November 14th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today terror in paris with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. We sat on the air two weeks ago to talk about the jetliner over sinai. Here we are two weeks later talking about six separated coordinated attacks on soft targets in a major european capital. Ally. We are hearing stories of innocents slaughtered on a friday night. If you are just waking up, a lot of changes. French president francois carried out as an act of war. The overall death toll at least 127 people. The majority of the victims were inside the packed concert hall where a band from california was performing. Police on social media begged police to stop the carnage. Accomplices. We are covering this from all angles this morning around the world and at home. Lets start with todays erica hill. She made her way to paris overnight. Erica, what can you tell us . Reporter matt and savannah, good
Targeting france, our oldest ally. We are hearing stories of innocents slaughtered on a friday night. If you are just waking up, a lot of changes. Isis has claimed responsibility. French president Francois Hollande says the attacks were carried out as an act of war. The overall death toll at least 127 people. The majority of the victims were inside the packed concert hall where a band from california was performing. Police on social media begged police to stop the carnage. French police are hunting for accomplices. We are covering this from all angles this morning around the world and at home. Lets start with todays erica hill. She made her way to paris erica, what can you tell us . Reporter matt and savannah, good morning. I can tell you when we landed we were surprised. They held us on the tarmac for 40 minutes saying there were no gates. When we got to the gate, we heard reports about long, long lines at security. We were able to sail through customs and came out and got a cab right
New video emerging overnight as chaos in the concert hall. France in a state of emergency. The nation on lockdown. Its borders closed as countries around the world stand in solidarity today, saturday, november 14th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today terror in paris with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. We sat on the air two weeks ago to talk about the jetliner over sinai. Here we are two weeks later talking about six separated coordinated attacks on soft targets in a major european capital. Targeting france, our oldest ally. We are hearing stories of innocents slaughtered on a friday night. If you are just waking up, a lot of changes. Isis has claimed responsibility. French president Francois Hollande says the attacks were carried out as an act of war. The overall death toll at least 127 people. The majority of the victims were inside the packed concert hall where a band from california was perf
Developing a familys weeks long search could be over. Right now waiting to get confirmation after police found a body in a Prince Georges County park. Maryland National Capital park police say the body found in a soybean field at watkins Regional Park fits the description of 80yearold luben fipps. Crews found the body about 80 yards away from where a search has been conducted. The fipps family canceled todays search pending todays confirmation. He went missing september 15th during a picnic there with the assisted Living Center where he stayed. His daughter told new 4s Darcy Spencer that fipps suffers from dementia and she was concerned her father had not been properly supervised. Thats the latest. We are working to find out how long irans government will sentence Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian to jail. Iran accuses him of collecting confidential information and handing it over to hostile governments. The court says he can appeal the conviction within 20 days. Im Megan Fitzgera
Plus. Reporter im andrew tom is as on Sydney Harbour. Ahead of Australia Day i will be explaining why some aboriginal australians see no reason to celebrate. To them 26 january marks invasion day top story this hour, the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry says the question of which group should attend indirect talks between the Syrian Regime and the opposition will be resolved in a day or two. The summit in geneva has been delayed due to negotiations over exactly who will take part. Our correspondent is a member of the Syrian Opposition. He says he is unhappy about the way the leadup to the talks has been handled. This man on the phone is a member of the Syrian Opposition translation there is pressure to give up the legitimate rights of the syrian people. The delegation is being pressured to be head without any clear agendas. Giving up the situation, we cannot tell our people delegated and gave up your rights and headed to geneva without stopping the raids or lifting the siege or send