Unmanned aerial drones are allowed to deploy in theater but 99 infantry units. Theyre only allowed to stay back with artillery units. There is still even amongst the most advanced countries in overcoming these hurdles, hurdles still remain. So its a little bit naive to think that all these issues are going to go away immediately in part because a lot of these developments are tactically driven. And so im very excited that came up as a point of conversation. My own Research Deals primarily with irregular armed groups, rebel groups, et cetera. Insurgencies. And what weve seen is that a lot of the developments in developing world military, so for example the Sri Lankan Military formed an all womens unit in response to the high levels of female participation in the tamil insurgency in sri lanka. So the degree to which these developments are being externally driven from our engagement in conflicts like iraq and afghanistan versus internally driven through changes in American Culture or perc
Get back to the heart of who we really are. You had a question in. Yes. Well take some questions. Congressman ryan was talking about there is a microphone there. Congressman ryan was talking about emphasizing what succeeds and what fails. I would argue that the problem with facing the Poverty Program is a failure to reduce poverty. They have an enormous political success. And that the politics of American Cities are based on failure at this point, on failed programs. And so to talk about what we need to do is talk to the country about what succeeds and what fails. That will fail because for many just a true story, America Works is a company in new york theyre in milwaukee also. Yes, milwaukee, baltimore, and peter cove, one of the people who founded America Works, i was talking to a nonprofit new york and they she said, the people at the nonprofit, i dont understand something. Youve given x amount dollars and ive given you y number of people placed in jobs. Much better than youve ever
War ships. The white house calling that a claim of absurd. Island of desperation. Gas, food and water in short supply in puerto rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Are tens of thousands of residents who lost everything getting ready for a mass exodus to the mainland . Those stories plus a fast moving wildfire in california prompt evacuation emergencies overnight. How would you feel if your dentist were a robot . And hand in hand. Prince harry and Meghan Markle make it official. Today, september 26th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for being with us on a tuesday morning. We want to start on this tuesday, all eyes on monday night football and what happened before the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Arizona Cardinals. Thats right. The cowboys knelt, as a team, before the anthem. But the players rose and sang with the National Anthem. Todays Nat
Rico are in dire need of food and water just like thousands of others. They are dooking up a plan to try to help. Cydney long reports from medford. They are busy cooking and seasoning dozens of founpounds authentic spanish favorites. Chicken stew. We. Dropped them in and hand them off to the customers. Its all about food for sale. A fundraiser to get food and essentials to puerto rico to her loved ones west of san juan. I was focused on bringing supplies so my family would not die. Reporter it wont just help her family. Water is liquid gold right now. So its rough. I feel guilty to eat. I feel guilty to drink. They plan to fly on october 11th. I will be taking this food to those places that you can eat the small packets that people cant get to. Thanks to generous donors, families who brought their children and grandchildren for a bite to eat. Local businesses in town saying to come down here and get something to eat. This is a family trying to raise money for their family in puerto ric
You see police cars, a fire truck. We know at least one person was injured. So far police have not arrested anyone in this cay. Well keep you updated. Also tonight, nowhere to go. Take a look at the thousands of containers just sitting in puerto rico tonight. They are filled with supplies for the victims of Hurricane Maria but are not getting to those in need. Tonight rr two very different views of how the relief effort is going. A member of the Trump Administration said it was, quote, under control. But one puerto rican lawmaker said it was a disaster. Showing us how one community is making sure they loved ones are getting the help they need. Reporter this family here in medford has 50 relatives in puerto rico. And theyre doing everything they can to get supplies to them. They are hiring a private plane, flying over to puerto rico, renting a van and personally driving these items to their loved ones. Tonight theres major concern about how all these vital supplies are being handed out.