Welcome to today on a friday morning. Its a busy one. Matt has the day off. Carson daly is here. 48 hours after that terror attack in paris, there is a massive operation under way to capture the brothers involved in that massacre. In a small town northeast of paris, very near charles de gualle airport as well. We have two reports to get to Nbcs Lester Holt in paris. We want to start with nbcs bill neely at the scene. Bill what can you tell us . Reporter good morning, savannah. After the massacre and the manhunt now, the siege about five hours ago, the two suspects in that massacre the kouachi brothers were chased to an Industrial Area a few hundred yards from here. They are holding one hostage and totally surrounded by literally hundreds of french antiterrorist police and s. W. A. T. Teams who are moving closer and closer to that building. There is a Hostage Negotiator who has made contact with the two brothers and a french lawmaker says they told police we want to Police Moving around
Im richard lui. A brutal weather system is bearing down across the United States. More than 30 Million People are in the path of this arctic invasion. We have snow, ice, and extraordinary drops in temperature also expected and its not over yet. Lets start with nbcs Miguel Almaguer who has the story. Reporter the big chill impacting 33 million americans is bringing a brutal mix of ice, snow, and substore row temperatures to 27 states. In minnesota nearly three feet of snow in two days. It is going to be a white christmas. Reporter the arctic blast burying cars. Conditions like these on the roads claiming at least six lives. By friday it could be 20 degrees below zero. States from california to mississippi to kentucky are bracing for pockets of record cold. We havent seen anything like this for a while this early in the season. Reporter across much of the west, temperatures could plummet 40 degrees below normal. In denver it went from nearly 60 degrees to 6 in one day. Perfect for the po
Tonight on nightline, angry in america. A viral rant against gun control thrust him into the national spotlight, and thats just the beginning. Barack obama is definitely an unconstitutional criminal. Tonight, a day in the life of shock jock alex jones. The new facebook. An exclusive look behind the scenes as facebook launches a brandnew feature that might transform the worlds biggest social network. Knitting behind bars. We show you what happens when two retirees head to prison to teach the virtues of needles and yarn. kxan;n;x;x;x x from new york city, this is nightline with cynthia mcfadden. Good evening, im cynthia mcfadden. Tonight we begin with america and its guns, as president obama prepares to announce his sweeping plan to curb gun violence tomorrow, across the country millions have already rushed out to buy a Record Number of new guns. And one man who thinks thats a very good thing, radio shock jock alex jones. He made National Headlines last week with a fiery progun tirade
Meanwhile, president obama will deliver a prime time speech from the oval office next tuesday to mark the official end of u. S. Combat operations in iraq. The address will take place after the president visits with troops in ft. Bliss, texas. Well, alaska senator Lisa Murkowski is struggling to avoid becoming the seventh congressional incumbent to be pushed out of office this year. With all precincts reporting, murkowski is trailing challenger joe miller by nearly 1,700 votes, although some 7,600 absentee ballots have yet to be counted. The relatively unknown miller, whos on the verge of pulling off a stunning upset, has been fueled by the highpowered endorsement of former governor sarah palin and the tea party. Still, murkowski is hoping shell still eke out a victory. Counting of those absentee ballots could take ad least another week. More fuel for an already tense Muslim Community in new york city after a College Student was taken into custody for allegedly attacking a muslim taxica
Mother of all president s. Thats right. President trump did it again by firing james comey, causing the media to dissolve in rapid clouds of hot steam. This was an extraordinary moment in american history. Gregg you bet it is. Its a grotesque abuse of power by the president of the united states. The timing now looks like its connected to russia no matter what the president says. This is where will become a political hot potato. A little with a fascism. A little with of, i dont care about the law. With a fascism. I believe that is my new cologne. A whiff of fascism. I wear to the clubs. You had birds freaking out over a sudden noise, was that, against shot, a car home, squirrel. Panic is so exhausting but its great for ratings. For now, its about one thing. The whole idea and in your network you want to talk about russia, russia, russia, Marsha Marsha marsha, russia, russia, russia. How you guys. Gregg thats how i feel, every time. Thats true. Look at rachel maddow, its all russia, russ