Robin this is the aljazeera news our life will headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes kurdish flags are coming down several towns of Northern Iraq back in control of the Iraqi Government forces. U. S. Backed forces say that theyre on the verge of taking full control of the syrian city of raka from ice so. Youre looking at the bus exodus of a hidden gem refugees fleeing persecution to be about. Just released almost six hundred thousand have crossed into neighboring bangladesh plus. Good leaving no stone unturned somali rescuers look for survivors two days after the worst bomb attack killed over three hundred in the capital. Im joining us today sports news including n. F. L. Owners players and officials prepared to meet. Take a stand against players. In the program. Good to have you with us on the news hour we start in the middle east Kurdish Forces in Northern Iraq have suffered major territorial losses theyve pulled out of several towns in the face of an advance
Details in the murder. Toxic poison used to kill him as Police Identify two new suspects. One of them a north careen official. And close call. A new video emerges of the moment Harrison Ford flew over a passenger jet in a botched landing that could have been disastrous. The film the legendary actor would rather not be starring in. Today wednesday, february 22nd, 2017. 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 this wednesday morning. Im matt lauer alongside willie geist whos here while savannah continues on maternity leave. Savannahs on maternity leave. Dylans on maternity leave. Now hodas on maternity leave. Were going to have an open casting call for anchors. Were going to show you that news later on by the way. Willie said do i have to use the pink scripts though . When in rome, pal. We have a lot to get to this morning. Lets start with the top story. The mood of v
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Jaguar. Police do not know if this incident was related to other incidents along highway 4. We have had a lot of shootings in the area, as mike mentioned, two of which were fatal. We dont know if what happened this afternoon at 3 00 is related to the other shootings. Earlier this afternoon i had a chance to talk to the Pittsburgh Police chief about a mentor a matter of having cameras put along highway 4 on City Property. The police chief wants cameras covering highway 4, especially after the shootings left a man and a mother of 4 dead. This is the monitoring room at the Pittsburgh Police department where monitoring 120 cameras across the city is monitored and stored. It can also tap into another 100 cameras owned by private companies. Police can find footage of vehicles leaving the scene and also find information. They can also access the videos on their smart phone. This was not the case after the mother was shot dead on highway 4 or when the man was shot dead. The City Council Consid