Of us bleakest reports yet on human rights and singles out myanmar for its treatment of the. International pressure mounts on syria to end the bombing in eastern good. I dont understand why i could still go in a store and buy a weapon of war. Wrong motions from survivors of the Florence School shooting as they share their anger and grief when the president tries. The latest news from the Winter Olympics including the usa and a twenty year wait to win the womens ice hockey gold after a tense shootout with canada. Global leaders including donald trump and change in paying undermining human rights thats the warning from Amnesty Internationals makes us report it said the man joined a number of other World Leaders and rolling out progressive policies last year or trump was singled out for his controversial travel ban for people from six muslim majority countries other report also highlights atrocities including myanmars military crackdown on the hunger Patty Culhane has more from washington
Alone them to limit all of this is the news hour live from london coming up. Lebanon says its Prime Ministers freedom is being restricted in saudi arabia a Television Interview with saad hariri is due to be aired in the next hour. What he believes is what he believes conflicting messages from chum on pollution and whether russia interfered in the u. S. President ial election. Thousands of civilians flee aleppo was rebel fighters face heavy bombardment from Syrian Government forces. And the gold digging jobs under threat in greece up to challenges from environmental campaigners. Join together oscar de sports leagues including a world cup place a white box can Northern Ireland stop switzerland from clinching it ill have the latest from the european playoffs coming up. A warm welcome to the news hour lebanons president is finally saying what many have been suggesting for days the Prime Minister Saad Hariri Streatham is being restricted in saudi Arabia Michel owns office has issued a state
And two to tango. President obama roped into argentinas most famous dance at a state dinner and the reviews from his partner are in. Today is thursday, march 24th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today, its thursday morning. Im savannah guthrie. I have willie in as matt travels back from brussels and thats where we begin this morning. There are new raids tied to the terror attacks there and we have new information on the suspects who were involved. Lets go with what we know right now. Police say three of the attackers can be seen in the photo right there pushing carts carrying bombs they say that were disguised as suitcases as they walked through the Brussels Airport check in hall. This mean is Najim Laachraoui originally wanted in connection with last years paris attacks, he is believed to be an a come police of Salah Abdeslam. Authorities say lash raury had a hand unt
Common core is on Higher Standards than those that existed in prior states. Heres what i believe about common core. It should not be imposed by the federal government. There should be no requirements from the federal government on content curriculum or standards, directly or indirectly. [applause] mr. Bush someone is smoking in here. Lighting up in the school. [laughter] how are you going to kill our countrys debt by the time you are out of office . Mr. Bush i dont know if i can kill the debt. If you are looking for that, you are not going to find it. I will be honest with you. 19 trillion of debt, you can reduce the deficit to the point where our economy is growing and our debt remains static, which means that ultimately we will be solvent. That will be the objective. You can do that in eight years if you are serious. What is interesting, this is my fifth town hall meeting in a row where a child, a young, smart person, has asked me this question, or their dad, on behalf of their two s
The teen Michael Brown shows that that the teen was shot six times, including twice in a head. Why afghanistans are seeking to leave the country and risking their lives. Kurdish officials are claiming that their fighters are taken control of the mosul dam. In the past hour, an advisor told aljazeera that the kurdish fighters are strengthening their position. U. S. War planes and drones renewed the air strikes on monday. Six armed vehicles belonging to the Islamic State were destroyed or damaged. President obama returned to washington, d. C. To deal with the crisis. We are in Northern Iraq with a report. They are still in control of the territories in the east of mosul, the Islamic State group is Holding Ground and preventing the Kurdish Forces from taking the dam. It is not easy. They have been coming under sniper fire and the Islamic Group is using mortars to target the positions. This is an active front line and the kurteds with immaterial willed resources are firing back. General ha