Capital beltway. Traveling i95 in virginia still watching an earlier crash there northbound at joplin road. Watching two of your left lanes and it is causing quite the a delay. The trip out of quantico you can expect a sixmile backup. Aaron and eun . Thanks, danella. It is now 6 02. Melissa mollet is following breaking news in syria from the live desk now, melissa . Trying to get more information on this for you, again, a mortar round on or near the u. S. Embassy in damascus. This is information we are getting from nbc news in syria. The russian embassy, of course, that compound was hit on sunday, september 22nd but, again, a mortar round has hit on or near, they say, the u. S. Embassy in damasc damascus. More information as we get it at the live desk. New this morning were learning about a speech the president is getting ready to deliver this morning in Prince Georges County. He is heading to a local college to talk about Health Care Reform. What we know now could be a very frank spee
Tonight on Nightline A Zumba and an alleged prostitution ring. Her alleged Business Partner speaks out for the first time. It is the cutting edge science that turned a piece of skin into a beating heart on this amazing breakthrough thats changing medicine as we know it. And man versus croc. The Dangerous Mission with what could be the largest crocodile on the planet, but who is the hunter, and who is the hunted . Keep it right here, from new york city, this is nightline with bill wier. Good evening. It is the sorted sex scandal that has turned a new england town upside down. An exercise instructor charged with using her latin themed workout studio for a prostitution ring whose detailed list of alleged clients name the names of over 100 local men. Now her alleged Business Partner is feeling the heat, and tonight for the first time he speaks out to abcs john. Reporter this small picturesque new england town just a few miles from the summer compound of the first president bush is at the u
Harrowing hostage situation in the african desert. This morning, we have more information about an american killed by the islamic militants. And we know several other americans are in danger right now. Abcs investigative correspondent, brian ross, has been covering this from the jump. Hes with us, now, with more. Brian, good morning. Reporter good morning, dan. The death toll continues to climb with at least 1 american and 11 other hostages reported to have been killed. The algerian military has twice stormed the natural gas facility. But Authorities Say the situation this morning, is still not resolved. And a number of western workers, including americans, apparently remain hostages. The state department has now confirmed that 58yearold Fred Buttaccio of suburban houston, was killed at some point during the attack and subsequent rescue effort. But another american, mark cobb of corpus christi, texas, is now confirmed as safe. Cobb was the senior manager at the bp facility algeria. And
From nbc news, this is today with lester holt and Andrea Canning. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im Andrea Canning. So happy to be here. Thank you for having me. Great to have you. You brought your umbrella, boots and maybe a boat. Its a big weekend. I love how you tell me youll be living on granola bars the next few days. Im in the middle of it. They say stock up on supplies. This could be a bad one. All eyes on this storm. All eyes on Tropical Storm sandy this morning as it slowly makes its way up the east coast. It was downgraded from a hurricane to a Tropical Storm. Right now its packing top sustained winds of about 70 miles per hour, just below hurricane strength, but experts say it could become a hurricane again in the coming days. Heres the latest, five states and the District Of Columbia have declared states of emergency. Millions are being urged to stock up on supplies. Heres why this is so fr
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