Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today decision 2012. Battleground florida with lester holt live from tampa, florida, and jenna wolfe, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special edition of today on a sunday morning. Im lester holt reporting from the university of tampa, our first stop in a tour of the three key battleground states in this years president ial election. Well be doing this the next few weekends. My colleague, jenna wolfe is back in studio 1a. Jenna, good morning, good to see you. Its nice to see the Sunshine State is the center of the political universe right now, the third and final debate between the two candidates, lester. Yeah, thats a day away from the final facetoface showdown between president obama and governor romney down in boca raton, florida, as it has in the past, just might hold the key to winning the white house. There are 29 electoral votes up for grabs. The last nbc news wall street journa j
People in southwestern japan are on high alert for what could be one of the worst storms in decades. Typhoon neoguri is bearing down on okinawa and ka garb show prefectures. More than 500,000 people have been advised to find safe shelter already weather officials are warning of heavy rain, high winds, waves and storm surges. Authorities have advised around 590,000 residents throughout okinawa prefecture to evacuate. Officials are telling people to head to emergency facilities or stay inside structures that can withstand strong winds. 19 people have been injured. One man was blown over by strong winds and broke his wrist. The Okinawa Electric Power Company says nearly 100,000 households are without electricity. Airlines have canceled all flights to and from okinawa. Ferry services between the islands have been halted. The typhoon has also forced Public Schools to close. Officials say the storm could affect people in other parts of japan as well. Translator we need to be extremely cautio
Watching. Today, sunday, october 21st, 2012. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today decision 2012. Battleground florida with lester holt live from tampa, florida, and jenna wolfe, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special edition of today on a sunday morning. Im lester holt reporting from the university of tampa, our first stop in a tour of the three key battleground states in this years president ial election. Well be doing this the next few weekends. My colleague, jenna wolfe is back in studio 1a. Jenna, good morning, good to see you. Its nice to see the Sunshine State is the center of the political universe right now, the third and final debate between the two candidates, lester. Yeah, thats a day away from the final facetoface showdown between president obama and governor romney down in boca raton, florida, as it has in the past, just might hold the key to winning the white house. There are 29 electoral votes up for
This is a special edition of today decision 2012. Battleground florida with lester holt live from tampa, florida, and jenna wolfe, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special edition of today on a sunday morning. Im lester holt reporting from the university of tampa, our first stop in a tour of the three key battleground states in this years president ial election. Well be doing this the next few weekends. My colleague, jenna wolfe is back in studio 1a. Jenna, good morning, good to see you. Its nice to see the Sunshine State is the center of the political universe right now, the thi and final debate between the two candidates, lester. Yeah, thats a day away from the final facetoface showdown between president obama and governor romney down in boca raton, florida, as it has in the past, just might hold the key to winning the white house. There are 29 electoral votes up for grabs. The last nbc news wall street journa journal marist poll shows th
They have rapidly gained control of key areas. Those thats where isis is in control in the red area. And iraqs neighbors, the Iraqi Government says thousands of volunteers have stepped up to defend their homeland. Even irans president said it will consider helping if iraq requests it. A u. S. Official sells a top iranian general has been in iraq this week. Were covering this story from multiple angles. And cnns arwa damon is in the Northern Iraqi city of erbil. And cnns jones in the white house. Arwa, tell us how far isis has advanced. The question is, will they make it to baghdad . Will they take over the city . Where are they now . Right now in diyala province just to the north of baghdad, theyre about 60 kilometers away from the capital, battling with Iraqi Security forces, who in one town in that area made a gruesome discovery, saying they found the bodies of 12 Police Officers who had been shot and then burned. Those bodies were found in an orchard. They suspect that isis was behi