boston hits the triple digits. new york city cuts its triathlon in half amid the city s longest heat wave in nine years. when will it all end? the severe weather in the midwest now moving east. rob marciano times it all out. the rising concerns over monkeypox. dr. jha says u.s. health officials are now weighing whether to declare a public health emergency, one day after the w.h.o. sounded a global alarm due to a growing outbreak. the update from the white house. president biden s physician says his condition is improving significantly and he will continue paxlovid as planned. maryalice parks with the latest. pope francis arrives in canada hoping to right a wrong by the church, apologizing for the church s role in what was done to tens of thousands of indigenous children, taking them from their families to religious schools where they were forced to give up their language and cultures. meeting indigenous leaders what those leaders are hoping to hear from the pontiff. a
But risk remain. History was made today in cuba where the American Flag is flying over the u. S. Embassy for the first time in 54 years. A flag raising ceremony took place this morning in havana. John kerry was there. He is the highest ranking u. S. Official to visit cuba since the roosevelt administration. Melissa chan is there. Tell us more about todays events. Reporter well tony, i think that first surreal moment for me at least when we really realized these two countries finally have developed a relationship is that moment when the u. S. Band in a morning ceremony started playing the Cuban National anthem. Something you couldnt have envisioned a year or two years ago. First surreal moment. Then, the fact there were three American Marines back in 1961 who had to take down that flag. An incredible fact was that they were at the ceremony to participate and help raise that flag up again. Something that hasnt been seen in havana in four years. So really, incredible. And when we heard th
North korea underscored the warning of the state of military exercises by south korea and the u. S. This morning kim young uns regime fired two missiles in the sea of japan. They say its for exercises of a south korean invasion but say theyre prurely defensive. On saturday Chinas Central Bank fought back against an economic slowdown that cut benchmark Interest Rates for the second time in three months. And israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in washington in advance of his controversial speech on capitol hill. Tomorrow hell press conference to delay any agreement on nuclear power. Netanyahu may argue it will threaten israels security and is speaking at the invitation of john boehner who did not consult the white house or president. Secretary of state john kerry insists theres no problem between the administration and israel. I talked to the Prime Minister regularly including yesterday. We are not you know, we dont want to see this turned into some great political football. Obv
This is the cbs morning news for monday, march 2nd, 2015. Good morning. Im Lauren Lyster in for annemarie green. This month marks the official start of spring, and in less than a week it will be time to set our clocks forward, but that doesnt mean its getting any warmer. Once again this morning much of the northeast is under Winter Weather advisories and warnings. While heavy snow and freezing rain is possible from the rockies to the northwest. Don champion has more. Crazy madness. Reporter whether you were in flagstaff, arizona i didnt know how to control my car. I was swerving a lot, and i ran basically slid down that hill. Reporter raleigh, North Carolina your life flashes before your eyes because you dont know if youre going to die. Reporter or yonkers, new york. Are the plows coming through . I havent seen any plows since the other snow last weekend. Reporter the weekend gave you no rest from the seemingly endless winter. The latest douse of snow for boston could push the city int
This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Substituting tonight, Peter Alexander. Good evening. After this already relentless winter, Severe Weather is punishing much of the country tonight. Millions of americans marching into another month of exhausting cold and snow. Thousands of flights grounded and ice producing dangerous conditions for drivers. To give you some perspective, right now, nearly twothirds of the u. S. Is blanketed by snow, and boston is bracing for its snowiest season ever. We begin tonight with nbcs kristen dalgren. Reporter in minneapolis today, drivers were going nowhere fast. I got the car stuck now. My wife ran it down and we cant get it up the driveway. Reporter at least 6 inches of snow catching a lot of people off guard. I cant believe it accumulated so fast. Reporter getting around was down right hazardous. In rolla, missouri, crews finally have i44 opened after this pileup on saturday involving at least 25 cars, trucks and a greyhound bus. In virginia, state