Several different fronts this morning. We begin with the latest atrocity from isis. One japanese hostage dead. Isis demanding a prisoner swap to save the second. And at least one american hostage still being held. Brian ross is here with the latest. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, george. While the hostage being threatened is japanese, the u. S. Is very much involved in the efforts to free him. In part because of the close relationship with japan. And also because one of the other hostages is a 26yearold American Woman. For now, all efforts are focused on kenji goto. In the latest isis video, he was forced to hold a photo of what appears to be his beheaded cell mate, and then read a plea for his own life, asking for a prisoner swap, instead of the original 200 million ransom demand. They are being fair. They no longer want money. So you dont need to worry about funding terrorists. Reporter in japan, the Prime Minister called the video an outrageous and unforgivable act. And
Is about to be revealed. We cant wait to meet him and tell you why he is a puppy with a purpose today. Wednesday, january 14th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a wednesday morning. We have a new member of our team to tell you about. He is hairy and has bad breath and has a purpose behind him. Its an interesting story. Lets start with our top story, a defiant Charlie Hebdo releases its first issue since the terror attack on the paris offices with a cartoon of the prophet mohamed on the cover. Bill neely is in paris. What can you tell us . Good morning. Almost a week ago at exactly this time a dozen people lay dead in or around the offices of a magazine terrorist had tried to kill it off. Today Charlie Hebdo is back on the street seemingly stronger than ever. All of paris seems to want to buy it. Its a satyrical magazine that used to sell 50,000 copies a week.
Gather the many as a Million People may march today in defense of freedom of speech. Along with politicians from the u. K. , from france, germany and turkey from israel and from palestine. You mentioned the video that just surfaced made by Amedy Coulibaly hes the man who took the hostages friday in the kosher supermarket. He pledges allegiance to isis although new evidence that he never wanted to go and fight with them. However his girlfriend, Hayat Boumeddiene who French Police say is suspect also in the attack doesnt does appear to have slipped away. Turk irk authority say she crossed the border in to syria on the 2nd of january. Another thing that Amedy Coulibaly underlines in the video is that he coordinated his attacks with the attacks of the brothers, Cherif Kouachi and said kouachi of the people at the satirical magazine charlie hebdo. French politicians are calling for unity universally france has largest Muslim Population in europe and very ethnically diverse society. They are
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. After further review there is a scientific explanation for those underinflated footballs the new England Patriots used in last weeks playoff victory over indianapolis. Coach Bill Belichick who after claiming to know nothing about the controversy during a thursday News Conference unexpectedly went before the cameras again this afternoon, this time with a lot to say about what the team discovered in its own tests and how those footballs likely ended up the way they did. Nbcs Kristen Welker is following todays Surprising New developments in the saga. Reporter a defiant patriots coach Bill Belichick known for his distaste for facing the press said he had to speak out today to set the record straight. I believe now 100 that i have personally and we have as an organization have absolutely followed every rule to the letter. Reporter the team has under fire for the controversy known as deflate
Regain the trust of the American People. Rose we conclude this evening with markus roberts, the great pianist. The biggest difficulty in jazz is while you are playing, you need to be able to have a mind that can still comprehend what other folks are trying to do. And even though you might not like what somebody is playing, you have to make it sound good and not get in the way with your individual agenda. Thats what makes jazz more democratic in terms of relating to the principles of our country because we ultimately have an individual agenda and perspective and approach but we have to try to put it inside of a shared common purpose. Reportsrose marco rubio and marcus roberts. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Markco rubio is here with a new agenda for re