It is election day in the delaware valley, its an off year for president ial and congressional elections, there are still several local elections to keep an eye on. Vernon odom is live in the east falls section with more on all of this. Reporter hello sara, several poll workers tell me today that voter turnout here in the city and the near suburbs may not reach 30 , that is because the races have not set the electorate on fire, this is the 38th ward of philadelphia, we came here to sample voter mood in this section. Voter turnout is expected to be low in the city and region today. The race for mayor involves jim kinney running with an advantage over Melissa Murray bailey, this has not spurred turnout fever, and that infuriates folks that always turn out no matter how low key the election. I would like to see us elect a matter that could clean up the department of license and inspections and work with the governor to see that we have an adequate budget for the school, the School Situati
The battle for five wildf e wildfires that start thousands of feet in the air. We meet the elite smoke jumpers. Hello. A warm welcome to you. We begin with the russian president Vladimir Putin. Hes due to meet his ukrainian counter part poroshenko shortly amid rising tensions over the conflict in eastern ukraine. It comes as russia says a group of soldiers captured by Ukrainian Security forces near donetsk crossed the border by mistake. The meeting between the two down the two county meeting will be the first since june. Theyre trying to push into the rebel held areas in the country. Fierce fighting continues. Lets speak to david stern in kiev. Lets talk more about these russian servicemen who have been captured. Theyre from a special regimen as i understand. Well, yes, thats right. Theyre paratroopers. They said they were told they were going on exercises, not told they were going to ukraine. When they arrived here, they found out quickly that they were not on training exercises. This
We asked why would they do it. The last televised debate before the vote, scotland used the the pound without englands permission. Also on the program, more on our top story. Aaron is looking at whats at stake for the business world. Absolutely. Big bosses from the worlds biggest businesses backing talks to resolve a crisis between russia and ukraine. They say tit for tat sanctions could cause the economy to grind to a halt. That would be bad news for russia but also bad for all of u us. Hello. Midday here in london. 3 00 p. M. Moscow, 2 00 p. M. Kiev where Ukrainian Security services have released pictures of paratroopers captured near donetsk. It says they were on a special mission rejecting russias account that soldiers crossed the border by mistake. Timing is crucial. Poroshenko meets his russian counter part Vladimir Putin for talks. Well be live shortly where that is happening. Nick reports on the latest. Reporter a raging tire cast a fog over donetsk in ukraines troubled east. A
Mass and with it a healthy dose of controversy. And prince charming. The royal family releases photos of everyones future favorite king hearing aww heard around the world. Today december 14, 2014. From nbc news, this is toda today. With lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt after long side shanel jones and dylan dridry dryer back up. Hes royalty now. Hes a little too perfect. His cheeks are almost as good as guthrie which means perhaps we should arrange the marriage now. Taken under add vooizment. We begin with our top story. This 1. 1 trillion spending bill on its way to president obamas desk. The senate after proved the measure late last night to avoid the Government Shutdown. It capped off a tense week in washington. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press and joins us. Good morning. Good morning erica. We have this Government Shutdown averted, washington insight. You say thos
Of controversy. And prince charming. The royal family releases photos of everyones future favorite king hearing aww heard around the world. Today december 14, 2014. From nbc news, this is toda today. With lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt after long side shanel jones and dylan dridry dryer back up. Hes royalty now. Hes a little too perfect. His cheeks are almost as good as guthrie which means perhaps we should arrange the marriage now. Taken under add vooizment. We begin with our top story. This 1. 1 trillion spending bill on its way to president obamas desk. The senate after proved the measure late last night to avoid the Government Shutdown. It capped off a tense week in washington. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press and joins us. Good morning. Good morning erica. We have this Government Shutdown averted, washington insight. You say those phrases and eyes glaze over wh