Raid that killed the leader of isis, a rare look at the armys elite delta force in action. All that, plus not liking it, facebook under new pressure after twitter bans all political ads. A massive storm and record breaking cold set to impact tens of millions of halloween trick or treaters all across the nation. And nats incredible. The Washington Nationals rally to beat the Houston Astros and become world series champions. The teams first ever title setting off a celebration the Nations Capital hasnt seen in decades. Today, thursday, october 31st, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, welcome to today, thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. Halloween may be a little rainy but you dont who dont care, our crowd thats outside. Were going to go out and join them, weather permitting. It looks great. Were hoping to get outside. Nobodys celebrating like washington, d. C. This morni
From egypt overnight. This after an initial convoy of 20 trucks the previous day. The United Nations has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe among Paletsinian Civilans with no access to fresh water, food aid or medicines. Israel tightened its blockade on gaza 15 days ago following an unprecedented massacre of civilians on its territory. The rafah crossing is on the egyptian border, and its the only route into gaza that doesnt border israel. That means its currently the only entry point for aid. Israel is warning its Military Campaign against hamas could last several months. The Israeli Defence forces say the next stage, a widely anticipated ground offensive, would happen soon. With more, heres our correspondent yolanda knell. A sleepless night in gaza. From afar, the flashes of successive israeli air strikes in gaza city as israel steps up its bombing campaign. And amid more and more destruction, and a mounting death toll, the un is warning of a catastrophic humanitarian situation. Ov
North of the country and hezbollah operates out of the north of the region. Hezbollah said it was preparing to launch Missile Strikes of the result, the devastation of those strikes in khan against israel and that has been younis, in southern gaza. As you say, more than a million increasing exchanges of fire on the palestinians have been displaced boundary in recent days with internally inside gaza, being told by gaza to move towards that Southern Area civilians being evacuated on both of the country and pockets where they will be able to receive sides. Back in gaza, Ia Moore Atrix the aid that is trickling in. Crossed over rafah border overnight, but we are Hearing Garzans saying, this in addition to the previous 20 we are going to go back to our homes in central and northern trucks. The un is warning of a gaza because we dont seem to be safe anywhere . We can only begin to sibling catastrophe with no access imagine the desperation of garzan civilians. To water, Food Supplies or medic
Including the latest on the rescue effort. Also this morning from england cricketer to convicted drugs smuggler. Former england cricketer chris lewis tells us about his spiral into crime. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Were also talking to two women who only learnt to read properly when they had children. If youve struggled with literacy as an adult then wed love to hear from you. How has it affected your life . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today, Hurricane Irma one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic is continuing its path of destruction through the caribbean. At least 14 people have died and hundreds of buildings have been flattened or flooded. Deaths have been reported in the us and British Virgin islands, and the island of anguilla. Barbuda and st martin were the first to feel the ful
Panel discussion on us policy toward north korea. One of the speakers was part of the special envoy for party talks with north korea during george w. Bushs administration. This discussion is almost 2 hours. Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Our session on north korea crisis, causes and cures. You may have noticed the large camera and the good looking fellow behind the camera there. You might deduce that we are on the record. We are actually live on cspan i am told. This will be a good session. I am honored to be accompanied by two good friends here that have some experience with north korea and can share their insights. To my right we have career intelligence official mandarin, former special envoy to the Six Party Talks, us are presented to the Korean Economic Development agency, the associate director of National Intelligence admissions manager for north korea and director of the National Counter Proliferation Center and special advisor to the director of National Intelligence. H