The world, but now police are investigating the theft of a precious piece by picasso, today, september, december 6th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this busy saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. We start with the breaking news. Devastating news from overnight, that american hostage luke somers has been killed in yemen. His death coming as u. S. Forces tried to rescue him from the clutches of al qaeda. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is here with more. Richard, good morning. Good morning. There is always a terrible that the president faces that the u. S. Military faces in a hostage situation, do you attempt to rescue the hostage, knowing the risks. In this case, the president , the military decided to make the risky operation, to make an attempt, but it didnt work out. A desperate attempt to save an american
Investigating the theft of a precious piece by picasso, today, september, december 6th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this busy saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. We start with the breaking news. Devastating news from overnight, that american hostage luke somers has been killed in yemen. His death coming as u. S. Forces tried to rescue him from the clutches of al qaeda. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is here with more. Richard, good morning. Good morning. There is always a terrible that the president faces that the u. S. Military faces in a hostage situation, do you attempt to rescue the hostage, knowing the risks. In this case, the president , the military decided to make the risky operation, to make an attempt, but it didnt work out. A desperate attempt to save an american hostage in yemen that ended in
Possibility of a president ial visit to ferguson. So far the administration is not saying whether that will actually happen. Brit hume joins me now. Good to see you. The numbers are not good for the president on his handling of ferguson. He seems to have found a way to displease both sides. Yes, he has, megyn, and i think part of the problem is, you know, the president convenes, for example, this big gathering a tt white hou ining today to discuss this issue but hes really talking about one side of this issue, which he clearly believes the failures of Police Departments like ferguson across the country to deal with africanamericans who they must confront in their police work. And you dont hear theres nothing that this president has said since this happened, this terrible thing happened back in august and this young man was killed by a Police Officer that suggested that young man was in any way responsible for what happened to him. The emphasis between the president and especially his a
Also, a north Korean Defector reveals the secrets of pyongyangs cyber war yors. We speak to man who served as one of the top cyber defenders. We begin with the breaking news on how these infill traitors, whoever they were, actually did it. Our justice correspondent evan perez joins us now. Whats is it word . Reporter john, they made it look like an inside job. They stole, the hackers stole the credentials, the passwords of a system administrator, so that they could get access to the entire system, the entire Computer System at sony and in this way, one person i talked to today said they had the keys to the entire building. They were able to roam around. This is what they did. For some time, they roamed around to get a lay of the land, figure out what they wanted before they did anything and before anyone noticed they were there. Stole the credentials to look like an inside job but was not an inside job. Does the trail still lead to north korea . Yes, the investigators who have been wor
Question of what to do is front and center. There are late developments on that as well. Also, a north Korean Defector reveals secrets of pyongyangs shadowy team of cyberwarriors. Speak to a man who served as one of the top cyberdefenders. We begin with the breaking news on how the infiltrators who ever they were actually did it. Our justice correspondent, evan perez broke this story. He joins us now. Stole the pass words of a System Administrator so they could get access to the entire Computer System at sony. In this way, one, one person i talked to today said they had the keys to the entire building. They roamed around to get lay of the land. Before any one notice theyd were there. Stole the credentials. Make it look like an inside job. Witz n it was not an inside job. Does the trail still lead to north korea . Yes, investigators working on this from the, from the fbi, from nsa, from the Justice Department National Security division, all have been pouring over the evidence that they