Right now the focus is on states and cities that are holding back on reopening and phased reopening plans at this stage here. Looks like it is relatively contained but all of this in an environment where the number of cases has picked and the World Health Organization says the worse could be yet to come. Interesting development as well in england they were reordered to institute lockdown measures. That is follows on heels with other Foreign Countries bedevil ed openings not going necessarily to plan. Im not talk being about what is rapping in russia, india, spikes in cases in japan and the seoul, south korea area. The fear this seems to way on the markets eventually. Something that will slow certainly the reopenings and the economy and recovery that many hoped to see from that. Very tepid. No matter what happens today. Looking like a boffo month for all the major market afterrings, certainly a very strong quarter. The strong first half of the year, well get into all of that, first to c
This morning what the president had to say. Our racism must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. The question, will words be followed by action free fall, wall street plummets, its worst day of the year as china plays hardball, the aggressive move it just made escalating the trade war when it will hit your wallet. All that, plus saying goodbye, the heartfelt goodbye. The terrifying moments caught on camera, smoke filling the cabin of a packed plane forcing an emergency landing. And judge jay, late night legend jay leno is on a mission to find hidden talent on our plaza, today tuesday, august 6th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning, and nice to have you become. I know its a hard duty to be there in dayton with the community thats just really, really hurting right now. Yeah, its good to be back, and youre right, they ar
Joining us. May i say, you look marvelous. Speaker thank you. Ed how much weight have you lost . Speaker close to 60 pounds. I feel more integrated than ever. It has given me a whole lot more energy. I am excited about it. Ed every politician in the bay state, watch out. [laughter] janet in a world where cell phones and cars are in just about everyone s life, do you think it s time to ban the use of handheld cell phones while driving . Many states have mandated hands free devices, should massachusetts join them . Speaker i was one of the folks who voted against the law that was proposed, i forget how many years ago. But of course, technology was a whole lot different than. I will tell you that both the chairman, lackner, both spoke to me very recently about this and said that we have to sit down and talk about it. Because of lewd tunes and other various ways of talking on a phone while driving without actually holding it this could be dangerous. Janet so you might change your mind . Sp
Heat on for christa. We have High Pressure through the day. Pockets of a northeasterly wind like over the weekend, although at this time not as much. Problems town 25. Partly to mostly sunny skies. Chilly, breezy, temps this afternoon upper 50s to the low 60s. 7 00 this evening mostly clear. This evening, upper 50s. Jadiann time for fast track traffic. How are the roads looking at this 5 00 hour . Rich looking all right except a crash right here on the expressway northbound by the tip oneill tunnel. Right there. Its not a big backup. Slow getting by, a fenderbender with a half hour backup, the expressway northbound. Everything else pretty good. Thats the city from the other side coming from the north shore, light traffic. Metrowest, highlighted by old number 90, the turnpike is good and no delays on the t. Rich kirkland, 7 news today in Police Investigating the cause of a deadly accident on lafayette street. A person died after witnesses say a car hit at least two utility poles last ni
Tom . These are one of those days mariners dont fear too much, i dont think. But they fear this. When their ship mates, their schoolmates, their friends, their family members are involved in a marine tragedy. Its just not something we look forward to in any way, shape, or form. Ill echo what admiral mcdonald said. We are very hopeful, and we are praying deeply for the men and women aboard the el faro. I have been on the telephone with numerous people today and talked to people from maine maritime, mass. Maritime, new york maritime amy. Position. We all have men and women onboard that ship. We are very hopeful. How to be out in conditions at the high sea. Can you talk about, you know, what they had been up against . Or how well prepared you would be for Something Like this . Well, keith is a marine engineer. His formal training was done in the classroom by the engineering staff. But his experience at sea was done with me, probably one trip on the empire state and two trips on the enterp