Treatment. The latest news from fifa headquarters and getting israel out of futbol and this is coming up, for you. Fifa is set to vote for a new president , and blatter leadership of world futbol has them plunged of arrest of the top charges and the top job from jordan and blatter says the organization is at a turning point and he needs help to restore fifas reputation. Translator the events of wednesday unleashed a storm and it was questioned at one point in time whether this congress would take place or if the agenda might be changed. Today appealing for unity and team spirit so we can move Forward Together and it may not be easy but its this reason we are together here today to tackle the problems that have been created, we are here to solve them. Reporter lawrence lee is line from zurich with the latest, so a while ago, lawrence we heard blatter addressed the 65th congress of fifa, the vote is coming up, soon tell us what is happening now. Yes, the votes due to start in three hours
And nigerias new president is sworn in and wows to take the fight to boko haram. Fifas 209 members are due to cast their vote in a president ial vote which is widely expected to grant sepp blatter a fifth term. The ballot comes as footballs governing body faces the worst crisis in its history with the arrest of seven top officials. Sepp blatter addressed the Congress Congress on friday morning. He says he Still Believes he is the best man for the top job despite calls for him to quit and he is facing a challenge from this man. Europes football body is backing his candidacy. And in a separate development as the congress was kicking off protesters briefly interjected they were calling on members to support a palestinian motion to suspend israel from World Football that motion has now been dropped. Lets talk to Andy Richardson live in zurich. What are we waiting for . And how much of a threat is batter under at the moment . Well the vote is going to take place in the next hour or so. You
And captured at 15, he spent a decade in guantanamo and more time behind bars in canada. We meet omar. Talks to tackle the growing migrant crisis in Southeast Asia are underway in bangkok. Representatives from 17 nations are attending. This includes myanmar where most of the rohingya migrants are from. It says its being singled out over the crisis, thailand, meanwhile, says it will allow the u. S. To fly surveillance planes from its territory to identify boats of migrants adrift at sea. We have to stabilize urgently. We have to develop better ways of discussing and meeting on these issues and taking action when people are setting sea in the boats and then we need to look at the root causes of why people feel they have no alternative but to flee their own countries and take such a dangerous, dangerous trip. Lets go to our correspondent Scott Heidler now hes live for us in bangkok. Looks like we might have some progress scott . Reporter a little bit yeah, we heard from the u. S. Assistan
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November 16th, 2012. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning, i am matt lauer. Good morning, i am Savannah Guthrie. We look at the statue of liberty live. Were going to witness something incredible on the plaza. If theres a dry eye left when the ceremony is over, ill be amazed. 30 people that worked so hard to become u. S. Citizens, a wait sometimes measured in decades will become u. S. Citizens on the plaza this morning. So many of us take this for granted. Those people on the plaza do not take it for granted. It will be amazing, their family members will witness it as well. We look forward to that. We start with sad news out of midland, texas. One minute theyre taken to a banquet to honor veterans, the next chaos. Witnesses say the float was almost across the tracks when hit by a double decker Freight Train. Investigators are still piecing together how this could ha