Beginning of this fouryear conflict, the main players involved in syria are sitting around the negotiating table, trying to talk, trying to resolve the situation in syria. And also involves regional rivals iran and saudi arabia discussing syria. But the two countries have very, very different interests in the countries that we have to see how that relationship plays out here in the talks. Now irans involvement in these talks are surely gonna complicate the removal of assad, but it is hope that iran being involved in these talks will deescalate the violence in syria thats ripped through this country over the last four years, has cost about 250 thousand lives and displaced millions. S ali arouzi nbc news vienna, austria 1 031 14 while these talks continue, we have to see if some sort of conclusion can be reached here but its going to be very difficult as secretary kerry said. Ali arouzi, nbc news, and with many of you trick or treating tonight. We have a first look at the forecast to see
Volume of packages right now overwhelming the system. Will your Holiday Gifts make it under the tree in time . And good morning, america. Happy friday. Two weeks until christmas. I got to tell you im feeling good this morning. A got a lot of shopping done yesterday. Wow. That is important. Good for you. Youre lucky because im like a third of us, i wait till the last minute. I havent bought anybody any gifts yet. You might not want to do that this year because of the big alert from u. P. S. And fedex. Theyre behind right now. Christmas in january. Whoo no, no . All right. We have a lot of in us to get to. Well begin with some Severe Weather battering the northwest hit by that tornado and torrential downpours triggering mudslides and flooding. The storms moving east and aditi roy is in battleground, washington, where dozens of homes were damaged by that twister. Good morning to you, aditi. Reporter good morning, amy. Im standing right in the path of that tornado that tore through this to
And paying tribute to paris. U2 returning to the city of lights just weeks after that terror attack. Singing out against terror. Helping that city, and the world, heal. And good morning, america. A lot to get to this monday morning. Including the Rare Oval Office address from president obama, his first in five year. The president wanted to calm nerv nerves. Convince the public he has a strategy in place to stop isis. But we want to begin with those big new details overnight in the investigation into that attack. The first picture of syed farook returning to the u. S. With his new wife. New details of what happened inside the conference room. Full team coverage. Brian ross starts us off with the latest. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, robin. A collective sigh of relief for counterterrorism officials in los angeles. They had brace frd a terror attack all day sunday, based on an intelligence attack from iraq that isis had planned an unspecified attack for there. Today, u. S. A
Giving state and local authorities more say in education thanks to the white house. President obama yesterday signed a sweeping rewrite of the often criticized no child left behind law. Local groups now have more say in how to fix underperforming schools. The new version had very wide support. A day after yahoo s board rejected a failed strategy by the ceo to turn the company around, maier had a happier personal announcement. Shes given birth to identical twins. She and husband zachary already have a 3yearold son. Shes taking only two weeks of maternity leave. Sparking debate among some parents who say shes setting a bad example for other working mothers. Yahoo offer up to four months of maternity leave. Didnt she only take two weeks . You know, when she got into this job and she was pregnant with her daughter and excuse me, her son and people were kind of focused she went back to work too soon. Its up to every mom. I remember, richard, i started at abc and didnt tell them because it w
South saturday especially through the evening. Sunday is going to be a very wet day with near constant rain falling all day with those showers lasting into monday morning. Rain totals will be fairly high with many places capable of reaching 2 inches by monday when next week will start 40s for the first that we return to average as temps fall back into the 30s. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina a transformative Education Bill passed through the senate and received the president s signature student overhauls the no child left behind initiative, putting back in the hands of states while taking away the heavy focus on testing. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias the investigation into the san shooting rampage has now small lake near where 14 people week. Accused of the killings may have lake, where searching for evidence. Authorities are still looking for a computer hard drive that belonged to them. Sabrina the third thing know before you door. Sabrina W