Hey a Christmas Morning surprise brings a grandfather to tears. So what was in that hat . The answer today, wednesday, december 26th, 2012. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im sav annah guthrie. And im willie geist in this morning for matt. Interestingly enough that reaction we just saw from that man, the same reaction you had when you opened that set of one direction dolls. Funny, i was going to say that was your reaction when i gave you that fruitcake. Little tough but nice nonetheless. Record number of Christmas Day tornadoes. Part of the system thats being blamed for at least three deaths. Now its heading our way. Well have the latest straight ahead. Also this morning president obama cutting short his vacation in hawaii, heading back to washington that. Will happen tonight to work on a fiscal cliff deal. Dont wait for washington to re
Not our best. Ample sunshine six degrees above average and wind out of the west a light breeze today the greece will pick up tonight. 71 degrees right now. Typical high is only 80. It is 66 degrees in bartlett. It will be a warm day. We have a clear indication of the moisture once the reach 60 we know you can build that humidity. And to be a relatively muggy and warm day. With a drive for much of monday chance of showers and thunderstorms and maybe some heavy downpours after the sun goes down. Youll hear that under an see that lightning in her neighborhood. We have a 40 percent chance by 9 00 of rain. Heres that miami weather. Chance of rain every day in the seven days forecast. He cant be right but you cant be wrong. Todays high 86. Taro up to 90 degrees. Accuracy takes a nosedive this week. Were talking about the kennedy construction began all lanes are reopened. It wasnt as bad as everyone had predicted. That was because everybody took the advice and stayed off the kennedy. They sai
Serious issue. Children crossing the border from mexico, president obama flexing his executive muscles on immigration. G. M. And how they plan to pay for those who died in their vehicles. The troubled automakers dealing with another massive recall. A spectacular show in the sky, our first Tropical Weather have the year taking shape in the south. Americans rally around the u. S. Soccer team as they prepare to play in a do or die match against belgium. The u. S. State department trying to ease tensions between israel and the palestinians as the deaths of three israeli teenagers sparks a fire storm inside the country. Welcome to aljazeera america. Im stephanie sy. Im de del walters. Dozens of strikes in the gaza strip, palestinians firing back rockets into israel, the flare up coming hours after the bodies of three israeli teens missing for weeks were found a few miles from where they were kidnapped. Benjamin netanyahu says hamas is responsible and will pay, while hamas says any attack on
A surprise win at the world cup as penalty kicks decide a game between costa rica, and greece. Good to have you with us. We begin in iraq, where rebel fighters renamed themselves and have named their country, calling it the Islamic State. It reincorrects the broader territorial ambitions. It comes as counteroffensives against the rebels have stalled. Reporter iraqs army shown on state tv gets reinforcements in the battle of tikrit. The road to the town is secure. Iraqi soldiers are on the outskirts. Independent sources say they are at least 25km from the town. Translation up to the moment more than 70 terrorists were killed, and dozens of vehicles used near tikrit, or at the Governments Office have been destroyed. Reporter all the vast majority belong to the rebel group, its the Islamic State of iraq and levant who are in control of the media campaign, and they dispute what the government says. His claims have been dismissed through i. S. I. L. , who say they have the control of town.
Poroshenko says he agreed to the ceasefire because russian president Vladimir Putin had called on the separatists to stop fighting. Poroshenko says its vital to ensure the ceasefire continues for a long time and to keep up political dialogue. He says thats the way to bring peace and stability to eastern ukraine. The two sides are still talking. How long their truce will last and how theyll produce a peace plan are not clear. Leaders of nato countries have been meeting to discuss how to deal with the threat of aggression from russia. Theyve announced theyll create a Rapid Response force. The leaders met in wales for two days of summit talks. British Prime Minister David Cameron opened the second day by expressing his distrust of moscow. Russia is ripping up the rule book with its annexation of crimea and its troops on sovereign soil in ukraine. Nato secretarygeneral Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the leaders approved plans to dispatch several thousand personnel to eastern europe. He said th