And got to hand it to him. A brave base jumper pulls off the most spectacular high five youve seen. Today, monday, december 15, 2014. 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 a monday morning. Got the gang all here willie in for matt boy, breaking news out of australia this morning. Well get to it. Its a tense situation at a cafe in sydney and its playing out on live television. Chilling images of hostages inside and the few who have made a daring dash to safety. Lets go to sarah james, she has the latest. Good morning to you. Reporter nbc news can confirm this morning that the identity of the gunman who is holding those hostages is sheikh man haron. This selfstyled cleric is an iranian immigrant to australia, the man who is believed to be behind this terror attack that struck at the heart of sydney here in the financial, political and media center of the city, taking
And a brave base jumper pulls off the most spectacular high five youve ever seen. Today, monday, december 15th, 2014. 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 a monday morning. Got the gang all here, willie in for matt. Breaking news out of australia this morning. A tense situation at a cafe in sydney. Its all playing out on live television, chilling images of hostages inside and the few who have made a daring dash to safety. Lets go to nbcs sara james who has the latest this morning. Sarah, good morning to you. Reporter good to tell you the latest and good morning to you as well. I want to tell you the latest on the situation. Im standing just a couple of hundred yard as way from that cafe where the lights went out a short time ago and so its hard to see exactly what is going on inside, but we are hearing some things and we are hearing because some of those hostages
Death toll record for the third day in a row. Former republican president ial candidate herman cain dies of covid19, a little over a month after he attended a trump rally in tulsa. The u. S. Economy craters, a key indicator plunging by nearly 33 , the steepest quarterly dive on record. And that 600 federal boost is about to run out with no relief deal in sight. On the heels of that dire economic report and sinking poll numbers, President Trump tonight floating the idea of delaying the president ial election. Members of his own party saying not so fast. Breaking news a possible hurricane could target florida this weekend, and the east coast early next week. The new projected track just in. And finally, the remarkable love story of john and lillian lewis. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting tonight from atlanta. Odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us on this historic night here in atlanta, the longtime home of civil rights icon john lewis. Were standin
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Gaza after mondays protest of left fifty eight people dead d. W. Visits a family who lost their daughter and a community crushed by a blockade and with little or nothing to loose. And facing hard choices thousands of salvadorans in the u. S. Will have to decide whether to return to a dangerous only land or live a life of uncertainty as an undocumented markers. Also coming up the people of burundi going to the polls to vote on expanding president ial powers burundis president wants to extend his term for up to sixteen more years tensions are high in this east african country thats no stranger to political violence. And a bloody cold madrid fans celebrating their clubs Third Europa League title and nine seasons will be with the d. W. Sports desk to break it all down. Im brian thomas great to have you with us european leaders are bowing to salvage the Iran Nuclear Deal at a summit in the bulgarian capital sofia theyve been working to keep a ran on board now that the u. S. Is out of the de