Fugitive who fled to mexico is fighting to stay there. Why the process of extraditing him to the u. S. May be complicated. And in the week ahead venezuela the land slide win by the opposition, and accusations of corruption saudi arabia is cutting diplomatic ties with iran, and demanding iran superintendent all diplomatic work in the country. Tension erupted following saudi arabias execution of 47 men, including a prominent shiite cleric. The Deputy Foreign minister fired back after the announcement. Accusing the kingdom of trying to cover up the executions. Gerald tan reports the situation escalated when the Saudi Embassy was attacked in tehran. The Saudi Embassy ablaze. Protesters after the execution. Saudis said they made repeated protests for their embassy to be restored. We are determined not to allow iran to undermine our security. We are determined not to let iran mobilize or create or establish a terrorist cell in our count ri or in countries of our allies the execution of nimr
An audience. So donald trump will likely have a lot of eyeballs watching tonight. Either the Republican Debate that hes now vowed to boycott or his own event that could steal the spotlight. Leading up to this, a public duel with fox news that he reconsider. Even primetime discussions of milkshakes. All just four days until the vote in iowa. Nbcs Peter Alexander explains. Reporter tonight should be the republicans final showdown before the iowa caucuses, instead, Donald Trumps noshow is stealing the spotlight. The frontrunner staging his own primetime event to raise money for veterans. Going headtohead on the fox news debate three miles away. Even drawing his underdog opponents, like huckabee and santorum. Youre not giving them im not walking away. Reporter trump is defiantly positioning himself as the deal its called an eye for an eye. I bought you so many milkshakes. You owe me. Reporter its a media company, not a Public Service for voters. Now theyre going to make much less. Reporter
Massacre of tens of thousands of elements every year. We begin with breaking news from oregon. Several that occupied a National Wildlife refuge are in custody. The fbi say five were arrested. Authorities say there was a hoot out. Group leader ayman bundy was among those rested. Bundy and others seized the headquarters as part of a did dispute over public lands in the west. Allen schauffler, who has been following the story joins us by phone. What can you tell us about the people involved in the shootout . Well, this was something that happened about four this afternoon, 4 20, west coast time. It looks like five people arrested in one incident. This is on highway 395, north of the town of burns, they were on their way to another nearby town, about 80 miles north, where they were going to give a presentation. Oregon state control and federal bureau of investigation needed to stop the folks somehow. Shots were fired. We dont know whether shootout is the right word to use, yet, at all. Jus
We have our special programming on the backdrop. It really is a market looking for a bid. It wasnt a good day yesterday, but you really wonder where the markets will be when we hear the statement from the fed this afternoon. Francine it will be interesting to see whether they link the markets to the real economy, but first lets get to the first word news. Vonnie thank you. The leaders of an armed group in oregon have been arrested in a violent traffic stop. Among those now in custody, the leader ayman bundy. Amon bundy. They were stopped by fbi agents. Shooting broke out in one of the protesters was killed, another wounded. Irans president Hassan Rouhani goes to france after a twoday business trip to italy. He is expected to meet with Francois Hollande and sign a deal to buy more than 100 planes from airbus. Italy and the European Commission has agreed on a plan to help banks unload bad debt. Italy will work with european regulators, but some are concerned it could constitute illegal s
Debate. Here on the 9, taking a look at the prettiest city in the world. A beautiful voice, adele. We are talking about super bowl 50, and alicia keys, the free concert coming february 6, the day before the big game, and if you are a fan, mark this date on your calendar. It will be very crowded down there, and i will go down there anyway because we are doing a show down there. Some people could be afraid, the Transportation System is a little bit strange. I will be writing the ferry on monday, and i enjoy a nice very bright, a quick 30 minutes and a nice way to go. Fairy ferry ride, and a quick 30 minutes in a nice way to go. And people are renting out their homes, and if you want to do that, or be smart about booking a place to stay, we want to help you do that. We start this morning with an update on the california drought, the snow back in the sierra, the best it has been in five years. 118 of normal for the date, and the Officials Say needs to be 150 by april to make a significant