Flying, turbulence hospitalizes people. Did facebook revolutionize the robot revolution. And the split that nobody saw coming. Today, monday, august 7th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us. Monday morning. We have willie in for matt. Good to have you back. Tan, and rested. Vitamin d. A lot to get to, including escalating with north korea. Defining the sune ing thing heinous plot. And Rex Tillerson condemned north korea and its missile launches. Lets start with andrea mitchell. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. At the asianpacific summit in the philippines, a rare display of unity, the u. S. On the same page as china and russia, taking a stand against north korea and its threatening missile lunches. But the rogue nation, not taking it well. Lashing out. Kim jongunregime, saying it will launch thousands fold revenge again
Attorney general sued epa a dozen times he believes regulations are too burdensome and best left to states. He told senators he disagreed with past statements that Climate Change is a hoax. Environmental grurpz and hundreds of former epa my ease have been fighting the nomination. They fear he will put politics over science and try to gut the agency. Illinois senator Tommy Duckworth iraq war veteran explained while shell vote against him. I seen firsthand the price we pay for dangerous dependent oil imported have adversaryyes i fought a war over oil already. And now, a state judge in oklahoma ordered pruit to release thousands of email changes he had with oil and gas executives. People want exactly the sort of dealings hes had and what promises he made. We dont know. But those emails are supposed to be released on tuesday. However, it appears this confirmation vote will probably go through today. Live on capitol hill im melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. Thank you you very much, melanie,
Good evening. We begin in venezuela, a country gripped by a political crisis and chronic food shortages. Well, today the countrys political rivals are sitting down with fresh talks. Protests erupted last month when they blocked a referendum which could have paved the way for icholas maduro to be removed from office. We get up to speed whats happening in cracks a caracus today. Reporter talks between the president and opposition leaders we are here to demand an election and an election timetable. We want results. We do not want to see an agreement between politicians. We want a political change. Reporter under a truce agreed last week, the opposition has suspended street protests to start a political trial against maduro. However, they insist on holding a referendum aimed at removing the president from power. Maduro and his allies have so far blocked that effort with both sides accusing of coup money gerg. The fresh round of talks between the vatican and the countriess st chance to deal
Good evening. We begin in venezuela, a country gripped by a political crisis and chronic food shortages. Well, today the countrys political rivals are sitting down with fresh talks. Protests erupted last month when they blocked a referendum which could have paved the way for icholas maduro to be removed from office. We get up to speed whats happening in cracks a caracus today. Reporter talks between the president and opposition leaders we are here to demand an election and an election timetable. We want results. We do not want to see an agreement between politicians. We want a political change. Reporter under a truce agreed last week, the opposition has suspended street protests to start a political trial against maduro. However, they insist on holding a referendum aimed at removing the president from power. Maduro and his allies have so far blocked that effort with both sides accusing of coup money gerg. The fresh round of talks between the vatican and the countriess st chance to deal
Thousands of dollars worth of gear stolen. Tonight the band is speaking exclusively to fox5. We begin tonight in alexandria, virginia, where police are investigating a homicide at a senior care facility. Im tony perkins. Im shawn yancy. Police say a 72yearold killed an 82yearold. Both men were residents of the facility. Lindsey watts alexandria with the latest. Lipcy. Shawn, tony, were here in front of assisted care facility where the elderly man was killed on duke street in alexandria. And you can see on the sign down there its called sunrise and this is a community for the mentally impaired and the man accused of this crime has not been arrested yet. He potentially could still be living here. Tonight, Neither Police nor the too much information. This is what we know so far this happened more than two weeks going october 24. Police say the 72yearold mana salted 82yearold man and then the victim died two days later. Tonight hes been identified Hunter Alexander from here in alexandria.