This place is increasing by the hour as pakistan struggles to cope with devastating monsoon floods. The government is calling it a climate catastrophe and appealing to the International Community for health. And counting down to left off, nasa hopes its powerful new rocket will mark the start of a new era of space, exploration and return human kind to the moon for the 1st time in 50 years, plus a back and forth in the bonus. Niga with frankfort eventually coming out on top in brain goals galore and much more coming up in sports later. Ah, im pablo foley, as welcome to the Program Experts from the International Atomic enter. The agency are under way to ukraines upper region Nuclear Power plants, which was being captured by russian forces. I a, a head fell. Grosse says the team will visit the plant later this week. As concern grows over security at the site, russia and ukraine accuse each other of artillery strikes in the vicinity. The attacks are fueling fears of a catastrophic radiatio
Slide john just mentioned from two years ago. It was april 13th, 2012. Just two months ago, the city of piedmont wound up settling the Property Owners to recover some of the cost of the clean up. It was a close call for some customers at a candy shop. Investigators say two cars were involved in an accident right in front of the store. After the collision, Police Say One of the drivers tried to move her car, but ended up driving right into the store. The woman hiker found dead last night was a 4th grade teacher at an Oakland School for disadvantaged children. She was the 2nd woman to die on mount tam in the past week, both found in popular areas and police do not suspect foul play. But hikers are worried. Reporter some hikers we spoke to here wondered whether it was coincidence or maybe something more sinister that led to two women going off the trails here to their deaths. Marin countys mount pious very popular today. This is the area where two women died hiking. Theyre saying its unre
Williams. Good evening. Brian has the night off. Im lester holt. If theres anything weve learned as a nation at war for the past 13 years, it is that events on the ground can change rapidly and so can the mission. Today, the United Nations declared a refugee crisis in iraq. A level 3 emergency, its highest level. Late this afternoon we learned u. S. Special forces landed on an iraqi mountain top to assess the feasibility of a military rescue mission. Thousands of yazidi civilians are stranded there under threat by islamic fighters. It was less than a week ago the u. S. Began humanitarian air drops and limited air strikes against isis targets inside Northern Iraq. And now tonight a possible large scale refugee evacuation is on the table. We get to keir simmons with the latest on iraq in a moment, but first to the pentagon and nbcs jim miklaszewski. Reporter good evening. Theres late word that those u. S. Forces have flown off the mountain and safely back at their base. But for the First
Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Brian has the night off. Im lester holt. If theres anything weve learned as a nation at war for the past 13 years, it is that events on the ground can change rapidly and so can the mission. Today, the United Nations declared a refugee crisis in iraq. A level 3 emergency, its highest level. Late this afternoon we learned u. S. Special forces landed on an iraqi mountain top to assess the feasibility of a military rescue mission. Thousands of yazidi civilians are stranded there under threat by islamic fighters. It was less than a week ago the u. S. Began humanitarian air drops and limited air strikes against isis targets inside Northern Iraq. And now tonight a possible large scale refugee evacuation is on the table. We get to keir simmons with the latest on iraq in a moment, but first to the pentagon and nbcs jim miklaszewski. Jim, good evening. Reporter good evening. Theres late word that those u. S. Fo
Concrete solutions. And. This is deja vu news live from berlin a surprise announcement from qatar the gulf state is withdrawing from the Opec Oil Cartel Effective January first of next year has been a member of the organization for nearly six decades so whats behind the move also coming up. At a crucial conference in poland the u. N. Secretary general says the world is not moving fast enough to prevent catastrophic
Climate Change he says the efforts so far are quote way off course. And two months after a failed launch another russian made soyuz rocket is preparing to blast off shortly for the International Space station. They ass and also will be aboard say they are confident despite the risks. Im brian thomas a very warm Welcome To The Show Qatar is leaving opec the organization of Petroleum Exporting countries this move comes ahead of opecs annual meeting in vienna on thursday where its certain to be the focus of discussions. Energy minister says the country will exit the Cartel Effe