This outbreak is centered on the Ronald Reagan Medical Center at ucla. Nearly 180 people there may have been exposed to a bacteria that is antibiotic resist important. Jake ward has more. We are very sorry about some of the anxiety and concern. Reporter warnings are going out to 179 patients treated at uclas Ronald Reagan Medical Center. All possibly exposed to a superbug. It has been linked to two deaths and infected five others. The centers for Disease Control says cre is fatal in up to 50 of cases, if the bacteria reachs a healthy persons bloodstream. It strikes most patients in hospitaling or nursing homes. The outbreak is linked to endoscopes like these. It is inserted down the throats of about 500,000 patients each year. Uclas says the bacteria was found on two of the devices. Hospitals routinely clean the scopes after their use, but the design makes that process difficult. If its not, quote unquote cleaned out app app appropriately, it can spread from one patient to another. Rep
Is it the first major blunder of the president ial race . Why the wisconsin governor says he was just misunderstood. And blue and black. Obviously its white and gold. What color do you see . Why do we care . The great dress debate burning up the internet, friday, february 27, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to the show on a friday morning. 7 00 on the west coast. We want to get to this breaking news, at least nine people are dead after a series of shootings in missouri. Police say the alleged gunman is among the dead. Pete williams is nbcs justice correspondent. Pete, what can you tell us . The shooting spree took place in several places in and around the Missouri Town of tyrone in texas county, missouri, thats about 40 miles north of the arkansas border. Officials have not given the names of the victims or the gunman who was found dead in a car in a nearby county, appa
Rules. Clearing a path for the future in Eastern Ukraine, work start to remove the remnant of war. Hello, for the first time in months tonight family members danger. He was staring at space drugs, and from the very people you trust to care for them. Its killing people. Uncovering the fda warning. There were over 60,000 in total sent and received. About half from workrelated and went to the state Iraqi Military forces are still not in complete control of tikrit itself. That is expected to take days. But many wire about what will happen after. They fear there is significant destruction in the city, and they fear revenge killings prompted by revenge on those that are seen to be responsible for the execution of more than 1,000 military recruits. The fear is that the military and their participate necessary wont go after just the gunmen but will try to take retribution on those who they accuse to be complicit with isil. Yemens former president Ali Abdullah Saleh said that president hadi, wh
Ivory coast former first lady is being sentenced to 20 years in jail for her role in post election violence. Also a helicopter collision in argentina leaves ten dead among them top french athletes. For the first time in months the iraqi army is now inside parts of tikrit continuing what is a major offensive to recapture the town from isil the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. A statement from iraqs Defense Ministry says that iraqi forces have surrounded tikrit and are now preparing to advance. It is on the main road to baghdad, and iraqs sunni heartland. The government are hoping it could persuade sunnis in other places to rise up against isil. They have already retaken a town 30 kilometers away from tikrit and two other villages. More soldiers are standing by further out. If they take tikrit they will then push further north to mosul, the biggest city under isils control. We are joining our correspondent jane arrhett on the phone now. What do you know about what is happening in an
Im jo gasiorowska, two French Olympians are killed during the filming of a Reality Tv Show in argentina. We begin in iraq. For the first time in months, the iraqi army is inside parts of tikrit. A statement says its forces have surrounded the town and are preparing to advance on the center of the city. Lets bring in our senior political analyst for more on this. This is quite significant, isnt it . Yes, it is because ta skreet not an easy place to take over. Back in 2003 it was almost impossible for the International Coalition forces to enter the city. Its a hard core sunni city. And this time around with this iranianbacked militias joining the iraqi army entering the city thats significant both in terms of overcoming isis forces there, in terms of making progress towards other regions within the control of isis but its also it remains to be seen what it will mean to the Shia Sunni Fight within the city and region. Right. You have the joint chief of staff, Martin Dempsey warning that t