Had turned the corner on chambers. We were all standing here. We said were going to do the trip from washington, otherwise we would have been in this area yesterday. Reporter the Turner Family visiting from the uk happened to be in d. C. Yesterday. Today they were undeterred coming to lower manhattan. We could have gone uptown, but we decided, no, we would come here. We only have a couple days left. We want to go to the statue of liberty. We have to come by here to get there. Reporter for the parents normalcy is key for their kids as the gravity of what happened will sink in in the day to come. After 9 11 we were all in shock. Similar to this. I dont remember sobbing, even though i did know people who were in the building. It takes a while for it to really set in. Reporter today we also spoke to eyewitnesses who saw the immediate aftermath of the attack. We will have more of that part of the story coming up at 6 00. Reporting live in lower manhattan. Rosemary connors, nbc10 news. Rosem
In grateful praise to you, use us for your glory. Touch our senators. Lift them from valleys of pessimism as you fill them with your abiding hope. Prepare them to receive your best gifts, helping them to remember that you are able to do more than they can ask or imagine. Thank you that you are the beginner of our yesterdays, the mystery of our today, and the hope for our tomorrows. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell when washington democrats passed obamacare over the objections of the American People, they were confident americans would soon warm up to this new law, but more than five years later the American People continue to oppose th
States in the number of positive coronavirus cases at about 190,000 confirmed cases. Behind only california and new york. Of course california has a bigger population. But new york and florida are both very similar sized states. When texas reports later today, that could change. Right now, florida, as this state has three of the metropolitan markets that are the fastestgrowing coronavirus case markets in the nation, according to Johns Hopkins jacksonville, florida, orlando, and tampa metro areas, all seeing huge increases in cases. Chris, of course, very anecdot anecdotally, as you are out and about on this Holiday Weekend are you seeing people adhering to social distancing . Are you seeing people there using masks . Thats a great question. I have been in florida in this general area for about five weeks now. And it was stark coming from new york to see how many people were not Wearing Masks, frankly. And the governor has resisted calls even just yesterday from some democrats to instit
Good morning, everyone. Im christi paul in for randi kaye. So glad to have your company. 10 00 on the east coast. 7 00 on the west. I want to begin with suhurrican sandy, which has regained strength. One area thats really starting to feel the effects is the coast of North Carolina and thats where we have George Howell. In the last couple of hours, have you seen conditions change there, george . Christi, good morning. Were starting to feel a little bit of the rainfall from this system. A lot of that rainfall has remained offshore, but here where we are along the outer banks, we are in position to feel those first bands as they move closer to shore. Also the winds are picking up out here. The winds have been right around ten to 20 Miles Per Hour, not too bad, but that situation will change and the best evidence of that just take a look out there. You can see whats happening there on the waters, getting rougher and rougher as the storm moves closer to us. Right now, this area remains unde