Yesterday saudi arabia broke off diplomatic ties with its rival, iran, after demonstrator s invaded and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in tehran. Iranians were protesting the saudi execution of a muslim cleric who criticized the saudi rulers. Nbcs bill neely reports from london that tensions between the two nations are high and getting worse. Across the shia world. Nimr alnimr was a charismatic saudi preacher. He said he preferred words to weapons; words harshly critical of the saudi regime. Which executed him for inciting unrest among its shia minority. Irans Supreme Leader warned saudi arabia would face divine revenge for a crime. Iran is seething. The execution has inflamed tensions between shia and sunni muslims; faiths led by iran and saudi arabia. neely on camera 1 13 1 37 and saudi arabia has now cut off diplomatic relations with iran, giving iranian diplomats there 48 hours to leave the country. And the saudis may already have pulled their diplomats out of iran. Theres no sign t
So it is a bit difficult to see the crash site clearly at this time. The Wayne County Sheriff brought faa officials to the plane about an hour ago according to nebraska state troopers. The singleengine cessna like this one had left columbia, missouri, bound for sioux city. But authorities at sioux Gateway Airport diverted the flight to wayne because of bad weather. It was cloudy and foggy at the time. The plane should have arrived in wayne about seven last night. It was reported missing from radar at 7 18 by officials at sioux gateway. Crews searched the area between pender and concord for the missing plane overnight. We did a search here at the airport runways and everything but we did not find a plane. It did not show up here. The Police Department came out and said there was a missing plane. So from there on it was search and rescue. I guess about 2 oclock this morning we got news that they the pilot was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The name of the pilot has not been r
Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Weve advanced a year, and, i mean that literally. Happy birthday belatedly. Thank you, to you as well. Yeah. Do you believe it . Were so much older. Did you celebrate . I did. Thats why im on a tensecond delay. My new years is extending to monday, january 4th. Well catch up in a while. Well start with our top story. New fireworks in the president ial race to begin the new year, including Donald Trumps very First Television ad. We have it all covered beginning with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter matt, happy new year to you. Donald trump ringing in the new year with what is in effect his campaigns closing argument. This long awaited first tv ad is provocative, a lot like his candidacy, focusing on illegal immigration and the threat from donald trump, and i approve this message. Reporter overnight donald trump released his first tv ad of the c
Flood warning in effect for calhoun, carroll, sac crawford counties until 10 45 a. M. Today Winter Weather advisory for holt county from 6 am today until 1 pm wednesday Winter Weather advisory for Yankton County from 3 pm today until 3 pm wednesday overall, today wont bring much in the way of measurable precipitation, itll just be cloudy with areas of drizzle and perhaps a shower or two. With temperatures nearing the freezing mark this morning, you might encounter a few slick spots on some untreated roads. Farther east in the floodwarned areas, you could encounter some standing water leftover from yesterdays heavy rain, so be sure not to drive through it. See graphics. Wx timer 40 an arrest was made regarding a threat made to a northwest Iowa High School. The threat was large enough that School Officials initially banned backpacks from class on monday. That decision was overturned, but ktivs sam curtiss brings us the latest following saturdays arrest, students were able to return to Sh