S to life in a coma after being found unconscious at a nevada brothel. Hes not breathing. We will have the latest on his condition. More to the story . She was vilified as the worst aunt ever after suing her nephew for breaking her wrist in a hug. Its an outrage. Its a shame. Its a disgrace. Did we all jump to conclusions too quickly . She tells her side of the story right here in an exclusive live interview today, thursday, october 15th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everyone. Welcome to today. Well be the first to admit we story about the aunt who sued her own nephew. The tabloid headlines were not kind to jennifer connell. We weighed in on trending facts we knew at the time. Jennifer connell is here this morning and says there is a different side to the story. Look who is with her, her nephew sean, who adores her. Interesting to hear what they have to say. Story. President obama
News 4 midday starts right now. A handful of activists gathering at Baltimore City hall with new demands. They want police to release 16 fellow protesters arrested for protesting this morning taken out of the building in plastic handcuffs hours ago. Police broke up an allnight sitin and charged the folks with trespassing as we said. They were part of a large group that disrupted a hearing about hiring a Permanent Police commissioner. Those protesters opposed a preliminary vote to keep kevin davis on the job and they want a say in the selection process. Thanks, molette. Developing right now, an announcement any moment about u. S. Troops in afghanistan. President obama is expected to say he plans to keep troops at current levels next year and 5,500 troops in 2017. Thats much higher than the 1,000 needed to protect embassies that many expected he would use. We are watching the white house where that announcement could happen any minute now. We will bring it to you live when it happens. To
For breaking her wrist in a hug. Its an outrage. Its a shame. Its a disgrace. Did we all jump to conclusions too quickly . She tells her side of the story right here in an exclusive live interview today, thursday, october 15th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everyone. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Well be the first to admit we were critical when we heard this story about the aunt who sued her own nephew. The tabloid headlines were not kind to jennifer connell. We weighed in on trending yesterday with the tornadicfacts we knew at the time. Jennifer connell is here this morning and says there is a different side to the story. Look who is with her, her interesting to hear what they have to say. Lets start with our top story. President obama set to announce this morning hes going to keep a larger than expected force in afghanistan by the end of next year. Nbcs pentagon corres
Now. The long awaited announcement from joe biden could come thkt. This weekend. The u. S. Vice president is expected to make a decision within three days. There is still no word on that what decision will be but joe biden has made it clear his family is on board for a third run for the white house. Jim acosta from washington. Reporter Hillary Clinton looked like she was test driving running mates. I love being la hillary. Reporter earlier in the day at the Hispanic Chamber of commerce, clinton accused republicans of parroting donald trump. They all to a degree or so sound like him. They just dont have the pizzazz and the hair. Reporter her campaign is hammering comments on republican congressman richard hanna, two weeks after Kevin Mccarthy seemed to suggest that the Committee Investigating benghazi was designed to hurt clinton. I think it was designed to go after an individual, Hillary Clinton. The Clinton Campaign fired back saying the Benghazi Committee has zero credibility left. B
Country. The president changing his mind, because he says those troops are needed to prevent terror attacks on america. But as your commander in chief, i believe this mission is vital to our National Security interests in preventing terrorist attacks against our citizens and our nation. The president saying this is, quote, the right thing to do. Some of the 2016 republican president ial candidates obviously agree. We were all still all, though, were still quick to slam the president s leadership, including the candidate rising fastest in the polls, carly fiorina. Well, i certainly support his recognition of reality. I mean, the reality is that the complete withdrawal of our troops from iraq destabilize that country and he now is recognizing that afghanistan is becoming potentially a haven for isis and that the taliban is not on the wane, as he tried to convince the American People for years. Barbara starr is at the pentagon, beginning our coverage tonight. Barbara, the president who vo