12 soldiers from fort hood were swept away in surging floods when their two and a halfton army truck overturned in high water at least five died, three were rescued. And hospitalized. Four remain unaccounted for as the search continues by air and foot for the missing. The Army Divisions commander said in a statement the First Cavalry Division is grieving. Texas Governor Greg Abbott released a statement saying texas stands ready to provide assistance to fort hood as they deal with this tragedy. The brave men and women stationed across fort hood and across our country put their lives on the line every day. Rain storms across texas dropped six inches in three hours causing the floods. The soldiers unit had returned from a rotation in south korea earlier this year. A 9 00 a. M. Eastern press conference has been scheduled for an update. Violent protests overshadowed another trump event last night. This time in san jose. Hundreds of antitrump protesters took to the streets as trump held a ra
Parallel to the southeast coast of the u. S. Today and will approach land tomorrow night. Both the romney and Obama Campaigns have canceled scheduled events already due to sandy. So if youre in an affected area, stay inside, stay off the roads and stay tuned into msnbc. All right. Now, lets turn to the final countdown. I wanted to sing that but i dont have a very good singing voice. But were in the final days and we can all agree that the way a political candidate runs a race is important, but how a candidate closes the deal is crucial. And with just one more week left until election day, this is when the candidates closing strategies kick in. While weve harped on battleground states, a new analysis by the Associated Press shows in the case to 270, may come down to 106 counties. These are counties with names like hamilton county, ohio, loudoun county, virginia, and hills bborough county, florida. Theyre the same ones that george w. Bush won in 2004 and that then senator obama wan in 20
Evening. Something to know for all commuters, and the impending Severe Weather is suspending campaign events. President obama has cancelled events for virginia. Sandy is expected to spawn heavy rain, storm surge, and eventually snow. Dylan dryer has it all. A big report. A big report on a big storm, alex. It extends basically the size of it from boston to charlotte, North Carolina. That say huge storm, and when it makes its wayon sho on onshore, affect that length of coastline. Major events across the eastern seaboard. Still a category to 1 storm. The 11 00 a. M. Report has not changed. 573 miles directly south of new york city. It is still going to take that turn to the northwest and right now, we are already seeing wind gusts in salisbury, maryland, 33 Miles Per Hour. 43 Miles Per Hour gusts, and 45 to 55 across northeastern North Carolina. That high is still locked in place, that cold front to our west is still stalled. That means that storm is still going to take that turn to the n
Intelligence he suggestions. Thats the big argument. This has been such a contentious issue we saw the whole drama play out with the House Intelligence Committee and their Top Republican leader devin nunes came, saw the material. Out of the protocol of that committee and them adam schiff, came and looked at the same material. Theres answers about this coming from the white house first from the Deputy Press Secretary who says there was no attempt to keep adam schiff responsible. Not that im aware of at all. I think the bigger point is theres something there. Wed love to come see it which is exactly what we said. It turns out if theres something of substance for him to know about, we want him to
see it. Frarjly i think if there wasnt something of sub stns, he would have walked out that moment from the white house and come out and declared that this was a big waste of time and a big dog and pony show. He didnt do that. He doesnt do that. Its very telling in what he probably saw on friday.
Snowden saga. The president s of nicaragua and venezuela have both offered asylum in their countries. He has been hold up in an airport in russia. Jim, good day to you. First of all, the reality of these asylum offers, could they both actually be implemented . Hi there, alex. Good day to you. They are both realistic, thats for sure. Venezuela, along with bolivia, have all along been the odds on favorite to offer asylum to snowden. Nicaragua has been on that list. But most thought nicaragua is trying too hard to make amends with the u. S. But venezuelan preparation nicolas maduro, when he was here earlier in the week for the energy summit, he was very vocal on his support for snowden. He then seemed to back off saying he would have to gauge world reaction first. But then youll recall the bolivian plane incident in which the president s plane was grounded in vienna because of a mistaken tip it turned out that snowden was on board. Well, after that, maduro and other south american leaders