Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the flood tide along the Mississippi River and major tributaries has finally begun to crest in places today, but for many people, relief arrives too late. Towns in whole sections of missouri and illinois are under water, with at least 20 dead and untold millions of dollars in damage, and its not over yet. The scenes of soaking wet destruction are everywhere across southern missouri homes flooded, roads washed out. This is devastating here. This is five feet higher than the past record and just total devastation. Ifill the deluge turned runways into islands at this
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the flood tide along the Mississippi River and major tributaries has finally begun to crest in places today, but for many people, relief arrives too late. Towns in whole sections of missouri and illinois are under water, with at least 20 dead and untold millions of dollars in damage, and its not over yet. The scenes of soaking wet destruction are everywhere across southern missouri homes flooded, roads washed out. This is devastating here. This is five feet higher than the past record and just total devastation. Ifill the deluge turned runways into islands at this
Golden globes out this morning, and we will bring them to you live today thursday, december 10th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. A lot of people are big fans of chipotle. Steve ells is the founder and ceo of the company and well get his take on whats going on in a couple of minutes. First, our top story. The investigation into the San Bernardino shooting. New information revealed about the attackers and other potential targets. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer is on the story again for us this morning. Miguel, good morning. Reporter good morning. The Conference Center behind me, where so many lost their lives, will be closed until january. This as investigators learn gunmans plot of terror. Before the terror attack that left 14 dead and 21 wounded, syed farook and Tashfeen Malik left behind evidence they were planning o
Were tortured, killed, and disappeared under military dictatorships. Van boven our primary duty is towards the peoples in whose name the United Nations charter was written. Bertie ramcharan he was by far the greatest human rights leader the u. N. Has ever had. Van boven my name is dale van boven. I was the director of the United Nations for human rights from 1977 to 1982. Tom mccarthy there was a lot of pressure of all kinds from certain governments, having their secret Service Agents in the corridors looking after what we were doing, following what the ngos were doing, threatening people, putting pressure on other governments. Latin america had strong dictatorships. Ngos couldnt mention government names in the commission for violations. Van boven it is inexplicable and indefensible for the United Nations not to react urgently to situations of gross violations of human rights. Ramcharan it was entirely unheard of that a human rights director would take vigorous positions. Everything th
Dale van boven it is inexplicable and indefensible for the United Nations not to react urgently to situations of gross violations of human rights. Man south america in the 1970s and early eighties, hundreds of thousands of people were tortured, killed, and disappeared under military dictatorships. Van boven our primary duty is towards the peoples in whose name the United Nations charter was written. Bertie ramcharan he was by far the greatest human rights leader the u. N. Has ever had. Van boven my name is dale van boven. I was the director of the United Nations for human rights from 1977 to 1982. Tom mccarthy there was a lot of pressure of all kinds from certain governments, having their secret Service Agents in the corridors looking after what we were doing, following what the ngos were doing, threatening people, putting pressure on other governments. Latin america had strong dictatorships. Ngos couldnt mention government names in the commission for violations. Van boven it is inexpl