Troops in the future if the situation continues to slide. The us will keep bases open throughout the country. The conflict in afghanistan has been our longest war. This announcement means it will ntinue. Live at t e white house. Edward lawrence nbc news. Carly fiorina says president obama has simply recognized reality by delaying a planned drawdown of us forces in afghanistan. The republican president ial candidate responded to todays announcement following a Campaign Event in spencer, iowa. Fiorina accused the president of not listening to military advivi in both iraq and afafanistan. Something she would rectify if elected. She says the us withdrew forces too quickly from iraq leading to a fractured nation. And says telegraphing a pulldown from afghanistan has been a flawed strategy. S Carly Fiorina r president ial candidate 24 the reality is the complete withdrawal of all our troops from iraq destabililed that country and he obama n n is recognizing thth afghanistan is becoming poten
Syria. Will he seek the democratic president ial nomination . We may learn in the coming days whether Vice President joe biden is in. His family is reportedly completely on board with a white house bid at this point. Cnns jeff zeleny has the latest. Minute he e t into the race, thehe entire narrative would change. And we Start Talking about the first debate in iowa in november. New this mning, a look inside bidens possible 2016 r. A close adviser to biden, former delaware senator ted kaufman, sent an email, obtained by cnn, to his former staffers, asking for their help if the Vice President decides to run. In it, k kfman says it will bebe campaign from the heart. A campaign consistent with his values, our values, and the values of the american people. Kaufman went on to say, if he runs, he will run because of his burning conviction that we need to fundamentall y change the balance in our economy. And the political structure to restore the ababity of the middle clcls to get t ead. Kaufm
October 16th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Were in the middle of a beautiful stretch of fall river here in the east. Not so much out west. They have not been so lucky. These rains that seemed to come out of nowhere and really made a mess. Thats right. Its our top story this morning. The wild weather that came in suddenly and virtually without warning. Flash flooding triggering mudslides trapping drivers and then destroying homes. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer is in hard hit lake hughes, california. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter hey, matt, good morning. The rain is gone, but mud certainly isnt. Were about an hour outside of los angeles, and take a look at this neighborhood. It was hit by a day luge. The mud here is stacked four, five, six feet high in some places. Just down the road from here, 20 kids were t
Rescuing hundreds of dogs. Specifically golden retrievers who are unable to find homes and new owners. Luckily, theres a Silver Lining for some of the goldens. Reporter sara sidner explains. Its play time. First this raucous crowd greets eachother. In all manner of ways then they tu to the humans. Oh. Kisses kisses kisses all these dogs are here because of yasemin yahsimin baban. All these dogs were once abandoned and unwanted on the streets of istanbul and you wont believe where theyre about to end up. yasemin baban, dog rescuer a dog has no chances. They can not talk. They can not beg. They dont steal they just want food and affection. After seeing the conditions of the shelters 12 years ago in turkey. She dedicated her life to saving domesticated animals. yasemin baban, dog rescuer i left the, the shelter crying then i went again then i went again someone has to do something. Then i started to volunteer in shelters. she was soon warned of a disturbing trend. sara sidner, cnn the rea
Will has special coverage of the work being done here and the president s continue message of post 911 vets. Now on exhibit mr. Bush is a portrait of courage painted by those who served. First, the news. Uma President Trump wrapping up his we can afford it and headed home to d. C. , where battle over the healthcare bill is looming. Theyre facing a challenge in the house this week with about supper thursday. House speaker, paul ryan is now saying that he is willing to talk about the builder an appearance on sunday. Christian fisher is joining us from the president s maralago estate in florida with more. President trump is returning to washington and the role that he was very good at as a businessman, the closer a big deal. Now comes the first real test of how good of a closer he can be, as president. Speaker paul ryan said today that he already thinks that President Trump has it become a great closer and he has been able to bring more conservatives on board like you did friday during th