The world, but now police are investigating the theft of a precious piece by picasso, today, september, december 6th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this busy saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. We start with the breaking news. Devastating news from overnight, that american hostage luke somers has been killed in yemen. His death coming as u. S. Forces tried to rescue him from the clutches of al qaeda. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is here with more. Richard, good morning. Good morning. There is always a terrible that the president faces that the u. S. Military faces in a hostage situation, do you attempt to rescue the hostage, knowing the risks. In this case, the president , the military decided to make the risky operation, to make an attempt, but it didnt work out. A desperate attempt to save an american
Investigating the theft of a precious piece by picasso, today, september, december 6th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this busy saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. We start with the breaking news. Devastating news from overnight, that american hostage luke somers has been killed in yemen. His death coming as u. S. Forces tried to rescue him from the clutches of al qaeda. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is here with more. Richard, good morning. Good morning. There is always a terrible that the president faces that the u. S. Military faces in a hostage situation, do you attempt to rescue the hostage, knowing the risks. In this case, the president , the military decided to make the risky operation, to make an attempt, but it didnt work out. A desperate attempt to save an american hostage in yemen that ended in
Smashed and the homeowners are thankful for one was hurt. Their main goal is to get this fixed before thanksgiving. If you want to see more pictures of what it looked like, why posted them on our website. Thats kron4. Com. At least eight trees have fallen in the wake of the high winds blowing through the city of concorde. Damage to both public and private property could be seen all across the city, including some Power Outages affecting major traffic intersections along concorde boulevard. Thats where at t crews were busy preparing service disruption. When it rains and the wind is as high it has been, we get very busy for a week or so, cleaning up. A lot of downed lines, a lot of facilities get wet. So, we are very busy. Right now, joe is up in the bucket and basically is rehabbing some pairs of wire that go down the street affected by the moisture and the wind. Concorde at t workers said they will be putting in overtime to repair damage caused by the high winds. Happening now, strong
America, we join to honor a debt we cannot fully repay. President obama laid a wreath in arlington are National Cemetery at the tomb of the unknowns. Jearkt john kerry said powers were united and iran failed to accept the proposal but some progress was made at the talks in geneva. Rawniran and the nuclear agencyd agree to allow the Facility Access to Irans Nuclear facilities. Those are the headlines, america tonight is next. On america tonight utter devastation already revealed. Why the philippines now fears the crisis is about to get worse. Also tonight from saluted to shamed. On this veterans day, an america tonight exclusive. Our investigation looks at those who have given all, only to find themselves abandoned by their country. They looked at me and told me i was a disgrace and should be ashamed for letting my family down and everyone else. The wasps, the bee. And extraordinary women. I never thought of myself as extraordinary, but i guess we all were. And good evening, thanks for
Outbreak in syria. Helping the lost generation. Europes leaders meet to tackle youth unemployment. And the summit on ecigarettes. The philippines is still reeling from the devastation causeded by the worst storm in recorded history. The un estimates the number dead is around 10,000. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their homes and have no shelter. Those desperate to find food have stripped the stores bare. The United Nations has launched an appeal for over 300 million for areas hit by the typhoon. The us and uk are sending warships carrying thousands of soldiers and dozens of aircraft to help with relief and recovery. The typhoon left a wide path of destruction when it stuck on friday. These are the two worsteffected provinces. It is feared 10,000 people have been killed here alone. Haiyan continues sweeping west across the central philippine islands, there were large areas on both islands where electricity is still down. Five days later, information on just how badly hit they