Ladies and gents, thank you very much for coming. First of all, we are into the season where the city tends to empty out and so we are all really delighted that you are a problem that is arguably as important here in the United States as it is around the world where we will be free hope focusing on it. Let me introduce myself and we will be conversing with. Carnegie at the endowment for international peace, and the democracy and rule of law program, not the climate and energy program. Simon is going to kick us off, simon taylor, whose one of the founders of Global Witness, which is in my view one of the most innovative and effective organizations working in this around the world and it interestingly combines advocacy with extremely rigorous investigations, and thats one of the things we will be talking byut today, a recent report Global Witness about shows activities in nigeria. He also helped galvanize a coalition of Civil Society organizations in 40 countries worldwide, working for m
Workers tell us at the are if sock tonight at that the trump taj mahal are be shutting down for good after labor day. Reporter tease tease workers will roz interest jobs with the trump ca see foe crows. He is one of several workers on strike. He worked at the taj for 26 years and found out he will be out of a job after labor day. I never taughought it would up like this. They lost many of their benefits. Do you regret going on strike . Tno, follow thnot at all. Reporter the Union President calls it absurd for slamming the door. In a statement, atlantic citys mayor says his thoughts and prayers are with these workers. A septa train hit and killed a person behind a warehouse. Right now, reasonable fal rail service is stopped. Overseas a pan weman went o rampage killing a woman. It happened near the british museum. A 19yearold pan man has been arrested. We will continue to follow the story and bring you updating. 2016 coverage. The campaign is doing really well. Its never been so wellunit
Power of unification, Second Amendment people have amazing spirit, and are tremendously unified. The u. S. Secret service just released a statement that says it is aware of the comments. Weve been monitoring social media, where trumps comments sparked a big response this afternoon. Heres one example. Congressman Brendan Boyle saying, four president s have been assassinated, also attempts on the lives of reagan, ford, truman. Mike pence campaigned here in pennsylvania. And nbc 10s lauren mayk spoke exclusively with pence late this afternoon in lancaster. What did he have to say, lauren . Reporter jim, he told me that donald trump was talking about people who cherish the Second Amendment, needing to be involved in the political process. Now, as you mentioned, not everyone is taking it that way. So i asked him about his opinion on whether this was suggesting some sort of violence against hillary clinton. Of course not. Of course not, no. Donald trump is urging people around this country t
This was trump last night. I think hes the worst president maybe in the history of our country. I think the republican nominee is unfit. The president earlier in the day with his harshest words yet. It has to be more than what you say. This is not somebody i can support for president of the United States. As trump tries to dig out of yet another controversy over what he said about women and sexual harassment. And who will it be . Its one of the greatest honors given to an american athlete carrying the flag into the opening olympic ceremony. We know who it is. And well have the big reveal today, wednesday, august 3rd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, countdown to rio, with matt lauer live from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie, live from Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to another little bit edition of today, wednesday morning, crunch time here in rio, the openings ceremony at the Olympic Games now just two days away. It is our third morning here o
Ahead. And railing collapse, at least a dozen people hurt during a snoop dogg, wiz khalifa concert in camden. Well explain coming up. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today, im rosemary connors. Its just after 6 00 on this saturday. We will get to those stories in just a moment but first lets take a live look outside at boathouse row. Not looking to bad out there but we know we have changes on the way in the forecast. Lets get more from nbc 10 first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Things look okay this morning, a few spot showers around our region, but later today just toss the umbrella in theman car as you head out the r because you might need it if you are out and about 3 00 to 8 00 p. M. , thats when that possibility of showers picks up. Before that hot and humid. If you want to get outside for the run now is the time to do it. We are at 77 in philadelphia, 74 trenton and 75 vineland. Right now allentown also in the mid 70s, lower 70s for coatesville and mid 70s out of Atlantic C