Treatment. And high on the hog. Bacon prices at an alltime high. Why it is costing us more to pig out. Today, monday, august 4th, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rock feller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. We have carson and dylan in for al. Boy, we have a big story out west. Thousands of people waking up this morning in california stranded. Two different towns are affected. Take a look. Heres why. Torrential rains triggering mudslides like this one have left roads buried under feet of debris. I want to get right to nbcs Miguel Almaguer, this morning. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. The fire sparked by lightning. The gulch fire exploded in size over the weekend. A state of extremes. Just outside los angeles, a scene many could not believe. Monsoonal thunderstorms brought mud into oakland. The town of 1,500 cut in half. One person was killed when the car was washed away. Another
That run into israel are destroyed. These developments not enough to save a highly visserible visible relationship between Obama Administration. And government of israel. Just moments after he claimed that president s relationship with israel is quote, strong and unchanged. Ernest said this. That suspicion that hamas fighters are operating in the vicinity of innocent civilians does not justify taking strikes that put the lives of those innocent civilians at risk. Lou white house condemnation after state department spoke person used language with which to criticize the government of israel over the weekend. Saying that the Obama Administration is quote, appalled at what she called a disgraceful idea of shelling outside of a u. N. School in gaza, saki could not come up with a ponce to questions that responses to questions that respect that netanyahu warned john kerry, to never second guess me again, after hamas violated against a humanitarian cease fear agreement on saturday, well have m
Hazing, claims she was kicked out of her College Sorority for verbally and physically abusing pledges. Shes here this morning telling her side of the story. And good morning, america. Lets get right to the breaking news. The First American air strikes in syria. A new front in a long war. Missiles fired from warships dropped by air. Most targeting the isis stronghold of raqqa. But also a new terror group inside syria called khorasan. We have breaking details on how that active plot targeting america was stopped. Surprising developments. And our first, our news. Our abc news Security Team up all night tracking this story. And lets start with Martha Raddatz who is in washington. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. This is a major escalation in the fight. It may not have been shock and awe, but the wave of air strikes that hit syria last night was the biggest we have seen in a single day since the u. S. Began attacking isis in early august. We did not do it alone and not ju
Gerri every once in a while a highprofile executive says something and means another. John ledgers, he says he fights for consumers at tmobile. He sure looks like one of us with his tshirts and gym shoes. Listen to this. Ive always been very consistent. The uncarrier revolution is important for u. S. Wireless and it will continue and our growth creating competition over the longterm depends on scale, depends on capital and depends upon us being this aggressor. Gerri now, while ledger may call himself the uncarrier, the youth he is not that different from his competitors. That is because tonight the federal trade commission is suing tmobile for charging customers of hundreds of millions of dollars for services they didnt order in a practice known as cramming. Here with more is consumer expert clark howard. Hi, there, clark. Thanks for being with us. Great to see you. Gerri describe cramming. What is it . It a despicable practice that happened in the phone business and in the banking bus
Libertarians want government to leave us alone even if we make choices others disagree with. That does not sit well with conservatives semitist turn of libertarianism is a very dangerous spot. Libertarian versus conservative. That is our show. Tonight. John the biggest threat to americas future is Big Governmentves and libertarians agree with the 17 trillion debt may crush them but the politicians promise to spend more when theyre not spending your money they pass more rules to strangle freedom and killing growth and they agree government should stop trying to micromanage the economy to have religious freedom and free speech and a more limited welfare state because it is better. Ironclad we agree but when it comes to Foreign Policy and personal freedom libertarians and conservatives differ most oppose gay marriage than onetenth gambling began as well assisted suicide and designer babies. That is in a future show but the biggest difference is libertarians think the war on drugs is just