After a shooting outside. The president returning moments later. Were live with what happened. Class is in, but as some schools reopen today, masks are out. Walking into the school i didnt see a lot of mask wearing. The parents and teachers voicing concern this morning. New hot spots emerging in the u. S. As cases hit 20 million worldwide. And overnight, Vladimir Putin with a bold claim that russia has the vaccine. Sacked . The leaders of College Football holding emergency talks today on whether to cancel the season as star players and coaches say game on. We want to play no matter who it is or where it is, so well see how those chips fall. Just ahead, dan patrick on the sports uncertain future. Those stories, plus in the air. The youtube stars hearing that phil collins classic for the very first time. And it sends the song to the top of the charts four declads later. Oh, lord. Today, tuesday, august 11th, announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live
Thats not slowing russia down, which today registered and approved for use its vaccine while continuing to conduct human trials. Russia already has a rollout plan. Its ambitious and fast. To start giving the vaccine to medical personnel, this month mask production in september, mask distribution in october. Before todays announcement, i spoke with head of the russian Government Fund backing the vaccine. Well have 30 million doses so well be working based on this number. So you want to vaccinate 30 Million People this year in russia . Well produce up to 30 million doses of vaccine, and then, you know, it will be up to people who wants to be vaccinated. But in principle, yes, we can vaccinate tens of millions of people in russia this year. Reporter scientists including from the w. H. O. Will urging caution, saying only extensive and prolonged testing can determine if a vaccine is effective and safe. U. S. Officials have accused russia of hacking vaccine research, claims russia vigorously
Warning until 5 15, for another 14 miutes, princegeorges and parts of charles and fairfax counties as well. This storm was producing prolific amounts of lightning. Starting to see some of that lightning fall out of thunderstorm which is a good sign. It means that the thunderstorm is starting t calm down a little bit and fizzle out somewhere, but, still some very heavy rainfall and that will ber the main tt out there tonight, hervey rain. Ill have the fireworks forecast coming up in about 15 minutes. All right. Thanks, amelia. People havehe been gatng down on the mall well before this rain hit. And even after is started our crews have seen many folks headed down to get a good look. Crowds continue torow as we check in with W Corey Smith the live near the Lincoln Memorial where the president is the set to speak. Reporter yeah,gu , the crowds do continue to fill in. But this rain is kind of forcing people to make that executive decision, are we going to stay or go . We see more people fil
Corridor. Notice most of maryland now is dry, and i think a lot of us are going to be okay for fireworks tonight. When i say that, yes, the ground is going to be damp out there. There might be some showers in spots, but i think a lot of the thunderstorm activity is showing signs of fizzling out and will continue to fizzle out once the fireworks start to go off. Heres future weather at 7 00 p. M. Notice still some showers potentially in the metro area and no heavy rain, no thund storms which would lead to evacuations, but, guys, thats where the strong line of thunderstorms has developed. It really hasnt moved so we could see some big issues out that way, including areas ofw chester and luray. We could see some flooding concerns and postponement of fireworks. Much more on the fireworks you got it, amelia. Near the. A scuffle bewoeen t groups of demonstrators caused problems. Heres news 4s Jackie Bensen with more on whatsg. Happenin reporter i have a lot of new information for you, and we
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