it s 4:00. we ve got news we have a behind the scenes legal battle with potentially major consequences for the justice department s investigation into the ex-president s handling of classified documents at mar-a-lago the washington post is reporting this quote, a federal judge has at least partially granted a request from u.s. prosecutors to force an attorney for donald trump to testify before a grand jury about the former president s possession of classified documents after leaving office that s according to two people briefed on the decision. evan corcoran had refused to answer investigators questions about his interactions with trump. prosecutors sought to show the chief u.s. guess strict judge beryla.howell of washington that there were grounds of a crime-fraud exception. they spoke anonymously because this is under seal this breaking news is is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends jackie alamany is here her by-line is on that neil is here
Over. Today, saturday, august 26th, 2017. From nbc news, this this a special edition of today Hurricane Harvey makes landfall. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im sheinelle jones. Glad to have you with us. Im craig melvin. Dylan and lester are in texas covering Hurricane Harvey with our team of nbc news correspondents. Well get to them in a moment. First, a look at the latest information on the storm. Check it out. This is a satellite image of a harvey ads it rolls over texas. A huge rainmaker. This is the scene from up in space. The astronauts aboard the International Space station capturing this image of the enormity of Hurricane Harvey. Heres a live look at galveston where the rain and wind has been nonstop since harvey came ashore. Heres the latest Hurricane Harvey made landfall around 10 00 p. M. Central time. Came ashore as a categoryfour storm. Its since been downgraded to a category one. Harvey brought with it wi
Welcome to you our viewers in the United States, canada and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Covid19 is spreading so quickly across the United States that one million americans have tested positive in just the past week. Friday set a new u. S. Record. More than 195,000 new cases in a single day. The country is now approaching 12 million total cases since the pandemic began. The number of people admitted to hospital for treatment has skyrocketed to the highest levels yet. Medical facilities are feeling the strain. Among those who recently tested positive, another member of President Trumps immediate family, his eldest son, don jr. , also rudy giuliani, a special assistant to mr. Trump and the son of personal attorney rudy giuliani. With thanksgiving days away, the cdc is once again urging americans to wear face masks. More than half of all cases being spread are dodge so by those who are asymptomatic. Cnns Alexander Field has more. Another major step towards a vaccine. Phaser app
Allstate sends a check. Ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. Are you in good hands . Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports with prayer and renewed resolve, president obama tries to expand the rights for all americans. We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths, that all of us are created equal. Is the star that guides us still just as it guided our forebearers through seneca falls and selma and stonewall. For the first time on the inaugural platform the inclusion of gay rights. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. And the president takes the First Step Towards Challenging Congress on Climate Change. We, the people, still believe that our obligations as americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of Climate Change knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but no
Tom is here and when he is outnumbered on many thoughts on what is happening it ebola. I am with shepherd smith. His video is going viral telling everyone not to worry, it maybe overplayed and too much panic. I am with him. So many questions for americas Top Health Official as we await the start of the hearing. This is how we are learning ho two nurses possibly dbgot infected with the disease. And they are saying two days after the liberian man came to the hospital worked with procedures that changed on the fly and the cdc admitting vincent was allowed to fly across the United States after telling them she had a light fever possibly exposing dozens to the dangers. Angela do you believe we will get muchneeded answers . I am torn on this. It is important to Keep Congress in the loop and they hold the purse strings. There have been a lot of cdc failures. The un came out saying we have 60 days to con ain this. We cannot af two to have or three of thedays spent on a political dog an pony sh