From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The organization that is hellbent on terrorizing the civilized world is tonight claiming another victim, a Young American woman, a 26yearold from arizona. Until today they have not named her. We have not named her in keeping with her familys wishes, but her family has now given us the permission to identify their daughter Kayla Mueller. Isis is claiming she was killed in an air strike by the Jordanian Air force. Striking isis targets in retaliation for that Jordanian Air force pilot who was killed by isis. This is an awful turn of events today, potentially tragic for a Young American woman and her family. We have it covered for you here tonight. Richard engel is standing by to talk to us from iraq. But first we begin with nbcs Andrea Mitchell in washington. Andrea, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. U. S. And jordanian officials are cautioning tonight against those isis cl
[ technical difficulties ] have differences were in a time of crisis that well sit down and at least have a conversation. Really, mr. President , its time to have that conversation before our economy is put further at risk. The speaker was referring to jean specirling, and what he wa saying is exactly what the president has said, that they are not going to respond to this hostage taking. A pew pole say four and ten americans say the federal government can go out that deadline without Major Economic problems, but 64 of conservatives that identify themselves as in the tea party agree the debt ceiling really doesnt matter. So, mike, we see that obviously congress is back to work. A number of furloughed employees might be wondering if congress will get to work on the idea of back pay. Is that something that we can expect some action on . That is an interesting question, tony, because all along when the house has passed these piecemeal bills, nih, any number of sensitive issues that are nea
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. And happy new year. Im kate snow in for brian tonight. And for most of the families of those onboard airasia flight 8501, its been another long day of waiting. Of the 162 passengers and crew onboard that plane, only nine bodies have been recovered. The search area is huge, extending some 5,200 square miles. And its easy to see how difficult the conditions are when you look at the weather radar for that region. Its the rainy season in indonesia, and wind and rain are making it very difficult for rescuers and investigators to do their jobs. The forecast for the next 24 hours doesnt look much better. We begin tonight once again with nbcs katy tur on the ground in surabaya, katy. Reporter kate, as you said, weather just a big issue out here. But they did manage to recover bodies eight and nine. And now family members are saying they just dont expect that anybody survived. The start of 2015 in surabaya was marked by the arrival of coffi
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The organization that is hellbent on terrorizing the civilized world is tonight claiming another victim. A Young American woman, a 26yearold from arizona. Until today they have not named her. We have not named her in keeping with her familys wishes, but her family has now given us the permission to identify their daughter Kayla Mueller. Isis is claiming she was killed in an air strike by the Jordanian Air force. Striking isis targets in retaliation for that Jordanian Air force pilot who was killed by isis. This is an awful turn of events today, potentially tragic for a Young American woman and her family. We have it covered for you here tonight. Richard engel is standing by to talk to us from iraq. But first we begin with nbcs Andrea Mitchell in washington. Andrea, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. U. S. And jordanian officials are cautioning tonight against those isis cl
This. Hes started off in texas and going to houston to start off this beginning of this road show. Then he heads up north traveling all around the country. What were seeing from the president really is an opportunity for him to drive his narrative. When hes talking about texas being important, they are forced to go down there and spend what something thats important, president ial capital. Land that plane in texas. Thats a day it cant be somewhere else. Now, when you look at the message the president is trying to drive. Hes trying to make this bigger than texas. Every time you see a caravan or people illegally coming or attempting to come into our country illegally, think of and blame the democrats for not giving us the votes to change our pathetic immigration laws. Remember the midterms. Unfair to those who come here legally. The president is clearly making this texas trip bigger than texas. He wants to turn it into a broader border discussion. He and his advisers think they look for