Implications and then the domestic, political side of it here in america. For that we have two people who know. Former white house mideast adviser, ambassador mark ginsburg. For the politics of it all, dana millbank. First to you, ambassador. American aid to egypt is about 1. 5 billion a year, but 1. 3 billion of that goes immediately back into American Private corporations defense contractors for egypt to buy weapons. Just cutting off aid to egypt isnt exactly the answer because that would have a negative impact on america. Toure, theres so much naval gazing going on with this Foreign Policy issue it seems were getting totally lost in the weeds here. The fact of the matter is that the egyptian generals do not need this 1. 3 billion or 1. 5 billion. Whatever is left in the pipeline for the rest of this fiscal year is about 300 million. The saudis and others have said they will step in and fill the gap in. Let me tell you, its just a matter of time before Vladimir Putin says to the egyp
Spoken thoz conversations have maybe grown louder as thousands have taken to the streets in cities coast to coast. Our team remains in place in sanford and Kerry Sanders was in the courtroom when the verdict was read, starts us off. Kerry . Reporter good evening, lester. Residents here in sanford and across the nation gripped by this trial may want to know what swayed the jury to reach their not guilty verdict. Tonight none of the six women who sat on the jury has revealed their identity. Outside the courthouse the reaction was immediate. How can you murder an innocent child and sleep at night . How can you . The verdict is the verdict and it cant be changed, but i think as a community we have to pull together and try to make sense of everything. Reporter and its not just sanford. The nation watched this trial closely. In the Early Morning hours in washington anger over the verdict. And in cities like chicago and new york, the verdict touched a nerve. I have a young daughter and i thou
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on this busy saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill. It is a busy day, especially for all the royal baby watchers. There was no due date announced. Am i wrong . No. There was something printed in the press that she was due in mid july. The palace never confirmed the due date, wisely i would say. Wisely for them, not for the media. Wisely for them, exactly. Once you give somebody a due date, then as it gets closer and closer they like to tell you exactly whats going to happen. No one can even remember the due date. I asked you a hundred times when are you due again . You also asked me a hundred times for other things, too. Belly still there. Jenna not today, maybe the royal baby. Who knows . Glad weve cleared that up. A few other stories were also following on this busy morning. As lester mentioned, a Late Development in the battle o
Good evening. Last night the jury spoke and today it seems everyone else has weighing in on the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman seconddegree murder trial. From the streets to social media, even to the white house. The shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin in sanford, florida, almost 17 months ago, opened up emotional questions about racial profiling and about a persons right to defend themselves. It also sparked spirited demands for justice. Tonight now that justice has spoken, those conversations have maybe grown louder as thousands have taken to the streets in cities coast to coast. Our team remains in place in sanford, and Kerry Sanders was in the courtroom when the verdict was read, starts us off. Kerry . Reporter good evening, lester. Residents here in sanford and across the nation gripped by this trial may want to know what swayed the jury to reach their not guilty verdict. But tonight none of the six anonymous women from this community who sat on the jury has reve
The man who wrote it half a century ago. Good evening. There are few more dangerous places in america right now than on the fire lines out west, both for those fighting the fires and those trying to flee them. There are dozens of wild fires on the move tonight, but the most dangerous is in idaho, the socalled beaver creek fire, where thousands more have been ordered to grab what they can and get out. Crews from around the country have been brought in to battle it, attacking from the air and from the ground. But conditions couldnt be worse as mountaintops virtually explode with fire before their eyes. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is covering the story for us. He is in haley, idaho, tonight. Miguel . Reporter lester, good evening. That plume of smoke behind me about mile away is the heart of the fire. Just in front of me is a sprawling community. What worries firefighters so much tonight is what is in between these two, acres and acres of dry fuel. Explosive, out of control and now closing in on