the blasts in beirut firsthand. And Martha Raddatz in the Region Tonight. Also tonight, the major news back here at home. A major turn for the u. S. Economy. The federal Reserve Today cutting a key Interest Rate by half a percent. The largest cut in 16 years. Signaling the fed believes the u. S. Has turned the corner now on inflation. What this now means for mortgages, credit cards, car loans. And it comes with Gas Prices coming down, too, 48 days before the election. Breaking news in new York C
Jeffrey epsteins coconspirator transferred to a federal Detention Center in new york. This morning, how prosecutors are working to keep Ghislaine Maxwell behind bars, and why she will not appear in person at a key hearing. Those stories plus with a little help from his friends. Beetles star ringo starr turns 80 today celebrating with a starstudded virtual concert. Well take you live to london. And the one, the only tom hanks. Hes live. His first tv interview since his coronavirus diagnosis. Today, tuesday, july 7th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, guys. Welcome to today. So happy youre joining us on this tuesday morning. Craig and i are sitting here. Savannah is off today. And i got to tell you, i believe shes bummed to be off today. And theres one reason why two words. Tom hanks. Tom is going to be joining us. Its his First Television interview. I know savannah is going to be missing him, bu
57. His veterans day tribute to men and women who served in uniform. Its monday, november 11th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This early in the season its exceptional cold nearly unprecedented expect dangerous cold. An arctic cold front descends on the u. S. Reporter subfreezing windchills set to hit more than half of the country. Reporter very cold air. Temperatures well below average. Nikki haley says Rex Tillerson and john kelly wanted her to join them in efforts to defy the president. It goes against what the American People want. It was offensive. Reporter two people have been arrested in the murder of a Clark Atlanta university student. A lot of students have been trying to take into account what happened and trying to find answers. Reporter a substitute teacher in texas facing charges in an alarming assault. Shes accused of beating a teenage girl in class. No matter what a kid says, i dont see any cause for that sort of reaction. Reporter in hong kong,
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They find the resources to tell them the story, but also try to figure out the significance of their topics in history. So theyre going into archives, into museums, into libraries and theyre sifting through primary sources, secondary sources and theyre thinking critically about that and why their traffic was important in history as related to the annual theme and this year is triumph and tragedy and them they present their findings in different formats and one of the categories that you see behind me and theres also paper category and dramatic performance, documentary or website. So history day gives kids an opportunity to be creative in the way in which they present their information. So for performance category, they first have to do their research. Good, Solid Research into primary and secondary sources. Going into the museums, say its the civil rights topic and theyll find someone to do an interview with, but basically, the research that historical quality, the information and the