Things and we love them for it. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Have a great weekend. Hardball starts right now. Bad call, this is hardball. Good evening, this is Chris Matthews in washington. Let me start tonight with this plague of violence in the nfl. And the deepening scandal involving its commissioner, tmz reporting late today that one of the leagues biggest star, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been indicted for child abuse. It comes on the heels of this bombshell report on nfl commissioner Roger Goodell. According to espn, Baltimore Ravens running back ray rice told goodell he had hit janay rice then his fiancee in the face inside a revell casino
hotel elevator in atlantic city, new jersey and knocked her unconscious. That happened back in june before a month before goodell suspended him for two games. Nbc news latest report something consistent with espns. Goodell is under tremendous pressure right now about why he waited until this week when tmz sports
But i know well meet again some sunny day. It is interesting how today will be marked and there is obviously no question things will be very different today in relation to ve day, but the weather is relevant, good morning. Nonetheless, if nothing else, sarah, welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt a lift spirits to see the blue and mega munchetty. Skies, even if we are not allowed to our headlines today ministers warn the public to stick enjoy them hold events as we might to the social distancing rules over otherwise have done. The bank holiday weekend, yes, thats right, good morning to saying therell be no quick change to the restrictions. You. Many people will be out in their gardens having an afternoon commemorations for the 75th tea, for instance, and most of us anniversary of victory in europe, should see a bit of blue sky and a but therell be no crowds bit of sunshine as well. It will on the streets to mark it. Feel quite warm out there today. In events will take place at home f
Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny is on his way to berlin for treatment, two days after falling seriously ill. Navalny is on a german air ambulance that took off from siberias omsk airport. He remains in a coma. There are claims he was poisoned. The governor of california says lightning strikes over the past 2a hours have sparked several hundred more wildfires in the region. Some of the fires are the biggest recorded in the state. 12,000 firefighters are battling the blazes, and more than 100,000 people have been evacuated. New coronavirus restrictions have come into force in the uk in the last hour. Anyone returning from croatia, austria, or trinidad and tobago, will have to self isolate for two weeks, because of a rise in infections in those countries. The Coronavirus Crisis has caused concern among hundreds of thousands of people, who are in rented accommodation worried about how theyll pay the bills
with reduced incomes. But today the government confirmed its extending the b
For the second day of the Republican National convention the focus moves to the white houes where the first lady is due to address delegates from the rose garden. She is expected to make the case for re electing President Trump as the race against the democrats takes a harsher tone. The parents ofjacob blake, the unarmed black man shot by police in the us state of wisconsin say their son has been left paralysed from the waist down. They also pleaded for an end to the protests sparked by the shooting, as the destruction does not reflect their son. Secondary School Pupils will have to wear masks in corridors in parts of england where local lockdowns are in place. The government says its changed its guidance after updated advice from the world health organisation. The Opposition Labour Party say they dont think the new rules go far enough. As children prepare to go back to school next month,
millions of people are also considering whether to return to their offices, or continue working fr