And if the Glass Slipper fits. The 11 ceded xavier extends the cinderella lineup setting the arizona wild cats in the sweet 16. Kansas cruises, gonzaga, oregon surviving nailbiters. All eyes now on tonights game to see who will round out the elite eight today. Friday, march 24th, 2017. Zmoos nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning. We have carson pitching in once again this sweet 16. Sorry. Soul crushing. Arizona wild cats go down. Happy for the wild cats took a bad shot. They only needed two. Were going to get to the games in a moment as we work through our grief. Theres a lot to talk about in politics, drama unfolding in washington this morning over the Republicans Health care plan. After failing to negotiate more support, President Trump is now drawing the line in the sand, telling House Republicans they must vote and pass this bill today or he will leave
Of orlando terrorist now, the scene of a horrific alligator attack. This is risk reward. I am Ashley Webster for Deirdre Bolton this afternoon. Happiest place on earth is now a grizzly crime scene, the toddlers body has been recovered, as we heard after a call greater snatched the twoyearold boy as he waited on the edge of a lagoon. Jeff corwin is coming up with his reaction and thoughts, but first to orlando, fox business jeff flock on the scene with the latest on this very heartbreaking story, jeff. How many more tragedies can orlando endure . Christina grimmie friday, the orlando massacre, and now this, twoyearold, matt graves, lane graves is his name, the son of matt and melissa graves, of elk horn, nebraska, he was potentially wading on the beach, this is trouble for disney. There was a sign that said no swimming. I would point out this is an extremely rare occurrence, this has never happened in 45 years that disney has been operating, disney operating in what was a swamp, alligat
Lagoon just weeks earlier. An alligator an alligator scorching. 66 Million People facing excessive heat warnings and watches. Temperatures set to soar well into the triple digits with one major city bracing for nearly 120 degrees this weekend. Violent blast. A man at a gas station reaches into his car when it suddenly explodes. He is thrown to the ground, his clothes on fire. Luckily, he survives. The surprising cause of that explosion today, thursday, june 16th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. A lot of people will be looking closely at that video shot a couple of weeks ago. Because people actually thats right. They think that might be in the exact same area where this young boy was tragically dragged to his death. Well have more on that story. Of course, the latest developments. Lets start with our top story, politics and this pus
In what is becoming one of the biggest set piece battles ever fought against socalled islamic state. Iraqi forces supported by shiite militias and the backing of the u. S. And iran have been trying to soften up dug in isis positions. But the push towards fallujah produced a push back. The iraqis have had to fight off an isis counter offensive along fallujahs southern outskirts. While large numbers of Government Troops are poised there, the full assault into the city seems some way off. If and when the assault comes, it will have to take account of the estimated 50,000 civilians trapped in the town. These are some of the 4,000 or so who have managed to get out. But they are almost all women and children. The men they say have been taken away. The fear is that isis militants are Holding People back to use as human shields. Fighting the people are between the hammer of the army and militias and the anvil of isis this imam says. Those who are inside cannot leave. Those who are outside cann
And now, bbc world news america. Government forces begin the final assault on falluja, trying to retake the city from Islamic State. Guilty of crimes against humanity. The former leader of chad sentenced to life in prison for his role in thousands of deaths in the 1980s. She was a supermodel, but her life ended far from stardom. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. The iraqi army is facing resistance as it tries to storm falluja and take it from socalled Islamic State. Have stepped up their acks, but this latest phase got underway at donna a week after the campaign to oust Islamic State from falluja was launched. The renewed assaults was artillery bombing to soften defenses. The americanled coalition and Iraqi Air Force carried out airstrikes in support of Ground Forces led by elite combat units. Our soldier started the offensive at 5 00 today. Far, the latest phase of the attack used to be pressing in around falluja, not going into the center of