Her new job, biggest regret and balancing diplomacy and diapers. Our exclusive interview today, october 3, 2013. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. President and congressional leaders met at the white house to talk about the Government Shutdown. No deal and now we are on the third day of the shutdown. A ruling in the trial tied to the singers death. We will talk about the case with dr. Conrad murray in a moment. Reporter it was an unequivocal win for concert promoters aeg live. Jurors say they hired dr. Murray. To the second question, was murray on fit or incompetent at the fire aeg hired him . The answer is no. And the case of damages for the Jackson Family ended. The jury said aeg wasnt responsible. Reporter the verdict was a clear win for aeg. Despite the wording of the second question it was nothing close for vindication to dr. Murray as the jurors made clear. Said murra
The staff they do have is poorly managed. Reviewers found between 2009 and 2013, there was a 4year period in which direct supervision of personnel lapsed. In august we sat down with director debby rafell. She said permit reform would be a top pyriority. I would suggest and agree our permitting program is not operating as effectively as it could. Reporter critics are not satisfied with what they call continued lip service. They point to Evergreen Oil in newark and says they have a history of leak, spills and explosions. Just last month a tank overflowed spilling gallons of fuel. The latest incident is under investigation. When you look at the company history, it hasnt faced significant sanctions for being a serial polluter. Why is that . Evergreen is absolutely under careful scrutiny and attention from our department as well as other entities. When you look at a company like evergreen, its a complicated its a complicated industrial setting where you have a number of agencies looking at
Demanding the return of president Mohammed Morsi. And children risking everything for a better life in the United States, only to be turned away. Its the 18th day of israeli operation in gaza, and the death toll is mounting. As air strikes continue, Health Officials say a total of 848 palestinians have now been killed. More than 30 buildings in gaza were hit on friday alone. The ongoing incursion is fuelling anger in the west bank where five palestinians have been killed in protests. All of this amid reports that a ceasefire put forward by john kerry has been rejected by israels cabinet. We are in gaza city and in jerusalem, where james bayes has been monitoring the efforts to try to broker a ceasefire. What do we know about israel east reasons for projecting this proposal. Well, my understanding, and let me first source this, its to all of the three Israeli Television networks. They are all reporting that it cannot accept the proposal in its current form. They havent finished their me
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. The Un General Assembly gets under way this month and it will be one like no other. It will be mostly a Virtual Summit because of covid 19. My guest is the secretary general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. In a year that the un marks its 75th anniversary, why does he believe that coronavirus has unleashed a pandemic of hate and is also undermining multilateralism . And does he have the power to do anything about this . Secretary general Antonio Guterres at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. In may, you said that covid 19 has unleashed a tsunami of hate, scapegoating and scaremongering. Why do you think its brought out the worst in humanity . Well, first of all, its a pleasure to be back on hardtalk. I think covid 19 has demonstrated the enormous fragility of our world. We are on our knees with a microscopic virus, and, in my opinion, the main reason is because countries were not able to come
Deeper and that is our humanity. Humanity is this. How can we friends given our disagreement on so many things and justice glia says i attract ideas, i dont attract people. We sought from a president in an unforgettable moment friday night. She led an amazing life. What else can you say. She was an amazing woman. She was an amazing woman who led an amazing life. But im really worried that we are losing our humanity. This was the reaction from a former cnn host. We are going to burn this thing thing down. This, from a columnist at the new york times, people have to take to the streets, just in case you thought he was talking about peaceful protests, this Washington Post writer clarified, there will be riots, more bigger riots and theres plenty more where that came from. What has happened to us . Even before the new pressures of the Supreme Court, there was an assumption, not a fear, but an assumption that there will be violent conflict after the election. Academics have just calculated