Present a very novel legal argument. Heartstopping new pictures of the crime scene, and a new examination of the evidence. Bullet holes, smartphones, clothes in the bedroom. Will it add up to a smoking gun . Or will it clear this olympic icon . Exclusive new information on both sides. The prosecution what everybody will be watching for is whether or not you can prove he intended to kill her. The witnesses. This doesnt feel like its really happening. The trial the whole world will be watching. You want to believe him. You really, really, really, really want to believe him. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Tonight Keith Morrison with Oscar Pistorius, the race of his life. Four shots at close range from a 9millimeter pistol of the the bullets blew through the door like it was paper. Behind that flimsy barrier, the beautiful celebrity, lawyer and model, Reeva Steenkamp, shot dead by her olympian boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius. Its a tragic tale, almost shakespearian and frankly tainted wit
51vote sequester. The white house has had success so far but the signs are positive that hagel ultimately will be concerned, the question is how long and is there any possibility that hagel in the meechbt decides to step out and take himself out of the consideration, at least thats not what the white house wants. Big picture here, though, john, our First Read Team says this is a reminder for all future legislative fights and nomination battles. Well see over the next four years, lets stop pretending this will change any time soon. Meaning this particular strategy is something we will see perhaps in fights over universals background checks for guns. Even the prek for all children as all legislation as we move forward with this congress and this president as a dynamic could end up like were seeing now. Thats correct, tamron, but first of all we cant forget that democrats did defeat a nominee from for defense secretary before in john tower. But these two parties are in a state of more or
Less competition, fewer choices. Will it mean higher ticket prices for everyone who flies . Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Tonight the Carnival Cruise line vessel triumph with 4,200 souls on board is slowly making its way into port in mobile, alabama. And for those poor souls on board, conditions are miserable. They have dealt with sewage, foot shortages and no circulating air. People are hungry and dirty and even when the vessel reaches the dock, it wont be over. It will take hours to disembark. And the process they are hoping passengers take easily. The company will take all it has to keep it orderly. Heres what else happened today. When the ship got within range of shore, the pictures and the stories started appearing on the web. Social media will now tell this story with scenes like this. Sleeping on deck, the bivowack area on the top deck. The struggle to charge cell phones in the b
The japanese economy posted a record current deficit for december. As for europe, heres a look at the major averages in early trading. These are green arrows with modest advances. The cac is up by 10 points and the ftse is up by 5 points. Well go to Ross Westgate in a minute in london, but for now well go to andrew with the top corporate headlines. Thank you, becky. Welcome back to you and joe from pebble beach. Heres whats going on this morning, a big battle shaping up between carl ikahn and a major proxy firm iss. It is now recommending shareholders vote against the Share Buyback proposal for apple. In a report iss says the apple board has returned the bulk of the u. S. Generated cash to shareholders by aggressive stock buybacks and dividends payouts. In light of these goodfaith efforts and its past stewardship has retu , the boards latitude should thought be con striblgted by a Shareholder Resolution that would micromanage the companys Capital Allocation process. This could pave the
Freestyle r devean logan. And good morning, everyone. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday mornin morning, day six already. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer along with al roker and nataly morales. It is 55 degrees in sochi. There are two sides to this. We like sitting in light sweaters, great for spectators but these warm temperatures are wreaking havoc with some events. A lot of athletes are worried about the conditions with ski slopes and for some a boost. Julie mancuso likes the soft snow and well talk to her in a bit. All part of the warmest temperatures in history for an event city. Lets get to the top story that Shirley Temple has died in San Francisco. As a child, she became one of the most famous beloved stars of all time and later went on to become a u. S. Diplomat. On the good ship lollipop reporter shirtly temple was a mere 6 years old when this became her signature song. Shirley was born to perform on april 23rd, 1928 in santa monica, california. Dancing