The u. S. More american aid workers being pulled out of western africa where officials call this a Public Health emergency. This morning dr. Nancy snyderman is answering your questions. Ending the itching, the app that promises to keep the mosquitos away. Well find out how well it really works today, thursday, july 31st, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Nice to have you along on a thursday morning on today. We have another busy news day today. Thats right. The crisis in the middle east continues. There are new signs this will not be coming to an end any time soon. The Israeli Military is calling up another 16,000 reservists, that brings the total to about 86,000. The death toll in the threeweekold fighting is huge. More than 1,300 palestinians, 50 israelis, 50 soldiers. This morning, israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to destroy the tunnels with or without a
Nighttime economy . Looking at bars, restau ra nts, clu bs a nd nighttime economy . Looking at bars, restaurants, clubs and theatres. The Football League say no to the £50 million bailout offer from the premier league, as another plan is launched to restructure the game. Hes used to performing in front of thousands of fans, now former one direction star, niall horan, is playing to an empty albert hall to raise money for his roadies. Iam i am amongst the changing autumn colours at Westonbirt National Arboretum. Will there be some sunshine to enjoy it . Your full forecast on breakfast. Its friday the 16th of october. Our top story tensions are growing between local leaders and the government over regional restrictions, but a scientific advisor has warned that continuing the row is a very dangerous route to go on. Its after the mayor of Greater Manchester, andy burnham, rejected plans for the area to move to the highest risk category, which would force bars, pubs and gyms to close. Our P
Business. And you know it could be it could be flooded. The wind storms could take it. You need to evacuate. Now youre gonna start feeling major impacts of this storm relatively soon. The eye of the hurricane inching closer to florida tonight. Good evening. Im julie julie haener mike mibach millions of people told to evacuate the heart of that storm still hours from making landfall, but already south florida being hit with gusty winds. Heavy rain in the storm surge is expected to bring life threatening conditions. Too many cities. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Ktvu Jana Katsuyama is tracking a back. You ation efforts, but first we begin with our chief meteorologist bill martin, who is monitoring the hurricanes path, bill. Watching me and much of the day and actually, yesterday, too, but one of the things youre noticing here. If we go to the satellite loop, youre going to see the eye. Which you, of course know is the center. And what were looking at here over time. Look at how wel
Concerns. A Major Development tonight in the upcoming syria talks in switzerland. United nations secretarygeneral ban kimoon announced the edition of iran to join the conference. It sparked reactions from the Syrian Opposition who said they will not attend unless irans invitation is retracted. They say that it is essential for iran to bring an end to the violence. I believe strongly that iran needs to be a part of the solution to the syrian crisis. Iran is an important ally to syrian president Bashar Alassad. Now, a group called the islamic front, an alliance of forces rejected the talks. If a breakthrough is reached, it will be harder to implement on a battlefield. Violence in the warrattled nation continues. We have more. Government forces continue to hit targets in different parts of aleppo. The weapon of joys is barrels filled with explosives. The distribution is vast and people continue to die. Act visits and residents are keen to find survivors. The army backs coalition going to
Trial in beijing. Delegates from 40 countries are gathering in switzerland with one aim in mind, to try to end an ongoing war in syria. Its the first time the International Community managed to get both Syrian Government and opposition to sit down together to talk. The meeting, known as geneva two is the biggest diplomatic push to stop the fighting. These are live pictures from switzerland where the meeting is being held. In a moment well speak to al jazeeras reporter. First, lets go to james bays, our diplomatic editor at the meeting. James, what is going to be on the agenda for today . Well, this is the longawaited geneva ii conference. Not taking place in geneva, taking place in the swiss resort. Geneva is full because of a conference of watch makers. That is a minor obstacle to get sides to the conference. An International Gathering on the first day, not the peace negotiations. There are 40 countries here, a lot of international organizations. You can see some of the live pictures.