Make his presence felt in the souths first battleground. Winters chill. The eastern half of the country waking up to bitter cold temperatures and high winds this morning. Blizzard warnings in parts of the northeast. Als weekend forecast just ahead. Those stories, plus water everywhere. A massive water main break in texas floods homes and roads and leads to dramatic rescues. Houston, we have a problem. Astros players being hit by pitches, booed and mocked by fans at spring training in the wake of the cheating scandal. And todays getaway. Lets get this Party Started. Weve taken the entire show on a winter vacation for one wild ride. Today, friday, february 28th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from universal Orlando Resort in florida. Hi, everybody. Good morning. Welcome to today. Its good to have you with us. A special friday morning. Were here in orlando, florida. Beautiful, blue sky above us. We happen to be n
Taiwans Pro Independence leader in power much to the annoyance of china. Now iran has admitted its military shot down a ukrainian passenger jet by accident killing all 176 people on board the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran on wednesday after iran fired missiles targeting u. S. Forces based in iraq western countries have been piling pressure on iran which it spent days denying that it was responsible for the crash well the iranian president Hassan Rouhani tweeted saying the armed forces and tunnel investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of the ukrainian plane and deaths of 176 innocent people investigations continue to identify and prosecute this great tragedy and unforgivable mistake but well go live to rob reynolds in washington d. C. In just a moment but lets begin with a setback in tehran. This admission is coming off to days and days of denial so whats precipitated this now. Well yes it has come after
The fall of the berlin wall just over 30 years ago came amidst sweeping changes that would end the cold war and see the downfall of authoritarian communist regimes across the street the 3 decades on the prodemocracy optimism of those days has turned south replaced by rising seas and the soviet and populist nationalism countries once helped me one day i heard so what went wrong in the 1st of 2 special reports weve been to germany to find out. The burly in wall was the most potent symbol of the division between east and west jordan the cold war. Its demise towards the end of 1909 brought hope to millions not in the germany but throughout the world. To avoid inspired leaves a void thats here for us and not but 30 years on things havent turned out quite as expected. Fascism and racism have come back with a vengeance it seems that you know for weeks at tools are always there. People just didnt dare to express them the rise of germanys far right has been marked by hate crime and even politic
The berlin wall was the most potent symbol of the division between east and west during the cold war. Its demise towards the end of 1909 brought hope to millions most in the germany but through and through world. Survive in 500 leaves a void thats here for us and not but 30 years own things havent turned out quite as expected. Fascism and racism have come back with a vengeance it seems that say no full week at the tools are always there. People just didnt dare to express that the rise of germanys far right has been marked by hate crime and even politically motivated assassinations. Is a big challenge for democracy because germany is a place where we thought that never could happen again. In the aftermath of world war 2 germany like the continent of europe was divided by the victors between puppet dictatorships under the communist yoke and western leaning democracies. Berland soon became the epicenter of the cold war also divided between the free world and communism. A city of intrigue
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us one outcome from this past weekends Munich Security Conference new optimism over a truce between the United States and the taliban and the promise to start talks in 10 days between different afghan stakeholders what they call the all afghan peace talks but whether the taliban can stick to its pledge of a reduction in violence the group doesnt have an encouraging track record and whether well see a final deal well weve been down this road before yet both the americans and afghans say they can only keep trying one we must stop this war. 2 we must find a political solution to stop the war this is a level of complexity and uncertainty i think theres general agreement its my view as well that we have that we have to give peace a chance that the best if not only way forward in afghanistan is through a political agreement and that means taking some risks. D. W. Sham a sham spoke to afghan president heinie spokesman said. To get a b