willem is was one of the towering figures in civil war scholarship at that point. williams observed, quote, probably no book by a participant in a war has done so much to shape the historical image of that conflict as alexander drew lessons from the battles so a lesson can be drawn from his book. namely, that the finest military history may be written by a soldier who is also a scholar. the principle criticism by modern historians, this is pre-1989 was that alexander hadn't put enough of his own experiences in this book. we wish we had gotten more from him. and, of course, that criticism evaporates when you put fighting for the confederacy alongside military memoirs of a confederate because there you get both things taken together. these two books complement each other beautifully and constitute a matchless contribution to the literature on the military side of the war. okay. now, i'm just going to read you some passages from the two books to give you a sense of why i think it is so good. i'm going to open with a passage from "military memoirs" dealing with frederi

willems and one of those villains is wonder storm yury who decimated the majority of united states last week most notably in the great state of texas where freezing rain snow and frozen temperatures expose the citizens of the lone star state to the grim meat hook reality of u.s. infrastructure you see in texas a staggering mix of deregulation hubris and greed combined with mother nature's freezing temperatures led to the large scale failure of the state's power grid strain gas fired nuclear power plants and frozen wind turbines left more than $4000000.00 without power in the storm's immediate aftermath including some who had been in the dark for more than 24 hours and now with pipes still bursting water gushing power fluctuating and more than 50 to 70 dead and counting many citizens of texas are now facing true insult to injury no i'm not talking about their political leaders from senators to mayors ducking out to old can coon or declaring that texans need to stop asking for bush was the handouts like well you know running water or electricity no i'm talking about that most american of

the new owner plans a movie like the creepy willem casement which is like my master bedroom. regular bookings won't begin for a few months but anyone with a thick skin are any skin for that matter can enter now. no word if use of ply your own lotion but i hear the food is included in the price and i'm in forward to their sam chatter basically clam chowder but with sam. would you spend the night there pete? >> sure, yeah. greg: i'm coming along. >> i was asked for a photo of the house and mine was not silence of the lambs. that's what i would die. >> a picked the house from the 1994 smash hit richie rich. mccauley culkin when i was growing up i still think is pretty hot. i don't know the fate murder house? i don't know. those sleeping in a murder house makes it scary. i don't know if they are real but they are probably a real -- rigg i don't know. >> i submitted the legend of the fall house and i don't get the picture. there it is. montana living in the middle of nowhere. it's awesome but again if i'm going to stay in a haunted house it would have to be a real haunted house un

original member the bank of england monetary policy committee will and we take our thank you so much willem for coming on you believe because it is intrinsically worthless it is there is no doz disagreement about. it has value to the extent that people believe it has. a bit coy in its its just too good. for something that has no intrinsic value not just that but it is extremely costly to jews in syria as yet tense the mining process so it isn't environmentally unfriendly intrinsically this. tribe would see us currency. well we'll get on the way you think it's a private fear currently and in a moment and of course big going to vote is will say you were talking about the new money supply off big coin the existing ones have already been mined and take up no environmental impact i suppose apart from the computers that we're using anyway i mean surely they would say it has an intrinsic value in that people who support the big question currency believe it is an emblem of a totally new financial architecture without people like you and what you did at the bank of england or the european bank for r

economist and original member the bank of england one tree policy committee will thank you so much willem for coming on do you believe because it is intrinsically worthless it is. does this give the. sal you. to be extended people believe. bitcoin is it's just too good. for something that has no it to 6 value not just that but it is extremely costly jews. syria. mining process so it is an environmentally unfriendly intrinsically valuable this. private c.s. clearance well we're going on the way you think it's a private free hand currently and in a moment and of course big going to vote will say you're talking about the new money supply off because when the existing ones have already been mined and take up no environmental impact i suppose apart from the computers that we're using anyway i mean surely they would say it has an intrinsic value in that people who support the bitcoin currency believe it is an emblem of a totally new financial architecture without people like you and what you did at the bank of england or the european bank for reconstruction and development. it's a road. see us

dance teacher willem engel is one of the most visible sceptics of corona. i understand the feeling of hopelessness, i understand the feeling of agitation and aggression of the people committing that violence. however, i do not think that is the right way. you know you have the power to stop the people confronting the politicians in theirfaces... i want them to confront politicians, so why would i try not to get them to do that? despite more than 100 million confirmed cases and 2.2 million deaths across nearly 200 countries, his group, virus truth, doesn't believe the coronavirus pandemic exists. this, as well as other covid related conspiracy theories, i have been gaining support here. this was never a countryl of big conspiracy theories but if you don't know the truth, anything could be true. - geert wilders, a famously anti—islam politician, who has been one of the most outspoken populist voices in dutch politics for almost two decades, was recently convicted of insulting moroccans. he is also the country's opposition leader. they are not a huge group,

