Flash flooding and denver causes a mann hold to explode like a guyser. The milehigh city could be in for more Severe Weather. Im stephanie sy, and im del walters. After 50 days of wore theres relative calm in gaza, israel and hamas agreeing to a ceasefire. There were celebrations in gaza with hamas declaring victory. Details of that extended truce in a moment. Well begin with two developing stories out of syria. Opposition fighters have taken control over a border between syria and israel, and new details about an american killed fighting for the Islamic State group. John terrett, what have we learnt about the american. His name is douglas mack karthier mccain. Good morning. Doug lace Mcarthur Mccain is the First American to die while fighting for the Islamic State group. A spokeswoman confirmed his death, saying the u. S. Was aware he was in syria. According reports he died in a fire fight with the Free Syrian Army. The question is why did this young man leave relative safety of the U
And a very good wednesday morning to you, everyone. Im dan kloeffler. And im brandi hitt. We begin with new details about possible u. S. Military action inside syria. President obama reportedly speaking with allies and is close to making a decision on whether to launch air strikes. We are also learning more about the homegrown terrorist who left his American Life to die alongside extremists in syria. Abcs Carolyn Costello has more on the path Douglas Mccain took from the midwest to helping a group that is being called the greatest Terror Threat since 9 11. Reporter 33yearold Douglas Mcauthur mccain grew up in minnesota, went to college in san diego, an american rapper with likes on his Facebook Page including pizza hut, the Chicago Bulls and the koran. Hardly appearing to be a dangerous terrorist, mccain, one of two americans killed in syria in the last few days reportedly fighting for the terror group isis, according to a rival syrian group. A cousin said mccain lost his way. I felt l
And a good friday morning to you. Im brandi hitt. And im dan kloeffler. And we do begin this morning with the latest u. S. Response to the brutal threat posed by isis. The Islamic Terror Group releasing this video of about 150 syrian soldiers stripped to their underwear, but the white house is clearly trying to lower the emotional response to this kind of propaganda. Heres abcs tahman bradley. Reporter a surprising admission from president obama who just days ago ordered surveillance flights over syria to identify possible isis targets. The suggestion seems to have been that were about to go full scale on an elaborate strategy for defeating isil. I dont want to put the cart before the horse. We dont have a strategy yet. Reporter with that, the president made clear military action against isis in syria is not imminent, even though the u. S. Is already targeting the brutal terror group inside iraq. I want to make sure everybody is clear on what were doing now, because it is limited. Repo
9yearold . Only on today, Jennifer Aniston opens up about her new dark comedy, the pressure to have kids, and living through some tough times. I have grown up three times. I feel i have had three different periods of adolescence. And its i have had an incredible evolution. Carson is sitting down with one of hollywoods brightest stars today, wednesday, august 27th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studios 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today savannah on maternity leave. Hi, gang. It will be interesting to hear from Jennifer Aniston. Absolutely. She said no matter what she has accomplished in life, the cloud hovers over her. She really gets personal with carson. And i think a lot of people might relate to this. We will hear more of that interview in just a little while. On a weapons morning, the family of Peter Theo Curtis overjoyed by his return over nearly two years after he was taken hostage in syria. He said hes
Parents in the south bay want her out. The teacher says it was just a joke. Nbc bay area cheryl hurd is with us. She is a popular teacher on campus, but she could lose her job over this. Reporter she could. And the tweets are eyepopping. The School District found out about it when a colleague reported it. And since then, parents, students, and even the Police Department are reacting tonight. The apparent twitter feed from Newark Memorial High School teacher Krista Hodges has put this school on the map, and not in a good way. Her students are reacting. I think she definitely wasnt serious about it. Anyone that knows the kind of teacher she, she kind of is very lighthearted. Reporter lighthearted is not how most people would describe the tweets coming from hodges. Colleague copied the one seen on the stream between april and june and gave them to the School District. Here are just a few. I already want to stab some kids. Is that bad . Another one said so happy to be done with school for