We cant simply go on growing the way we are growing. So the idea of Sustainable Development is to overcome what will be growing disasters like our super storms air in cities that we choke on in the major cities of asia, pervasive drought. For example, the megadrought in brazil just now. Some of you may have seen the really frightening but impolite unpredictable predictable story in the New York Times that said and sao paulo now where theres a massive drop that was basically unattended by policymakers for year as it was unfolding. There is now a fever epidemic because water storage tanks were put around the city and lo and behold mosquitoes are breeding in them and disease is soaring and sao paulo. This is a general proposition. You push them out of their normal state. Youre not going to get the one thing going wrong. Ebook it many things going wrong. Its predictable that the unpredictable will occur and thats whats happening in sao paulo. And you have drought, forest fires, mega floods
Introduces you to the athletes who are set to shine today, tuesday, february 4, 2014. From nbc news this is a special edition of today, countdown to the olympic winter games with matt lauer live from olympic park in sochi, russia, and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today. Its a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside matt roker and Natalie Morales. Matt is holding down the fort in sochi, russia. Dare i say it looks balmy. Reporter it is decidedly warmer and it looks like a huge cloud bank is about to hit the sun, but for the moment were very happy here, day two in the olympic park in sochi russia. As you mentioned Vladimir Putin arrived today and ill have more about that. I have u. S. Athlete and members of the skating seem and the u. S. Speed skating team blowing off some team. Ive gotten tweets and emails about people asking about that beige people in the bedroom with the red roof. They call that, the nickname for it is putin world he
Showdown on capitol hill but said in a way you have not seen before that means the winners and losers for a House Republicans offered a new proposal to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling that were at a breaking point a new poll shows 60 percent of americans would fire every Single Member of congress you almost have to laugh at at how ridiculous it seems that were even at this point. So why not make a game of it . To the treasury and the International Monetary fund and editor of the wall street journal editorial page these guys know their stuff. Thank you. We will break this down in those who wind up paying 310 million but the Approval Rating 24 for the grand old party they have a favorable review of the g. O. P. Is it salvaged from this . I take it in context. The g. O. P. Loses but i dont want to move too far ahead but i dont see any winners with this whole episode but we will take get one at a time. They take the biggest poling hit there is a chapter they could win the next
[applause] booktv is on facebook. Likes to enter act with booktv guests and viewers. Watch videos. Facebook. Com become tv. And now on booktv, npr media correspondent David Folkenflik talk about the rice and near fall of rue bert Murdoch News Corp and how mr. Murdoch was able to survive the recent bribery and phone hacking scandal in england. This is a little over an hour. [applause] thank you. Thank you for coming. Just turn the lights up. You have to make noise every now and then and well know youre there. Right now we cant tell. I get to introduce david so let me just bear with me a minute while i read what they wrote for me. Did you write it for me . David folkenflik has been nprs media correspondent since 2004. He previously covered media and politics for the Baltimore Sun and edited the 2011 book page one, inside the New York Times and the future of journalism. He was covered murdoch extensively and has been a protect commentator in the hacking scandal. His new book murdochs worl
Designer lauren scott, mick jaggers long time girlfriend as the Rolling Stones put their tour on hold. And get your tickets, tonights megamillions lottery soars to 400 million, the Third Largest ever. And dreamers are lining up at a shot of the massive jackpot, today, tuesday, march 18th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Everybody okay . Anything to announce . You know, i had such a great nights sleep. Good. Natalie, you all right . Im good. Make sure we have no major changes of life. Nope, none to report. But we do have big news this morning. Todays top story. And it is that deepening mystery, flight 370, with each passing day, any new information only seems to lead to more questions. And that is the case today. Nbcs tom costello covering this investigation from the beginning. Good morning to you. Sources confirmed to nbc news that