and, the race to save the giant sequoias in yosemite national park as a wildfire threatens trees that have stood for thousands of years. but we start with the january 6 house select committee final push with two more public hearings set to take place this week. this is going to be a really big week for the investigation. committee members are looking to build on the momentum. from the previous six hearings. the next one is set for tomorrow afternoon and will focus on what some panel members call the martialing of the upon. it will include evidence of coordination between former president trump, his top aides and associates, and white nationalists or militia groups such as the proud boys and the oath keepers who, members say, led the assault on the capitol. the thursday hearing will zero in on trump s actions. or inactions as vice president mike pence and house and senate lawmakers and hundreds of police officers came under attack. thursday s hearing is expected to be held in
Ally. Rival militias are battling for towns and countries across the country. We report from the libyan capitol, tripoli. This is what it often sounds like in libya these days. The fightings being done by the dawn of libya and brigades that cause the gaddafi regime. The groups have made. The fighting has caused suffering among civilians and supplies are running out. So far, hospitals in the city of kikla report over 100 fatalities and in benghazi are reports are dozens of injured and dead. The u. N. Is calling for calm. For months, the efforts to bring the two sides together dont seem to be working. It seems clear that the community for egypt and other countries involved themselves in the conflict dont support a negotiated settlement at this time. We do realize there is a lot more mileage in violence still to come. This conflict cant end in a negotiated settlement. Providing support to the elected politicians in the city, they also of international support, but no control on the ground
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Early as today. Second to none, Peyton Manning sets the nfl record for the career touchdown passes, but its what his teammates did with that historic ball that has people auctioning today on monday, october 20, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Well which to today on a monday morning along with hoda kotb in for Savannah Guthrie and natalie morales. A wellorchestrated game of people. Im not sure if he was in on it it. I guess he said he wasnt, but that was very funny. 510 passes. Wowza you know who we have on the plaza today . Neil diamond. Yes here today making some peo e people he looks like saul. With the beard. If you know no word, at least you know those, bam, bam, bam. Lets satart on a monday morning. This is a critical effort to control ebola in the u. S. Dozens of peopleec posed to victim Thomas Eric Duncan are escorted off the cruise ship. She voluntarily isolated herself while a blood
Conducted an air drop of weapons and munitions and medical supplies for kurdish fighters in syria saturday night. The materials were provided by kurdish authorities in iraq. The air drop is the first of its kind and comes after weeks of u. S. Led air strikes in kobani. Whether the air drop helped or not, it could jeopardize u. S. Turkish diplomatic relations. The turkish president said as recently as yesterday he would oppose any arms transfers to fighters. The quarantine is over. Thomas eric duncans fiancee and family are all cleared. At the pentagon training for an ebola strike team is just days away. The team will be able to jump into action on 72 hours notice. Nbcs tracie potts is live in washington. Good morning, tracie. Any specifics on that teams training . Reporter we know theyre going to be training in texas, ft. Sam houston outside san antonio. This is, as you said, a team that would be able to get on the ground quickly anymore there is a diagnosis of ebola in this country. 2