Pursuits car critic Hannah Elliott has a tough job. She gets to drive the most luxury hightech cars around the world for a living. Hannah has an eye for the best of the best and she says the turbocharged Ferrari Gran Turismo is a surprisingly thrilling drive that will get you hooked fast. When you hear the word ferrari, you think fast, maybe sleek or risque, not practical. Ferrari is not the first car you take to pick up your christmas tree. That is exactly what i did. I drove a ferrari two hours outside of new york. I wanted to test out ferraris practicality. Lets go find you a perfect tree. We have douglas fir and norway spruce in here. This is great. So this is the one . Lets do it. Hannah there isnt enough room for a tree, but it has all you need for this errand. It is higher off the ground than a standard ferrari. Getting in and out wasnt the usual awkward struggle i usually have with low sports cars. I would even call this shockingly drivable. This is the perfect ferrari for peop
Ballistic missiles at a massive military parade one day before the Winter Olympics kicks off in the south. Tensional streets in bangladesh as a former Prime Minister is jailed for five years for corruption plus. Im done for him there in the far north of argentina where ten thousand people have been evacuated because the flooding roads are impassable communities cut off this is as far as we can get. And im Tatiana Sanchez and with all the sports news the including the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics might not start until friday but action in some sports is already got underway the latest from china later in the program. Syrias government has attacked the u. S. Led coalition for a rare airstrike on pro assad forces branding it a war crime and a new effort to support terrorism a us military officials of the strikes in their resort province killed about one hundred pro assad fighters who are attacking the Syrian Democratic forces and Coalition Says it took the action in self defens
In Coalition Air strikes. Also the u. S. Congress is set to vote on a crucial budget bill theres another Government Shutdown deadline blue. Also violence in bangladesh after the former Prime Minister is given a jail term for corruption blocking her path to elections in december. And why a bass of love for fact made its way out of love the sewers added to a beijing museum. Welcome to the news are there is growing tension between major geo political players involved in the war in syria with the Assad Government accusing the United States of committing a war crime it follows u. S. Air strikes there as a province which the Coalition Says killed almost one hundred fighters loyal to the Syrian Government a de confliction blind in the area is supposed to provide direct contact between the u. S. And Russian Troops the u. S. Said the strikes were in response to what it called an unprovoked attack on the headquarters of its ally the s. D. F. Of all that opposes assad but russia which backs assad
A budget deal before a midnight deadline. Also russia rejects u. N. Calls for a month long ceasefire in syria as the government strikes in italy and eastern guta. That evidence of a massacre and chilling account of rohingya man were killed and their bodies dumped in a mass grave in me and plus. This will be the end of protected areas in the area the bulgarian activists fighting to prevent one of europes most ancient forests from being turned into a ski resort. Welcome to the news that the white house says is preparing for a Government Shutdown Congress Struggles to approve a budget deal before midnight deadline the agreement struck by republican and Democratic Leaders in the senate is facing stiff resistance. In both camps a republican senator rand paul has delayed the vote with a long speech hes pushing for an amendment to maintain budget caps well lets take a close look at what this all means the two year deal seeks to lift spending caps on both defense and domestic programs raising
Goes for gold tonight, why winning in south korea would be extra special for her and her family. All that, plus team usa makes history in mens snowboarding and luge. Lindsey vonn opens up with her long awaited return to olympic competition. And our home away from home. A look inside our road to the winter olympics. Whewhoo and the fun were already having here in pyeongchang. Today, monday, february 12th, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from pyeongchang, south korea. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to pyeongchang this is how you make an entrance. We are here we are here usa, usa usa usa usa, we have members of team usa right here, actually. We have gold Medal Winners, we have silver Medal Winners, we have the bobsled team. Thanks, guys you all are awesome, by the way. You guys are awesome. Wait. And they are helping us get started off right. Yay this is awesome. All right. This, by the