Processing plants to stay open after many are forced to close due to the virus. What it means for workers safety and your next trip to the grocery store. And a safer tomorrow. How the pandemic is inspiring inventions that could change our lives forever. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. If we prematurely try to open up, it could be a rebound to get us back in the same boat that we were in a few weeks ago. Reporter covid19 has now killed more americans than the vietnam war. Reporter there are now more than one million cases of coronavirus in our nation. Were going to show more cases because were doing much, much more testing, double anybody else. Reporter President Trump signing an executive order to keep Meat Processing plants open amid growing concerns about the nations food supply. Supervisor said its just a virus like the flu. Reporter mike pence is facing backlash after visiting the mayo clinics Virus Testing lab without wearing a mask. Im tested every day a
Down theouse at the cma awardsds. J. T. Shows off his southern roots. The entire audience leapt to their feet. Thank you. Lord have mercy. Good morning, america. How didou kw j. T. Was going to own that night. With Chris Stapleton who had a big night, as well. A lot more on that. Oh, boy, a lot of great performances. We have i acomplete wrapup coming up. We begin with major developments in the investigation o that passenger plane that fell from the sky in egypt. Preliminary information suggesting a bomb may have caused a jet to blow apart in midair. We are just hearing from defense secretary ash carteraboard an Aircraft Carrier in the south china sea. Our National Security team covering all the angles for you and brian ross is going to start us off. This morning there is growing concern a terror bomb did bring down that russian plane. If so it could represent what u. S. Officials call the nightmare scenario for air avel everywhere. Counterterrorism Officials Say new intelligence led th
Stretch. Al roker just an hour away from setting the Guinness Record for the longest weather cast in the history of mankind. Will his voice last . Will fatigue make him insane . Al, do you know where you are right now . Find out live, today, friday, november 14th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Roker roker roker al, good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on this friday morning, or as we like to call it, what is it, the 33rd hour of rokerthon . Rokerthon roker friday. He is about to set a Guinness World record for the longest weather cast. Were less than an hour away. Last night i came to visit him about 11 00, brought him some barbecue, and i said, you know, youre really sharp, and he looked at me and said, no, im not. Thats what natalie said, you sound like harvey firestein. Hes been at it for almost 33 hours. A lot of people have wondered, has he taken a shower or changed his clothes . He
Individual tax reform is something that would be very challen challenging without doing a broader fiscal agreement because its not likely in a generation dumais jor tax reform and come back and address the tax code again. That led the president to the view in july while he wants to pursue comprehensive tax reform and hopes were in an environment we have a fiscal frame that permits us to make progress there, on the business side there is much more of a coming together of views. Theres kind of convergence of general approaches, if we were able to succeed we would do something very good for the economy by having the business tax rate, the statutory tax rate come down. Our average tax rate is already lower because of all the loopholes that are bringing Many Companies special benefit. But our statutory rate is one of the highest in the world. Th thats an extra burden for companies when they want to have their headquarters in the United States. Its an issue in terms of base erosion and our I
Investments. There are investments all over the country. That is one of the key instances where investments help businesses and they help grow the economy. This has then that holistic approach. And i appreciate what you said on how the entitle many reforms. He tell me about p the Business Tax Reform and how that will fund the projects. There is one time transition money. That happens in any system. You see it in terms of this one time revenue. We would like t while it encourages growth in the u. S. While you would encourage growth anden investment in the u. S. You will also encourage both india, infrastructure. In tefrps rms of tax reform. Trying to put together two things that are about growth and the economy and things that we can come to agreement on. I think when you look at the provisions. Raise the minimum wage. Saying that people can reduce the hours of work. If you look at the credits in here for expending child and other family tax credits. This is the toughest its been for ma