Drlly fanatics. Millions of eagles fans set to flood the streets super bowl victory parade for the ages. And let the games begin. The Winter Olympics get under way overnight as the for team is to actually be that person is insane. From the Opening Ceremony to the athletes to watch, weve got it all covered for you, today, thursday, february 8, 2018. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie andkotb. Live from studio n plaidsza. Thank you for joining us this thursday morning. The olympics. Todays the day. Today is the day. You know when you have a date circle calendar for years, this is it. February 8, the olympics start. Well be heading there later. We will. Well catch up on all of it in a bit. Lets start with the big headline out of washington this morninof the president s closest aides. Staff secretary rob porter stepping down amid abuse allegations fro exwives. This morning the white house is trying to contain the fallout after initially defending his character. We
Received last year now another Gold Medalist victor on a russian speed skater is also supposed to be on the list and hes in fact a south korean by birth and that means that his dreams of competing in his home country are looking rather dim and this decision has received a fair amount of condemnation worldwide but that is unlikely unfortunately to sway the i. O. C. Is decision. Plain thanks very much for the update on reporting from davos in switzerland. Thousands of protesters across europe are running against his military operation against kurds in syria demonstrations were held in athens and london as people waved kurdish flags and carried on down is a similar protest took place in the german city of mannheim people angry that german may time something in the turkish offensive his speech to all of the little. Turkish military operation against the kurds in syria house caused some consternation here in germany however officials in berlin say that theyre only somewhat concerned about t
Disclaimer stabilisation not reconstruction the us will help fix the pipes but someone else is going to have to sort out the rest of this mess no sir the Coalition Freed you you do the rest we humanity ariens including the un do not have access to iraq a city because of the presence of explosive hazard contamination which is endangering people trying to return to iraq a city and its also endangering humanitarian access over two hundred people have died while trying to return to their homes and hundreds more have been injured from our understanding of the reports that we have only a limited number of neighborhoods in iraq a city have been cleared for returns and thats mainly in the outskirts. So who is going to pay to rebuild an entire city the guys who held the straw it say they wont the civilians returning from tents in refugee camps the Syrian Government which doesnt even control raca who. Say to another headline stories this hour the doping scandal surrounding team russia has taken
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Narrator tonight on frontlinthe fish on my plate. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by ford foundation, working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. The park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from john and Jo Ann Hagler and Additional Support from chris and lisa kaneb. Major support for this program is provided by the kendeda fund, investing in transformative leaders and ideas. Well, thank you, everyone