Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Substituting tonight, Savannah Guthrie guthrie. A safe haven for the most aggressive Al Qaeda Branch in the world and the country of yemen is spiraling out of control. World leaders scramble to the u. N. For an emergency meeting as the u. S. This weekend pulled out the last remaining special forces there saying it is no longer safe for them. This as a disturbing report surfaced of an alleged isis hit list. Names, pictures and addresses of american soldiers published online as targets. Well go to our pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski in a moment. Good evening to you. In a Statement Released today, u. S. Ambassador Samantha Power reaffirmed support for the president of yemen and strongly condemned the attacks by opposition forces. The u. N. Security council signaling there will be consequences likely in the form of sanks if the violence doesnt end. Rebels fired tear gas as fighting intensified in the streets of yemen. The u. N. S
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Substituting tonight, Savannah Guthrie guthrie. A safe haven for the most aggressive Al Qaeda Branch in the world and the country of yemen is spiraling out of control. World leaders scramble to the u. N. For an emergency meeting as the u. S. This weekend pulled out the last remaining special forces there saying it is no longer safe for them. This as a disturbing report surfaced of an alleged isis hit list. Names, pictures and addresses of american soldiers published online as targets. Well go to our pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski in a moment. Good evening to you. In a Statement Released today, u. S. Ambassador Samantha Power reaffirmed support for the president of yemen and strongly condemned the attacks by opposition forces. The u. N. Security council signaling there will be ely in the form of sanks if the violence doesnt end. Rebels fired tear gas as fighting intensified in the streets of yemen. The u. N. Security council
Need to do tonight. I understand this Port Richmond is in the northeast section of philadelphia and that there are tons of cops and ambulances and emts there. Its a part of town with a lot of mom and pop businesses in that area. Again we are all still waiting for information, a lot of particulars, be in the and amtrak ntsb and amtrak, a lot of them still gathering information as well. A lot of information coming our way via social media. Former congressman Patrick Murphy said on twitter he was on board the train when it crashed helping others. Pray for those injured. He also said, we also see there are reports of people with broken bones, cuts, bruises. So far no reports of fatalities. Were waiting for more details. Chief Charles Ramsey formerly of washington d. C. , now the Philadelphia Police chief didnt talk earlier. I saw on social media the mayor nutter of philadelphia would be prepared to speak very soon, but again no information from them just yet. This train crashed around 9 30
This book . We have all been concerned how contentiousness and vicious the confirmation process has gotten over the years. A first i was trying to figure out how much has changed is it more importantly, like, but looking through the data one of the most obvious things is it is getting more difficult on average for judicial nominees to the federal courts, it particularly has got much more difficult for the very brightest and the most influential of these to get on the court. Just a couple of numbers to summarize if you look at nominee is of the federal Circuit Court prep although the Supreme Court, for those who went to the top than law school and graduated of the law review at the top of their class, those nominees took 65 percent maunder to get to the confirmation process then someone who did not go to a top law school. Even a better way to measure the influence hatter to other judges rely on the opinions that they bright . If anything it is the impact if you look at the federal Circu
Welcome to the program. Were in washington for a conversation with al hunt and Julianna Goldman of blockberg news about the events this week, 9 fiscal cliff, questions about gun control, and others. Was talking toome negotiating experts this week as i was work on a story about the relationship between the speaker and the president. And they say that in effective negotiation the person with the leverage needs to let the other party save face. And in this situation the president does hold the cards. He has the leverage and by giving the concessions on medicare, on medicaid, on social security, he would have taken a lot of heat from progressives who were already starting to hear that this week. And they that would have been through the saving face that could have helped john bayne never this. We continue with george stens founder of the Kennedy Center Honors Program and the American Film Institute. President kennedy said i look forward to an america that will not be afraid of grace and bi