Coming up. Government with a referendum vote on sunday. President trump plans to cut the number of refugees entering the u. S. To the lowest level for decades plus south korea. Celebrates another four. Hours after winning a landslide in the secession referendum the government of the rocks kurdish region has rejected baghdads demand to hand over control of the results been announced despite a last minute appeal to cancel it by the iraqi Prime Minister reports and to build. Up the percent of voters city. Yes to secession to the kurdish region of northern iraq. The referendum is very important it will for my future and i hope at least that baghdad will eventually to be independent. With the federal government in baghdad has called the referendum on constitutional and hes refusing to even recognize the result let alone start negotiations with the Kurdish Regional government ok allergy over future independence for iraq. Events of the last few days here can only be described as some of the m
Relief is still theyre getting to the supply areas and been told call a few days later. People have been told to register via internet for fema relief when we dont have any internet h the mayor says her war of words with President Trump will have been worth it if it helps the people of puerto rico. The president defended the governments efforts and said hell go despite criticism from what he called politically mote elevatored ingreats. People continue gathering supplies for puerto rico. Bob brooks takes to his newark where theres several big donation drives. Theyre not being paid or part of a specific organization but through the goodness of their hearts. They organized whats turned into a massive effort to get supplies to puerto rico in mexico. Started with this video. After the natural disaster, he posted it. Asking people to bring niece his barbershop new creation, showed us pictures from his hometown in puerto rico, so much help has come they moved the efforts into this warehouse o
Its tuesday october the 17th im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Inflation has risen to its highest level in more than five years. The rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices index, increased to 3 last month, up from 2. 9 in august. The figure is significant because the government uses data from september to set pension and benefit increases. Our Business Correspondent ben bland is here. You are here to chew over these latest figures. What is behind this rise . When we talk about inflation, cpi, typically the things we spend oui cpi, typically the things we spend our money on like food, this figure relates to an average how those prices have gone up this september with a year before, and as we were talking about that figure was 3 , in pa rt talking about that figure was 3 , in part driven by food prices going up, transport cost going, but also as you mentioned the weak pound, after brexit, which affects Raw Materials and foods, imported, the prices you and foods,
Answer to the question so many are asking. Tackling the issue. Nfl players and owners set to meet today to discuss those Controversial National anthem protests. Will the league try to force players to stand, or can a compromise be reached . All that, plus florida declares an unusual state of emergency over a planned speech. An intentional crash on a racetrack . Leads to a dangerous brawl. A tasing and arrests. And morning exclusive. Chip and joanna gains will be here, live, to explain why theyre leaving their hit show, fixer upper, today, tuesday, october 17th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its tuesday morning, and were glad to have you with us this morning. Its a busy tuesday morning. We have a lot to get to, starting with President Trump sounding off on a number of issues that are facing his administration. Hes also igniting a new controversy with former president s
But the damage will be felt for months as cholera fears grow. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. In a rowdy late night rally, donald Trump Supporters witness withed firsthand what a freer version of trump looks like, after tweeting earlier in the day that he was free of the shackles, presumably, the republicans who have withdrawn unfiltered attack mode. He called Hillary Clinton corrupt and with a new wave of wikileaks emails, he was working with fresh material. Brian webb is here in new york with more. Reporter the latest reuters ipso tracking poll shows clinton leading eight points nationally and too soon to tell if that will impact her polling but it is trumps hot mike video and sundays debate performance is hard. Make sure you fget out and vote november 28th. Reporter moments after mistakenly urging voters to vote on the wrong date, he went on an Hillary Clinton attack. Hillary clinton is a ve