The documents suggest that the n. S. A. Spied on the phone calls of three french president s. Jacques chirac, nicolas sarkozy, and current president francois hollande. It also suggests that the n. S. A. Was able to spy on phone calls by many other officials in the french government. Wikileaks says the documents prove the n. S. A. Gained access to sensitive french negotiations on issues including the European Unions future. The french government summoned the u. S. Ambassador to paris for an explanation but u. S. Officials arent unduly concerned. They believe that france wont really be outraged about these revelations. Why . First because france engages in similar espionage against u. S. Leaders. Second because france relies on n. S. A. Intelligence sharing to safeguard french lives. Is this a tempest in a tea pot . Well, we really dont know, do we . Because, after all, we dont know what they were listening in for and what they heard so apparently it coincided with some sensitive moments
Should you buy it . Well have the answer. Varney company, were about to begin. Straight to the big news. Lets look at the scenes by the way. Greece, theres a big pro bureau rally last night and three hours from now. The Greek Parliament will look at the proposal and it will reshape europe one way or another. Hes still there. Ashley webster, an amazing job, ashley. You may have seen it the finish line whats it look like . Im two weeks away from greek citizenship, put it that way. And a handsome match. Listen this proposal will be debated in parliament and it wont happen until 10 p. M. Local time. Right about now, its siesta time, but certainly not with the politicians trying to figure out whether they can propose this deal that the eu creditors will indeed accept. Weve had some interesting news out of the u. S. Treasury secretary jack lew speaking in washington and whats going on with greece. He said quote, i do not roll out damaging spinover impacts on the u. S. If greece exits. Now ex
Lets go to the state house where omar is standing by. Supporters say this is a symbol of southern pride. Critics say its a symbol of hatred and racism is. Both sides have turned out. Reporter youre absolutely right. The people that want to see it down outnumber the people who want to see it up. Its expected to come down in the next few minutes. Were waiting for governor nikki haley. Several streets have been shut off. We went from a crowd of few hundred to few thousand in a matter of minutes. Very very Police Presence Walking Around here trying to make sure security is top of line. I understand omar the pole to which the flag is attached appears to have month mechanismc have no mechanism. How is that brought down . It is inside the crank. We saw the department of safety go up and open the crank box. They did a few dry runs to make sure it was well oiled. This is going to be solemn and quick as well. The second the flag is taken down, it will be put in the happens of the Museum Curator
Backdraft. Two firefighters inside a burning home when it suddenly explodes, sending insulation everywhere. This morning, how they managed to escape with their lives. And girl power the nation set to honor the world cup champion u. S. Womens soccer team with an historic ticker tape parade in new york city. But not before they make their way to the plaza to see the hottest girl band around, fifth harmony, live in concert today, friday, july 10th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to a friday morning. Savannah comes back from vacation on monday. Were here with hoda kotb. On your last day, we brought out a big crowd. Can i just say, this is my kind of crowd. A crowd of young girls, their moms and a bunch of other people some of whom spent the night overnight but theyre ready for fifth harmony around so am i thats in our 8 30 halfhour. But lets start on a friday morning with history being mad
Wet start. Kind of a dreary start for your saturday and things are improving by the afternoon. If youre going out for the morning jog if you wait an hour or so youll be looking at much drier weather. The heaviest stuff is to the south. Light rain out of frederick. This pushes off to the south and east. Zooming in you see pockets of rain near manassas and south of fairfax. The rain will continue for about two more hours and then well see much better conditions for the afternoon. The rain might hold off until midday farther to the south. High pressure for tonight and tomorrow. The nats game and the orioles game look to be much drier. 75 in d. C. , and 68 for gaitest burg. And well see improving conditions with sunshine. Well stay in the mid80s today. And the clouds will hang tough through the mid to Late Afternoon. Sunshine by 5 00. If youre grilling out later tonight. Things are looking good. An explosion has damaged the building housing the italian consulate in downtown cairo. The blas