Raising concerns about security. Elias announcement obama and plans for our troops over seas. Hd starts now. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news johnson. Elias new at midday today. A big obama troops overseas. Elias earlier today president obama announced that us forces will remain in afghanistan at their current levels for much of next year. According to the new white house plan, 98hundred us troops will be in the war torn country until just before obama leaves office. The number would then drop to 55hundred by early 2017. The decision comes after months of discussion involving the white house, afghan leaders, and the us military. As commander in chief i will not allow afghanistan to be used as a safehaven for terrorist to attack our nation. Our forces will remain engaged in two but narrow supporting counter against al qaeda. Elias this is the down delay well have more on this little later in elias more witnesses prosecution are expected today in
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe. We are a great bunch. We like to think we are. Ahead, we have live in gaza, another intense night of fighting. Israel launching a full scale of bombardment as they search for a missing soldier. Also ahead, we are talking heart health. How to keep your heart healthy with an easy swap with your favorite meals. This is part of our shine a lot city. The American Heart Association is working there to help keep people healthier. S this video has everyone talking this week. She is crying over the fact her baby brother will eventually grow up. Cherish lifes smallest moments. That will be great. We begin with the top story. That is effective of two first aid workers affected with ebola will return to the u. S. Today. Itis not clear if it will be brantly or Nancy Write
Other. Today, saturday august 2nd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe. We are a great bunch. We like to think we are. Ahead, we have live in gaza, another intense night of fighting. Israel launching a full scale of bombardment as they search for a missing soldier. Also ahead, we are talking heart health. How to keep your heart healthy with an easy swap with your favorite meals. This is part of our shine a lot city. The American Heart Association is working there to help keep people healthier. S this video has everyone talking this week. She is crying over the fact her baby brother will eventually grow up. Cherish lifes smallest moments. That will be great. We begin with the top story. That is effective of two first aid workers affected with ebola will return to the u. S. Today. Itis not c
And south korea finally agree to talk on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security summit in haiti. Prism obama had pushed both leaders to me and then strained relations before supper showbiz it to the asian region in april. As the first sign of the three of us have had an opportunity to meet together and discuss some serious challenges the wheel brace. Obviously japan and. The republic of korea are. Two of our closest allies in the world the present market. We had to put the significant opportunity for the tree to sit down to get there. When i get to know. I believe it is a meaningful chance to have a dialogue with president obama and Prime Minister the company. Prime minister of defense president obama and reid is present pop in the green line which. I want to sincerely thank president obama. I am happy to meet present. It was very happy to meet you because of its upcoming fifth on the new one my muscle. Nothing that the fifty minute meeting focused mainly on the Common Security threat i
And i really, really curious and how you respond to the book and some of its major themes. So, the book is a bit iffy hybrid. I was talking to a reporter earlier that said how would you categorize it and i said that is one of the harder questions you can ask me about the book because it is a combination pity it its partly a cultural history and partly a social analysis. Theres a fair amount of data as a former economist i couldnt resist putting that into it but its also in large part a personal story so thats what makes it a hybrid quality putting together the day the and a more personal story than i actually intended originally to put in the book but i managed to sneak in there. What i am trying to do is examine the status of women today and asking this for this basic question of how far have women come since the feminist revolution is why . And why we still appear to have such a long way to go with. But what makes the book a little bit different is that i am really asking these quest