Vice president mike pence, he is saying new travel restrictions will apply to the uk and ireland. In an effort here to keep the virus from spreading. As the u. S. Surpasses 2300 confirmed cases of coronavirus today including at least 54 deaths and booip vote tipartisa passeded a package that includes free testing and paid emergency leave. The latest for us, we are live in new york city. Scott cohen is in california. Matt badly is in rome, italy and with me is joseph fair and nbc news medical specialist. Straight over to our reporter, if you can give us the very latest. Chris palone . Yeah, richard, here in times square. Weve been here throughout the day. And this is not normal for a saturday. Let me give you a live look of what is going on in times square. Very sparse. You can see, right now the temperatures are the best theyve been all day long. Still, just a couple of dozen people gathering in times square in new york city. One cab driver i talked to described midtown manhattan right
Sieveness. In the end, the governor said she did what she had to do. After weighing all of the arguments, i have vetoed senate bill 1062 moments ago. Reporter it was the news so many had hoped to hear. I am absolutely thrilled. Happiness. Its about time. I knew she was going to do it. Reporter arizonas governor vetoes the bill. I call them like i see them, despite the cheers or the boos from the crowd. Reporter the governor says the bill was broadly worded with the potential to create more problems than it could solve. I not heard of one example where Business Owners religious liberty had been vie litted. Reporter the reaction as passionate as the days of protesting that catapulted this bill into the national spotlight. We did this. We did this. Reporter some of the nations most prominent lawmakers and businesses joining the fight. And the nfl was watching closely as the Super Bowl Committee expressed concerns. She didnt want to be known as the governor who lost the super bowl. Reporte
Caucuses across iowa. Caucuses will get under way, and then well start the process of tallying up and analyzing the choices, the selections of really what are the first voters to participate in the 16 president ial election process. It all starts in iowa, where at this hour the leading candidates are either speaking right now, or are about to speak. Thats donald trump live on the right. A sanders event and rubio event on the left. Some of them are en route to finishing their final rallies of the evening. The candidates at the top of the pack also have plans to join us this evening. We intend to talk to senator Bernie Sanders along the way, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and donald trump. A busy night ahead. As for where the candidates stand in these final hours before the voting starts, the final poll from whats considered the paper of record in iowa, the Des Moines Register, donald trump leading ted cruz by five points, 2823. But remember, the margin of error is four points
Follow suit . Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Police say grainy images we showed you here last night have helped solve the murder of a young dance student that traumatized the university of texas this week. One of the largest schools in the nation. The barely recognizable face in that video is believed to be that of a homeless teenage boy who police are convinced is their killer. The victim, just a teen herself from oregon, was found dead on tuesday, sparking fear and anguish on the sprawling austin campus. Thats where we start this evening with nbcs gabe gutierrez. Reporter tonight, 17yearold Meechaiel Criner is in jail, charged with firstdegree murder in the death of haruka weiser. An emotional Austin Police chief saying he had just spoken to her family, who had this message. Go home and hug your children, not once but twice. Reporter just 18 years old, weiser was a freshman dance major, her body found tuesday in a cre
That. Even look like people. Are reporting explosions body bags or not it was all down to the. Responding units now the injured twenty seven year old male this male was wearing an improvised. Explosive device attached to his body that were. Clearly all we know that one individual thank god was unsuccessful and is a. Also coming up israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to europe today with a message on jerusalem follow the lead of u. S. President donald trump the reply netanyahu received was clear and unanimous. We like that we know its a great you know. And im in jerusalem the e. U. Has condemned u. S. President declaration that jerusalem is the israeli capital but israel is betting that many European Countries are about to follow in americas footsteps. And we begin the day with a would be suicide bombers botched terror attack in new york city now that is how police are describing the explosion that rocked the citys Port Authority bus terminal during the morning commute four p