Theres a ceasefire between israel and the gaza strip. More than 172 people are dead following several days of back and forth rocket fire. Thousands of palestinians are leaving their homes and seeking safety in u. N. Shelters. U. N. Secretary ban kimoon says its in the interest of both sides to stop the fighting and prevent further casualties. Nbcs Ayman Mohyeldin has the latest. Reporter from the skies above and the sea, israel is stepping up its campaign to destroy rocket sites in gaza. Morning warning residents by phone and leaflets leave your homes or risk injury. In the middle of the night, thousands of palestinian families began leaving with little they have. Some of the children barely had time to put on their shoes before escaping. Thousands the u. N. Said have already taking refuge at schools now used as makeshift shelters. While some families fled the fighting, others mourn hose lost in it. Overcome with grief, she lost three of her children fainted. Mourners pray for the dead
Chilling temperature cast. Thursday, january 24th, 2013. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer. Lets get right to this story in washington, the decision to allow women in combat roles, a watershed moment being praised by a lot of people and others starting to wonder how it might impact the capability of other forces. We all know women have been putting their lives in dangerous war zones for many years. What does this change really mean for a practical matter . This straight ahead. Also, are you sitting in a room with your computer on right now. Take a look because some 1 could be spying on you at this moment, coming up how criminals can hack into your webcam and pull off an alarming invasion of privacy and some ways you can block them. A few details this morning on beyonces performance on the National Anthem at the inauguration. What the wall street journal uncovered and what big stars think about it. We will let you decide f
Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill. Even if lebron is not his new best friend, im sure there are plenty of people after learning about that 75,000 payout who would love to be his friend. I love this. He didnt take a traditional shot. He wound up making the hook shot. Which you have to do if you have that opportunity. Theres no way youre making it with a traditional shot. You have to go all in. Then he got lebron james hanging out with you. Great shot. Not bad. Weve got a lot to get to. Well show you more of that. Including, well talk about the cold snap that wont go away. But there is something heating up the markets. Thats a good thing. Making a lot of people happy. Yeah. The dow getting close to a record high. The nasdaq and the s p are soaring, as well. This amid positive signs about the economy, housing rebounding, and companies hiring. So is it too late if you want to jump into the stock
Ray. A few showers starting to make their way into areas of the Shenandoah Valley and south. There is thunderstorm activity steppi into areas, that pocket of southWest Virginia right now. The weather front back here too. But it is going to be moving in and more dramatic than any showers or storms we get will be the drop in temperatures. Were at 87 right now, fox. Were going to go from heat to cool. Cool, feeling like fall around here as early as tomorrow morning. When i return in a few, ill show you how low those temperatures will go throughout the area and in your neighborhood. We see you then. Dont forget to download the free nbc 4 weather app for the most trusted local Weather Information whenever and wherever you want it. Youll get realtime forecasts, interactive maps, and Severe Weather alerts. Throughout the country, and throughout the Washington Area today, people paused to remember the attack on america 13 years ago. At the pentagon today, the president and first lady participa
But now, its revealed she never existed. It was all an elaborate and unthinkable hoax. But was he the victim or was he involved . Big questions today thursday, january 17, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And morning, everyone, welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer. This story out of notre dame is astonishing. We are talking about one of the Top College Football players in the country, manti teo. He was the runner up for the Heisman Trophy. We talked about what happened here. He had been using his girlfriends death as inspiration throughout the season, he said. But now, after she was exposed as a fictional person in an online article, teo claims he was the victim of somebodys sick joke. Others arent so sure. Just ahead, we are going to talk to the reporter who broke this story coming up. Then president obama set to launch a campaignstyle push to gain public