Benjamin netanyahu. The white house issued this Statement Last night saying in part, while we dont believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, new and expanding settlements may not be helpful in achieving that goal. The declaration came as the Trump Administration ramped up its tough talk about friends and foes alike. We have to be tough. Its time were going to be a little tough, folks. Reporter earlier the president s u. N. Ambassador nikki haley condemned russia for its activity in ukraine warning that u. S. Sanctions against moscow would remain in place until it withdraws from cry me yeah. This escalation of violence must stop. Reporter during a visit to south korea, the secretary of Defense James Mattis took aim at the norths nuclear program. Any use of Nuclear Weapons would be met with a response that would be effective and overwhelming. Reporter back in the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson urged diplomats nervous about mr. TrumpS Immigration and travel b
Congressman to threaten a reporter and why the lawmaker is standing by his action. And breaking his silence. The nfl player who says he was bullied, Jonathan Martin tells his story publicly for the first time in an exclusive interview. Comments of a raceful nature, aggressive, sexual comments were related to my sister and my mother. Will he ever play in the nfl again . Today, wednesday, january 29th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside carson daly and Natalie Morales. Weve got al roker in washington, d. C. This morning. Matts got the morning off, and boy, do we have a weather story. The news is the weather, and especially down south, the storm is so devastating. They dont have enough salt or plows to deal with this weather. Theyre not used to it like we are up north. Things are so bad, a number of School Distri