Ring in the new year. The new video coming in. Caught on camera, the High Altitude rescue after a teenager falls 500 feet down the side of a mountain. Plus, the shocking moment a sinkhole suddenly opens up swallowing this suv. And as more americans go online looking for love, what would you do if a celebrity reached out to you for a date . The surprise encounter involving a world famous actress. Good morning, everyone. We begin with breaking news on this new years eve. An urgent situation at the u. S. Embassy in baghdad where protesters are trying to storm the embassy furious over recent u. S. Air strikes that targeted militant fighters backed by iran. There is word that some of the protesters got through the gate of the embassy. Lets bring in abcs Julia Macfarlane standing by monitoring the situation. Julia, what have you learned . Reporter kenneth, there is a huge amount of unconfirmed information flying about. What we know and what we have seen coming in this morning from baghdad is
Announcement saying theyre going to step back as senior members of the royal family blindsiding the queen. We are live at Buckingham Palace with the latest. Severe storm alert. On the heels of these snow squalls in the east a major new threat forming. The powerful Storm Brewing in the heartland about to bring tornadoes and flash flooding. Abc news exclusive. With the fiance of that texas mother found dead after she and their newborn vanished, hes now speaking out for the First Time Since being reunited with his baby daughter. Jeopardy james strikes back. James holzhauer knocking out ken jennings in day two of their primetime showdown. Now the former champs tied. Who will take the title of greatest of all time . Good morning, america. Hope youre well this thursday morning. Boy, talk about a battle of the titans. Oh, yes. Theyre going at it. Certainly is. Well talk about that later. It is a really busy morning. We have a lot of news to tell you about starting with the latest on the showd
War of the windsors. Reaction pours in after the stunning decision by prince harry and Meghan Markle to step away from royal duties the queen reportedly blindsided and shocked. The move raising questions about the futures of the couple and the entire royal family. A live report from Windsor Castle just ahead. Those stories, plus new fire fears. Overnight, more evacuations in australia amid growing concerns those historic wildfires are about to get even worse. Winters wrath a powerful storm takes aim at tens of millions over a nearly 2,000mile stretch from the south to new england als got the forecast. What is evening the score . Evens the second match in our greatest of all time jeopardy tournament a dominating performance by jeopardys James Holzhauer kicking the show of champions into high gear, today, thursday, january 9th, 2020. From nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Welcome to today on this thursda
The churchgoer who stopped the gunman who opened fire had we not had the Security Team in place, it would have been a much more severe outcome. How he trained for a moment just like this those stories plus ultimatum, a new front in the war over vaccines as one city says to students get your shots or dont come back to school in the new years. Where did my friends go, the streaming wars of the 2020 start with a bang as the central perk gang leaves netflix for a new home. And midnight mystery, drones have been filling the sky over colorado for weeks, but no one knows where they came from, so could it all be leading up to some kind of new years eve stunt . Today, tuesday, december 31st, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today, and thank you for joining us on this Tuesday Morning, the last day of 2019, last day of the decade im Sheinelle Jones alongside peter alexander. Savannah and hoda a
Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. On one of the busiest travel days of the Holiday Season, in many areas the weather will not be cooperating. Millions brace for difficult travel conditions. Snow is already hammering Southern California. Flood alerts are posted in california and arizona. Reporter senator Lisa Murkowski calling out leader Mitch Mcconnell over Mitch Mcconnell saying he would be in total cord nation with the white House Counsel regarding impeachment. When i heard that, i was disturbed. Reporter in los angeles the da is reviewing eight cases in the investigation against disgraced filmmaker Harvey Weinstein. A huge fire displaced hundreds of people staying at a Minneapolis Hotel that was serving as a homeless shelter. We literally just started over and then last everything all over again. Reporter more clashes in hong kong between police and prodemocracy demonstrators. Police used teargas and pepper spray. Reporter espn reporter Edward Aschoff passed away on