Fear in re was how they made the decisions they made in the aftermath. Thats not a good environment in which to make national security decisions. On the race he help for the russian parliament for the election just stays away. Now. Well be giving you the full breakdown in our special coverage this hour and throughout the week. Ah, hello, live for moscow. This is the international. Im calling bray. Were going to start with breaking news. This could be a bit of a gas bill. This shortcoming. Europes way, natural Gas Prices, in the midst of an unprecedented search right now. It had an all time record this wednesday. The price is left by more than 50 percent since the start of this month, and the pictures changing by the hour were keeping watch on it for you. The price on a 1000 cubic meters currently standing at 950. 00. The Market Turbulence is partly down to months of calm weather in the north sea, and thats triggered a critical shortage of wind power. Its also raise questions of over re
surges from a tropical storm which is making its way up the east coast. let us begin, though, on capitol hill, where millions are looking to lawmakers to help for a desperately needed lifeline. right now, treasury secretary steve mnuchin and white house chief of staff mark meadows are meeting with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. over the past week, their talks have not been productive, but is that going to change today? and how much leverage do democrats have now that gop leadership can t even come up with a consensus between its ranks and the white house? especially as president trump threatens to take matters into his own hands. joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt and nbc news digital senior white house reporter shannon pettypiece. shannon, i want to start with you. the president is talking about some sort of relief through executive order. what sort of power does he have? can he hand out money to americans? congress is usually the one tasked
among republicans to do so. what will that mean for november when millions of americans will cast their ballots by mail? for its part, the white house wants to reframe the entire conversation around the president s assault on the usps and mail-in voting, going so far as to allege that any suggestion that president trump is trying to undermine the election a borderline conspiracy theory. but the evidence suggests otherwise. more on that in a moment. this as democrats pepair to make history tonight. we ll hear from senator kamala harris as she becomes the first woman of color to accept a major party s nomination for vice president. let us begin, though, in wilmington, and the big third night for the democrats. expect to focus on history-making moments this evening. again, harris will be the final speaker, as she accepts her party s nomination. before her, though, we re going to hear from america s first black president and the first female presidential nominee of a major part
melber. you can see the reporters assembled there. alarming numbers on covid-19 and florida health department meanwhile now has announced over 100,000 confirmed cases of the virus in that state alone. in geneva, the w.h.o. s chief is saying that the health emergency programs there have been addressing an uptick in parts of the u.s. what is clear is that the increase is not entirely explained through just increased testing. there is some evidence of increased in hospitalizations. this also comes while senators schumer and murray claim president trump is sitting on $14 billion in virus testing and tracing fund. the president, meanwhile, is clashing with former national security adviser john bolton who commented on whether he would speak to house investigators now. democrats subpoena you, will you testify? let s see what they decide to do. let s see. well, let s go to washington. we re just learning that the white house is no longer conducting the mandatory temperatu
not just with protests, either. in the last few hours, justin trudeau says he s proposing body cams for police throughout his country and france s top security official says police there will no longer use or be instructed on choke holds that have been blamed for multiple deaths in police custody. there and here, protests continue today as they did over the weekend, with many of the protestors saying this cause is just too important to stay home. even with the coronavirus pandemic still raging and cases still increasing in many states. today at the epicenter of the pandemic, new york, health officials said the massive protests have not at least as of now, caused a spike in cases as the city begins phase one of its reopening process today. just last hour, governor cuomo suggested the city is ready with cases and deaths dropping statewide and urge ing protesto to get tested. as those protests continue, president trump spent his morning tweeting about law and order and tweeting