General suspends those controversial cutbacks until after the election and Congress Calls him to capitol hill demanding answers College Crisis notre dame, the latest university to suspend inperson classes just one week into the semester the spike in cases is very serious and we must take serious steps to address it. An entire Sorority House in oklahoma now quarantining. Just ahead what schools are trying to do to keep covid off campus state of emergency the National Guard mobilized in california with dozens of wildfires raging across the state. Evacuations underway overnight and a searing heat wave making everything worse all that plus just desserts. The Surprising New girl scout cookie thats already the toast of the town. Today, wednesday, august 19th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody welcome to today. Nice to have you with us couldnt you go for a french toast cookie got to wait
Oakland is going to reach up to 87 degrees. We will talk more about this coming up. Mike, how is that looking for the commute . Well, pretty good, kari, but i have to call out the east bay, because looking at the map, there is a green view of the sen source, but over here in freemont, northbound and 680 at the bend of washington and irving, showing the northbound slowing there with a crash perhaps caused by debris, and a larger boulder is reported in the roadways heading past washington and you can see the Speed Sensors changing. Meanwhile in the same area as usual, we have the westbound commute from 580 and highway 84. In the same area, marcus, i hand it back to you. All right. Staying on the breaking news for you, and this is the fires ripping through parts of the bay area, and in some cases coming dangerously close to homes, and prompting evacuation, and all of this is happening in the extreme degree temperatures, and talking about 100 degrees or higher in some place, and taking you
Well, you have to know who the altamont passes are not you are with, right . The bubble, literally. Changing, and from 54 to 680 yeah. You are in my bubble, you from aldrade has slowed, and the have to have fresh air and fresh breath. We are going to have hot temperatures, too, as we take a live look outside from mount work should be cleared there, but not yet. Tam, and we can see the view it is unusual slowing from over San Francisco, and we have not had the cool refreshing freemont to sunol and back to breezes that we are used to you. Thank you, mike. Staying on the breaking news, here, swraez been dealing with the fires are ripping through the extremely hot temperatures near the coastline. Parched brush across the bay and we are going hour by hour area, and in some cases coming with few clouds moving by and dangerously close to homes, and smoke and then by noon time, if prompting evacuations, and all you are thinking of lunch of this in the extreme bay area. Outside, let me show you
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Of the attack on saudi. Which has actually stopped their 5700000 barrel of the output of saudi thats why that attack like send a strong message to saudi arabia that we cant respond toward your war against yemen but i believe that if the saudi did not accept this ceasefire i believe that our more attack to come thats why they believe this is fired today just to show the International Community the saudi that doesnt want. To stop the war against them and they said i believe more big i thought going to come if this ceasefire collapsed for them so yeah maybe. Has more from the yemeni capital sanaa. More than one occasion the whole of these have called for unilateral cease fires the saudi arabia of not responding and not committing to the declare cease fires. But hopefully many expect that the latest initiative declared by the head of the. Transitional council which is the running the Government Affairs that this cease fire would hold its place. We have declared that they will stop their dr