Officials have yet to make contact. Doubling down. Donald trump says he wasnt the only one who saw thousands of people cheering in new jersey on 9 11. I start getting phone calls in my office by the hundreds that they were there and they saw this take place. Is there any evidence to support trumps claim . And holiday rush. Thanksgiving travelers hitting the highways and heading to the airports in droves. The drewing storm that could disrupt the plans of millions of americans, today, tuesday, november 24, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lawer and sgautry live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning seems like we say this every day, but what a busy morning weve got. Certainly is. And weve got breaking news at top this morning. A russian fighter jet crashed, turkey claiming it shot down that warplane after repeated warnings saying that the plane was violating its airspace. Lets get right to nbcs chief Fo
Good morning, im martha raddatz, hope you had a great thanksgiving. Well get to the 2016 race shortly, including ben carsons standing by in jordan, revealing what hes learned on that surprise trip to the refugee camps there. But we start off in colorado, brandnew details on the investigation into that deadly shootout at planned parenthood. Revelations the shooter may have been targeting the group. Our exclusive interview with a top planned parenthood official momentarily. First, abcs Clayton Sandell on the ground with the latest. Good morning, clayton. Reporter good morning, martha. Investators here are trying to piece together the facts here this morning, but also trying to get inside the mind of an alleged killer. This morning, Law Enforcement sources arent officially saying why robert dear allegedly launched a fivehour attack. Attention, all units cspd is working. Reporter after his surrender and arrest in Colorado Springs, he allegedly made rambling, hostile statements about his ta
With unique insight into all of this, we turn to ambassador nick burns, a career american diplomat, former National Security Council Director for russian affairs, and former u. S. Representative for nato. He now teaches diplomacy at harvard. Mr. Ambassador, what are the stakes in what weve seen today . Well, its been a consequential day, scott. We havent had a nato member shoot down a soviet or russian aircraft since 1952, and so the stakes are very high, that the russians learn the lessons of what happened but also that this can be deescalated so that theres no further action, and russia and turkey and the other countries can go back, hopefully trying to combat isis. Pelley well, the russian president called it a stab in the back. Could this escalate . It could escalate. I think theres i think the United States and president obama are going to work very hard to see that it doesnt, but theres an important principle at stake here, scott. Every nation has a right to protect its own borde
Least one of two pilots. It is the first time the North Atlantic Alliance has do you understand a russian or soviet plane since the 1950s. Russian president putin insists the plane was in syrian airspace, but the turks released this radar image, which they say shows the path of the plane, that dotted red line, as it briefly entered turkey. Holly williams begins our coverage. Reporter turkey says the russian warplane strayed over a mile into the airspace. After 10 warnings without a response, a turkish fighter jet shot it down. This video is thought to show its fiery descent, crashing down in northwest syria. Turkey says this radar map shows where the aircraft briefly crossed over, but russia denies the plane ever left syrian airspace, and the visibly angry russian president Vladimir Putin called turkeys actions a stab in the back, describing the turkish as terrorists accomplices. Turkey had already warned moscow about violating its airspace and says russian planes did so twice in octob
1500 soldiers have been put around sights in paris. The vatican is calling it an attack on humanity. Isis has claimed responsibility and isis coordinated the attack outside with accomplices in france. New this morning, the french president said isis is behind the attacks that rocked paris at 6 different locations. The worst carnage at this concert hall where an american rock band eagles of death mental was performing when death metal was performing filled with hundreds of concert goers. There was nothing in the eyes, just anger. I saw a couple of people wounded and another guy with his shirt drenched in blood. Reporter many held captive many filing out with hands on their head. A crowded restaurant came under fire. I was stunned and frozen on the floor. Reporter an explosion outside a packed stadium left thousands of spectators including the french president stunned. Amid the chaos and confusion there was a show of potato patriotism. This is an an attack on humanity. Reporter we are to