Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im alongside jenna wolfe. We have precious cargo on this set. We do. We do. Who is the precious cargo. I was like are you pregnant . Yeah. What are you trying to do to me. You have five children . Three, you have two. I have two. Im going to bring up the rear with one. I am expecting my second. Thank you very much. We are not doing that. She is guesting here. She has no idea what shes talking about. Its wonderful news, we are so, so excited. We are going talk more about it later. Coming up, we have been keeping a close eye on a high profile murder case in texas. The man who killed his two sons. Emotions are running high on all sides of the case. Well have the latest. We are going switch gears. Two Small Businesses were weeks away from going out of business. We brought in an expert to try to turn
Officer who was involved in crowd control is relieved of duty after inflammatory statements. Wolf blitzer is off tonight. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. Is the u. S. Moving toward an allout war with isis . The white house is making it clear that the brutal beheading of an american hostage will not go unanswered. If you come after americans, were going to come after you wherever you are. Thats going to guide our planning in the days to come. That comes a day after a stunning assessment from the pentagon brass that the isis threat is beyond anything weve seen. The generals made it clear defeating isis would require going after the group inside syria. Were looking at au angles of this chilling new threat and we have the latest developments on the investigation of the Fatal Police Shooting in ferguson, missouri it, including some significant details missing from the incident report. Our correspondents and guests are standing by with full coverage including don lemon and Ja
Foley by isis, a terrorist attack, the United States is considering more air strikes against iraq and possibly going into syria. Today, one of the president s Top National Security visors made it clear that foleys horrific murder was an attack against all americans. Clearly, the brutal execution of jim foley represented an affront, an attack, not just on him but hes an american. And we see that as an attack on our country, when one of our own is killed like that. We made clear if you come after americans were going to come after you, wherever you. Are and thats going to guide our planning in the days to come. Is the white house making a case for war . Barbara starr is at the pentagon tonight. This is beyond iraq. Jim foley was beheaded in syria, a place the United States has so far steadfastly avoided. Will the president strike syria . It appears to be headed in that direction. The words were hearing from the administration are both sides of the border. Theyre not restricting it or jus
Affirmative action, women, president obama, you name it. Don lemmon is in ferguson for us tonight. He joins us now. So what exactly did this officer say in this speech . Reporter youre going to hear some of it. Ill play it for you, anderson. I think you hit the nail on the head. This isnt going to do much to convince people that this isnt a broader problem with the Police Department. Youre exactly right. So dan page, anderson, a 35year veteran of the Police Department, was speaking in front of a group called the oathkeepers back in april. It was on videotape. And he starts making these inflammatory statements about gays, about women, about Domestic Violence and on and on. And today, the Police Department got wind of it. We notified them and they commented on it. But first, i want to play for you the very disturbing thing he said about Domestic Violence, saying that they should just shoot themselves before the police get there. Listen. When when those when the inner cities start to igni