p a way and so for william always great to get your take on what might become of the 2015 j c p o e willems they're talking to us from washington. still to come here on the news for you after soaring virus infections in lebanon there's now a severe shortage of medical supplies and amazon's under jeff bezos is stepping down as c.e.o. after the company posted wreck or quarterly profits pakistan have the chance to break the jinx this lasted more than a decade and a half for this cricket coming up in sport when we come back. because some write in the forecast the parts of the middle east they are caught out will stay dry the southern half of the region will be settled and fine but you can notice some western weather just coming in across that eastern side of the mediterranean syria lebanon jordan israel of palestinian territories seeing some rather heavy right and that line of rain coming in across the northwest quarter of saudi arabia we've got a northerly wind coming out of the levant we got a southerly wind now where they say swain's mates can't go down they're forced to rise cool condense w

you had with solyndra you willem have companies that will benefit from special treatment getting government largess for products that can't take it on thent market. liz: you know china dominates lithium batteries, they dominate the chemicals in the components for all of that. and we have had toppled palm officials warning hey you can immediately dialed back and shut down colin fossil fuel jobs and expect all of a sudden the solar plants will pop up in west virginia. john kerry's family owns the private jet. private jets pump out 40% more than commercial airliners. john kerry has lectured oil and gas gas workers you have you have to lose your job while flying around in a right jet. even admits majority of emissions come from overseas. >> he also know paris alone is not enough. not when almost 90 percent of all of the planet's mission, global emissions come from outside of u.s. borders. we could go to zero tomorrow and the problem isn't solved. >> they can be the people to go to work to make the solar panels. i think workers are going to see that with the efforts of the biden administration s

willem: yes, that is another advantage. people who have the largest tech names should look at where to find growth with lower valuations in smaller caps, and potentially outside of the u.s., a few stocks in europe and a lot in asia can expose you to the digital evolution without the headline risk. anna: with all that set about tech stocks, how much do you want exposure to the u.s. where you see heavyweight technology names? willem: the u.s. is an overweight together with china, singapore and the u.k., the u.k. being the valuation argument rather than anything else. the u.s. we feel is in an upswing, manufacturing around the world is improving and that is the case in the u.s. a solid manufacturing recovery. we think people, the consumer will join as an engine for growth going forward. it will be interesting to watch services showing in two days, and the situation depends state to state depending on covid, but we look through that noise to the recovery. i think that is what the market will do. as long as we know the destinati

ignored and discriminate against and disenfranchised against because of where they live, in their mothers willems, and how small and defenseless the arctic we know you understand this. you get it. or at least you once did. years ago you wrote a constituent explaining that a law against funding for abortion would quote for tech both the woman and her unborn child. the science of human development has not changed a thanks to ultrasound the unborn babies are more visible than ever before. mr. president, growing numbers of americans are shocked to learn that the methods of abortion include dismemberment of a child's fragile body, including decapitation. and drugs like ru-486 starve the baby to death for he or she is forcibly expelled from the womb. the multibillion-dollar abortion industry cleverly markets choice while going to ask for the links to ignore, trivialized and cover-up the battered baby victim. abortion violence must be replaced with compassion and empathydi for women and for defenseless unborn babies in the united states and around the world. them both.e more than 62 million babies have

and make them a bit easier there was a grace period as you say for the first few months of this year willem nel customs declaration is needed if you ordered parcels or did online shopping but that changes in april so amazon has been looking at the things it sells and will remove some products for sale and that way it will not have to take on the added red tape. some products are a bit more hassle than others to bring over the irish sea committing is likely to be affected by things like some food products and some over—the—counter medicines so those are the ones likely to become unavailable to customers in the future but amazon says it will keep the broadest range of products possible available to people here. emma, thank you. the international olympic committee executive board is meeting virtually — to discuss what do about this summer's delayed tokyo games. with less than six months to go before the opening ceremony, they're expected to give more details of the adaptations that may need to be made in order to stage the games covid—safe. another option is to cancel them altogether.

