Facilities, the u. S. Pointing the finger at iran as Oil Prices Surge worldwide. A live report from the region just ahead. Plus, under fire, calls to Impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh after a new allegation of Sexual Misconduct. Our exclusive interview with the reporters who broke that story. Headed to prison, what Felicity Huffmans sentence could mean for Lori Loughlin and dozens of other parents accused in the College Admissions scandal. And remembering a legend, tributes pouring for in ric ocasek, monday, september 16th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody, welcome to today, were so happy youre joining us on this monday morning. Savannah has the day off. Craig melvin joining us now, singing the cars music, and were going to get to his passing in a little bit. He meant a lot to rock n roll fans. A lot to get to, breaking news, three of the most vital industries, car business, drug
A big rig in all westbound lanes. In is going to be a huge problem for one of the bay areas biggest commute. They have just issued an alert which means it is going to be there for a while. They dont know when it is going to reopen. Westbound 80. You might want to just if this is your commute, just get off the freeway and use side streets and get on the freeway after the san pablo. After that, it looks good. If you are in berkeley, this isnt going to affect you. Traffic is move ago long okay as we look at some of these commutes, the east bay commute is off to a good start with nothing major going on, and if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza, it should be nice and light for you. But again, that problem is going to be a big deal for peoplen driving in from richmond because of that crash. We do have a crew on the way. At 4 02, lets go back to the desk. Thanks to Hurricane Dorian as it continues its path toward the carolinas. As a category three storm, dorian is expected to move
A. Member of the opposition in the 18 Member Executive Council before he presents it to the council to be rubber and then for now hes supposed to be doing that before the 1st of september and some clear if he would be able to reach that deadline but because there has been delays and the swearing in of the suffering council theyre saying that theyre very confident and every optimistic that the swearing in of the Sovereign Council is the 1st step to a democratic transition in sudan many thanks. The most Senior Member of the Roman Catholic church to be found guilty of sex offenses has lost his appeal against his conviction Cardinal George pell a former vatican treasurer was jailed in march for abusing 2 quiet boys in australia 20 years ago his alexia brian. Arriving at court Cardinal George pell was taken in through a door away from the wasting crowds there was no room inside for everyone the court packed with other survivors of abuse by the Catholic Church and tell supporters. Oh oh you
Some parts of the area still under lockdown pakistan opposes indias actions and its valid to take the case to the International Court of justice. Of the death toll from saturdays attack at a wedding in the Afghan Capital kabul is now risen to 80 the interior Ministry Says 17 more people died in hospital there injuries and more than 160 is still being treated i saw claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at a reception hall in kabul its one of the worst attacks in afghanistan this year. Protests in indonesias west papua have entered their 3rd day as police send more than a 1000 additional officers to contain the violence rallies of erupted in various towns across west after police have fired tear gas after a protest is tossed a market an Office Building and blocked roads so theyre pulled this comes after the arrest of 43 people in students last week for accusations of disrespecting the indonesian flag. The leaders of uganda and rwanda are expected to finalize a new deal which is
Dialogue with the u. S. On how we can develop our cooperation and deal with the many common challenges we are facing. Well for more on this lets bring in the White House Correspondent Kimberly Hall could kimberly our julie this is quite a measured response both from donald trump and from the Prime Minister as a self herself in terms of a diplomatic incident is this really a big thing are we making more of it than than actually is. I think the initial shock led many people to believe this was perhaps a larger diplomatic spat but the bottom line remains that this is an important strategic relationship for the United States as well as denmark and so as a result given their partnership particularly when it comes to nato that this is something that i think the 2 sides will be able to weather through but it certainly did catch a number of staff at the white house off guard including the u. S. Ambassador because this was a scheduled meeting set to take place september 2nd a 3rd of the prepara