Oscar tensions mounting. The favorites. The underdogs. The nominee who is a no show. And how political will the acceptance speeches be . Announcer this is abc world news tonight. Reporting tonight from los angeles. Good evening. Thanks for joining us for this special edition of world news tonight. Im tom llamas. Reporting from the Academy Awards. A short time from now the worldwide celebration of the movies the oscars will take place. This is a look at the red carpet right behind me. Well have much more on that in a moment. But we begin tonight with the father of a fallen navy s. E. A. L. , revealing to the miami herald that he refused to meet with President Trump. William ryan owens was killed in a secret mission in yemen last month. The president , his daughter ivanka, flying to Dover Air Force base for the dignified transfer of his remains. But his father has too many questions about his sons death to meet with the commander in chief and hes calling for an investigation into how and
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Phelps is going to win it Michael Phelps locked in his fifth trip to the Olympic Games and another place in the record books today. Thursday, june 30th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on this thursday morning. We want to get right to breaking news. A chaotic scene unfolding at joint base andrews right now. There are reports of an active shooter. All personnel at that base have been told to shelter in place. Pete williams, nbcs justice correspondent is working his sources. Pete, so confusing because at the moment these reports started coming in, there was an active Shooter Drill at the base. Confusing is the word of the morning, matt. We have to candidly say we dont know whats going on because no one is sure what is happening. Here is why there is confusion. There was a scheduled exercise, a security exercise, this morning
As the republican nominee. Its like he is a teflon don. Some of the things things he does and says , you think it would infuriate people but his numbers skyrocket. You can tweet us at juliet huddy and ben simmoneau. Ben italy day it is leap day. Its march tomorrow. I feel like march can feel like spring is on the way. It was awesome. Yesterday was pretty amazing. Mike only one big storm. Ben what is the thing on friday . Mike doesnt look like much right now. Dont get too crazy. We made it up to 60 yesterday and it 50 in bridgeport and 33 in poughkeepsie. Its pretty dry but it wont stay that way all day long. The wind comes in from the south and that depends on where you are. Its around three 17 Miles Per Hour. A cold front is coming into town and you can see the showers coming through pennsylvania. As it makes its approach, its hanging on to the rainfall but not a lot. The cold front is passing by and right in the middle of the day, there is moisture in it and we expect the showers to