Thats the question this morning. With the arab world rising up in resolve after the execution of the jordanian pilot. Martha raddatz is in jord thnan this morning. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. General allen says the coalition against isis is strengthening every day. The horrific murder of the young pilot has backfired on the terrorist group. With shocking atrocities in the headlines this week isis has redefined barbarity after the slaying of the jordanian pilot. Now the group claims 26yearold american aid worker kale la mueller, the last known american hostage was killed in a retaliatory air strike by the jordanians. Would you call this a Tipping Point . Its an important point for our arab alice. It will be a moment that creates additional unity. Reporter the man behind the unified fight against isis is retired marine corps general john allen, appointing as president obamas special envoy. Well degrade and ultimately destroy isil. Reporter the appalling events of
Taser. I shot him. Im sorry. Well hear from the victims distraught family. And an eye for danger. Nik wallenda reveals his next death defying stunt, walking at the top of this huge ferris wheel in florida. But wait theres more. The big news he saved when he joins us live today, april 14th, 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 today on a tuesday morning. Savannahs got the morning off. Im here with hoda kotb. Nik wallenda takes a year off my life watching these stunts. Even seeing the clip was making me nauseous. But hes going to do something hes never done before. And hes got an aspect hes announcing here this morning. Well talk to n. Ik in a little while. Lets get to this other story. This is our top story. An unusual incident on an Alaska Airlines flight. The crew forced to make an Emergency Landing after an airport worker fell asleep inside the cargo hold. Nbcs joe frye
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It is a tale of two cities. On the right wing world, he is on offense and is trying to raise money. In the other part of the world, the mainstream world, he is still in the barrel. He is trying to get out. Republicans, i have yet to find a single republican who has worked for a winning president ial campaign who said to me what scott walker is doing to me is brilliant . No other republican is doing what he is doing. You can bash the media. You can take the high road and say voters do not care about this, but the way he has handled it has caused him problems with some elite republicans. The press is saying it, too. The fundamental thing about scott walker in the invisible primary is among elite republicans and donors is is this guy up to it as a political performer . Candy handle the big time. Can he handle the big time . What happens right now in the walker campaign, they think yeah. We are not in the barrel and yet i guarantee there are some donors of that are looking at scott walker
Celebration and condemnation just one day after iran and six world powers agreed on a framework to curb nuclears program. Now its up to the experts to draft an acard by john 30th. Their president said the deal is just the First Step Towards building a new relationship with the entire world. But today israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he and his cabinet are united in opposing that agreement. The white house said it would never sign an agreement that threatens israels security. Jonah hull has more. Arriving back to a heros welcome, foreign minister zarif was greeted by supporters. For many here what was achieved in lausanne is the beginning of the end to irans international isolation. President rouhani promised a new era of cooperation. From the day of the agreement, new corporations in nuclear and in other areas with the world will start a new phase with the entire world. But there are power conservative critics of the framework nuclear deal deal, and rouhani assured t