nbc's willem marx has more on this >> reporter: the push to keep kids in classrooms could be getting a big boost with covid saliva tests now available in a growing number of schools. each week as part of a government trial thousands of kids in britain fill small plastic tubes in seconds. with reliable lab results returned hours later. american students are trying it, too principal molly king introduced her connecticut school to the idea in september. >> we wanted to reassure our community that we were doing everything that we could to mitigate risk. >> reporter: nearby yale scientists tell us saliva tests are accurate and easy. >> when you really look at the lower limit, the saliv test is right up there with the swab based method. >> reporter: while experts say schools are not a major transmission point for covid more testing is seen as critical so labs in 25 states are now working to increase saliva capacity and reduce costs. >> aggressive, routine testing is the only way that we will be able to reopen this country safely >> reporter: if an entire classroom is tested at once the cos

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willem marx is in london. walk us through the technique and the response you're hearing. >> reporter: kendis, i don't know if you've had one of the swabs shoved up your chose to the back of your throat, it's not uncomfortable. and for children, it's a bit of an obstacle when it comes to regular testing. what they've been doing in the u.k., the british government is backing a trial where kids spit into a test tube. that allows scientists to extract the viral r&a and diagnosis the sample. if it comes back positive, the kid can be taken out of school and the class. that's been trialed in a number of schools here in free. in the u.s., what's going on, on top of that collection difference, they're also doing something called pool testing. by an entire classroom of samples is tested at the same time. if there's a positive case, they can then dive in, identify the individual and obviously that leads to self-isolation. what's so interesting is it increases the efficiency, reduces the cost. and one of the driving force

willem marx is with us in london. willem, good to see you. thanks for joining us on this. talk us through the latest numbers. >> reporter: yes, yasmin, this is a report commissioned by the foreign ministry in germany, they've been concerned about this sometime, the rise of far right groups in that country, not just on the physical fringe, but some of them quite violent as well. they looked at the situation in france and sweden and uk and also what's going none the u.s., they found there's a deep well of mistrust among ordinary members, conspiracy theorists and vaccinations. the far right extremist groups looking to tap into that. i talked to one of the authors of the report, focused on the dynamics at play in germany itself. >> realizes that there's a lot of angry people, some are understandably angry. they might lose their job. they might have massive changes in their life, based on the pandemic. and they're demonstrating against the measures of the government. so the right wing extremists see this as an opportunity and try to hijack the legitimate anger on one hand. as w

nbc's willem marx is in london. how are these groups growing during this pandemic? >> reporter: hey, ellison. this is all based on a report commissioned by the german foreign ministry, an organization called the counterextremism project has worked with researchers across europe, and what they found from july through to october is not only that the far right, the extreme right wing of some of the parties in these countries, but also some of these fringe movements have been growing their online presence, as you might imagine. they've been trying to take advantage of popular anger at lockdown restrictions, concerns about vaccination, the conspiracy theorists they might be attempts by the government to implant chips in our bodies and that sort of thing, to expand their influence and reach. i've been speaking to authors of the report from finland, france, germany and sweden. they've said some of the protest moments we've seen around the world including the u.s. is an opportunity for far right extremist groups, some with violent tendencies to find people and come at this

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willem marx, such an important story, thank you. >>> i want to turn back to the doctors, dr. amesh ajalda and dr. ungerleider. could you quickly weigh in on the report we just heard from willem about the saliva testing. do you know how effective this really is? it could be huge for so many kids that are so uncobble getting these nasal swabs? >> from all the data i've seen on saliva testing, i think it will be something we see and hear more of. when we talk about these home tests we want americans to have, i think this is the way to go so there's great promise in controlling this pandemic. >> we'll be watching that. dr. functioner lighter, let me bring you some questions from our viewers, families wanting to celebrate holidays, today is thanksgiving. after all they've been apart for so long because of this pandemic. this is a viewer asking this. my daughter and husband have worked at home since march. they go out for groceries and carryout. i've been home as well. since halloween we have quarantined except for needed outings. can we get together for thanksgiving? dr. ungerleid

