With a tough question. Dont mess with me. The House Speaker claps back at reporters at a fiery News Conference when the first votes could be held just ahead. Thousands of cases involving passengers and drivers. Walking wounded. The sharp and shocking new rise in injuries of people texting and walking. And cowboy down. Touchdown, trubisky. The Dallas Cowboys handed their Third Straight loss as the Chicago Bears come up with a big win. Today, friday, december 6th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody, we are coming to you on a busy day with another mass shooting in america. And for the second time in a week its happened at a military base. Its the Naval Air Station in pennsylvania. Pete williams has the latest. Lets get right to him. Pete, what are you hearing this morning . Its all over now but the first calls came at about 6 30 this morning and the facility was put on lock down. The
Saying they have trouble keeping many products on their shelves as people prepare for thanksgiving including in michigan where new rules are in effect tonight. No inperson school or indoor activities such as dining and movie theaters. Garrett tenney begins our coverage from lansing, michigan. Good evening, garrett. Good evening. As these new restrictions go into effect today the u. S. Set another record high with more than 76,000 people hospitalized with covid19. Also today some potentially gamechanging developments. A vaccine could be just around the corner. Today pfizer announcing its vaccine proved to be 95 effective in preventing infections and didnt cause any serious side effects. The company ceo said they plan to file an emergency use request with the fda on friday opening the door for it to become the first covid19 vaccine to hit the market. By the end of december we expect to have 40 million doses of these two vaccines. Available for distribution. At home testing took big step
Going to introduce a resolution urging the Vice President to act. They want him to invoke the 25th amendment to force President Trump out of office. Id like the 25th amendment because it gets rid of him. Hes out of office. But there is strong support in the congress for impeaching the president a second time. This president is guilty of inciting insurrection. He has to pay a price for that. Reporter pelosi wants the Vice President to respond within 24 hours of the house introducing a resolution later today. There are no indications that he plans to force the president out. Meantime, some republicans say the president should spare congress the trouble and resign. Pennsylvania senator pat toomey says he wants the president to step down. Remember, the president s got nine days left in office here and toomey admits there may not be enough time to force his hand. Looks as though there is the will or the consensus to exercise the 25th amendment option and i dont think theres time to do an im
There, i merely said that is important, i respect the Speakers Office and the accouterment of history that is there but im more concerned that the damage that they did to our staff, to our colleagues, and the congress to the custodial staff and in the capitol of the United States. That is damage. That is damage that must be addressed. The resilience that we want to convey, we tried to do that night by coming right back, opening up the session of congress, proceeding with the business at hand. The counting of the Electoral College votes to ascertain that joe biden and Kamala Harris were president and Vice President of the United States. But that was one aspect of resilience. So many members felt their lives threatened, the uncertainty of it all contributed to the trauma. This is of something that everyone in the country should take a measure of how they reacted to this. But let us all pray for the resilience that our country is famous for and that our people need to have as we go forwar
A minute. A watery on the balcony. Of a house in the house of campbell and another 2 months of peace and war tone. Yemen truce is extended hours before it was due to expire. Ah, defying warnings from china on the advice of our own government. Us how speak and nancy pelosi is in taiwan. She is the highest ranking american official to visit the territory in 25 years, but the trip has not been officially backed by President Joe Biden. As she touched down in taipei pelosi tweeted, the visits owners, the United States on waiver and commitment to supporting ty ones, vibrant democracy. And she said america, solidarity with taiwan is more important than ever as the well faces a choice between autocracy and democracy. Shes expected to meet ty, once president on wednesday, she received a warm welcome in taiwan. This is its tallest building, type pay one i one which was used to display a message to the house beaker and her country. China and russia have warned us that policies visit is provocativ