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
Mike huckabee joins us. And the national obsession. This isnt isis. No one is dying. Tom brady is right about that but not many are buying patriots explanation of deflategate. Tom brokaw stephanie rawlingsblake Helene Cooper and hugh hewitt. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good morning. The president arrived in india overnight and has already had a press conference where he vowed to continue americas counterterror strategy as the middle east continues to descend into chaos. The apparent murder of a apparent hostage by isis shown here on the left, a second hostage is still being held. And then theres yemen a country key to the u. S. s antiterror strategy, also in crisis with thousands taking to the streets protesting shia rebels who have seized the capital sanaa. Were hearing the resignation of president and cabinet. Meanwhile president obama will cut his india trip short to visit the saudi arabia capi
The scandal of Prince Andrew describes her Court Documents in explicit details. Despite his emphatic denials, she claims six encounters with famed Alan Dershowitz. He responds today in an exclusive interview, today, thursday january 22nd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza leadership good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. What a story unfolding across the water not too far fromnous new jersey. Its not too much you can wake up and smell your lead story. That is the case an apartment complex devastated. Those are the images this morning. We want to go to our pilot who is providing us that shot. How is it going . What are you seeing . What are the remains you are seeing of this debris . Reporter well Savannah Matt a tremendous amount of fire out here, a tremendous amount of smoke from these pictures in chopper 4. Still pockets of small flames popping up once in a while. The fire
Im chuck todd and joining me are president obamas former White House Press secretary. Kelly odonnell. Carol lee of the wall street journal and michael steel, former chairman of the Republican National committee. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good morning. The shock waves of the paris terror attacks continue to be felt particularly in europe. Muslims angry at Charlie Hebdo have taken to the streets across the world, churches torched and three People Killed in the former french colony. There have also been antiterror raids across europe and a number of countries including belgium. And my exclusive interview with the new editor of Charlie Hebdo. Reporter all over Europe Police and Counter Terrorism officers have been raiding homes, making arrests and in one address in belgium exchanging heavy fire with suspected trysts who terrorists who were just about ready to launch an attack. They are being pulled in all at once in the wake of the terror attacks in paris. Europe is stepping u
Targets. Charlie hebdo and the immense popularity of its most recent issue have enraged muslims around the world. At least three demonstrators were kill bided by police in niger. The slogan i am charlie meant to express solidarity and the french expression of speech is being understood in the muslim world as being against profit. That helps isis and other terrorist groups with a weapon that no jet can destroy, the weapon of propaganda. And this brings up a phrase that was very familiar during vietnam, hearts and minds. The fact of the matter is we kill a lot of leaders of this radicalist istist movement but we dont defeat the enemy. What is the next strategy and what should it be . I think theres a hearts and Minds Campaign internationally to try to convince the world yet again that by fighting isis the United States and other nations are not engaged in a wider war against islam supporting Charlie Hebdo worked what against that message. And then there is the very tactical message of de