This is cnn breaking news. We begin this morning with breaking news. A new crisis in the middle east, israeli and Palestinian Militants exchanging deadly fire near the israel gaza border. They say its in retaliation for ongoing rocket attacks into southern israel. Triggered by an air strike that killed the top hamas military commander. Sayre sara sidner is following the story. Reporter you can see gaza behind me. There has been air strike after air strike after air strike. We ourselves witnessed three air strikes, major hit. We could see fire and then three plumes of smoke. Since then weve been also seeing and hearing rockets coming over into southern israel. We now know there are three people who have died in israel in an Apartment Building very near, within a 7 kilometer radius of gaza in israel. We also know that at least seven people have been killed here in gaza and the air strikes are continuing. Right now we do and we are watching the funeral happen, of ha the leader of hamas mi
Frederick humphries who launched the investigation of emails is being investigated by the fbi for his role in the case. Specifically why he took concerns about this case to republican members of congress. House and Senate Panels are expected to meet again today with fbi and cia officials. They want to know whether National Security was jeopardized and why congress didnt know about the investigation sooner. During a News Conference on wednesday president obama praised David Petraeus. General petraeus had an extraordinary career. He served this country with great distinction in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the cia. By his own assessment he did not meet the standards that he felt were necessary as the director of the cia with respect to this personal matter that hes now dealing with, with his family and with his wife. And its on that basis that he tendered his resignation and i accepted it. The house panel is looking into the governments handling of the deadly september attack on t
And good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning, im Savannah Gurthrie. And im matt lauer. Well talk about major breaking news in a minute. But the review you talked about about guy fieris restaurant, i have never read a review like this. And a lot of people are wondering, is this fair . The kind of review that should be written . Or did this go across some kind of a line . Yeah, use whatever word you want to use, roasted, fileted, skewered. When the review starts out guy fieri, have you eaten at your new restaurant in time square . We look forward to a response. Looking forward to what he has to say. Also a developing story in israel overnight. Three People Killed in a rocket attack after the israelis took out the top military commander of hamas in this strike on wednesday. Well have a live report from tel aviv coming up straight ahead. And one of the most Popular Energy Drinks on the market. These fivehour Energy Capsules have been cited as a possible factor in 13 deaths. Wee
November 16th, 2012. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning, i am matt lauer. Good morning, i am Savannah Guthrie. We look at the statue of liberty live. Were going to witness something incredible on the plaza. If theres a dry eye left when the ceremony is over, ill be amazed. 30 people that worked so hard to become u. S. Citizens, a wait sometimes measured in decades will become u. S. Citizens on the plaza this morning. So many of us take this for granted. Those people on the plaza do not take it for granted. It will be amazing, their family members will witness it as well. We look forward to that. We start with sad news out of midland, texas. One minute theyre taken to a banquet to honor veterans, the next chaos. Witnesses say the float was almost across the tracks when hit by a double decker Freight Train. Investigators are still piecing together how this could ha
Im craig melvin. Youre watching msnbc. Day five of the Government Shutdown, the house has just passed another piecemeal bill to pay furloughed workers once the government reopens. While theres still no end in sight to the stalemate, the blame game seems to be intensifying. Were live on capitol hill. Do you feel responsible for whats been happening to people . Look, i think it is indefensible that president obama and harry reid have forced a Government Shutdown. They shouldnt have shutdown the government. I didnt go around courting the media. And i certainly didnt go around trying to shut down the government. Were not going to let a federal Government Shutdown have an impact on our preparedness in the state of florida. So theres no light between us and the federal government. I am strongly, strongly against common core. It has increased my ability to reach more students. Tropical storm karen, the system weakens as it closes in on the gulf coast. Were live with the latest advisory releas