The director for really jet religious freedom happy holidays and i also want to draw your attention to the crisis in china against the population there it is one of the worst with religious persecutions of our day or hour age it is a crisis of religious persecution and of Human Rights Violations of epic proportions. All people should be concerned for china and the rising power that seems to make us a model not just within its borders but exporting the model it is a deep concern to me as someone who monitors religious freedom around the world. It is my deep privilege to introduce the ambassador at large from the state Department Sam brownback who will be giving the keynote address in just a moment ago i have known the ambassador for about 25 years when he was in the Senate Working together including suda sudan. So i am very pleased in this position and someone who has been empowered under this administration and through congress and really is the face of religious freedom as a priority
Shine for the rest of your life tamron according to the broadway league, they say the next guest on tamron hall show, the first motherdaughter duo to appear on broadway at the same time. Each starring in the hottest ticket shows this holiday season. Lachanze is in a Christmas Carol and hit her daughter Celia Rose Gooding is in the brandnew musical jagged little pill. It but they are here with us today. Please welcome lachanze and celia. [applause] did someone call you and say, fun fact, youve made history . How did you learn this . It was quite similar to that. We know of so many other broadway performance that have been parents and children working but we didnt know anyoe that identity together so i was actually very surprised that we were the first mother and daughter leading on broadway. Tamron how does it feel this to make this type of history, especially broadway history . Its thrilling. Tamron you got great jean jeans. Its incredibly exciting, to be of motherdaughter duo especial
President s infamous phone call were live with the latest. Breaking overnight, a saudi court finds eight people guilty in the killing of Washington Post journalist jamal khashoggi. Five of them sentenced to death. So did the u. S. Play any role in helping bring them to justice. All that plus murder mystery, more questions in the killing of that texas mother and the kidnapping of her baby as the victims friend remains in jail. Cruise ship collision, new details on what caused those Carnival Cruise liners to slam into each other injuring passengers both ships returning to u. S. Ports overnight. And triumphant return, eddie murphy delivers huge ratings in his snl return after 35 long years. The classic characters he brought back and the one person who wasnt thrilled about being the target of eddies jokes. Today, monday, december 23rd, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this monday morning,
We are looking at a crash also in san jose, two cars involved here. This is northbound7 before curtner avenue. One car is facing the wrong direction there right now. Today marks the start of a trial involving a fastrak tolling system. Thousands of drivers say the system messed up when trying to bill them. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live at the Golden Gate Bridge with those details. Good morning. Have you been unfairly personalized or charged for crossing this bridge. Some drivers say they didnt get their invoices for the toll, mostly because of address mistakes, and instead of trying to find them, fastrak just kept fining them. They just shredded the return mail and imposed penalties on these motorists for failing to pay the tolls. The Golden Gate Bridge switched to all electronic toll taking in 2013. The next year a quarter mile million drivers got toll evasion penalties. Fastrak said they have made improvements but will not release details onhose improvements so drivers can
All right, sal, 6 01. And anything, are you still you know, im seeing traffic beginning to develop, steve, its lighter than usual, but there is a commute out there in case youre wondering. Richmond bridge a little bit of snowing. The fog is playing a role. Highway 4 not fog in lafayette, foggy as you head up the hill. Lets go back to the desk. Following breaking news right now, Police Investigating a shooting own matter horn drive at b arrietta road. You are with us now, so what do you know so far, alyssa. Reporter good morning, still heavy Police Presence here, i want to show you where they are centering their investigation, they are on matterhorn and bronco drive. We see them in front a house just about halfway down this block. There are shell casings in the middle of the street. What we know is this shooting happened at 2 45 a. M. A man was shot and suffered some life threatening injuries. That victim was taken to a hospital. No suspects have been identified. So police are still sea