Walking 671 feet on a rope no wider than a penny. And look at this Mission Impossible. Superstar tom cruise clinging to the side of a plane soaring 5,000 feet above england. The breathtaking stunt making headlines this morning. And good morning, america. Happy monday. How about that tom cruise, still doing his own stunts. Take a look at that. We showed him on the plane right there. Lara, youre bringing us that in just a little bit. That and dressed in a suit. And nik wallenda, every time he tries to top himself, blindfolded this time. There he is. With a stiff wind. Crazy. Thats so easy. So glad he made it. Oh, my gosh. I cant even look at that. Were going to begin with the wintry blast. Frigid temperatures across the country. Ginger back from chicago. Tracking it all for us. I got to feel the frigid temperatures. North carolina, tennessee, were talking record snow in the one to even almost twofoot category. Parts of tennessee had more than 22 inches. I want to show you the deep freeze
Live. And tv scare. As many as 700 newborn babies potentially exposed to tuberculosis. Parent are lining up to get their infants tested. This monday morning, september 22nd, 2014. Announcer this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Good morning, welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb, al roker and tamron hall. Lenny kravitz was practicing in the studio. I was taking a picture of matt taking a picture. Do a song in our studio a little bit later on. Let us turn to the top story the search for the three Afghan Soldiers who wept missing off a National Guard base in massachusetts. Nbc pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski has more on that. Good morning to you. Good morning. These three Afghan Soldiers, two captains and a major were on a saturday night field trip to a shopping maul in cape cod when they simply disappeared. The three soldiers were in the u. S. To take part in an annual Training Exercise at the National Guard base there in cape cod
Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im dara brown. In the war on terror, a new enemy and a new face of evil. He is muhsin al fadhli, he is the boss of khorasan. The terror squad that is small, just under 50 soldiers, but their specialty is so frightening it has the u. S. Worried. Heres Nbcs Richard Engel. Reporter its a crowded battlefield in syria with dozens, perhaps hundreds of extremist groups drawing members from across the world. They fight against the assad regime and against each other. The Khorasan Group is just one of them. Its a Splinter Group of al qaeda which moved to syria to locate and recruit westerners among the thousands of foreign fighters in the country. The Khorasan Group is considered a threat to the u. S. Because american intelligence Officials Say it wants to bring down airplanes with explosives, a traditional al qaeda objective. The groups leader is this man, muhsin al fadhli, age 33, born in kuait. He ran al quaedas cell in iran, reportedly fought in a
Comments since her disappearance. And tb scare, hundreds of newborn babyies exposed by a Health Worker in texas. Parents are lining up to get their kids tested today, monday, september 22nd, 2014. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer, along with hoda kotb, al roker and tamron hall. Savian is on maternity leave. Natalie is off this morning. Its a busy day. Weve had a good time this morning. Im skimming trees, but Lenny Kravtiz was practicing in the studio. Yes. It was so fun. He went through the song a couple of times. Matt was going all fan girl. I was taking a picture. Thats al rokers cousin. Yeah. Wow he will be doing a song in our studio a little bit later. Three Afghan Soldiers who went missing off a National Guard base in massachusetts. Jim miklaszewski has more on that. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Two captains and a major were on a saturday night field trip to a Shopping Mall in cape cod when they simply disappeared. The thre
This is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. In just the past 24 hours american pilots have been in action in the skies over syria. An air campaign launched, we were told, to hit isis militants and their command centers. But we then learned today some of the first shots fired last night were aimed at a new terrorist group, one that few americans had ever heard of called khorasan. But u. S. Officials were worried enough about it, apparently, that what they were planning to strike them as part of the first salvo. Either way this escalation makes it a more complex world tonight. We have it all covered beginning at the pentagon with this military action. Jim miklaszewski on duty there for us tonight. Jim, good evening. Reporter 8 30 p. M. Eastern time, the opening salvo was an allamerican assault. 47 tomahawk cruise missiles launched from two u. S. Navy ships, one in the red sea, the other in the persian gulf. The strikes were aimed at aleppo in northwest syria, site of a ma