The hunt for variants. The house Impeachment Managers laying out their case against former President Trump a week before his trial democrats saying he summoned a mob and aimed them like a Loaded Cannon at the capitol. How trumps legal team is responding. The 9yearold Pepper Sprayed by police her mother speaking out to us about the action shes now taking paying tribute to the 100yearold world war ii veteran who inspired the world announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone its not often we start the broadcast with news of a change in one of this countrys corporate suites but arguably no company has changed the way we live quite like amazon. And late today its Ceo Jeff Bezos delivered the surprising news hes stepping down from the helm of the Shopping Empire Formed in 1994 that Late Development just one of the major stories were covering tonight that includes a deadly day for the fbi. Two agents killed while trying to serve a criminal warrant in florida. Th
Stunning scenes in more than 100 cities with soprotests peaceful with heavy Police Presence and the National Guard called up in some places. By our nbc news count, demonstrators appeared in 111 american cities. We have correspondents on the streets with live reports from many of those scenes. Then in our sunday closer, a conversation about george floyd, minneapolis and a painfully familiar sight to many of our fellow americans. And lets begin this morning right there in minneapolis where there was another citywide curfew, but protesters were out for most of the night. A different scene, though, than what that city saw on friday night. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has been in minneapolis all week for us. Good morning. What does it look like there today . Reporter good morning. The overnight crackdown appears to have worked. This is the Police Precinct downtown, heavily fortified with concrete barriers right over there. After days of chaos, the governor here in minnesota activated the states enti
Good morning im phillip mena. And. Just six months ago covid19 didnt exist here in the state more than 1. 3 million americans are infected, more than a million more than any other nation spain has the second highest number with 224,000. And the u. S. Death toll has now surpassed 80,000 a Mysterious Illness affecting children could be linked to coronavirus. Three children in new york city have died because of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome at least 85 children across the u. S. Have developed it unemployment numbers have reached levels not seen since the Great Depression the rate stands at 14. 7 , and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says the true Unemployment Rate may be even higher, as much as 25 . He says it could get much worse before it gets better. A covid19 study done on Major League Baseball employees yielded some unexpected low results. According to a report from espn, 60 of the more than 5700 mlb employees tested positive for covid19 antibodies. Thats less than 1 .
Early today starts right now good morning on this wednesday. Im cori coffin. And im frances rivera. An epidemic with no end in sight. The coronavirus reaches a grim milestone as the american death toll hits the triple digits. Heres what you need to know at this hour. As the deadly outbreak evolves, u. S. Officials are boosting measures to combat coronavirus in new york city the shutdown threatens to go further. Mayor bill de blasio urging new yorkers to prepare for a shelter in place order a decision will be made within the next day or so as hospitals become strained by a surge of patients the pentagon announced it is getting 5 million respirator masks and also 2,000 ventilators to the department of health and Human Services secretary of defense mark esper said 1 Million Masks would be available immediately. And one South Carolina School District is putting meals on wheels the anderson School District is delivering breakfast and lunch to thousands of students the bus driver miss patric
Roughly a dozen states are offering drivethrough covid19 testing. Some people confused by special requirements for testing like an appointment or doctors note at christiane Care Hospital in delaware, they tested 536 people in four hours. One in one side of the nose and one in the other side and put it inside the tube and close it off and send it with their individual information. Reporter the white house says 2,000 labs will have the ability to conduct tests by sometime today processing nearly 2 million tests by the end of the week each test could take hours or days to process. But across much of the country, frustration at the lack of tests and slow results a virginia man who returned from a trip to new york is now unconscious on a ventilator and in icu it took three days to get a positive test result. Like hes sleeping but, you know, hes got all these tubes and hes on his stomach and just doing everything they can to keep him alive, but its heartbreaking. I just want him to come home