Concluluons too quickly . She tells her side of the story right here inn an exclusive live interview today, thursday, october 15th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everyone. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Well be the first to admit we were critical when we heard this story about the aunt who sued her own nephew. The tabloid headlines were not kind to jennifer connell. We weighed in on trending yesterday with the tornadicfacts we knew at the time. Jennifer connell is here this morning and says there iss a different side to the story. Look who is with her, her nephew sean, who adores her. Interesting to hear what they have to say. Ts start with our top story. President obama set to announce a larger than expected force in afghanistan by the end of next year. Nbcs pentagon correspondent has the latest on this. Whats behind it . Matt, the president s call to keep more American
Campaign and from my perspective the one thing i learned four years ago, patience is a virtue and getting your campaign momentt the right time is more important than trying to find the moment. Let the moment come to you at the right time, said president ial hopeful, rick santorum. Santorum says he feels very comfortable that folks will end up supporting him, like they did last year. Tonight at 6, ill have more on what policy changes santorum says will set him apart from the crowd of president ial hopefuls. Sheila . Thanks tommie. The finishing touches on House Speaker paul ryans new office are complete. Yesterday the 45year old republican became the youngest House Speaker in nearly 150 years. In his first address as speaker, ryan vowed to give every house member chance to be involved in legislation. He also called for both sides of the political aisle to work together. Ryan received 236 of the 218 votes he needed to win the post. An escalation announced by the Obama Administration toda
Prosecutors say a nebraska man who didnt get the promotion he wanted at Buena Vista University has been convicted of hacking without authorization into several of the schools computers and email accounts. 46yeaeaold david boyer pleaead guilty this week in u. S. District court in sioux city to unauthorized access to a protected computer. In a plea agreement, boyer admitted that in 2009 and 2010, he hacked computers at the storm lake school. Prosecutors say boyer was angry that he hadnt been promoted to become h hd of the Information Technology department. Boyer agreed to pay 100,000 in restitution. His sentencing date has not been set. A manhunt in two states is over after a dramatic shootout overnight. Authorities finally finding a fugitive whos been on the run for nearly a weeee nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in burkesville, kentucky. Again this time on foot. The fbi and us marshals joined the search. A School District was shut down. For three days. Diane alexander its kinda weird to us to th
Ultimately allow residents to approve almost all forms of gambling in the state. 3 mandatory burnin courtesy denison bulletin review 3 investigators in denison are still trying to determine the cause of a weekend. Crews first responded to a fire at this home in the 15 hundred block of 1st avenue north in denison just after 6 30 saturday morning. They rescued two people from the home. 52 year old craig streck and 37 year old wendy waldemar. Waldemar later died of her injuries at Crawford County memorial hospital. Investigators from the Denison Police department, the Denison Fire Department and the Iowa State Fire Marshals Office are trying to figure out what started it. 3 3 today is traditionally the busiest day of the year for the u s postal serviceand this year, its even busier here in sioux city. Postmaster Marcus Schultze says people are sending more packages. With a 20 percent incrase in package shipments. He says to make the process of shipping presents easier on everyone. Theres
3 3 get ready for fireworks. Nine republican president ial candidates will face off in the last debate of year tonight. In las vegas this time. Terrorism and National Security are expected to dominate the discussion. While donald trump will take center stage once again. But c b s news correspondent don champion shows us why all eyes might be on his biggest rival. Ted cruz. 3 nats on the eve of the fifth gop debate in las vegas, donald trump again blasted his rivals before an excited crowd. sot donald trump the other candidates should be thankful because im giving them a chance to make total fools of themselves in front of millions of people. But no, honestly im doing a good job for the republican party. People are able to get their votes out. And people may like this one or that one or that one, and thats ok with me. Trump has a commanding lead in the National Race for the republican nomination. According to the latest Monmouth University poll. But its a different story in the key stat