more states press forward with reopening plans. president trump says they will be fading out despite an increase in death projections from the roughly 60,000 expected three weeks ago. deaths in the u.s. now top 61,000 with confirmed cases well over 1 million. and high hopes for a potential break-through treatment, after an early trial showed positive signs the white house and its task force optimistic though making clear that this is not the total answer. it s the first step in what we project will be better and better drugs coming along. here to start things off with us, david gerr on the new unemployment numbers and what they mean for the overall economy. kristen welker at the white house as president trump pins his re-election hopes to a quick turnaround of the u.s. economy. david. you the it in perspective for us. 30 million americans now made unemployed. those just in the past six weeks but you re still seeing some positive signs and hearing about issues with the f
push to ban it. nightly news begins right now. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, there are exactly three weeks to go until election day. and with donald trump continuing today to sew seeds of doubt about the integrity of the voting system, president obama jumped into the middle of things, advising trump to stop whining. trump s conspiracy theories and mantra about a rigged election have come to define much of the home stretch of the campaign, along hillary clinton s daily e-mail embarrassments. if there s a shake-up in the state of this bitter race coming, it could come tomorrow night when the two meet in las vegas for their final debate. that s where hallie jackson leads us off tonight. hallie? reporter: hi, lester. donald trump s aides say he spent part of his morning preparing for the final face-off. as we learned late tonight, he s expected to bring president obama s half brother as one of his guests here to vegas tomorrow, a signal everyt
San Francisco Mayor London Breed offered cash Thursday — estimated to likely be between $500,000 and $1 million — to help establish a historically Black college and university satellite campus in The City.