We begin with a power struggle playing out on the streets of the capital of ukraine. Overnight, the standoff between antigovernment protesters and riot police continued in kiev. In an attempt to appease the opposition, the president offered to reshuffle his government. Proeuropean demonstrators say nothing short of his departure will do. Unrest spreading across the country. In the western city, demonstrators have erected huge barricades and prevented Government Employees from going to work. Like smoke hangs over the center of kiev on saturday morning. Few fires are still burning temperatures are down to minus 20 degrees celsius. We are coming here to support freedom and oppose the crimes. Why did they put up a Police Barricade to prevent people from coming here . Why are the police not on our side . There were renewed clashes in the night. The tires protesters set fire to car tires and threw molotov cocktails. Police responded with stun grena des. The frontline has hardened. Since frid
Parents are beginning to gather their children after shots were fired at a Georgia Elementary School this afternoon. The school was evacuated after a man dressed in all black opened fire with an assault rifle. The suspect is in custody and no one hurt. And over 50 wildfires are spreading across the west. Im tony harris, stay tuned for more news and log on to aljazeera. Com. From wildfires to rising waters, we look at the risk of Climate Change on the United States, and what can be done to limit the damage. From washington, you are watching inside story. Welcome. Hotter drier, windier conditions are the new formal for the western United States, and that means wildfires that are more intense and last longer. The risks are also on the rise for coastal regions. Some of americas biggest cities could end up below sea level by the end of this century. But Scientists Say there is still time to take action and reverse some of the impact of Climate Change. Joining me in the stewudio, michael man
That repaired and then pick up electric motors and take them back to their place i worked. We repair them and then take them back. And so, i did go into the places. And they were so vast and intimidating. But even little machines like this can stick it to you. The interesting thing about what happened at the decision where there were going to be rubber plants and glass factories the distil making we are back. The making of the ford motor was actually sold to the russian steelmaker and so it was actually the russians who gave me permission to go in to the fort. But they already abandoned it. They bought a big part of the factory with the furnaces where it comes in and the unloading of the boat. I actually had a Company Owned by the russian firm. So we are back. So this is just an example of the glory of the architecture of detroit and you can even see theres a beautiful painted matte down below on the vaulted ceiling and it is actually one of the few buildings in detroit, downtown detro
Priests to marry. That is today on wednesday, september 11th. Good morning. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie. This is a solemn day in our history. The nation is remembering 9 11. There have been moments of silence that have been commemorating 9 11. There is a memorial in shanksville. We are all asking where our lives are. And we will continue with that coverage in a moment. We will begin with new developments on the crisis in syria. President obama telling the nation he is willing to hold off on air strikes for now. Nbcs Peter Alexander has the story from the white house this morning. Peter, good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. Today, you said congress will not vote on anything in terms of authorizing strikes in syria. The president asked them to delay that after a primetime speech that offered more of a reset. It could be weeks or months before possible strikes as the president explores the diplomatic option first. It was one o
Corner on this virus. Martha those are the measures that are being taken tonight as the number of cases here in the United States now over 1600. 137,000 cases worldwide. Just shy of 70,000 people have already recovered from the virus. It impacts almost every aspect of everybodys life tonight. So how are we doing . How long is going to take . And how long can americans stay home . Thats the big question. So the lockdown in italy may be starting to have an impact. Singapore, more authoritarian route has actually been successful. So what can we learn from both of those . We will look at all of that tonight appeared in a straightforward manner seeing what we can learn and knowing that sacrifices will have to be made on the part of every american to make this work. From the workplace to our School System to how many people we can gather with, our president ial elections even being affected. As primary voting in at least one state is likely to be postponed. Tonight we are waiting action from