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let's get details now from willem marx in london. what kind of technology here with retalking about? >> reporter: good morning, we're talking about saliva, spit, spittle. essentially this is about changing the way people's samples are testing. the backside of things, that's similar to when you see the nasal swabs. this is about helping children in particular collect their samples. we've seen schools all over the east coast now adopting this technology introduced really by some folks at yale who have been working with the nba on this but also a pooling system that allows large batches to be tested at once. the woman who founded the company that's offering this now to dozens of schools on the east coast. i sat down and talked with her a couple of weeks ago and asked her why she thought this was so important and why she decided to pursue this technology. >> the sample collection of a nasal swab seemed to be the bottleneck of getting tested. for nasal swabs you needed a trained person to actually take that sample. it's quite an invasive

willem, thank you. >>> a quick update to a story we covered for you. rudy giuliani has now reacted to our request for a comment in response to congress man pass cell's call for himmed to be disbarred. quote, we will simply continue to do our job. this is not a political fight, it is a legal fight. no lawyer should ever be maliciously intimidated, threatened or targeted for advocacy of any client, especially when that client is the president of the united states. the president's legal team has yet to back up their false and discredited claims that president trump won the election. that wraps up this hour for me. have a very happy thanksgiving day tomorrow. "deadline white house" with nick coal wallace begins right after this break. right after this break and that's why i love healthmarkets, your insurance marketplace. with healthmarkets' fitscore, they compare thousands of plans from national insurance companies to find the right medicare plan that fits you. call or visit healthmarkets to find your fitscore today. in minutes, you can find out if your cu

joining us now live from london, nbc news correspondent willem marx. willem, good morning! it's great to see you. what can you tell us about this plan for mass testing? i know many here in the united states are still struggling or having to wait in very long lines for testing, so i think we're all pretty interested to know if something like this can work. >> reporter: well, the short answer is, yes, in theory. and of course, the experts i've spoken to have said it needs to be well targeted and very specific to a particular location, perhaps a small city, an area of a city. we spent a lot of time talking to folks in the city of liverpool, in the northwest of edgeland, where they've been trialing this for a couple weeks. the british government, local authorities have called in the military. there are more than 2,000 soldiers manning testing facilities across the nation, soccer stadiums, sports schools, community centers. they're using a testing technology known as lateral flow. it essentially allows you to take the swab from your nose and mouth, your throat, as normally. that

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but the government says has sent two fact-finding missions to areas and it willeme providing gency assistance. there is still no definite end inin sight for the fig and it looks like its impact could last for months or more. >> forces are accused of destroying an airport. the airport, hom to unesco's world heritage te, used to be a popular tourist destination, but it is the human impact that is of the greatest concern. is footage from humera. these people were hit by gunfire during an assault by government forces. since the fighting began, nearly three weeks ago, hundreds and maybe thousands of people are believed to have lost their lives. here is the head of the u.n. office for humanitarian affairs on what they want to happen. >> this has going on forb three weeks now and we aree increasinglyoncerned abouten the situation facing millions of civilians in and around the thousands of people who are in need of humanitarian assistance. visly, we are very t worried about the loss of u.n. staff and the capital the region with half a million people. we are also concerned about of staff.nwhere we hav

willems, the us bill has a very different agenda. when not stated, this has nothing to do with police welfare or looking after us. if they did is we told you different stocks are going to go for the farms. it's not going to vote for the sponsors of the sport. it's simply looking out for the interests of the hollanders, media, and government to do without the where for because it was r.c. welfare. they would have brought it in across or all the major league sports in a very good sign of the misdeeds of water. but you won't do that because the owners of the big major sports teams were to cover them. and the huge be massive is huge and investors in these sports won't get them. so this has nothing to argue whether this is simply of those greed and the dollar protests again hit the armenian capital this wednesday over the peace deal for nagorno karabakh. demonstrations in yerevan have split. however, both in support and against the prime minister. after he signed a truce for the disputed region with azerbaijan, just over a week ago, the p

king willem—alexander and queen maxima returned to the netherlands on saturday after less than 24 hours in greece, aknowledging what they described as an "intense" reaction from the public who had been told on wednesday they should avoid travelling abroad. speaking to reporters mr rutte said he bore full ministerial responsibility for what happened. ijust sent i just sent a ijust sent a letter to parliament saying i did misjudge the case especially when you see the rise in cases and the harsh measures we have to take a would have been better to think it over. because the constitution i cannot tell you more, it isa constitution i cannot tell you more, it is a unity of the crown. the prime minister is responsible for the king, i am prime minister is responsible for the king, lam responsible but it was merit —— mistake, my misjudgment to tell them we should think it over. the headlines on bbc news: wales goes into lockdown — announcing a "short, sharp" shock from friday to act as a ‘firebreak‘ on covid19. greater manchester's leaders are meeting, ahead of talks with the governmen

