Wife and the candidates hope their messages with the caucuses a month away. And. Were here to defend the people. The fbi hoping a peaceful end to the standoff. Were live at the scene. Boiling point. Saudi arabia selevers ties with iran giving its diplomats just hours to leave the country. As tensions rise over the saudis execution of an iranian cleric. And deepwater discovery, the first images of the cargo ship that sank after the captain sailed it right into a category 4 hurricane it was built to survive. No sign of the 33 crew on board or the black box that could solve the months old mystery today, monday, january 4, 16. Announcer from nbc news, and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Weve advanced a year, and, i mean that literally. Happy birthday belatedly. Thank you, to you as well. Yeah. Ab do you believe it. Were so much older. Did you celebrate. I did. Thats why im on a tensecond delay. My
Democracy. Theres no such thing as a day off for the United Nations. As the Coalition Launches more air strikes against the Islamic State in the middle east, and Health Workers struggle to gain a ground on the Ebola Outbreak in west africa, World Leaders gathered at the u. N. Headquarters in new york city. I. S. I. L. And ebola the primary topics, russia, north korea and other nations addressing the general assembly. Al jazeeras diplomatic editor james bays joins us live from the United Nations. We heard strong words from russias foreign minister earlier, accusing the u. S. Of violating principles of the u. N. Charter. Can you pick it up from there . Absolutely. Sergey lavrov, in his second big speech of the week, a couple of days ago when president obama chaired the meeting, noncontroversial, this hardhitting, saying the coalition against i. S. I. L. Was like previous coalitions done outside the american framework, the bombing in libya, syria and the occupation of afghanistan. Saying
Shootings are putting the spotlight on racial bias. A front is threaten being to retaliate against western and arab countries taking part in strikes. They say it amounts to war against islam and could last decades. Its the first time they have reacted to the military operation aim the at destroying isil. This as more strikes were launched. Saudi arabias released this statement. They joined the u. S. And fair arab counties and its a complex geometry of allies and their agenda. Saudi arabia, the united arab emrits, jordan, and qatar. They have united against a common enemy. And the list is growing. With the british just recently joining the fight. There is not an arab or muslim fight any more, it affects every delegate here and beyond. It is the fight of our times. Success requires a United Struggle backed up by strong resources. Reporter its the kind of International Participation last seen in the 1991 gulf war, but more complex. Saudi arabia and the united arab emiates are two of the b
Rhino deaths could soon outpace births. What is being done about it. President obama goes face to face tomorrow with leaders of both political parties. The white house meeting comes as republicans prepare to take control of congress, and they are already making their intentions crystal clear. Lisa stark at the white house with more. Lisa . Well, first and foremost, the republicans say they want to focus on jobs and the economy, something they can perhaps reach an agreement with president obama on, despite all this talk of the two working together, there were some very harsh words today, from Speaker John Boehner to the president , warning him, not to bypass congress. House Speaker John Boehner did not mince words he warned president obama not to go it alone, on Immigration Reform. I believe the president continues to about on his own, he is going to poise sob the well. When you play with of mas you take the risk of burning yourself. If he does take executive action, there will be no ch
Catalonia push for plans to vote later this year. The Spanish Government says it is illegal. Go first isil fighters in Northern Syria have been targeted by airstrikes from the u. S. Led coalition. More than 150,000 people have plead from kobane. Were just outside of kobane, and there were airstrikes around this town. Especially to the east. We heard one of these airstrikes in the morning. We moved east to check out the front line around 10 kilometers east of kobane, where we saw an active fight between isil fighters and kurdish fighters. In the last couple of hours weve seen a few shells landing, which has made many more people cross into turkey, there is a refugee camp where they can see their homes, but they cant go back. Simply the kurdish fighters dont have enough to fight the strengthens of the isil fighters. Even the airstrikes seem to not have done very much. Its a days operate situation for the people here. We still see people coming across this border because the fight is nowh