Intentions. Britain royal family welcomes irelands president for a historic visit. And were in afghanistan where two president ial hopefuls think theyve each secured victory in saturdays votes. Hello. The u. S. Secretary of state says iran breakout period, the time it would take to produce the material for a Nuclear Weapon, is two months. John kerry made his comments when a Senate Committee asked him whether negotiators were aiming for a six to 12month breakout period. I think its fair to say that i think its Public Knowledge today that were operating with a time period for a socalled breakout of about two months. Thats been in the public domain. So six months to 12 months is im not saying that thats what wed settle for, but even that is significantly more. Remember, breakout means that they make a decision to race, to sort of move out of regime put in place and overtly move to enrich sufficiently to create enough material for one weapon. Thats what breakout means. It doesnt mean theyv
First is a check on your Bloomberg Top headlines. Salesforce has reported a gain in sales in the first, a check on your Bloomberg Top headlines. Salesforce has reported a gain in sales in the first quarter. Professional services and other revenues climbed. Verizon ceo says reports of the company acquiring dish are a fantasy. Speaking at a conference, they say there have not been talks and there will be talks with dish. Speculation took off after at t and directv struck a deal to combine. And china is suspending its involvement in a Cyber Security working group with the united states. This comes after the Justice Department charged five chinese officials with corporate espionage. Now to the lead story of the day. Microsoft tried again when it comes to tablet. The unveiled surface pro 3. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the tablet that can replace your tablet surface pro 3. We thought there would be a surface mini, but instead, a group. It will cost 799 and hits stores tomorrow. Microsoft f
Security working group with United States after the u. S. Justice department charged five Chinese Military officials with stealing trade secrets. The working group was established last year as a way for the u. S. And china to try to find Common Ground on cyber security. Has also banned the use of Microsoft Windows eight on all government computers. The News Agency Says it was to ensure security after microsoft stopped supporting windows xp which increased fears of hacking. It is still widely used in china but private computers are not affected by this ban. A top official from the new York City Taxi and limousine commission. He will be the head of policy and community engagement. Uber had a battle with the new york tlc before winning approval for its service. Microsoft tries again when it comes to tablets, this time unveiling the surface pro3 at an event in new york city. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the tablet that can replace your laptop, surface pro3. We all thought there would be a
Odonnell is covering the white house. Mike, weve been talking about a potential biden trip to wisconsin. The day is here. What are you learning about his plans . Reporter its been 674 days since joe biden last came to this critical battleground state of wisconsin. I was with him on that trip. It was a Campaign Event just days before the midterm elections. His message that day was to talk about how he said its the angry, the negative tone of that Years Campaign was so overwhelming. He said it was incumbent upon our political leaders to lower the temperature and restore some dignity to this political debate. Thats exactly the message that i understand biden is going to bring on his visit to kenosha today. Hes going to have a Community Conversation at the church behind me. Hes also going to meet with jacob blake, sr. , and members of the blake family. More of a unifying, more of a healing visit is what the Biden Campaign is saying. Hallie, you know the sensitivity of this visit, just two
Plus, we just hit another milestone in the pandemic this afternoon. The United States passed 18 0,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths. For context, 180,000 is about the entire population of cities like providence, rhode island, ft. Lauderdale, florida, and several others. This as we continue our way towards 6 million cases here in the u. S. Lets go back now to our breaking news story at the top of the hour, residents are boarding up their homes as the governors of louisiana and texas warn half a million people, they need to evacuate from the area ahead of hurricane laura. Joining us now is today cohost al roker, Msnbcs Ali Velshi in beaumont, texas, where a curfew is in place. Ali, bring us up to speed on what you are seeing, are people now listening to the evacuation orders that are being issued by officials in both states . Reporter some, ayman. Texas is not on record as one of the places that takes evacuation orders all that seriously. People like to ride these things out. This is an a