Varsity of al qaeda. Look how well they are doing now. I want to leave you with us. Remember correspondents, if isis can do it, so can you. Good night. Thank you. [applause] thank you calpine. Im sorry, that was my old Wishful Thinking script. Thank you, aasif mandvi. That was fantastic. Before we leave, i cant leave without exposing my gratitude. My amazing team on capitol hill, kelly odonnell, luke russert, and alex mo. [applause] i want to thank kinser glenn, tony kaplan, and the countless others of the peacock who make me proud to be part of the nbc team. Thank you to Allison Jaffe from the d. C. Comedy club forgetting our entertainment. Thank you to the marriott for hosting. And last but not least, she told me not to do this. I want to think someone who inspires me to be a better person, my beautiful and amazing wife jillian. You are my rock. You are the reason i am here today. I love you. [applause] it really has been an honor. I am deeply humbled to have been able to represent a
Crash. The scene trapped scores of drivers in place traffic at a stand till for miles. Im done for the today. Heading back to allentown trying to get home. And come up here heres an accident. Returning home to upstate new york. And quite a few miles to go, and plans at 4 00 p. M. And obviously were not going to make it. Reporter drivers got on their feet to stretch take in some of the sun maybe even make some new friends while cruise worked the scene. Then theres kevin two well traveled can i see who happened to have all they need while on a road trip. Weve got everything. Weve got a cooler here with food and drinks and ice. Sleeping gear, blankets, anything you needing to camping. So we can pull the stove out if we need to. Others took the time to work on their golf swing. We were on our way to play around of golf at eagle rock. Unfortunately were stuck here we thought wed play a little chip and putt on the side of road here. For a little while we had fun fun. A little rough on the co
The first, i think, and most conspicuous reason is that the president ial election in afghanistan will occur on the 5th of april, and it will be the election which will facilitate the transition of authority and power from the karzai government in whatever form that has taken over the many years that they have been, he has been in power to what will come next. And were now beginning to get clarity on who those candidates will be. Some of them we expected, some of them we didnt. I think weve got some pretty strong candidates, actually. That elections going to be very important. Its going to be very important not just in the technical outcome, it is a democratic process that we hope will render an outcome that is credible, internationally recognizable as a credible democratic outcome. It will produce an administration with whom we hope we can work over the long term. Theres no reason to believe that it wouldnt given the slate of candidates were beginning to see merge. See emerge. But wha
Blood. We can talk about how well it was used and what the right strategies were. I will be the first one to say that big mistakes were made over that time. In the eye ins 2001 and said we will be committed to reducing, if not eliminating, terrorist groups operating from this region. We will stay until that objective is met. Sure,e have now said is, that objective has not been met, but we are still leaving anyway. The blame has largely been ai government. Karz i will also say very bluntly that there have been massive corruption problems within the government. As there have been in any government in south asia. There have been challenges Building National security apparatus. There has been corruption problems in the u. S. Dealing with contracts in afghanistan. I would say, first and foremost not just to the Afghan People, can we look the American People in the eye and say we have reached a point in afghanistan where the American Homeland is safe, for now, and in the foreseeable future .
And here comes the bride. A very first look at Angelina Jolies Wedding Dress and the heartwarming story of the artwork sewn into it today. Today, september 2nd, 2014. 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. Im matt lauer along with natalie morales, al roker, and willie geist. Savannah remains on maternity leave. We knew she would look beautiful in the dress, Angelina Jolie. Thats a given. But now theres a sentimental story part of the very fabric of the dress. Im over these two. Done. Theyre too perfect. Clearly a family affair. Everybody involved. Really just a special moment there. Meanwhile, the summer is winding down. The summer Concert Series still in full swing. We have a great concert for you today. Counting crows on the plaza. This following a spectacular week which started with maroon 5 yesterday. And usher we have later on in the week. Lets get