our ann thompson with our report. part of a global partnership called "covering climate now." >> reporter: warming at an alarming pace. the planet is dangerously close to a redline, from which scientists say there is no return. prompting this blunt warning to the g7 from u.n. secretary general, antonio guterres. >> we are at the verge of the abyss. global-average 1.2 degre preindustrial levels. very close to>> reporter: any m world will not be able to evade change. how do you drive that home to leaders who are dealing with trying to bring their countries out of the pandemic that has damaged their economy? >> country, especially developed world, are spending trillions of dollars in their recovery programs. and the recovery can be green or can be brown. that's the choice. >> reporter: so, poor countries can choose green, renewables, over fossil fuels. guterres wants rich nations to, finally, follow through on a long-promised, $100 billion in climate financing. it is, he says, a matter of trust. >> we need to have a clea

anne thompson, i'll begin with you. walk us through this stunning decision from the state's highest court. i think it caught us by surprise. >> totally did. absolutely is stunning, the kind of decision that takes your breath away, but basically what the state supreme court said was back in 2005 the then district attorney, a man named bruce castor, made an agreement with bill cosby not to prosecute him in the case of andria constand, and he did so for a couple of reasons. one, he found that she made inconsistent statements about what supposedly happened back in january of 2004, two, that it took her a year to come forward to make the accusations and, three, that there was -- that she met with him and called him in the year after, so those three things made bruce castor think he couldn't win this case in court so he made this agreement with cosby not to prosecute him so that then andria constand could go to civil court and sue bill cosby, and there bill cosby would not have his fifth amendment protection, and so that's ex

but as anne thompson explains tonight, some advocates say it does not go far enough. >> reporter: in its first revision of church law in four decades, the vatican makes clear that what former bisho theodore mccarrick did, abusing his power to sleep with seminarians, is wrong. the revised code criminalizes sexual abuse of adults by priests and lay persons of the church. it outlaws the grooming of victims and says bishops can be removed from office for failing to report crimes including sexual crimes to the vatican and authorities. >> the vatican understands that these issues have happened. they need to be addressed and we need instruments to address them. >> is this progress? >> i think it is progress is it perfect? probably not, but it is progress. >> reporter: ann barrett doyle leads bishop accountability which tracks clergy abuse. >> adults are much less likely to report because they blame themselves >> reporter: she welcomes the changes, but wishes the vatican adopted the u.s. bishop zero tolerance policy of abusive priests. >> it is simply incredible that this global institution

anne thompson, nbc news, new york >>> an incredible sight in the sky early this morning a partial eclipse known as a ring of fire because the moon is too far away to fully block out the sun and so it leaves that glow at the edges. first time it's been visible in the u.s. since 2017 >>> up next, a tale of struggles and triumphs inspiring america. >>> finally tonight, a blockbuster movie full of dreams and inspiration in this season of comebacks. here's harry smith >> r reporter: g glorious. vibranant. magnificico. ♪ i i am usnavivi ♪ ♪ andnd you probabably nenever heard d my name ♪ >> repeporter: lin-manunuel mirandada's musicacal about lalatino immigrgrant life i in upper manhnhattan, "inin the heights. >> you really get a sense of what america is it's actuaually very healing g right now.w. >>>> reporter:r: director r john c chu calls t the film a a kind of vaccination for ththe soul ♪ can w we raise ouour voice tonight ♪ anthony ramos plays the lead usnavi he crushes it. >> this movie embodies not only what home is but what it is to see a community come together >> reporter: for the char

>> anne thompson, thank you. >>> now to the dramatic new video outside a miami concert when gunfire sent people desperately scrambling for safety tonight, the manhunt for the gunmen intensifies. sam brock is in miami. >> reporter: new surveillance video captures bystanders outside a rap concert, at the moment the doors of the suv fly open, three gunmen approach seconds later, the crowd scrambles to take cover and lives are changed forever. nearly three days after the miami mass shooting, the crime conveying the heav loss of 23 people shot the mayor says no resource is being spared to find the assailants. >> do you have any idea at this point whether they're -- >> no, these are targeted shootings that are coming from the local community. this is something we need to take care of here in miami-dade county and get control of. >> reporter: an all-out manhunt as investigators discover the stolen suv used by the shooters in a miami canal monday the massacre, the largest scale tragedy in a week of nonstop violence in miami. three more shootings taking place overnight, including two injured in m

