Millions of people across North America will view a rare event, a total Solar Eclipse. Its going to be visible along whats known as The Path Of Totality. That stretches 100 miles wide and spans 15 states as well as mexico and parts of eastern canada. Along that path, tens of millions of people will see the Afternoon Skies completely darken when the moon slips between the earth and sun temporarily blocking the suns light. Other parts of the u. S. Outside The Path Of Totality will be able to see a partial Solar Eclipse. Now there is a question about whether cloud coverage could restrict the view for some. Part of what makes today so special, the u. S. Wont see another total Solar Eclipse of this scale for two more decades. Our team joins us this morning from the path, al roker, cohost of today is in dallas, nbcs Maura Barrett at the university of indianas football stadium in bloomington, and nbcs george solis from the u. S. S. Intrepid museum in new york city. Al, what are you expecting
And tomasz has the weather. We have been forecasting rain for today. It is on its way but some of us today. It is on its way but some of us actually may end up with a pretty bright day. Good morning. First, our main story. North korea appears to have carried out another nuclear test. China and the United States say they have detected tremors consistent with an underground explosion. Hours earlier, north koreas state news agency said the country had built its own Hydrogen Bomb, capable of being mounted on an inter continental ballistic missile. There is no independent verification of the claim. Our correspondent Yogita Limaye is in the south korean capital, seoul. What more do we know about the cause of these tremors . And Emergency National Security Council meeting is under way here in south korea. It is chaired by president moonjae in. What the south Korean Military has said is that the tremor that have been detected seemed to have been caused by an explosion and that they are man mad
The developing story is a bart. We have trains running this morning for another day at least after unions and management decided to extend their labor talks past the deadline monday. Theyre taking a recess and they will be back later in the early afternoon. Bart unions initially said they would strike if they did not reach a deal by midnight early this morning. The possibility of the strike is still there as the unions gave management in 24 our retreat from what would have been the second strike and more than three months. Darya our Team Coverage continues with kron4s will tran as they emerged this morning at the headquarters. They will return at 1 00. Will i got into at least admit that part. They would not say anything. They would not even comment on whether or not they made progress. At 530 this morning and decided to leave the building. Go home to a little bit of a now and come back. Heres video that we shot of about sides of the bargaining table leaving. Heres one of the chief neg
Acknowledging that the constitution doesnt require it but our respect for the separation of powers really ought to lead to us sticking to the number nine. Dont pack the court. In recent days ive seen some in the media, some in this body, try to redefine what it means to pack the court. Some have suggested, well, Court Packing takes various forms and it can mean confirming a lot of people all at once. Some have defined it so as to suggest that it consists of doing that which the Trump Administration and the Republican Senate have been doing over the last 3 1 2 years which is filling vacancies as they have arisen and doing so with textualist, originalist judges. This may not be something that some like but this is not Court Packing. Court packing is itself manipulative. Its something that has great danger to do immense political and constitutional harm to our system of government in part because it would set up a oneway rachet. Once you create a position and confirm someone to that posit