This super tuesday. It was very easy i our shoreline in a now the casting of ballots comes after a crush of last minute campaigning from the candidates for the am with ninety five delegates up for grabs in virginia for the democrats frontrunner Hillary Clinton stump last night in norfolk hoping her popularity among African Americans will fuel a decisive win. She has a proven track record of a lot of americans are for me with the claims work they built some relationships over the decades with African Americans trailing clinton by double digits in the polls Bernie Sanders also rallied in norfolk last week urging his huge following of millennials to get to the polls for the republican summer meets skeptical of donald trump mr. Trump hes a maniac but the brash billionaire comes into virginia with thirteen point made a last pitch to voters in Virginia Beach over the weekend both of them or who would go just over that think of all the republican candidates left. I think hes the best i think
Announcer from nbc news, this the today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got willie in for matt. Kind of the middle of the night for al but still has his hawaiian moves down. He is ready for rokerthon 2. Always looks good in a hawaiian shirt. We know that about al roker. I would say im jealous of the weather out there, but its 75 degrees today here in new york and across the east coast. Weve got a little hawaii here this morning. More on that in a moment, but well begin with the newest fallout this morning over the downed russian plane in egypt. This is a crash that now has u. S. Officials ready to make changes to security procedures here. Weve got two reports for you this morning. Lets start with nbcs tom costello. He covers aviation for us. Tom, good morning. What can you tell us. Reporter savannah, good morning. As you know, the white house announced yesterday that in
And the mideast. U. S. Stock futures are off less than 1 right now. Federal investigators may launch another search for a ship that sank in october. On sunday, authorities released several images of the el far row, the cargo ship that will left florida on september 2th and then lost contact as Hurricane Joaquin became a category 4 storm. The remains of the 33 people on board never found. Investigators still hope they can locate the black box. The developer of the dubai tower that caught fire new years eve vows to repair it. The skyscraper burned as the city held its annual fireworks display. Consultants are working to repair the damage to the 63story building. The cause of the fire remains under investigation this morning. Next the race for the white house. Donald trump is breaking his silence this weekend after appearing in a terrorist recruitment video. Frontrunner found someone else to blame, democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Mary bruce explains reporter forget his republican
Released several images of the el faro, that giant freighter that sank in october during a hurricane. The remains of the 33 crew members were never found. Authorities may launch another search for the ships black box. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, january 4th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to everyone. Lets get started this half hour with the armed occupation of buildings at a Remote National wildlife refuge in oregon. Its happening right now. The u. S. Fish and Wildlife Service says work is being done to resolve the situation peacefully. The whole thing is linked to this longrunning dispute between two ranchers, father and son, and the federal government. Abcs Neal Karlinsky reports. Reporter dozens of armed militia members have seized a Federal Building, angry at the government. Its the duty of the people to put the Government Back in its place. Reporter the takeover following this rally yesterday. Militia marching through this remo
Some inspiration in the new year, look no further than this marine who found not only a new lease on life but a whole new voice. Its monday, january 4th, 2016. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. 2016. Isnt it weird to say, 2016 . Only like three more months for me to write the date incorrectly. Well all be doing that. So glad you join us. Im Kayna Whitworth in for reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. It is weird. This is the first backtowork monday of 2016. A lot of people are probably hurting after the weekend. My voice as a result of it, as well. Kendis had no fun whatsoever. Not at all. Well talk about that, of course. But it is hard to start the new week. Everybodys a little bit slow. We do start with our top story this half hour. Iranian diplomats having a few more hours to leave saudi arabia. The middle east on edge. The saudi kingdom severed relations with iran after its embassy in tehran was attacked and the confrontation between the two nations now has Global Implicati