Journalism that informs and inspires. Sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. Secretary of state john kerry made a surprise visit to afghanistan today in an attempt to ease escalating political tensions there and prolong a powersharing agreement he brokered two years ago. Secretary kerry met with afghan president ashraf ghani, whose Security Forces control 70 of the countrys territory but are fighting a resurgent taliban which was initially toppled by the u. S. Led invasion in 2001. Kerry also met with ghanis political rival, abdullah abdullah, who is ch
Belgium lowered its Terror Threat l lel yeststday, but the government said theres still a serious risk. The manhunt for two suspects coinued near brussels and sewhere. Nbcs keir simmons has more. Salah was seen with another suspect, mohammed abrini, at a gas station, prior to the paris attacks. Elements of the investigation must remain confidential, the belgian Prime Minister told his nation today, to make sure we can stop this threat. But in brussels the government unexpectedly lowered the threat level this afternoon. Another attack no longer considered imminent. But still a serious risk. Earlier the citys grand mosque. Cordoned off after receiving envelopes of white powder. A frightening few hours as 11 people underwent emergency treatment. Tests later showed the powder was flour. Separately two men were arrested at a mosque in germany. Accused of planning still more attacks. Well over a thousand raids have been carried out across europe, weapons and money seized. The mastermind kill
First on 13. On black friday. Shopping is not just acceptable. Its expected. Crowds are already taking over stores and malls in the metro. Channel 13s josh nguyen beat the shoppers to valley west mall. It was really busy to begin with and the crowds tapered off from the 2 a. M. To 6 a. M. Time period. I think all it really did was move the sales earlier in the day instead of at the midnight retailers are expecting, is that people are probably not going to spend more money with more hours. It will just span Small Businesses are also getting ready for the Holiday Shopping season. Tomorrow is Small Business saturday. Encouraging people to shop local. Nearly 74 million americans took back in 20 12. Some Small Businesses in iowa say theyve been preparing for it for months. They say what happens tomorrow and in the next few weeks. Could set the tone for how business goes next year. Everything that were doing here is homemade, from scratch, and so i think that people who are either foodies or
The latest for us. What are you learning about why the president made this choice, if anything . Reporter this is a very rare move for President Trump. He is somebody who prides himself he didnt bow to criticism or pressure. When the acting chief of chief announced this formal summit was going to be held at doral that the president expected backlash but was going to forge ahead. Here is a list of the tweets from the president. So there is a lot to unpack here. I want to start with the fact we know it was not just the media and democrats who had called on him not to do this. So many republicans said on camera on the record that this was bad optics. Take a listen to senator murkowski from alaska. Why . Just why bring on the controversy over it . It just avoid the perception of any impropriety. Just dont do it. There are lots of hotels in florida. I would like to think that the president didnt have a thing to do with the decision as to whether where they are going to have you know . Have
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