Good morning and welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. I am the president of the National Press club and the managing editor. This morning, we have a special headline event featuring diane foley, the minor a mother of journalist james foley was murdered by isis and 2013. We will have a panel of experts discussing how to address important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is in dire need now as journalists remain in harms way around the world. The National Press club is actively working with the wall street journal release the reporter who is being unjustly detained in a russian prison. They continue to advocate for the release of the captive there for more than 11 years. We have a usually active press team here works tirelessly to promote the freedom of the press here and abroad. Today, we are also aware that over 11 journalists and counting have already been killed or lost as casualties and the israelhamas war over the past nine days. We are mourn
Good morning and welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. I am the president of the National Press club and the managing editor. This morning, we have a special headline event featuring diane foley, the minor a mother of journalist james foley was murdered by isis and 2013. We will have a panel of experts discussing how to address important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is in dire need now as journalists remain in harms way around the world. The National Press club is actively working with the wall street journal release the reporter who is being unjustly detained in a russian prison. They continue to advocate for the release of the captive there for more than 11 years. We have a usually active press team here works tirelessly to promote the freedom of the press here and abroad. Today, we are also aware that over 11 journalists and counting have already been killed or lost as casualties and the israelhamas war over the past nine days. We are mourn
Test test test captioning performed by vitac the lesson we learn is when there is space, when there is space and even a relatively low level Industrial Base available to terrorists theyll continue with their persistent pursuit of weapons that cause great fear and mass casualty. I think biotech is one which we have up there and there is a risk, i suppose, that a terrorist group will get a volunteer who is a genuine bio technologist and that will take them some where. One of my thing is National Resilience in the round and i worry about things in pandemics. I actually have to do work on it too. When we begin to look at the issues one has around medical and biological threat. I think that gives us a will the of the answers in that area and the way in which to address it. That would be my summary. Nick, would you like to comment, please . Sure. I guess i would come at it simplistical simplistically, maybe overly sim plisisticly. We have a technological edge over our counterterrorism. That
Center. This morning there are signs of progress. Plus just one week after finishing his final big tour, rocker tom petty has died. Well look back at the life of the singer and songwriter who said music was the only thing he was good at. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Humanity revealed itself last night. Everyone who was there, everybody who is watching the coverage of this, i think all our lives have changed. The search for answers, after the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History. Were hunting down and tracing down every single clue that we can get. Investigators have a big job ahead of them. The motive for the attack remains unknown. The insanity of a scum bag mad man. How dare any human being do that . The responsibility for this epidemic of mass execution lies with policymakers. Emotional calls for new gun laws from senate democrats. Theres a time and place for political debate. Now is the time to unite as a country.
Morning. More violent storms on the way. Stupid human tricks. Guys, weve just made it to the top. This sin credible, to be honest. To teens climb to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge and dangle off it by their fingertips. The shocking video part of a dangerous trend that could land two would be and foolish daredevils behind bars. And extra credit. High School Students in the criminal Technology Class agree to be pepper sprayed by their teacher, quickly regretting it. Oh, my god the real life lessons that may have gotten a little too real. Today, wednesday, may 17th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. I would have to have done pretty poolly on my last test to want that kind of extra credit. We all want an a, but i think thats pushing illustrate a little bit far. Were going to have more on that story coming up a little later, but were going to go to washington for our top story. That bo