And whether you call it boots on ground or advisors as the white house is calling it, for the first time Ground Troops are inside of syria. The americans, all from special operations, are fewer than 50. The mission said the white house, to assist local fighters. It is a major policy shift that has many wondering whether the door has cracked open to a deerer american ground rule. Richard engel has the story tonight. Reporter after airstrikes against isis in iraq and syria and 3000 troops back to iraq, today the a new step. The decision that the president has made is to send fewer than 50 special Operations Forces to sear. Reporter in other words, american boots opd ground in syria. Something the president said would never happen. I wont commit our troops to fighting another ground war in iraq or sear. Reporter but house announced they are not in a combat mission. That is not the mission but they could find themselves in a combat situation. There is no denying the amount of risk they are
Today, halloween, saturday, october 31st, 2015. Announcer from nbc nene, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im carson daly alongside dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. We have the latest with the londonon carson. Metro jet flight disappeared from russia radar over egypt 23 minutes into the flight from the city o o Sharm El Sheikh in egypt en route to russia. The officials confirm to nbc news it crashed in the Sinai Peninsula and jets located the wreckage of the plane. It is t t earlyly to pinpoint a cause of the crash. The area where the plane went down is near the scene were terrorists clashed this summer. According to the associated press, quoting the egypt committee, the pilot reported technical difficulties and inn text tension to be land at the nearest airport. The 18yearold airbus a321. The jet was descending at the rate of 6,000 feet per minute before the signal was lost. The air russian transportation
Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. The american footprint in the war against isis is about to get bigger. And whether you call it boots on ground or advisors as the white house is calling it, for the first time Ground Troops are inside of syria. The americans, all from special operations, are fewer than 50. The mission said the white house, to assist local fighters. It is a major policy shift that has many wondering whether the door has cracked open to a deerer american ground rule. Richard engel has the story tonight. Reporter after thundershowers of airstrikes against isis in iraq and syria and 3000 troops back to iraq, today the white house announced a new step. The decision that the president has made is to send fewer than 50 special Operations Forces to sear. Reporter in other words, american boots opd ground in syria. Something the president said would never happen. I wont commit our troops to fighting another ground war in iraq or sear. Reporter but tonight the white h
Kansas city royals. When it was the mets turn at bat, they delivered winning the game 93. There will be more fireworks tonight in game four . And happy halloween. The peanuts gang has gone home and now were pulling out the stops for our very own halloween celebration. Today, halloween, saturday, october 31st, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im carson daly alongside dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. We have the latest with the breaking news from ron mott in london. Reporter good morning, carson. Metro jet flight disappeared from russia radar over egypt 23 minutes into the flight from the city of Sharm El Sheikh in egypt en route to russia. The officials confirm to nbc news it crashed in the Sinai Peninsula and jets located the wreckage of the plane. It is too early to pinpoint a cause of the crash. The area where the plane went down is near the scene were terrorists clashed th
And whether you call it boots on ground or advisors as the white house is calling it, for the first time Ground Troops are inside of syria. The americans, all from special operations, are fewer than 50. The mission said the white house, to assist local fighters. It is a major policy shift that has many wondering whether the door has cracked open to a deerer american ground rule. Richard engel has the story tonight. Reporter after thundershowers of airstrikes against isis in iraq and syria and 3000 troops back to iraq, today the white house announced a new step. The decision that the president has made 50 special Operations Forces to sear. Reporter in other words, american boots opd ground in syria. Something the president said would never happen. I wont commit our troops to fighting another ground war in iraq or sear. Reporter but house announced they are not in a combat mission. That is not the mission but they could find themselves in a combat situation. There is no denying the amoun