Good morning. Im dara brown. Breaking news and good news. The u. S. Doctor hospitalized with ebola is going home. Dr. Kent brantley contracted the virus in liberia earlier this month. He was evacuated out. Brantley was taken to atlantas emory hospital. He showed a remarkable and sudden improvement. He is expected to speak at a News Conference later today. Well also get an wrupt on nancy writebol. She is also being treated at emory for the ebola virus. New information on the savage ebbing cougs of u. S. Journalist james foley. Word on an attempt to save him. U. S. Officials reveal a special forces troop was sent to syria earlier this summer. It was part of a secret mission to save hostages like foley, but the hostages couldnt be found. Meanwhile, the u. S. Continues air strikes against isis targets in iraq and the president vowed to be relentless to do what must be done to protect americans. Nbcs brian moore is in washington d. C. Good morning, brian. What more do we know about this sec
And grey day. Fans descend on new york city this morning for a 50 shades first. A live morning screening of one of the most anticipated movies in years and natalie and carson have black carpet for the big event, friday, february 6, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got people all over the place this morning. So welcome dylan dreyer and willie geist to the show. Nothing like kicking off the weekend watching 50 shades of grey at 7 00. Thats where natalie and carson are part of our fan screening. People are real fired up to see this movie. Matt and i saw it together yesterday which is 50 shades of awkward. It is a steamy film. Lets say that. And lets also say going on coast to coast right on into the beginning of next week. Thank you very much. Meantime big story. Concern over the measles is spreading with suspected cases being investigated
Ordeal. And gray day. Fans from all over the world descend on new york city for a 50 shades first. A screening of mon of the most anticipated movies in years. Natalie and carson rolled out the carpet for the big event friday february 6th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Anded go morning and welcome to today on a friday morning. We have people all over the place so welcome dylan dwyer and willie geist to the show. Nothing like kicking off the weekend by watching fifty shades of grey. They are part of the big fan screening that gets under way in a few moments. People are real fired up to see the movie. Matt and i saw it together. 50 shades of awkward. It is a steamy film. Lets say that. Nothing steamy about the weather. Can i point out, al is ounce and finally. Nicely done. Al will get dangerously cold. We are at 10. Wind chills are worse than that. Its going to get not much better. Look at what we
2015 will be a busy one in politics. The race to the white house will intensify. Well also look and get predictions about the world of medicine and the economy from jim cramer. Cool. Were going to take a moment to look back at the fun we have had in 2014 from sochi to the big halloween show and so much more. Also we are going to start your new year with a song from Carrie Underwood. Lets check on the stop stories from sheinelle jones. Good morning, happy new year to you. Happy new year. Bad wet wither is hampering efforts to recover victims from flight 8501. Katy tur has more. Reporter the weather hamper ing the search effort. They were able to bring the bodies they already recovered back to surabaya today including the first one to be identified. Received with civic honors by Indonesian Military air force and naval officers victims three, four, five and six landed in surabaya today, followed by the remains of the first identified body hayati lafaya was handed over to her relatives. Jo
Welcome. It could be the final act of a greek drama, with eurozone finance ministers due to meet in a couple hours time and try to reach a deal on the countrys bailout. Lets have a look at some of the figures in play here. In total, greece owes more than 320 billion euros in debt. Thats a huge 175 of the countrys gdp, its annual economic output. And as a proportion thats one of the highest in the world, because if you were to split up greeces mountain of debt over its entire population each person would owe almost 30,000 euros each. And so far, greece has received 240 billion euros in bailout deals. But those agreements as we know, have been tied to strict austerity measures. And those measures is have hit the economy hard. The majority of young people are unemployed. So, greeces Loan Agreement will expire on the 28th of february. And without a deal it would be unable to pay its bills within a matter of weeks. In a moment were going to hear from the street of athens. But first, heres t