and anne thompson, what do we know?know that andrew wyatt who is cosby's spokesperson who issued a statement earlier today said that he was at the prison about to pick up bill cosby when he is going to give us that statement about a half hour ago. but can you imagine what this is like for bill cosby who has been in a state prison in pennsylvania to actually be free, and not just be free, and the convictions have been vacated by the pennsylvania supreme court, and this is a complete legal victory for bill cosby. he cannot be retried for the alleged sexual assaults of andrea constant, and what a feeling it must be for the former comedian who is now 83, and suffering from some eye disease that has rendered him, and certainly diminished his eyesight, but he is headed to his suburban pennsylvania home, and what a moment it is, geoff. >> yeah, yeah. and we should say, again, we don't know for sure that bill cosby is in that car, but we know that the car went into that facility and emerged and bill cosby has been released from

anne thompson has more >> reporter: for the more than 3 million men with prostate cancer this vial may represent an infusion of life. >> i'm just happy to be alive i'm happy that i'm feeling well >> reporter: that wasn't the case four years ago when back pain revealed michael rosenbloom had advanced prostate cancer that spread to his bones. >> there in the lower spine, it caused quite a bit of pain for him. >> reporter: after standard therapies failed, dr. michael morris tried something new, using a just-approved pet scan to find the prostate cancer cells with a common protein >> all of these black dots represent islands of cancer. >> reporter: he then gave rosenbloom six infusions of experimental liquid radiation to seek out the cancer cells and destroy them from within, avoiding healthy cells. >> this kind of treatment really is specifically going to the prostate cancer cells. >> reporter: the results out today are promising. the drug reducing the risk of death by 38% and disease progression by 60% >> does this have the potential to treat men with less severe forms of the disease >>

anne thompson has the details. >>> for the more than 3 million men with prostate cancer, this file may introduce an infusion of life. >> i'm happy to be alive i'm happy to be feeling well. >>> that wasn't the case when michael rosen bloom had a vast prostate cancer that spread to the bones. >> in the lower spine it caused pain for him. >> after sanders therapy failed michael morse tried something new using a pep scan to find the prostate cancer cells. >> all of these black dots represent islands of cancer. >> he gave him 6 infusions of experimental liquid radiation. it avoided healthy cells >> this kind of treatment really is specifically going to the prostate cancer cells. >> the results are promising the drug reducing the risk of death by 38% and disease progression by 60. >> does this have the potential to treat men with less severe forms of the disease >> it absolutely does. >> 15 months after the treatment dr. moore still can't find cancer in michael rosen bloom. >> it really gave him his life back that's my hope for every patient. >> a life rosen bloom is savoring anne thompson,

ann thompson is live in new york's times square.l things are actually feeling. >> reporter: you know, stephanie, i'm standing in times square, and i can hear construction behind me. i see traffic in front of me and there are people all around and it really feels like new york city and times square in particular are coming alive again. you know, here in this city and across the country, the crowds are back, and things are almost back to normal. today, there are several cities in the nation that are hitting major milestones in the fight against covid as the nation moves ever closer to ending the pandemic. this morning bizzy is back. people working, playing and getting together again. >> people are finally coming back out. new york city, once the global epicenter of the covid crisis, reaching a remarkable new milestone, reporting no pandemic-related deaths monday for the first time since july. and the city-wide virus positivity rate once in excess of 40% is now at less than 1%, its lowest point. >> the clear piece of evidence that new

secretary general is warning of climate change anne thompson has our report part of a global partnership called covering climate now. >> reporter: warming at an alarming place the planet is dangerously close to a red line from which scientists say there is no return crossing this blunt warning from the g7 from antonio gutierra >> if the global average temperatures have already -- are already 1.2 degrees above industrial levels, very close to 1.5 that is the limit -- >> anymore the world will not be able to evade the worst impacts of climate change. how do you drive that home to leaders trying to bring their countries out of the pandemic? >> they are spending trillions of dollars in their recovery program. their recovery can be green or brown, that's their choice. >> reporter: poor countries can choose green gutierrez wants rich nations to follow through on a $100 billion in climate finance it is, he says, a matter of trust. >> you need to have clear demonstrations for the developed world and developing world now backing the fight, gutierrez is looking ford world to lead as they head to s

nbc's anne thompson has more on all of it. d morning, craig. you know, naomi osaka has really had a rough go of it lately. as you mentioned, last month she exited the french open citing mental health struggles and the desire to protect her well-being but this morning we have good news osaka's fans are going to get to see her take the court later this summer at the tokyo games this morning tennis superstar naomi osaka pulling out of a second grand slam. an agent for the world number two issuing a statement thursday reading naomi won't be playing wimbledon this year. she's taking some personal time with friends and family. she will be ready for the olympics and is excited to play in front of her home fans. wimbledon responding in a tweet, you will be greatly missed, naomi osaka. wishing you all the best at home and olympics, and hope to welcome you back next year this follows a tumultuous few weeks for the 23-year-old. she refused to speak to the media at the french open, citing negative questions that led to a $15,000 fine for s

