Against the variants right now. The more contagious variant first found in south africa is here. It almost certainly means theres other cases out there. This is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is friday, january 29th, its 6 00 here in new york. So why is this man smiling . No, not the guy on the left who lost an election by 7 million votes and presided over the deaths of 400,000 americans from coronavirus. The guy on the right, the republican leader on the right. Why is he smiling . Because hes been working on some bipartisan deal to get vaccines to millions of people . Is he smiling because hes been fighting for Economic Relief for millions of people out of work . Is he smiling because hes taken a new public stand against lies, hate, and bigotry . No, no, and no. Hes smiling because he got a political pat on the head, the tender embrace of the man who told a mob to march on the cap
Abortion access. Important its happened. All those who care about life we still have work to do. Former President Trump, he met the with House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy. Trump pledged to work with mccarthy on gaining the House Majority in 2022. I feel good i knew that i would now. I feel good steve me too. Brian right. I dont think is he talking directly to us. Steve yeah he is. So good. Breen brian did he write this song for rocky 3 . Ainsley i wish we could ask him what does this song mean . Why do you feel good . Brian we couldnt book him. Steve it is friday, january 29th. Thats why we feel good because it is friday, january 29th. Kansas day coming to think about it when you grow up in kansas. It is the coldest day of the year so far. Right now outside it is 1 degrees in New York City. Sit back, relax, pour yourself a big cup of joe and enjoy the show starts now. Ainsley thank you for watching. Start about this story. Little Little People winning. Trading app. Robin hood is goi
Right away, take a look. A black lives matter protest is under way in martin. Sky 7 overhead as we speak. Now, the city is tense after several racist incidents in recent weeks and police have been warning about the possibility of violent counterprotesters tonight. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. Issues of race and social justice are something were especially focused on here at abc 7 as part of ow efforts to build a better bay area. The protest started an hour ago and they plan to end up near the waterfront near the superior court building. Cornell barnard is there live right now. Cornell, how has it been so far . So far so good, eric. That group is braving extreme heat out here in martinez. They are on the move through the streets of downtown marching towards the waterfront. The black lives matter march started about 45 minutes ago. Several hundred people showed up and it quickly grew to several thousand. Within a couple minutes there was
Court street. Both facing hate crime charges. Jones is disturbed about what she saw. People dont understand they dont understand what the black lives matter means. Were not saying that white living dont matter or hispanic lives dont matter. What were saying is we want to be treated equal. Minutes before the march, this man clashed with demonstrators. He was shouted down. There was a Large Police Presence here today. Due to rumors of violence. Businesses boarded up windows. And doors as a precaution. Today has been largely peaceful. We of course will keep you posted on the protest. Were streaming live online. Earlier this afternoon also in martinez a homeowner mowing dry weeds in triple digit heat sparked a grass fire that raced up a hillside. Firefighters responded to vista oaks and douglas drive about 1 00. Flames burned towards a homeless encampment nearby and homes were briefly threatened. The homeowner said he was trying to create defensible space. A socially distanced block party
A dramatic scene on a military ship in san diego. 17 sailors and 4 civilians injured. The cause still unknown. The very latest on the investigation this morning. Breaking overnight. John travolta reveals the death of his wife Kelly Preston at just 57 after a long battle with Breast Cancer. This morning the tributes to her pouring in. New name. The Washington Redskins reveal theyll drop their controversial nickname in an announcement about the teams future expected later today. And drive in and turn it up. Thousands of happy music fans get a treat over the weekend as some of the industrys biggest stars come together for concerts with a twist. This is how you do music in 2020, folks. 2020. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Welcome to today. Its nice to have you with us on a monday morning. Hoda, were kind of reunited. Havent seen you in a couple of weeks. You had some time off, i had some tim