17. U. S. Officials say they believe the jetliner was shot down by a surfacetoair missile. That plane took off from amsterdam with 298 souls. No word on whether there were any americans on board. Americas president blames prorussian separatist. They say they intercepted a phone call discussing the situation. Vladimir putin insisting ukraine is ultimately responsible. If it is the results of the separatists or russian, i think theres going to be hell to pay. Israel has launched a Ground Invasion into gaza. The israeli army confirming one of its soldiers have been killed along with nearly a dozen palestinians. Hes ordered the military to prepare for a significant expansion of that ground offensive. What weve been hearing are explosions from the rockets, consistent fire from gaza city. An entire town is now being evacuated. A powerful typhoon is now heading for china. The strongest winds at the surface on planet earth. All that the Justice Department is accusing the shipping department of
Was responsible. Lets get you caught up with the very latest on the tragedy. The International Outrage around this is growing and today the United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting calling for a full and transparent investigation. At the white house president obama said, this should snap everybodys head to attention. Craig boswell has more. Reporter president obama says there is evidence a surface to air missile brought down Malaysia Airlines flight 17 and that the missile was fired from an area controlled by russian backed separatists in ukraine. The president is calling for a credible international investigation. Russia, pro russian separatists and ukraine must adhere to immediate ceasefire. Evidence must not be e president said separatists have shot down other aircraft and that they are getting a steady flow of support from russia. Time and again russia has refused to take the concrete steps necessary to deescalate the situation. Reporter russian president Vladimir
Welcome to the program. We begin with breaking news out of nigeria. Allied forces will try to dismantle all 6 boko of boko harams camps in six weeks. This is a dramatic claim by the Nigerian Security to breaking up boko haram camps in six weeks. Well, officials keep saying things like try. Theyre saying were try to deal with boko haram within the six weeks. Theyre trying to do this by getting help from other countries like chad and cameroon. The main idea, they say is within six weeks when the president ial election is supposed to be held, and theyre saying within these six weeks theyll have dealt with boko haram in the camps they know they exist and hopefully these people who have runaway from these areas and been attacked by boko haram will come back and vote when the president ial election will take place. They know it will be a very difficult task, but they said this is the latest fight, people should sit back and watch patiently to see if the government can achieve it. Five years
Worst. The pilot turning around for an Emergency Landing. What caused the inside of the plane to crack . There is a group of teenagers caught out on the rocks. And human chain. Hikers trapped with the rising tide. Almost out to sea with giant waves. Bystanders pulling them back to the beach safe and sound. Safe and sound we do say good morning, america. Back full force. Everybody is here. And we need all decks on hand because we have a lot of news to get to this morning. Were learning more about the nurse fighting for her life. A friend speaking out this morning. So much fear and concern all around the country. And when you see pictures like these, hazmat crews escorting five sick passengers off a flight in boston. It turned out to be another false alarm. Well get to that in just a moment. Everyone is on edge. And we begin with that Severe Weather. A dozen tornados reported and threats of more. Our extreme weather team tracking it all. We begin with rob marciano in atlanta, where there
Sony hack . And road rage. Oh, my god she just hit our car. Shes pushing us off the road. A frightening incident in Northern California all caught on tape. The driver of a pickup truck prelentlessly pursuing two women in another car until they safely reach police leaving us wonder where is the holiday spirit today, tuesday, december 23rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. That scene out of Northern California on a highway reminds you while the holidays are supposed to be a joyous time, not for everybody. To hear the screams and the panic in the voices of those passengers, well have more details of what went down there. Exactly. Lets get right to our top story, though. Huge storm is coming at the worst possible time, on Christmas Eve. It could be a nightmare for millions of travelers. So if you can get to where youre going today, you might want to try to do that. Dylan is keeping an eye on all of thi