>> we love when you bring good news, anne thompson. thank you. thank you, anne. >>> let's say good morning to mr. roker. smiley today. >> all happy >> i am. i am because we're all together. >> we're together. >> it's all good i don't ever take that for granted. >> aw. >> nor should we we should always enjoy each other because, you know, we're all we got right now, take a look at what's going on out west, we've got record-setting temperatures. spokane probably set a record today. reno, fresno, eli, dangerous heat with heat advisories and warnings for 10 million people temperatures, 110 degrees. several records will be likely today. and california is in drought 100% of the state in drought 74% of it in extreme drought look at the reservoirs, a real problem with reservoir levels at 50% or lower this is going to be a tough time going into the summertime months for california and that warm weather finally is making its way east. look at this, chicago, you're going to be in the 90s saturday and sunday cincinnati, upper 80s. hartford going to see a tempe

he was interviewed by reporter ann thompson. >> without helping poor countries?> it is impossible. you need to create conditions from coal to renewable, which requires financial and chnological support developing countries that still rely on coal for energy needs. korea has done it. i hope the g7 will be able to do it. amy: asad rehman, talk more about this moment where climate -- it is the first time ever it is on the agenda of g7. and also if you could talk specifically about britton's role? confirmed marshall plan and your assessment of president's pla? >> the u.k. government fix the world stage includes it is a climate leader and say we have cut our emissions by 50% but if you take out -- none of those emissions include aviation or shipping. or issues of the products the to consumers. we're only talking about 15%. that is about half percent. we are nowhere near the scale. rich countries are still talking about net zero goals in 2050 when they should be talking about decarbonizing by 2030. the covid pandemic gives us a good example of how these rich countries

suspend and kicked off the cheerleading squad for posting a vulgar message on social media nbc's anne thompsonf the historic case. >> reporter: the supreme court ruling in favor the brandi levy and student free speech. levy's the one-time school cheerleader who posted comments on snapchat after not making the varsity quad. brandi, did you ever think you'd make history >> i didn't believe one little snap coming from a really small town would ever blow up and be all across the country >> reporter: she and a friend expressing their dismay with their middle fingers from a store on a saturday. brandi adding words to match the pennsylvania school susp so she sued. the supreme court says the school was wrong to suspend levy, because she was out of school, off campus and her post while crude did not amount to fighting words >> this wasn't just a victory for the levys. this is a victory for every student, teenager across the country and the parents. >> reporter: but the supreme court says the schools may have a role in harassment and other ways school district says we are pleased the court agreed with

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so i want to turn it over to anne thompson and mike clarke. >> thank you. today we're going to walk you through a few different things. the publication outlining the evaluation of the medicare market we have been looking at over the last couple of years. the goal of today's meeting are several. a current state and prior discussion, reaffirm the medicare plan getting to the strategic goals, describe the pathways and considerations we considered for the medicare plan offering in 2023. discuss a request for proposal for plan year 2023 and most importantly obtain your input on our key goals and objectives that we have drafted and will share with you. we appreciate the dialogue today and questions and comments you may have as we move ahead in this process. it will help guide us as we develop the rfp. we have the national plan and then the kaiser permanente plan available in california, hawaii, oregon and washington. we have various employer contribution in two main categories guided by city charter. i will not read this to you. mike clarke reviewed most of this

so i want to turn it over to anne thompson and mike clarke. >> thank you. today we're going to walk you through a few different things. the publication outlining the evaluation of the medicare market we have been looking at over the last couple of years. the goal of today's meeting are several. a current state and prior discussion, reaffirm the medicare plan getting to the strategic goals, describe the pathways and considerations we considered for the medicare plan offering in 2023. discuss a request for proposal for plan year 2023 and most importantly obtain your input on our key goals and objectives that we have drafted and will share with you. we appreciate the dialogue today and questions and comments you may have as we move ahead in this process. it will help guide us as we develop the rfp. we have the national plan and then the kaiser permanente plan available in california, hawaii, oregon and washington. we have various employer contribution in two main categories guided by city charter. i will not read this to you. mike clarke reviewed most of this