Good morning. Im dara brown. Right now we are bracing for more, at least california is, because it is set to get wet again. The third time the rain triggering new mudslides and new concerns. Heres nbcs Jacob Rascone. Reporter Northern California was hit first and hit hard. The storm toppling trees and power lines. Causing accidents and fourhour flight delays at sfo. Yes, we had to rebook the flight. In Southern California the storm is really coming. Its coming. Its coming. Reporter this is more than just a storm for ed highline. The house can go. Damage, severe lives are at stake here. Yeah, its a big deal. Reporter the last time a strong storm hit eds home was buried. It took 14 days to clear the mud out of the back of the house and put mud up to the Basketball Court here. That was the last time. Our concern is it could be worse this time. As the rain intensifies. Reporter right now, here it is. Downed power lines closed the Pacific Coast highway. The usually dry Los Angeles River act
This year, reese wilther spoon, Michael Keaton and lee dunham, wednesday, january 7, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a wednesday. And weve got breaking news out of europe in central paris, a deadly attack at charlie heb due a weekly publication that has received threats in the past. It was even the target of a fire bombing about three years ago, all over its cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The magazine has been attacked today, at least 12 people are dead many injured. President obama released a statement calling the shooting horrific, vowing support to track down the suspects still at the loose. Lets get to bill neely. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning. This is the worst terrorist attack in france in two decades, and it was no ran dam attack. The target a magazine that regularly satirizes all religions and polit
11 people confirmed dead several others injured, some critically. The french president has already been at the scene and said this is a terrorist attack of quote, exceptional barbarity. He also said other terror attacks have been thwarted in recent days. This is the publication that had received repeated threats over cartoons and even comic books depicting the prophet, mohammed, the subject of a bombing three years. They are raising the National Security threat level to the highest level possible. Christopher dickey has been in paris for years. Good morning to you. What can you tell us . Reporter let me get it straight. First of all, im with the daily beast now. I will tell you about this situation. Its very very dangerous and very scary in france. France remember has deployed military forces in mawli. Its been engaged in iraq in a lot of countries where its up against islamist militants. It knew it was a target. It knew france was a target. The question was, would they strike back and
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rose: welcome to the broadcast. tonight a conversation about the middle east can correspondent anthony shadid and his wife nada bakri who have just been hired by the new york times to go to the baghdad fwur owe. one of the great legacys of the american occupation, american invasion, however you want to characterize is it, the evolution of politics in iraq. the evolution toward, you know, they revolve solely around this axis of ethnicity and sect. and i think we re seeing that if anything more deeply entrenched. there a sense of dependence, on the military side at least, on the americans. i mean the iraqi military and police are still not in very good shape. and they can t take care of themselves and take care of security. rose: we continue with fashion icon and filmmaker tom ford, he has directed a new movie called a single man i ve always thought of myself as a commercial fashion designers. some fashion designers create art. that their form of expression. for m