today thousands marched through streets of d.c. and other american cities like phoenix, miami, and atlanta. the protesters united against the gop s sustained attacks on voting rights. made possible by state legislatures in gop control. today new president of the aflcio, the largest federation of unions in the united states spoke to nbc news onto shrines of a rally in phoenix. we are concerned about what we re seeing in terms of voter suppression all across this country. and really, in my opinion, the action is out in the community and on the ground. and so that s why i wanted to be here in phoenix today because these activists, they re ready to march, they re ready to mobilize, educate, register voters. and we want to do whatever we can as a labor movement to be good partners on the ground to make that happen. not many people are aware that that march 58 years ago was for jobs and freedom, because the two are so interrelated. and we fight for workplace democracy and the tra
that s taliban gunmen opening fire into the air to disperse the crowds, desperate to flee the country. our richard engel spoke with one afghan woman, who is leaving. very bad. i m hoping, but i don t know if i ll ever be back. good morning. i m garrett haake in washington, along with our nbc news teams. monica alba is tess white house, and courtney kube is at the pentagon. monica, what are we expecting to hear. reporter: continuation from a president who is as defiant and defensive as he has been. he believes this is the only way to do it. we heard a preview of that on an interview a couple days ago when he said there s no way to get, but today we re told by white house officials we ll be more forward-looking not looking back. that s their hope, of course, because to your point, all of the onslaught and news and criticism is something the president has not met with in terms of a large response. they really let pentagon and state department briefings to answer more techn
locals were treated to a dawn chorus featuring pauline black, lead singer of the ska revival band the selecter. coventry through and through. # riverflows.# i ve lived in coventry for very many years and to even be in a city that is coventry city of culture was good, but to be asked to perform at the opening ceremony, ijust thought, wow! it was fantastic, it was brilliant, and to have it in spon end, it was brilliant as well. the colours, lovely, and i m glad it stayed dry for them, not pouring down with rain. action. i m singing the river song, i am the river, as you can see, with all this wonderful kind of blue make up and all this flowing veil. because there is a river that runs underneath the city. and, of course, that is kind of, the life spring, the well of everything, that s the reason why they settled, because there was a river. its like miss haversham! i know this area and i know the people round here, or some of the people round here, and to have them actually contr
of the former prime minister david cameron for the collapsed firm greensill capital mps vote today on whether to hold a parliamentary inquiry. the family of a pregnant nurse who died with covid 19 hasn t received any money from a fundraising campaign which is now at £186,000, even though it was set up to support her husband and children. young black people have been hit hardest by unemployment during the covid pandemic, according to new research. the resolution foundation think tank said that over the past year, the jobless rate for young black people rose by more than a third to 35%, compared with 24% for young people of asian descent and 13% for young white people. the foundation said that covid had widened existing gaps between ethnic groups. it added that young people had borne the brunt ofjob losses in lockdown: between the second and third quarters of 2020 the unemployment rate among 18 24 year olds rose from 11.5% to 13.6%. i can now speak to kathleen henehan, who s
sports are required to get tested at least once a week. starting april 5th. california health officials are away allowing major amusement parks are allowed to open under strict coronavirus you lls. we are at six flags magic mountain in los angeles. that park is opening in a few days. how are they going to run a huge park like that and keep people safe at the same time? with a lot of ingenuity, this will be a thermal temperature check before i can get in the park. my photographer will give me my reading. what is your temperature? 98.4. i m in. the idea of all of on this is be contactless. the security check will be done with imagining, no pat down unless you have a weapon or something. and they will have you provide your ticket on your phone, again, they don t want anybody touching anything and they are thrilled to be re-opening on thursday. we are opening at 15% capacity. so, we are not anticipating any shoulder to shoulder, and we discourage shoulder to shoulder ga