Now today at this press Conference Held in portuguese, the police chief discussed the possibility of charges being filed those could include giving false information to police stressing that the accounts given by all four swimmers never matched up. And that the swimmers did give about 50 to the gas station owners to compensation for the damage to that bathroom door, today we heard that the fbi has joined this investigation and at at same time the officials for the rio olympics, saying lets give these kids a break. Sometimes you take actions you later regret. Ryan lochte is back in the United States and the other three swimmers are still in rio and some still talking to police today. This story continues to unfold. And continues to captivate the world no doubt. An absolute mess alicia. Thank you. We are following a massive child porn bust in new jersey. 40 people are under arrest and one from every county in the state. And one from our area, one that had 76,000 files of child porn on hi
Good morning. Im michelle franzen. And im devin dwyer. Great to have you with us. We begin this morning with a horrific video posted online by an Islamic Militant group purported to show the gruesome execution of an american journalist. His name, james foley. Hes been held captive since disappearing in syria in 2012. Abcs susan saulny has been following the story and has the details. Reporter the video is brutal with details of an execution too graphic to show. 40yearold american journalist james foley kidnapped in syria two years ago now in the hands of isis. The images show the captive on his knees in an orange prison suit, a black clad executioner next to him, a knife in hand. The apparent execution is said to be in retaliation for u. S. Air strikes on 90 isis targets. The video surfaced late tuesday appearing to show members of the militant Islamic Group beheading a young man believed to be james foley. His familys pastor talked to abc station wcvv. This is a tragedy which is beyon
Ive got the eye of the tiger thats right, mone davis is ready to roar again. The 13yearold baseball sensation has the whole country cheering her on. Shes a cover girl this morning. Her teams jersey totally sold out. Get ready for monementum. And good morning, america. How about that mone davis . Loving that on the cover of Sports Illustrated this morning. She is the star of the summer. Were going to get to her in just a moment. But we do have a lot of news ahead, starting with that chilling story from iraq. We expect to hear from president obama about this some time today. The video is so graphic. Of course, were not going to show it but it does appear to be the execution of american journalist james foley by isis. Abc news chief investigative correspondent brian ross has been tracking this all night and joins us this morning. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, robin. The u. S. Government has not confirmed the authenticity of have video but the barbaric scenes leave little dou
They. Jenna bush hager took the challenge. We have that today, august 20th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on wednesday morning. Im matt lauer alongside tamron hall and Natalie Morales alongside al roker. We have to start with an horrific story this morning. These images we are seeing we are not going to be showing of the execution of an american journalist. This is an extremely disturbing story. Journalist james foley was held for nearly two years after he was kidnapped in syria. His family saying that foley gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering there. Andrea mitchell is nbcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent. Andrea, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Isis terrorists say they killed american journalist james foley in retribution for americas recent air strikes against isis in iraq. And they are now threatening another slaying unless president obam
And we have the response you wont want to miss today. Wednesday, august 20th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer alongside tamron hall while savannah continues maternity leave. We have to start with a horrific story this morning. These images were seeing that were not going to show, the execution of an american journalist. This is an extremely disturbing story. James foley was held for nearly two years after he was captured in syria. He gave his life trying to expose the world to his suffering there. Andrea mitchell, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Isis terrorists say they killed james foley in retribution for americas recent air strikes in iraq. And theyre now threatening another slaying unless president obama backs down. James foley seen here just prior to his gruesome execution by isis. Foley has been missing for