American hostage held by isis. U. S. Intelligence believed mueller was given as a bribe to al qaeda. And seeking war authority. Brian williams out of his news anchor chair six months without pay. A rumor nbc will have tom brokaw fill in. Asked why, the only icon from the 80s is bill cosby. He made the news funny. Comedian jon stewart is stepping down. Dinner with my family who i have heard from multiple sources a lovely people. Jackie robinson west Little League team violated rules using ineligible players. In san diego, the sports anchor for cbs affiliate is recovering from gun shot wounds. The suspect has given up peacefully and in custody with us. A deteriorateing situation in yemen, relocating staff at the u. S. Embassy, more than 40 injuresed in 100car pileup. All that in italy, police say theyve seize add painting attributed to leonardo da vinci. And all that matters this actually is my last appearance with you. Are you not feeling well . I doubt ill have anything to plug before
Powerball lottery drawing worth more than half a billion dollars. Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning ner this is the cbs morning news for thursday, february 12th, 2015. Good morning. Im Lauren Lyster in for annemarie green. Veteran cbs news correspondent bob simon is being remembered this morning as a reporters reporter. A gifted writer who reported from the most dangerous places on earth. Simon was killed last night in a car accident here in new york city. He was a passenger in a cab that hit another car that had stopped at a traffic light. Cbs news anchor scott pelley announced simons death in a special report. His body of work earned bob too many journalistic medals to count here tonight. His daughter tania is a producer and tonight our thoughts are with tania and bobs family and his many, many friends. During his 47 years here at cbs news, simon reported on everything from domestic riots to movies, but it was as a Foreign Correspondent that simon made his name. Kris v
A night filled with starstudded performances, questionable outfits, and a rather bizarre on stage interruption from yes, kanye west. Saying its no joke monday, february 9, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on this monday, could we do a grammy note. So happy for sam smith. One of the nicest people to sing on this show in a long time. It was his night for sure. Kanye, oh, kanye. More about that coming up. Lets get to the top story. Again its weather. Storms are bringing dangerous flooding to the west while we here in the northeast are dealing with a dangerous mix of snow, ice and rain. Well get to als forecast in ament mo. First, nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in seattle. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Certainly wild weather out west over the weekend. The socalled Pineapple Express delivering a onetwo punch here, lets begin in Wa
Afternoon showers looking likely. And then a frigid weekend is on th coming up chuck bell will join us live with your bus stop forecast. Overall were looking pretty good. We do have the problem that i want to mention. In the troh green line a delay single tracking between branch avenue and naylor road. And then this just popped up, bw ramp south from 450 annapolis road that is blocked because of a crash. Fair pax countkparkway, the ramp blocked. 66 at germantown road flowing just fine. Overall, no major problems. A little slow inner loop passing braddock road. Otherwise no major issues. Beltway at indian head highway rolling along nicely. Travel times coming up. Coming up on 6 02. A massive winter storm bearing down on new england this morning. This storm expected to dump about two feet of snow over the next few days there. Schools in boston already closed today and tomorrow. This is the Third Straight monday that area has been hammered with a winter snowstorm. Massachusetts Governor C
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Im lester holt in for brian. Were glad youre here. Its the winter of bostons discontent. Theyve picked up more than five and a half feet of snow over the last 17 days. Right now as yet another storm blankets parts of new england, that snow bound city has run out of places to put it all. Busting snow removal budgets, snarling transit and stretching the patients of a lot of moms and dads as school kids are now looking at their eighth snow day of the year. We begin today with ron mott near bostons beacon hill who will show us what that much snow looks like. Reporter good evening, lester. Tonight Governor Charlie Baker has declared a state of emergency because of all this snow. You mentioned beacon hill. One of the charming things about this area is that you have a lot of narrow side streets. Charming that is until you have five or six feet of snow to deal with. Look at this car, the o