Troops in the future if the situation continues to slide. The us will keep bases open throughout the country. The conflict in afghanistan has been our longest war. This announcement means it will ntinue. Live at t e white house. Edward lawrence nbc news. Carly fiorina says president obama has simply recognized reality by delaying a planned drawdown of us forces in afghanistan. The republican president ial candidate responded to todays announcement following a Campaign Event in spencer, iowa. Fiorina accused the president of not listening to military advivi in both iraq and afafanistan. Something she would rectify if elected. She says the us withdrew forces too quickly from iraq leading to a fractured nation. And says telegraphing a pulldown from afghanistan has been a flawed strategy. S Carly Fiorina r president ial candidate 24 the reality is the complete withdrawal of all our troops from iraq destabililed that country and he obama n n is recognizing thth afghanistan is becoming poten
After the shooting of a Sioux City Police officer where dean fired several times at the officer, hitting him in t t face. Good evening, im sheila brummer. Matt breen is on assignment. The final two charged with conspiracy faced a judge in federal court today. Today, 34yearold Evette Morris hernandez of sioux city received 41 months in prison with three years of supervised release. T tts about 3 and a half years. 36yearold Esteban Hernandez of mercedes, texas received 6 months in prison and one year supervised release. They tried to drive jamal dean out of the country before getting busted. Some of the things judge mark bennett took into o nsideration when deciding the sentence for the two. Evettes was the top female member of the f13 gang in sioux city. Plus, she was involved in the shooting of a rival gang member. Esteban was not a gang member and didnt know jamal dean. Ktivs tiffany lane joins us now and was in the courtroomomoday as the final two getaway members in the jamal dean co
Concluluons too quickly . She tells her side of the story right here inn an exclusive live interview today, thursday, october 15th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everyone. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Well be the first to admit we were critical when we heard this story about the aunt who sued her own nephew. The tabloid headlines were not kind to jennifer connell. We weighed in on trending yesterday with the tornadicfacts we knew at the time. Jennifer connell is here this morning and says there iss a different side to the story. Look who is with her, her nephew sean, who adores her. Interesting to hear what they have to say. Ts start with our top story. President obama set to announce a larger than expected force in afghanistan by the end of next year. Nbcs pentagon correspondent has the latest on this. Whats behind it . Matt, the president s call to keep more American
Hottest show around. Today saturday, october 17th, 201515 nnouncer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im harry smith alongside dylan dreyer. Im over here on the left. She showed up. And frances rivera. Good morning. G. It is l le riding a bike. Youre gogo. Youre steady. Lets get going. The first wobble in the middle. Feeling good. Take a look outside. This is amazing. Everybody in the building and people around town and across the country, so excited that tracy morgan on saturday night live live. They are lined up hoping to get a ticket live to see it. If not, you c c watch it here on nbc. I hear there iss a baseball game. Not far from us. I heard a thing or two about the game. They are getting ready at citifield. We have preparations happening on the plaza. Oh, look, its mr. Met. Mr. Met is here. We called chicago. Clark, the cubbies mascot was engaged this mornrng, but the offer and invitation w
Present an increasing threat to the Afghan Military forces, who proved just a few weeks ago in kunduz that they cannot defend themselves entirely without help from the united states. There will be no cost of living increase next year for 70million Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees. Blame the lower cost of gasoline. The adjustment is based on a Government Measure of inflation. Because of falling gas prices, overall prices have remained the same over the past year. Not counting gasoline, prices are up 1. 9 percent. Advocates for the elderly are disappointed. An official at aarp says the index reflects the spending patterns of workers not retirees who she says spend more of their money on health care, food and housing. The number of americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week, matching the lowest level in 42 years. Analysts say its strong evidence that employers remain confident enough in the economy to hold onto their staffs. The Labor Department sa