Sharknado, and the cliffhanger butting all other cliffhangers to shame today. This, july 23rd, 2015. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Great to see you. Remember that time we all got eaten by a flying shark. People waking up going, oh, they survived. A movie, not over, i know that. I really believed you in the role of matt lauer. Very good. Were going to have fun with sharknado 3 later on, but we want to start with a thursday morning with serious news. Candid and troubling comments from fbi director james comey on the threats from isis facing the United States, and that groups increased ability to inspire americans to extremism. Kristen welker is at the white house with more. Officials here have long signaled the terrorist group isis, also known as isil, poses a danger to the u. S. , but the fbi director was asked if the group is now a bigger threat to the u. S. Than al qaeda. His answer, yes. Underscoring the level of concern here. Isil is not your pa
Putting all other cliff hangers to shame today thursday july 23rd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Remember the time we got eaten by a flying shark . Did we survive . They survived. Its a movie. Its not over. I believed you in the role of matt lauer. Thank you. Well have fun with sharknado 3 a little bit on. We start with a serious news. Troubling comments from fbi director james comb my on threats from isis facing the United States. At the groups ability to inspire americans to extremism. Kristin welker is at the white house with more. Reporter officials here have long signalled the terrorist group isis also known as isil poses a risk to the u. S. The fbi director was asked if the group is a bigger threat to the u. S. Than al qaeda. His answer is question underscoring the level of concern here. Isil is not your parents al qaeda. Its a very di
Of eu legislation into british law. Prince george started his first day at school with a little in courage and from his father. An update on the market numbers for you heres how londons and frankfurt ended the day. And in the the United States this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. The pound lost ground against the euro. This was due to euro zone forecasts. On meet the author this weekjim naughtie talks with the biographer Claire Tomalin about her new book about herself a life of my own. Claire tomalin is one of our great biographers. Her subjects have included samuel pepys, jane austen, dickens and hardy. Now shes done what many biographers dont do shes written about herself. A life of my own, is her story, her family and her loves, the tragedies and joys in her life; the literary world in which she found her calling, her craft, welcome. Having spent so much time dealing with the detail of other peoples lives, trying to sort out truths from falsehoods, was it difficult to
More than three months after the terrorist attack, which killed 22 people. Englands cricketers wrap up the series against the west indies, winning the third test at lords by nine wickets. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. Hurricane irma is continuing to sweep its way across the caribbean, en route to the us coast, leaving a path of devastation. Cuba is the latest island to be hit. The category four storm, it was category five, the highest, but has eased slightly, made landfall off the North Eastern coast of cuba overnight bringing strong winds and heavy rain. Communities have lost power and communication is becoming increasingly difficult in more remote areas. The bahamas have largely been spared after the storm changed course. This is irmas trajectory. Its expected to make landfall with us coast tomorrow, before heading inland. In florida, more than 5 Million People, a quarter of its population, have been told to evacuate. In the past hour, it has been confirmed that there have
But by bit some of this will not come true that families who are suffering will suffer more. come true that families who are suffering will suffer more. I am afraid it is here to stay. We we still have a large Public Sector deficit. So let the rich pay more. I dont mind, do you . On top of this. And every conversation i hear on the subject is about social housing is well. Please do more about this. I think the Housing Market is broken. We need to build twice as many houses. In 1968 they we re twice as many houses. In 1968 they were building twice as many houses as they are today yes, but they were building an affordable houses. 50 housing. You have opened a can of worms. These are bank of england statistics. A lot more houses. The market will take care of it. We will keep talking but we will say goodbye for now. You can watch this on my player. Stay with us here on bbc news because next we have meet the author. Claire tomalin is one of our great biographers. Her subjects have included