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. A key region in afghanistan could be on the verge of falling to the taliban. The Deputy Governor of helmand province, an area that u. S. Troops once fought to secure, says urgent action is needed to prevent its collapse. The official posted an unusual public plea to afghan president ashraf ghani on facebook saying, quote helmand is standing on the brink, and there is a serious need for you to come. The helmand official said he had lost 90 soldiers in the past two days and hundreds more during six months of taliban attacks. A spokesman for president ghani said the president is aware of the Facebook Post and met with his National Security council about the situation. An afghan Army Spokesman said helm
Over. Destructive and now deadly, socalled valley fire is roaring through small communities tucked along droughtstricken forest land with flames scorching enough ground to cover San Francisco twice. Fast moving fire killing a 72 disabled woman who was unable to escape her home. T look at the flames right there. Reporter evacuees are now posting video of their harrowing escapes. Hidden valley may be going up in flames. Reporter and sharing stories of survival. Something out of a Science Fiction movie. Refuses to flee staying behind to protect their home im not going to let this outrageous beautiful place go down. This is all i have. I grew up here. I live heard my whole life. I love it. I want to save the last little piece of it. Reporter across california at least eight firefighters have st their homes, including robert taylor. For a time his girlfriend mary her house. Its terrible. I really want to go back up. I just dont know when we can go see everything. Reporter our camera crew ch
Million hits in less than two days. And the guys behind it have brought their terrifying baby to our studio today, thursday, january 16th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on an oscar morning. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Good morning, im Savannah Guthrie. Congratulations on your nomination. Matt lauer alongside al roker and natalie morales. One of the other stories well be talking about is an advancing of the story we brought you yesterday. This is great. Its touching people around the world. A sister letting her twin take her spot on team usa headed to sochi for the olympics. And tracy and lanny barnes are both with us live to talk about what really is a remarkable sacrifice. Right to todays top story, the biggest cheating scandal in air force history. This is tied to officers who work every day with Nuclear Missiles. And the key tests they must pass to hold their jobs. N
Snowden telling the Washington Post that his mission is accomplished. What are your thoughts on what mr. Snowden had to say . Republicans, 202 5853881. Emocrats, 202 5853880 independence and all others, 202 5853882. Ord us a tweet cspanwj email us. The front page of the Washington Post has the conducted by a reporter who went to moscow for the interview. Edward snowden says i already won. Mission is accomplished. Sitting down with Edward Snowden for 14 hours over two days, nonstop interviewing. Edward snowden called himself a Russian House cat. Never leaving his place in asylum from seeks the u. S. And stays in russia. Tweetedhington post several quotes. Snowden saying i wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself. He tweeted the Washington Post tweeted this. I wanted the public to have a say. Post, i defected from the government to the public. Also, Edward Snowden saying this. He is working to improve bnsf. The nsa. I am still working for the nsa right now.
Can i ask what happened . Can i ask you what happened . Anger and confusion surrounds the search for flight 370. Malaysian Officials Say the Flight Simulator taken from the pilots home had some data that was deleted. Thailands military now admits it ignored radar blips that could have come from the missing jet. They say they didnt say anything about it until now, because nobody asked. Ukraine, crimea selfdefense forces attack a Ukrainian Navy headquarters and raise the russian flag. As joe biden is in lithuania, reassuring nato allies that the u. S. Will defend them in the face of russias intervention. [ sirens ] in seattle, federal investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong in a horrific tv news Helicopter Crash. Experienced pilot Gary Pfitzner and photographer bill strothman were pronounced dead at the scene. The Washington Post reports the National Security agency is recording all of the phone calls in an unnamed foreign country. The paper cites edward snowden. Are there