A solid year of lockdowns, face masks, and social distancing is gradually winding down in many places as more and more people are getting vaccinated. But covid remains widespread and dangerous. As you can see here, countries in red are still struggling. The world health organization is investigating whether four cases in vietnam came from a possible new variant. But wherever vaccines have been widely administered, cases and deaths have been steadily declining. 5,000 people in paris are finally able to enjoy a large, crowded concert on saturday. And then dining out in london is once again possible. The nhs says more than half of people in their 30s have now received at least one shot. In the u. S. , many popular tourist spots are reopening just in time for the memorial day holiday. American airports reported nearly 2 million passengers on friday, the highest oneday total since the pandemic. And more than 37 million americans are expected to hit the road this memorial day holiday. That s
tickets for top flight football are getting cheaper thanks to big money tv deals but why is the game still struggling to attract younger fans? i ll have the details. in sport, sir bradley wiggins says his life s been a living hell as it s revealed he ll face no charges following an investigation into the contents of a mystery package delivered to him at the end of a race in 2011. and matt has the weather: your thursday start, fairly mild but there is colder air on the way to there is colder air on the way to the next few days. a bit more sunshine as well. your full forecast in15 sunshine as well. your full forecast in 15 minutes. first, our main story. the future of zimbabwe s long time leader, robert mugabe remains unclear this morning, after he was placed under house arrest by the country s military. two envoys from south africa have arrived in the capital, harare, to try to hold talks with the 93 year old and with the country s generals who deny there s been a coup. it
tough to tell who was having more phone zach ertz or kid, he was helping coach at northeast high get ready for one of the biggest games of the year against st. joes prep i m getting ready to put my eagles suit back on monday and i know you cannot wait for that. this is a bitter sweet thing for me because it is very sweet when eagles win but really weird taste in my mouth when i see you wear that thing a twitch in your eye. it is a beautiful work of art. exactly. yes, weird, i don t know what that is all about. a work of heart, wait, hold up , you are not a da vinchi painting. i know. let s talk about the weather. i m not needing the umbrella but is there dampness here not just on the sky deck but every where in the wake of what has been just a scattered variety of only rain showers, and it is simply too warm, cool, but in the cold enough for any icing to have taken place, no snowflakes, so this is really more of the minor nuisance issues and when we look at st
iconic salvatore mundi. the record $450 million price. and the first black woman to command the corps of cadets at west point. simone askew as part of our new series. we begin today with a look at eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. surrounding this whole area. panicked, people are scared. rage right now with the wind gusts. new wildfires explode across southern california. this has been a long week and we re not done yet. a major snowstorm is making its way from the south up to new england. the hardest i ve seen it snow here in texas. outrage across much of the middle east over president trump s recognition of jerusalem as israel s capital. two students and a gunman dead after a shooting at a high school in northwestern new mexico. no one else was hurt. republican congressman trent franks stepping down as a house ethics committee launches a probe into possible sexual harassment. senator al franken announced he will step down. this has been a tou
ron johnson a no on the version. 13 republicans in the house said no, not enough to stop them from passing the tax bill. many of them coming from states where the taxes will be end up being raised on the middle class, states like new jersey and new york and california where you cut out the middle class i m sorry the income tax deductions. we should note nbc news has done an analysis on the house bill and we should say that in its current form, the president of the united states and his family stands to save $1 billion if this tax plan ends up going to donald trump s desk and he ends up signing it. garrett haake, thank you very much. stick around for a moment. the top of the hour here on msnbc. i m katie tur. we re following several breaking stories this hour. as we talked about the house passed a sweeping rewrite of the tax code. senator bob menendez meanwhile of new jersey just spoke about the mistrial declared in his bribery trial. and senator al franken of minnesota fa