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60 billion from congress to help ukraine, nbc reports. The rest of the request will include approximately 40 billion to provide assistance to israel and taiwan to strengthen Border Security between the United States and mexico. Well, washington will probably allocate a little more money for ukrainian combat homosexuals. I am not kidding. The ministry of defense and the ministry of justice of ukraine supported the bill on the legalization of registered partnerships, which include. Hollow take, this was reported by the author of the initiative, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada named safsun. The peoples deputy explained the importance of the bill this way ukraine should not remain the only country in europe that still clings to the obscurantism of the russian peace. Kiev continues to experiment with different methods and means of landing. The unsuccessful attempt to land in crimea using jet skis did not discourage the ukrainian general staff of the armed forces of ukraine and attempted to l
Smiley over sexual allegations. Morgan spurlock confesses to his own inappropriate behavior. And salma hayek calls Harvey Weinstein a monster. The new statement from weinstein just ahead. Those stories plus a dramatic Armed Robbery at a donut shop. A worker shot in the neck. The suspect is on the run. The email that had these students exploding with joy. Bravo, charlie. After 15 incredible months, were saying goodbye to our puppy with a purpose, today, thursday, december 14th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on a thursday morning. We have to say charlie. Are you going to be all right . Charlie, come here. Come here. Come on you mean we cant do that anymore . You know what . What . Charlie is going somewhere for a good cause. Yes, he is. Stacy, his veteran he is going to be with. We cant wait to send him off in the style he deserves. Itll be a tearjerker day here. Yes.
Smiley over sexual allegations. Morgan spurlock confesses to his own inappropriate behavior. And salma hayek calls Harvey Weinstein a monster. The new statement from weinstein just ahead. Those stories plus a dramatic Armed Robbery at a donut shop. A worker shot in the neck. The suspect is on the run. The email that had these students exploding with joy. Bravo, charlie. After 15 incredible months, were saying goodbye to our puppy with a purpose, today, thursday, december 14th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on a thursday morning. We have to say goodbye to charlie. Are you going to be all right . Charlie, come here. Come here. Come on you mean we cant do that anymore . You know what . What . Charlie is going somewhere for a good cause. Yes, he is. Stacy, his veteran he is going to be with. We cant wait to send him off in the style he deserves. Itll be a tearjerker day
In february the u. S. House and senate presented a congressional gold medal to honor members of the First Special Service Force in world war ii. The First Special Service Force was an americanCanadian Special Operations Unit formed in 1942. Congressional leaders and two Veterans Speak at this ceremony. Ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. And welcome to the United States capitol. Its good to see all of you here today. Since the days of the Revolution Congress has awarded gold medals to express the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements. The first recipient was general George Washington himself in march of 1776. Today, pursuant to House Resolution 324 we will present a gold medal in honor of the First Special Service Force. The force was activated in 1942 as an elite unit of 1,800 american and canadian commandos. Just how elite . Well, for every man the