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things will get worse than they are right now. bottom line, it s going to get worse. we have the assessment that covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. we have already lost 24 of our citizens. . we re heading towards an epidemic in the united states. the question is what the scope is going to be. tom hanks and his wife rita wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus. . to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. all right. exactly one year ago today when the country began to feel the full effects of the coronavirus. march 11th, 2020 was the day the world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. and in the u.s., shutdowns kicked in, cities began limiting gatherings. schools began to close. and major sports leagues started to halt play. everything seemed to stop. can you believe it s been a year, joe? i know. willie, it seems so much longer th ....
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suspected mastermind is a 27-year-old pell jan man linked to previous thwarted terror attacks in paris, and an international manhunt is now under way for possible accomplice accomplices, among them a 26-year-olol brother of one of f the gunmnm who apparently rented a car used by the other attackers. and just two days after france s president called this an act of war, france launched air strikes in racca. we re told they were carried out in coordination with the u.s. forces. all of this is covered for you this morning from across europe toresident obama overseas right now. we l l also talk to former republic presidential nominee mitt romney who is urging the obama administration to step up its strategy against isis. i want to start here in paris with nbc s chief global correspondent bill neely. good morning, good to see you. reporter: good morning, savannah. as you were saying, there s a this morning, not least because the french prime minister is warning more attac ....
assault which lasted 24 hours. now, according to the new york times, the gunmen asked hostages if they could recite a declaration of muslim faith. those who could reportedly were let grow. mali has grown increasingly volatile in the past couple of years as civil unrest has spread with its mick militants gaining a foothold in that region. president obama was briefed by national security adviser susan rice and told his team to keep him apprised of his developments and we can also tell you there were two airlinenewho are crew members in that hohol, one a rkish airlines, some of their crew were able to escape the hotel so this is still a very unfolding situation in mali this morning. savannah. i know you re keeping your eye on it this morning, thank you. we want to bring in richard engel, nbc s chief foreign correspondent. good morning to you. richard, ron just touched on the backdrop of mali. what strikes you about this attack? reporter: well, there are many differen ....
by a prosecution expert. his trial is scheduled to begin on january 26th. minneapolis police say at least five people were shot near protests in the wake of the shooting death of 24-year-old jamar clark. reports came in just before eleven o clock last night of a shooting near the fourth precinct, were protests are in their tenth day. right now, it is not clear on the exact number of people shot as some shooting victims found their own way to a hospital. police say five people are being treated at local hospitals for what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries. the president of france met with president barack obama, at the white house, today. francois hollande s trip is part of a diplomatic push to get the international community to bolster the campaign against the islamic state. the president acknowledge d that isis poses a serious threat to the united states, and the citizens of the world. he called for the terror group s destruction, and called on france to ....