king willem—alexander and queen maxima returned to the netherlands on saturday after less than 2a hours in greece, acknowledging what they described as an "intense" reaction from the public who had been told on wednesday they should avoid travelling abroad. speaking to reporters, mr rutte said he bore full ministerial responsibility for the affair. translation: sol translation: so i just translation: so ijust sent translation: so i just sent a letter to parliament saying that i did misjudge the case about the trip, especially when you see the rising cases and the hard measures we have to take, it would have been better to think it over. because of the constitution i can't tell you the constitution i can't tell you more, the constitution i can't tell you more, the prime minister is responsible for the king, he is inviolable and i am responsible, but it was my mistake, my misjudgment to not tell him we should think it over. brazil is one of the countries that's been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. more than 150,000 people have lost their lives, a death toll second only to the uni

in a statement, king willem alexander and queen maxima said they had been affected by the intense criticism. aruna iyengar, bbc news. hello, there. quiet, grey and rather dull sums up this weekend's weather. but also last week in actual fact. but i hope you managed to get out and enjoy the beautiful autumn colour that was on offer because the weather story is set to change, turning increasingly windy and wet, so i suspect most of those leaves will be sat on top of a muddy puddle by the end of this week. that's because we've got low pressure that's going to start to dominate the weather story over the next few days and as we start monday there will be a north—west, south—east divide. the heaviest of the rain into northern ireland and western scotland. we could see a couple of inches of rainfall here. we will gradually push some rain into wales and north—west england as well. central and south—east areas, largely fine and dry. blustery afternoon, gusts in excess of 30 mph, especially with the rain and top temperatures peaking between 11—15. moving out of monday into tuesday, we've s

in a statement, king willem alexander and queen maxima said they had been affected by the intense criticism. aruna iyengar, bbc news. the latest number of death figures through coronavirus has just come out of the uk. 67 over the past 24 hours, there were 150 reported on sunday, that brings the total number of dead to 43,646. 67 in the past 24 hours. 150 yesterday. the headlines on bbc news. the mayor of greater manchester accuses boris johnson of exaggerating the spread of coronavirus in the area in a bid to persuade local leaders to accept tougher restriction. vigils and rallies are being held across france after a teacher was killed close to his school in a paris suburb on friday. britain's high streets under threat as a record number of shops close over the first six months of this year. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. britain's tao geoghegan hart has claimed a grand tour stage victory for the first time in his career at the giro d'italia. the 25—year—old from london left it till the finish line was almost in sight at the end of stage 16 to make his move. i

in a statement, king willem alexander and queen maxima said they had been affected by the intense criticism. aruna iyengar, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. the mayor of greater manchester accuses boris johnson of exaggerating the spread of coronavirus in the area in a bid to persuade local leaders to accept tougher restriction. vigils and rallies are being held across france after a teacher was killed close to his school in a paris suburb on friday. britain's high streets under threat as a record number of shops close over the first six months of this year. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. both sheffield united and fulham earned their first point this season after an 1—1 draw at bramhall lane. fulham had the chance to go in front from the penalty spot after a handball, but alexander mitrovic hit the bar. ademola lookman appeared to have won it for scott parker's side with a brilliant solo run and finish to make it 1—0, but then mitrovic became the first player in eight years to miss and give away a penalty in the same premier league game, bi

in a statement, king willem alexander and queen maxima said they had been affected by the intense criticism. a convicted killer, who helped stop a terror attack near london bridge last november, is to be considered for parole ten months early. steven gallant was on day release when he intervened to end usman khan's attack, which left two people dead. daniela relph reports. running from fishmongers' hall, where he had just killed two people, this was usman khan on london bridge. in the group pursuing him was steven gallant, himself a convicted murderer out on licence for the day. he was one of the group to wrestle the attacker to the ground before khan was shot dead by armed police. steven gallant had been working with jack merritt, one of the victims, on a prisoner rehabilitation programme. his courage that day, and his behaviour injail mean he will now be considered for parole ten months early. the ministry ofjustice said the decision had been made in recognition of his exceptionally brave action at fishmongers' hall, which helped save people's lives despite the tremendous risk to his own.

