Youre watching the news hour live from headquarters. Coming up in the next sixty minutes a dramatic turn in the gulf crisis as a member of the cats a reward family accuses the u. A. E. And saudi arabia of orchestrating the dispute to seize qatar as well. After days of threats kurdish fighters say turkey has started shelling its positions in syria as northwest. Begins the final leg off a politically sensitive visit to south america. And far its all sport news including top seed rafa nadal storms into the fourth round of the off screen you know. Hello the gulf crisis has taken a dramatic turn aljazeera has obtained an audio recording of a qatari royal Family Member. If any in it he threatens to take his own life as a result of the pressure he said he was put under by saudi arabia and the u. A. E. He was portrayed by saudi arabia and the u. A. E. As the main opposition figure to the cats are a government. Is now accusing both countries of fabricating the g. C. C. Crisis in order to seize
Of fabricating the crisis to seize his wealth. Threatens to kill themselves because of the pressure from. These ones portrayed by saudi arabia allies as an opposition figure to the contrary latest. On the grid no turning back turkey says it has started shelling positions in turkish areas in northwestern syria areas it says the held by terrorists despite the pleas from washington to hold back turkey is vowing to carry on and the u. S. Decides to cut more aid to the uns relief agencies the Palestinian Refugees this time it is a forty five Million Dollars payment to the food i ate on top of the sixty five dollars in the week. Im leah harding new zealand Prime Minister is pregnant shes also unmarried and said her partner will be a stay at home dad three actions some simply said welcome to twenty eight we have the full conversation including people still so. About a pregnant head of state share your views with us and candidates with ash. You know what the news great to live on air and strea
Components, which will drop the dow 53 points. The market opens well, im not going to say strong but flat to higher, despite all the talk of a government shut down. They will be playing the blame game today all day long. The shutdown deadline is midnight tonight. Investors dont appear to care. Dont forget this and dont ignore it. America is now the dominant energy power. We call the shots. Boston, three to one favorite to get amazon headquarters. We had to get the bookies somewhere, we did your . Varney company is about to begin. This is like getting doggy doodoo and putting a cherry on top and calling it a chocolate sundae. Stuart thats a revolting image, in my opinion. Nancy pelosi sounding off about the tax bill. The president just tweeted this. Here we go. Government funding bill passed last night in the house of representatives. Now democrats are needed if its just a pass in the senate. But they want illegal immigration and weak borders. Shut down coming, question mark . We need m
We made it clear. It was. Pope francis begins the final leg of his politically delicate visit to south america. A key piece of bricks that legislation passes the house of commons but huge questions still remain about how britains divorce from the e. U. Will work. And im far as well have all the days sport news including it was a tricky task and fierce heat but third seed Grigor Dimitrov books is placed in the fourth round of the Australian Open. Hello the us says it will withhold another payment to the u. N. Relief agency for Palestinian Refugees the forty five Million Dollars payment which was earmarked for food aid was promised last month at the time we provided that note that information to under we made it clear that it was a pledge it was not a guarantee and that it would need to be confirmed later at this time we will not be providing that but that it does not mean i want to make it clear that does not mean that it will not be provided in the future well this follows washingtons
Plus, the race to land amazons headquarters heating up. Which cities made the cut . The woman accusing Michael Douglas of Sexual Harassment breaks her silence. I was very scared. And in the zone. The olympic flame arrived overnight at the heavilyguarded dmz, with the Opening Ceremony just three short weeks away. Today, january 19th, 2018. From nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Gurthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for being with us on a friday morning. I hope the control room is taking song requests. The olympic music. Three weeks away. Thats amazing. And seeing the flame by the dmz is an incredible sight. Its amazing. The olympics and the world comes together. We got business to take care of. Its washington that leads the newscast this morning. Is the government just hours away from shutting down . Lawmakers on capitol hill, racing against a midnight deadline. And the senate is bracing for a bitt