Good morning. Im dara brown. The hunt for isis intensifies. The pentagon increasing five flights over syria, drones looking for isis soldiers, weapons and training camps. On the political front the president mobilizing a coalition of allies in case air strikes are needed. Its clear by word and action that the president , the head of the joint chiefs of staff, the secretary of defense thinks we need to engage militarily but they ought to describe what the military mission is and what we hope to achieve. As reports an american with an allamerican name died fighting for isis. Douglas mcarthur mccain. Hes not alone. The fbi says since june, 100 americans have joined isis inside syria. Nbcs tracie potts is live if washington covering it for us. Good morning to you, tracie. Dara, good morning. As you can see we have americans on both sides of this and new overnight an interview video from a relative of Douglas Mcarthur mccain here in the United States who says her cousin is no terrorist. Dou
Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Im erica hill. And im lester holt alongside di jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. Really we just collected these from the crew ahead of time. Is anybody expecting a call . If they are, one of us will get it. As long as it vibrates well know that they called because the ringer is off. The ringer is off. Anyway, what have we got coming up . This morning we are talking about nascar legend tony stewart who will be back competing today in the drivers seat after a threeweek hiatus from racing after he struck and killed fellow driver, kevin ward jr. Were live in georgia at the Atlanta Motor Speedway for a look at what fans have to say about his return. Plus well introduce you to charlotte and told you about the medical break through that happened in the reconstruction of her face after a terrible accident. Now with two years of surgery behind her, were checking in with charlotte and have a really neat surprise for her as well. First we wa
Trigger finger is itchy. Nbcs Damian Trujillo at newark memorial hospital. Damian, these posts leaving a lot of parents very, very angry. Reporter they really are. And you know what, so far, this morning, no comment to us from the district on this issue. We do understand that the teacher in question, kris la hodgeses, was reprimanded for those tweets, but she remains a teacher here at the high school here, Newark Memorial High School in the city of newark if tweets were actually posted before the end of the school year. Some parents found the posts insulting. One post allegedly also insinuated hodges wants to dump hot coffee on some of her students. Hodges told the newspaper she realizes she acted unprofessionally, but that she is a popular teacher with the students. Well, that popularity might be waning as word of the twitter posts spread to the parents this morning. I have a student here. He was expelled when he was a freshman for saying something to a teacher. They kicked him out of
At 20 Miles Per Hour with wind gusts. Developing news now involving a troubled pg and e sub station in the south bay. Tonight the utility is asking for your help in tracking down a burglar. The burglary is especially troubling because of where it happened. Were talk being about the metcalfe sub station. You may remember in april of 2013, a sniper repeatedly shot at that site, sparking an oil li leak and major out and. And there are Big Questions about how this fa spicility and others like it are protected. The utility also vowed to spend 100 million over the next three years to increase security at all of its transformer sub stations. They say the burglar remains under investigation. However, they say human error likely played a part in the Security Breach and the burglary. While they admit burglars made it into the sub station, they say no attempt was made to disrupt the electrical grid and if someone had tried to tamper with the grid other security measures would have been triggered.
To the u. S. He said that he is indebted to the u. S. Officials that worked to get him released. Douglas macarthur mccain, died while fighting for isis. Hurricanes in the east and west. Hurricane marie whipping up huge winds. Denver heavy rain forces a manhole cover to flip the lid. A nineyearold girl accidentally shot and killed the instructor. She was learning to shoot an oozi when the recoil sent the gun her head. Questions raised about a story of h empty reroism, he had that he broke his ankles jumping from a window saving his nephew. The serial stowa way is at it again. The homeless man who accepted the award at the vmas, we find out is an out standing warrant for him. Fire suppression foam made a mess. The first pitch that may go down as the worst ever it was so bad that i feel bad for her. And all that matters. The most seriously injured victim told his story. The chimney collapsed on him. Im not going to let it get to me. Im not. On cbs this morning. She has it. She is a 15year