The crisis saying overnight he thinks some governors are overestimating the virus and the number of ventilators needed. And our latest poll this morning, how americans think the president is handling the crisis. High sea outbreak. At least 23 sailors now in isolation on a u. S. Navy Aircraft Carrier after testing positive for covid19. 5,000 aboard the Aircraft Carrier about to undergo testing. The hidden faces of the crisis across the country as so many families are forced to care for their loved ones where they live. Not being able to hug your mom is, like, horrible. What you need to know about keeping your family safe at home. This morning, the u. S. Surgeon general joins us live. Game changer. Saints quarterback drew brees scoring big for louisiana, pledging 5 million to help feed children, seniors and families as corona cases spike in the big easy. The nfl superstar joins us this morning. And the lab on the front lines comforting the doctors and nurses working tirelessly to fight c
Instructions of your local officials. And if you get an evacuation order, just remember that you can always rebuild, you can always repair property. You cannot restore a life if it is lost. And we want to make sure that we minimize any possible loss of life or risk to people in these areas. Areas. The storm is being blamed for at least 11 deaths since it made landfall in haiti. Mandatory evacuations are underway in parts of florida. Governor scott told coastal residents to leave if they are able to. If matthew directly impacts florida there will be mass destruction that we havent seen in years. Again n is a deadly storm approaching our state. Dozens of school buses lined up along the highways as a quarter Million People will be evacuated from the coast later this afternoon. National guard has mobilized. We have 700 Traffic Control points along the interstates. You will see lots of Law Enforcement officers as well as guardsmen. We will have the comfort stations which will have the bathr
The polaroid photo bar, turning the virtual into reality. All of that and more over the next hour but first, headlines from carol massar. Ceooldman sachs awarded Lloyd Blankfein a 6 million cash bonus to be paid out in three years. This comes on top of 23 million in 2013 compensation. The award can shrink or grow depending on whether the firm achieves return on equity. Grubhub surging in its trading debut after raising higherthanexpected 192 million in its initial public offering. Share assing to 34 a the company and its shareholders started at 26 apiece. The surge pales in comparison to what happened to the nasdaq today. The index falling the most in two months, dropping 2. 6 for the friday session. And the owner of travelocity is seeking as much as 895 million in an ipo of its own. The company backed by tpg capital and silver lake plans to offer 45 million shares firm 18 to 20 apiece. Back over to you. Thanks, carol massar. Payrolls in the United States boosted hiring in march, up on
Republicans . That is a good way of putting it. This is the fourth time we have passed a budget like this. We said, this is how we planned on hang off the debt. We should say what we believe in. Technically, we do not have to do a budget this year. The agreement that we reached if we think that that is what we should be doing. We owe the country and alternative. About theask you particulars that have been criticized for top you cut problems programs and wanted to expand opportunities. How does cutting this is about growth. The president does the same thing. We keep held grants funded. They turned it into an entitlement. We think that it needs to stay under Discretionary Spending so that Congress Continues to do oversight. Heres is the big concern we have. We are worried that it is leading to tuition inflation. We do not cut back on the awards. Only in washington is an increase in spending considered a massive cut. The research is inconclusive. Good economist from Ohio University has do
All. The winning team is celebrating with us today, thursday, september 26th, 2013. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer. I dont care if you know nothing about sailing. This was cool stuff yesterday. All you need to know is that this team came back from an 81 deficit. Won eight straight races and retained the america cup. Thats cool. I hear theyre going to play pittsburgh next. Anthony from behind camera one over there. Thank you, anthony. I had nothing to say about sailing. People will be excited when they hear how they pulled this off. Todays top story and that is this looming government shut down. Nbcs Peter Alexander is in washington. Peter, good morning to you. Matt, good morning to you. Simply put, everyone is zeroing in on october 1st. Thats next tuesday. If congress doesnt reach a budget deal boy then, federal agencies close. Its also the first day when uninsured americans can sign up for the president S Health Care