she bought the house in a swanky neighborhood for $1. million in december last year. she was renovating it. there has not been a worse christmas day in the city of stanford. while it will take a few days to figure out precisely what happened here, at this point they suspect it was all just one awful accident. richard, back to you. nbc s craig melvin, thank you so much for that. on the run, the man who allegedly shot and killed a soldier at his homecoming party. plus the last u.s. troops from iraq are now back on u.s. soil. what s next for the ones remaining. he s been called the baby whisperer. babies can t get enough of president obama and his mouth, too. [ female announcer ] splenda® no calorie sweetener is sweet.
be for the rest of my life. there s too much to learn in a lifetime. there s something beautiful and challenging and humbling about that that i don t want to let go of. i m always seeking out new sounds and new technique. i could be hung upside down and play guitar. all sorts of tricks out there. they re not artistic, beautiful or moving. so, so talented. check out brooke s blog for her music monday reports at cnn.com/brooke captions by vitac www.vitac.com right to it. this is reporter roulette where in iraq it s another deadly day with threats of more violence. back here in the states somebody out there is a lottery multimillionaire, but haven t claimed the money yet. will the weather hold up today across the country as millions of people head home from their holiday travels? first to washington and our own correspondent barbara starr. the army and air force are dealing with a possible serious online security breach today. tell us about this case of cyber hacking.
there on christmas day. the white house condemning these blasts. nigeria s president calling an end to the sectarian violence voug to catch those responsible. churches also bombed in nigeria last christmas season. more arab league observers are on their way to sir yeah here s why. an opposition group says security forces killed more than 20 people in the city of homs today. the observer planned to go there. u.n. says more than 5,000 people have died since syria s crackdown on protests began in march. a suicide car bomber in iraq got through six security check points before setting off an explosive device at the interior ministry. at least five people killed there, 39 wounded. this happened after iraq s prime minister was meeting with the senior security officials to talk about how to keep the country safe. a series of explosions killed almost 70 people in baghdad just last week. mexico says it s captured the chief of security for one of the most wanted alleged drug king
what up, san francisco?! right now ed lee is the interim mayor of san francisco. and you might want to call him the baby whisperer, just after landing in san francisco, look at this, president obama spotted a crying baby girl being held by her mom. but after just a few minutes with the commander in chief, she calmed down, even flashed a smile, and this isn t the first time you may recall the president has showed his magic with the babies. he also calmed a baby down in june at the white house. well, rick perry is out with his new own campaign ad, one his team hopes will shift the focus back to jobs and help him boost his standing in the polls. take a look. as president, i ll create at least 2.5 million new jobs. and i know something about them. in texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million. i ll start by opening american oil and gas fields, i ll eliminate president obama s regulations that hurt other sources of domestic energy, like
don t get too hipster on us in new york. i m in no danger of that, luke. good to see you. talk to you soon, thanks. reporter: take care. still ahead we ll dig into the details ever the student relief plan with melody barnes. a and recruits are gathers today in washington. we ll talk about the game plan with democratic congressional committee chairman steve israel. and he may not be able to quiet a fussy congress, but babies are another story. president obama took just a few seconds to calm a crying baby and then handed her back to mom. last june, the president got a reputation as something of a baby whisperer again after calming a cranky infant outside the white house, as you see there. you re watching andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar.