Lets turn too tom costello who handles aviation news. Tom, what are investigators looking at . Reporter i think they have to look at a number of things. They will look at the weather conditions at the time. Right now, there is no suggestion that weather played a role. The mechanical history of the airbus a321. This is a reliable plane. The biggest airbus in the family. It has a good record. They will look into the mechanical history of the plane and we dont know which engine configuration on the plane. One made by ge and one madad by rolls royce pratt and whitnene they will look at the rate of descent. At last report, the plane was coming down 6,000 to 7,000 feet per minute. That is not a terribly unusual descent rate. It would suggest that somebody must have been trying to control the plane. Keep in mind that for example, to compare that rate of descent to the plane we know crashed. Air france 447 over the atlantic, descentete 15,000eet per minute. We dont know the circumstances. We n
In northern syria, dozens of American Special Operations Forces will deploy alongside kurtish and arab fighters to battle isis. In northern iraq, the u. S. Plans to to have a Rapid Reaction force to back up troops and allies. And in turkey, more airstrikes by the base by more aircraft. Including f15 bombers and lowflying a10 warthogs for close air support. Although the white house was at pains to admit it, the u. S. Is stepping deeper into the war in iraq and syria, even though it insists nothing has changed and no promises were broken. Lester. Richard, thank you. We want you to know ill sit down with president obama with a twopart interview, including what he s sll wants to accomplish as the final year in office approaches. That is monday night here on nightly news. Were following a majortorm emergency happening in texas. One person is massive flooding overwhelms a huge part of the state. Evacuations and roads turning into rivers. A school in san marcos completely surrounded. There ha
And whether you call it boots on ground or advisors as the white house is calling it, for the first time Ground Troops are inside of syria. The americans, all from special operations, are fewer than 50. The mission said the white house, to assist local fighters. It is a major policy shift that has many wondering whether the door has cracked open to a deerer american ground rule. Richard engel has the story tonight. Reporter after airstrikes against isis in iraq and syria and 3000 troops back to iraq, today the a new step. The decision that the president has made is to send fewer than 50 special Operations Forces to sear. Reporter in other words, american boots opd ground in syria. Something the president said would never happen. I wont commit our troops to fighting another ground war in iraq or sear. Reporter but house announced they are not in a combat mission. That is not the mission but they could find themselves in a combat situation. There is no denying the amount of risk they are
Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. The american footprint in the war against isis is about to get bigger. And whether you call it boots on ground or advisors as the white house is calling it, for the first time Ground Troops are inside of syria. The americans, all from special operations, are fewer than 50. The mission said the white house, to assist local fighters. It is a major policy shift that has many wondering whether the door has cracked open to a deerer american ground rule. Richard engel has the story tonight. Reporter after thundershowers of airstrikes against isis in iraq and syria and 3000 troops back to iraq, today the white house announced a new step. The decision that the president has made is to send fewer than 50 special Operations Forces to sear. Reporter in other words, american boots opd ground in syria. Something the president said would never happen. I wont commit our troops to fighting another ground war in iraq or sear. Reporter but tonight the white h
Kansas city royals. When it was the mets turn at bat, they delivered winning the game 93. There will be more fireworks tonight in game four . And happy halloween. The peanuts gang has gone home and now were pulling out the stops for our very own halloween celebration. Today, halloween, saturday, october 31st, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im carson daly alongside dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. We have the latest with the breaking news from ron mott in london. Reporter good morning, carson. Metro jet flight disappeared from russia radar over egypt 23 minutes into the flight from the city of Sharm El Sheikh in egypt en route to russia. The officials confirm to nbc news it crashed in the Sinai Peninsula and jets located the wreckage of the plane. It is too early to pinpoint a cause of the crash. The area where the plane went down is near the scene were terrorists clashed th