As the president and Vice President take up the first lady on her call to get moving. And here comes oscar. Preparations under way in hollywood with the 86th Academy Awards just two days away. The race to the top prize is open today, february 28th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is 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. Friday here. Carsons in for matt this morning. I hope that all those stars in hollywood are waterproof. Take a look at the dolby theatre right now where the oscars will be. Its all wrapped up in plastic. And if youre in charge of the oscars, youre thinking, weve had no rain in the state of california, and sure enough on the big night, is it going to rain . Yeah, it will rain, but the big question is will it get out of here in time for the oscars . Theres a good chance it may not. By the way, the rough weather out west is todays top story. The rain is, o
Winner of a knife edge president ial run off election. With over 99 percent of ballots counted, hes taking just over 50. 9 percent of the vote. Incumbent j. Horrible scenario took 49 point one, presets. President elect, Louisa Matthew lula. Da silva addressed the nation just a short while ago. Jerry, almost an hour on the other hand, has not yet made his speech. The new president s words focused on uniting a country that is deeply divided between you. You get a deficient door. Theres only one big winner. The people does neither my nor our parties. Victory . No, no. This is the victory of an immense Democratic Movement. Thats beyond Political Parties. Or ideologies happy boy, the majority of the people want more democracy. They want more social inclusion. They want more respect and understanding. But when people feel they want more freedom and equality as bring in the caea newman and sell paolo, shes at lula headquarters. Bring us into your world. Lucy, give us a flavor of the evening.
A check on your world headlines. Russia says its unacceptable for ships carrying grain to pass through a black sea corridor, and it wont guarantee the safety of the vessels. It comes days after moscow suspended participation in a deal brokerage biter, kia and the un, but 12 ships loaded with more than 350000. 00 tons of grain still left ukraines black seaports. On monday, its the most grain moved in a single day since july. Our diplomatic editor james bays reports for more than 3 months, this corridor through the black sea has been a humanitarian lifeline. The un says about 9000000 tons of grain has been transported and it says, despite russia suspending its participation after the cranium drone attack on its fleet, the scheme will continue. They have suspended, they havent withdrawn, they have suspended, and they havent terminated. And the difference is the difference is very, very simple. The difference is that as parties to that black c grain initiative, they are still bound by it.
A stampede and the capital sold. It happened during a halloween festival in the central one district. Its a popular night, 5 area filled with restaurants and clubs, president jews. So q all has ordered an investigation into the cause of the accident. Alger bomb handling or imagine, or its a tragedy and a disaster that should not have taken place in the heart of soul. During halloween celebration, i express my condolences to the victims and hope the people who were injured will recover soon. My heart also goes out to the victims family members who are suffering from the heartbreak of losing loved ones, nor does it as robert bryan has more. The causes of this tragedy is now going to be the subject of an extensive investigation, or weve already seen police go through the scene, the alleyway behind me, where the death took place. We know that they have been collecting footage from cctv cameras all around this. E t one district also collecting clips of the social media talking to witnesses.
Decades since world war 2. Now long address, he accused the west of inciting the war and ukraine and said he had no regrets. Christine also denied that moscow was preparing to use Nuclear Weapons and accused the west of using them as blackmail. She wouldnt be sh, new raising you recruit korea and michel the purpose of todays foster are Nuclear Threats, and the possible use of Nuclear Weapons is very primitive. I have already said that this effort dictated by western countries, federal joke, their attempt to put pressure on all participants in International Communication include in neutral or friendly countries and in nothing. And they are looking for additional arguments in order to convince our friends or neutral states that we all need to stand together against russia. Russia has suffered setbacks on the battlefield in recent weeks. Ukrainian forces are pushing towards the strategic situ hassan in the south, which is under russian control. Moscow appointed authorities have fled along