Youre going to see we have a lot of news to analyze on several different fronts this morning. We begin with the latest atrocity from isis. One japanese hostage dead. Isis demanding a prisoner swap to save the second. And at least one american hostage still being held. Brian ross is here with the latest. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, george. While the hostage being threatened is japanese, the u. S. Is very much involved in the efforts to free him. In part because of the close relationship with japan. And also because one of the other hostages is a 26yearold American Woman. For now, all efforts are focused on kenji goto. In the latest isis video, he was forced to hold a photo of what appears to be his beheaded cell mate, and then read a plea for his own life, asking for a prisoner swap, instead of the original 200 million ransom demand. They are being fair. They no longer want money. So you dont need to worry about funding terrorists. Reporter in japan, the Prime Minister c
Asked the reporter to edit out the entire exchange. I think if you want to consider yourself to be serious, that it will not appear anywhere. And the retail robot. Hi. She could change the way you shop, and shes live in our studio today, thursday, november 20 th, 2014. 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, thursday morning, and we remember a legend today. Mike nichols career, the movies, broadway projects, but the husband of a colleague of ours, diane sawyer, thoughts with her and friends and family this morning. Looking back at his career, one of the only one to win an oscar, tony, and grammy. Amazing man. All right. More on the passing in a moment, but breaking news from florida. The frightening shooting at Florida State university that sent the campus into lockdown for hours overnight. From our nbc affiliate wtlb, darren, good morni
And theyre what . Remember that break in at the socalled largest closet in the country . A man who claims to be the burglar now says the jewels, bags and furs he stole are fake. Both the victim and the thief are telling their side of the story today, monday, august 18th, 2014. 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 on a monday morning. Im matt with tamron, natalie, and dylan. Good to see yowl you all. Good morning. Unfortunately we start the week with images nobody wanted to see especially the people in ferguson, missouri. Violence protests overnight. Images like this being seen everywhere this morning. Tear gas used, some of the people protesting using milk, pouring it over their face to get rid of the stinging in their eyes from that tear gas. It was an emotional roller coaster when you compare those images to the ones from the Inspirational Church service right afte
Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Few tuesday morning. January 20 thank you for joining us. I am eric thomas. I am kristen sze. With leyla gulen. A lot of folks are saying, is that me or is it impossible to see . Impossible to see. Look at that, quartermile in livermore. Half mile in oakland and petaluma. Threequarters of a mile in concord. That is just the reporting stations. There is more widespread fog this morning than yesterday morning. Like yesterday fog is the word. 60 to exwife 65 with aboveaverage temperatures. 69 at the coast. A gray going but a nice and sunny ending with temperatures above average. On the road this morning you cannot see the roads. You cannot see them but so far not causing any problems. This is walnut creek. A couple of seconds ago it looked more foggy but you can see the traffic is coming and going and tail lights moving southbound at highway 24 at top speeds. No accidents. We will try and keep it that way across the bay area. Mass tr
Sony hack . And road rage. Oh, my god she just hit our car. Shes pushing us off the road. A frightening incident in Northern California all caught on tape. The driver of a pickup truck relentlessly pursuing two women in another car until they safely reach police leaving us wonder where is the holiday spirit today, tuesday, december 23rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from study joe owe studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. That scene out of Northern California on a highway reminds you while the holidays are supposed to be a joyous time, not for everybody. To hear the screams and the panic in the voices of those passengers, well have more details of what went down there. Exactly. Lets get right to our top story, though. Huge storm is coming at the worst possible time, on Christmas Eve. It could be a nightmare for millions of travelers. So if you can get to where youre going today, you might want t