Gulf more generally and of course, those issues are linked to a whole range of other regional issues relevant to u. S. Foreign policy in the middle east from israel and the palestinian territories to the conflicts in siria, yemen and afghanistan and beyond, and to have a discussion on such an important and wideranging array of issues we have assembled a Real Dream Team of diplomats with experience in the region and im going introduce them briefly and trust me, introducing them in a timeefficient manner requires distillation of their incredible accomplishments across decades of u. S. Foreign service. Im going to start on my left, your right with ambassador Gerald Feierstein who say 41year career veteran in the u. S. Foreign service and now retired and he was ambassador to yemen during the Obama Administration from 2010 to 13. The Principal Assistant deputy the state for Near Eastern Affairs from 2013 to 16 and has had many other crucial posts of mission in pakistan as well as senior pos
This morning what the president had to say. Our racism must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. The question, will words be followed by action free fall, wall street plummets, its worst day of the year as china plays hardball, the aggressive move it just made escalating the trade war when it will hit your wallet. All that, plus saying goodbye, the heartfelt goodbye. The terrifying moments caught on camera, smoke filling the cabin of a packed plane forcing an emergency landing. And judge jay, late night legend jay leno is on a mission to find hidden talent on our plaza, today tuesday, august 6th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning, and nice to have you become. I know its a hard duty to be there in dayton with the community thats just really, really hurting right now. Yeah, its good to be back, and youre right, they ar
Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In keeping in the great way senator lindsey runs his meeting, we start here on time too. And well defer our opening comments out of respect to you so you can make your introduction and go on about your business. But you honor us by being here. We thank you for that. And the floor is yours to introduce one of our nominees. Thank you, chairman corker and Ranking Member. Thank you for the opportunity tew peer before the committee on behalf of the president s nominee to serve as the undersecretary of state for management. Hes been my budget director, hes an excellent manager. He has tremendous historical knowledge and coordinate many efficiently. He was born and raised portland, oregon and attended college in san francisco. He remains loyal to his west coast roots. After graduating college, he considered teaching diplomatic history. While he never had a chance to pursue that interest, the opportunity to pursue the role in Foreign Policy will
Senator lindsey runs his meeting, we start here on time too. And well defer our opening comments out of respect to you so you can make your introduction and go on about your business. But you honor us by being here. We thank you for that. And the floor is yours to introduce one of our nominees. Thank you, chairman corker and Ranking Member. Thank you for the opportunity tew peer before the committee on behalf of the president s nominee to serve as the undersecretary of state for management. Hes been my budget director, hes an excellent manager. He has tremendous historical knowledge and coordinate many efficiently. He was born and raised portland, oregon and attended college in san francisco. He remains loyal to his west coast roots. After graduating college, he considered teaching diplomatic history. While he never had a chance to pursue that interest, the opportunity to pursue the role in Foreign Policy will be a great privilege. He began work in the legislative branch in 1989 and se
From nbc news, this is a special split edition of today terror in new york with matt lauer in studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza and Savannah Guthrie live in tribeca. And good morning, everyone, it is 7 00 out on the west coast on a wednesday morning, im matt lawner studio 1a, savannah is down in Lower Manhattan at the scene of that event, halloween evening was unfolding casually, it turned into an afternoon and evening of chaos and carn annual. Its a terrible scene down there, good morning. Reporter it is, it all ended about a block from where im standing. This is a neighborhood you mentioned would have been filled with trick or treaters, kids getting out of school in that moment the unthinkable happened. We want to get right to the latest in this investigation. As you know, eight people were killed, 11 seriously injured, making it the first degree deadly terrorist attack on new york city since 9 11, 2001. Heres what we know, the suspect has been identified as Sayfullo Saipov, a 29yearold