Answer to the question so many are asking. Tackling the issue. Nfl players and owners set to meet today to discuss those Controversial National anthem protests. Will the league try to force players to stand, or can a compromise be reached . All that, plus florida declares an unusual state of emergency over a planned speech. An intentional crash on a racetrack . Leads to a dangerous brawl. A tasing and arrests. And morning exclusive. Chip and joanna gains will be here, live, to explain why theyre leaving their hit show, fixer upper, today, tuesday, october 17th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its tuesday morning, and were glad to have you with us this morning. Its a busy tuesday morning. We have a lot to get to, starting with President Trump sounding off on a number of issues that are facing his administration. Hes also igniting a new controversy with former president s
My name is frank mora, the director of the kimberly green Latin American Caribbean Center here at Florida International university. We are, for our friends in cspan, we are here located at the biscayne bay campus of Florida International university here in miami. We have another campus in west dade. The center that i direct is one of the institutes and programs or centers at the steven j. Green school of public and international affairs, again at Florida International university. Were just absolutely delighted to be hosting or cohosting this event. I want to thank our dean here, the dean of the Chaplin School of hospitality and tourism management, mike hampton. Thank you, dean, for supporting this. And this is a great event to have here on your campus, right . Also i want to thank another cohost, the Cuban Research institute. The director is here with us today and will be joining the panel in a second. A little bit about why were here and how we got here. Last year, the Brookings Insti
Next, Homeland Security secretary john kelly looks at immigration laws and what can be done to make them stronger in the future. He spoke at an event hosted by the Atlantic Council for about 25 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us today. As people are filling into the room, i will start giving the secretary a schedule. My name is jason, im a director of the Atlantic Council Latin American Center and id like to extend and especially welcome to secretary kelly, president , two or three task chairs, foreman for affairs maria, and ambassador. [inaudible] and the many investors joining yesterday. Feel free if you want to take out your phones to treat using about this event, Central America now. It gives me great pleasure to announce that after a year of intensive deliberations today marks the findings of our northern triangle security Economic Opportunity task force which is now available on our website. This is a blueprint for how the us and the country of el salvador,
Secretarys schedule. My name is jason marczak. Im director of the Economic Growth Administration Latin America center and i would first like to extend a special welcome to secretary kelly, to our three task force cochairs present today. Former Vice President eduardo stein, maria berzwella, and to the many ambassadors joining us today. Fell free if you want to take out your phones to tweet using about this event using the centralamericanow. It gives me great pleasure to announce after a year of intense today marks the finding of our security and Economic Opportunity task force which is now available on our website. In is a blueprint for how the u. S. And the countries of el salvador, guatemala and honduras can Work Together to enact sweeping change. The three countries are at a crossroads. The region has seen 50,000 murders over the past few years, high corruption scandals, and 10 of the residents have left. But heightened u. S. Investment especially through the plan of the alliance for