Wilfred is the only name left. After that, they switch to the greek alphabet while Hurricane Sally pummels the south, the wildfires continue to rage in the west some 87 wildfires burning in 11 states the wildfires have scorched land roughly the side of new jersey so far we start, though, in the gulf. Mobile, alabama. Nbcs Chris Jansing is there emergency crews busy doing rescues there. What more can you tell us . Reporter its been absolute devastation in many parts of this city in ways they hoped wouldnt happen. If you look at this house next door, looks like nothing is really going on except for some folks in Yellow Jackets who happen to be Emergency Responders kevin, if you can follow me in here, the neighbor was kind enough to give us access to his back yard. Look at this oak tree, he says it may be 80 to 100 years old f. You come along the other sierksd it fell directly into the nextdoor neighbors house it took down another tree. Kevin is being very intrepid in climbing up there. Y
And a good saturday morning to you. Craig melvin here, it is 5 00 a. M. On the east coast, 2 00 a. M. Out west, and at this hour, texas is now the first state to pass 1 million coronavirus cases, and the white house chief of staff just tested positive, and we are also still counting votes in america. Joe biden still leading the vote total in some tight races, but were waiting for an answer to that question that everyone in america wants to know this morning, who will reach the 270 electoral vote threshold and when will they reach that threshold. Heres where things stand in four key states early on this saturday morning, well start in the keystone state. As you can see, still too close to call. The difference between the two candidates, 28,833 vote, mr. Biden with a slight lead there. From pennsylvania to nevada, in nevada still waiting for votes to come in from clark county specifically, but right now mr. Biden ahead by almost 2 Percentage Points with 93 of the votes in. The difference
This morning the governor doubling down on the order for new yorkers that wear face coverings in public. Meanwhile over on capitol hill, another round of Coronavirus Relief has passed the senate. That bill now heads to the house. Were going to have a little more on how the legislation would help some would provide some 500 billion money for Small Businesses. All of this while governors in the south are trying to help businesses in their own ways by pulling back restrictions. The cdc director says officials need to stress the importance of social distancing and that protests against stayathome orders, those protests are not helpful. The cdc director also warning that a second wave of coronavirus could come back next winter, and that wave could be even more devastating. This hour were going to be putting a sharp focus on the commonwealth, on virginia. That is where we find nbcs catie beck in the capital of richmond. Shell be with us throughout the hour. What you can see and likely hear,
This, this is whats left of a small restroom facility on the parks property just a few hundred feet away from the white house. This is one of many fires that was set in this area on sunday night. In fact, it was still smoldering up until about half an hour ago and firefighters extinguished the blaze. Sunday night in washington, d. C. , started out largely peaceful. But when the sun went down, those peaceful protests turned into something more. Once again, a night of destruction, a night of chaos, a night of anger as well here in the Nations Capital. That was the case all over the country. The National Guard has been called in here in d. C. Curfew was in place last night. Going to be in place once again tonight, were told. This is st. Johns church. The church was built in the early 1800s. It is known as the church of the president s because literally every president with the exception of james monroe has worshipped here since it was constructed. Atf agents are on the scene right now inv
Latest developments in minneapolis this morning. And before we before we start, i do want to point out to our viewers that im not wearing my Face Covering right now because we are keeping social distance here. Theres six feet between me and the rest of the crew. Im able to do that because of the setup here. So i just want to make sure people know that at home. Morgan chesky is about 15 minutes from where i stand. Hes been on the ground here in minneapolis from the very beginning and he has more on todays Memorial Service. What can we expect from the Memorial Service, morgan . What do we know . Reporter well, craig, this is a service thats been very carefully planned over the past several days. You mentioned social distancing. That was absolutely a factor in wanting to make sure that this was a successful event to pay tribute to the life of george floyd. We know that its going to be held at North Central university here in minneapolis, a christian school, and that a crowd of several hun