Holiday heat wave. Alaska sizzling record high temperatures with anchorage hitting 90 degrees and more than 100 wildfires burning across the state. The hottest day of all time. Plus heat and humidity combine for a sweltering day with the heat index above 100 degrees. It will be sizzling in big parts of the eastern half of the country today. Dylan has your forecast. A shocker. The young man who accused the actor of groping him against his will abruptly drops his civil suit with a hearing set for monday. Legal experts now wondering if this was a confidential settlement that could lead to the criminal case falling apart. From nbc news, this is today with Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Im peter alexander. Dylan dreyer is here. Were happy to have my White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson here. Waking up to news of yet another big earthquake hitting our friends in california overnight. Thats exactly right. The state of californ
They acting like theyre representing the mexican drug cartels . We take that up tonight. President trump swatting away at his annoying detractors. President trump asserted executive privilege today to block the radical dimms access to census documents and the president asked what sense does a census make without a Citizenship Question. I think when you have a census and youre not allowed to talk about whether somebody is a citizen or not, that doesnt sound too good to me. Its totally ridiculous that we would have a census without asking. But the Supreme Court is going to be ruling op it soon. I think when the census goes out you should find out whether or not and you have the right to ask whether or not somebody ask a citizen of the United States. Lou for more on the president s executive privilege assertion, we turn to our chief intelligence correspondent, katherincatherine herridge. The House Oversight committee voted to send a contempt resolution for attorney general william barr an
They acting like theyre representing the mexican drug cartels . We take that up tonight. President trump swatting away at his annoying detractors. President trump asserted executive privilege today to block the radical dimms access to census documents and the president asked what sense does a census make without a Citizenship Question. I think when you have a census and youre not allowed to talk about whether somebody is a citizen or not, that doesnt sound too good to me. Its totally ridiculous that we would have a census without asking. But the Supreme Court is going to be ruling op it soon. I think when the census goes out you should find out whether or not and you have the right to ask whether or not somebody ask a citizen of the United States. Lou for more on the president s executive privilege assertion, we turn to our chief intelligence correspondent, katherincatherine herridge. The House Oversight committee voted to send a contempt resolution for attorney general william barr an
An uproar in the sunshine state, as boaters are caught on video dumping trash into the florida coast. How the community and lawmakers are reacting. A crucial victory just in the nick of time. The knicks are moving on to the next round of the nba playoffs, after toppling a hated rival. We break down all of thursdays action. And meet d. C. s brick master general. How one mans miniature recreations of the capital city are letting him build his own path, with no instructions necessary. Its friday, may 3rd. Early today starts right now. Good morning, glad to be with you. Im frances rivera. A nypd officer did fire a gun inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on tuesday. The d. A. s office confirms. It happened while cops were clearing the building of demonstrators. The d. A. Says it was on accident and nobody was hurt. No students were in the immediate vicinity. The incident is under investigation. Lets go to brie jackson in washington, d. C. President biden spoke out about the protests
Midnight to 5 a. M. Police say they back the plan. Our challenge is still occur at night. Crowds of people that are there selling, selling stolen property, selling narcotics. We have drug users all over. And what the problem is, is that when you have businesses that are open, like Liquor Stores and smoke shops, it just attracts more people. The Mayors Office says the idea has a lot of grassroots support from residents and neighbors. Tim benson is a manager at acenas restaurant in the tenderloin. Restaurants operate late into the evening, and he says sometimes customers or workers feel threatened. And he says he hopes that the city could step in and help businesses that have their hours cut. But he says he thinks that shutting some of those businesses down, where drug users and drug dealers congregate, may help the neighborhood as a whole. Police have been much more active. Dpw has been out helping the cleanup effort, but it seems to be mostly a daytime issue. And at nighttime, its sort