Other stories. A health scare for Hillary Clinton. The secretary of state is hospitalized this morning after doctors discover a blood clot. Well have the latest on her condition. Also this morning, a different kind of contract for a young iphone user, what this teens mom is making him agree to before hes allowed to talk or text. I think its fantastic parenting by the way. A huge weekend in nfl action. The bitter end for some teams. Yeah. Bears. And the beginning of playoff hopes for others, whos out, whos in, who shouldnt be. Fantastic details. Bears and giants are both out. Can y believe that . I cant. Were not the only ones work thing overnight. Talks are going on in washington trying to avoid the fiscal cliff. But were getting something done. The average American Family would see a tax increase of more than 3,400. Preeti arla is joining us with more. Reporter top leaders seemed optimistic early on, but that seemed to shift, replaced by pessimism and still no deal with time running o
From both teams stood with hundreds of newtown, connecticut residents. Among those attending, the family of 6yearold jack pinto. There were at least a dozen hand made signs with a green and white one that said, sandy hook, we choose to love. And for jack pintos family, that must have been somewhat emotionally healing just to be there and im sure it gave them a sense not of closure, but a sense of closeness. Well done. Coming up, it was a year of a lot of ups and downs from the election to the shoogt am sandy hook. But there were many light moments as well. Up next, the things that made us laugh in 2012. Youre watching world news now. Lord help us. Its time to change the way we clean. Its time to free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. And free ourselves from worrying about the ones we love. New lysol power free has more cleaning power than bleach. How . The secret is the Hydrogen Peroxide formula. It attacks tough stains and kills 99. 9 of germs. New lysol power free. Po
Displayed. The Ukrainian Government and the west are condemn, the voting that took place today in parts of Eastern Ukraine. Separatists in the region of donetsk and luhansk held a vote and it is said the vote is the illegal and could result in the self destruction of those regions. Turn out was high despite attempts by Ukrainian Forces to block election workers from carrying out that vote. Donetsk and luhansky have a combined 6 Million People but only areas living under separatist rule went to the polls. Todays vote went ahead despite calls from Vladimir Putin for postponement. More from the refer endsum from donetsk. Hastyly arranged, low budget, the referendum drew large numbers of voters to a small number of polling stations in towns and cities across the east of ukraine. This was the Regional Center of donetsk, wouldbe seat of the peoples repuckp publicblic of donetsk. The ballot asks whether they agree with the proclamation of the peoples republic or not. The word something vague
Clippers in the family. And grand reopening. The Washington Monument welcoming back visitors for the First Time Since the iconic symbol was damaged by an earthquake. Al is there live today, monday, may 12th, 2014. 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 on a monday morning. Good day to be a tourist in the Nations Capital. Thats right. Al roker is there. Oh wait, theres an even more exciting thing. The Washington Monument is reopening, as you see. Al is there to cover it live and take us inside. Lets start, though, with this mornings top story. Weve got breaking news tied to the kidnappings of hundreds of schoolgirls in nigeria. The terror group behind those kidnappings making new demands in a new video. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has the latest on this. Steph, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Well, this is essentially a hostage video with prove of life for the hostage tak
Three it will,000 polling stations. Separatists are holding a refer endsum vote on self rule in the regions of donetsk and luhansk. The west is calling it i will legitimate. Ukraine said it could result in the self disstruction of those votes. They have a population of 6 and a half Million People but residents living in areas under separate test rule are the ones voting today. Meanwhile, ukraines acts president says todays referendum is a step into the abyss. The countrys parliament stipulates only the president actually has the right to determine whether or not to hold a referendum. We many western countries have denounced it. Putin called on a referendum. Here in, in the eastern area of central donetsk has seen brisk business all morning. You can see the registrars behind me. People queui, ng up, registering and signing for their ballot paper they then take and pus in this prospects box in the middle of the room. I havent seen a single no vote yet. Those pieces of paper have a tick i