in a statement, king willem alexander and queen maxima said they had been affected by the intense criticism. aruna iyengar, bbc news. earlier i spoke to professor giacomo grasselli, a senior government health official in italy who explained where the county currently sits compared to others in europe. in italy, we are a couple of weeks behind france and the uk. we are in a phase of exponential rise in cases. yesterday, more than 10,000 cases. the number of people admitted to hospital for symptomatic disease and admitted to the icu continues to rise. basically this time, differently from the past, it's more widespread on the national... in the country. so in different regions. unfortunately, here in lombardy we are still...very, very in big difficulties. the health system is under certain pressure and the intensive care units are also coming under pressure. we now see the effect of the infections that there were like seven, ten days ago. we are certainly going to see a surge in the requests for icu admissions in the next few weeks. what's different from the previous wave is that at least for

willem marx, thank you as always. see his latest reporting on remdesivir on nbcnews.com. >>> president trump is facing backlash for making false assertions about mask wearing during his nbc news town hall last night, incorrectly citing a cdc study. watch. >> i'm very underleveraged. i have a very, very small percentage of deaths. >> are you confirming, yes, you do owe some $400 million? >> i'm saying it's a tiny percentage of my net worth. >> that sounds like a yes. >> i don't owe russia money. i owe a very, very small -- it's called mortgages. people have a house, they put a mortgage on it. >> any foreign bank or entity? >> not that i know of, but probably because it's so easy to solve. i will let you know who i owe, whatever small amount of money. >> so our apologies, that was the wrong sound bite, not the sound bite where the president was asserting people who are wearing masks are getting coronavirus. in fact, the associated press notes if 85% of people who are wearing masks got infected as the president asserted

our report on this tonight from nbc news correspondent willem marks. >> reporter: captain matthew from ohio is an infantry officer not an actor but he regularly plays the part of a russian mercenary. using moscow inspired weapons and tactics during a firefight with their trans-atlantic allies. >> everything is replicated as closely as possible to what could be expected throughout europe. >> reporter: he and his men are part of a vast exercise involving 4,100 soldiers from more than half a dozen countries. >> so our whole purpose is give them the most realistic battle we can before they go into a real engagement. >> reporter: commanders say these war games prepare troops for peer to peer combat like a future conflict with russia. and are best rehearsed alongside america's military partners here in germany. it's taken years of post-war diplomacy and funding to develop such extensive military facilities, but now they're on the firing line themselves thanks to president trump who announced this summer he wants to cut u.s. troop levels in germany by a third. >> we're reducing the force beca

for the news, i'm willem marks, london. >>> 70 seconds left on a race to the finish dr. anthony fauci says it doesn't matter who's president or what happens next, he's staying on the job to fight covid-19 no matter what. >> this is an outbreak of historic proportions, the likes of which we have not seen in 102 years. there's no chance that i'm going to give up on this and walk away from it, no matter what happens. >> that from earlier in this new hour. >>> the supreme court confirmation hearings could heat up tomorrow. senators to get a chance to ask nominee amy coney barrett questions under oath that includes the vice presidential nominee, kamala harris >>> and this year's massive and historic voter turnout keeps shattering records more than 9 million americans have already voted voted in 2016 at this in 2016 at this point, only about a half a million people had voted, and now the voting continues. and now you know the news for this monday, october the 12th, 2020 i'm shepard smith at cnbc global headquarters hope you'll be back with us here tomorrow for another edition

from "mo willems and the story time all-stars," actress and comedian, rachel dratch -- featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and now seth meyers. ♪ >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers. this is "late night. we hope you're all doing well tonight and let's get to the news president trump said in an interview yesterday that a coronavirus vaccine would be available, quote, "within a matter of weeks. yeah, but how many weeks is this like one of those deals when parents talk about their babies now how old is caden he's 59 weeks. that's right, president trump said in an interview yesterday that a coronavirus vaccine would be available, quote, "within a matter of weeks. trump loves to talk about everything in weeks. the vaccine is coming in weeks his healthcare plan is coming in weeks. pretty soon his rally crowds will be chanting "208 more weeks! i'm just kidding about that. they would never do that math. during a campaign rally in ohio yesterday, president trump claimed the coronavirus poses little threat to young people and said, quote, "take your hat off to the young because they h

they beat dutch side willem ii by 4—0. defeats, though, for aberdeen and motherwell, fan were able to attend tonight's european super cup in budapest, which was won by the champions league winners bayern munich. 20,000 tickets were sold for their game against the europa league winnners sevilla. the vast majority of supporters were localfans in hungary. the stadium was around a third full, and those inside saw javi martinez score an extra time winner as bayern came from behind to win 2—1. the national league season could still start next weekend as planned despite more than three quarters of clubs in one division saying they can't afford to play in empty stadiums. the league's authorities say they're in communication with the government for substantial financial support, which combined with an online streaming service could help clubs get matches on sustainably from october the 3rd. national league side stockport want the season to go ahead. the government needs to recognise the importance of these clubs to the towns and

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