For aung san suu kyi, and russia response to allegations of doping, calling them groundless. I am sarah kelly. Thank you for joining us. He was a chainsmoking, snuffd ipping political giant for generations, a powerful intellect, who published oceans of books from politics to the cold war, to his relationships with the great figures of the 20th century. Helmut schmidt has passed away at the age of 90 six. As chancellor from 1974 until 1982, he guided germany during the cold war and played a major role in laying the groundwork for a united europe. Helmut schmidt was physically frail, but yet his mind was good. He continued to give speeches, and one of his subjects was the tumultuous past of germany. All those horrible events from the first half of the 20th century, we absolutely must not forget them any sooner than our neighbors do. Reporter his wife passed away five years before he did. Theirs was the nations most prominent marriage. It held 68 years, through leaks and valleys. In the e
A report says corruption was embedded in world athletics governing body and the leadership must have known. Plus. Box office hit mad max makes the running with ten oscar nominations. The United Nations secretarygeneral says the starvation of people in the besieged town of madia amounts to a war crime by the syrian government. Ban kimoon criticized all sides in the conflict for committing atrocious acts. Bank kimoon said the people were in desperate need and are treated worst than hostages. A Second International aid convoy arrived in the town. They needed supplies and they made their way to the area in 44 trucks. News came of the death a 3monthold baby of malnutrition in a village near by. Lets go live to our diplomat mattic editor at the United Nations in new york. Very Strong Language indeed from baniec kimoon. Absolutely. Almost five years of war in syria now, and ive been listening to many of his speeches over nearly five years. I think in my ways this is one of the strongest comme
Neighborhoods are going to be safe. Still there is an uneasy tension right now. As this community and officers gather again, waiting to see what happens next. Now, a curfew is in place tonight. And unless someone is going to work or has a medical emergency they will not be allowed on the streets between 10 00 tonight and 5 00 in the morning. Jay gray, nbc news, baltimore. On a final note after two days of postponements, the orioles white sox game will go on tomorrow, but it will be played in an empty stadium. It is closed to the public. Its the first time thats ever happened in a Major League Baseball game. Quite something to see for those players. While Michael Nutter supports balltimores response to the riots says its difficult to prepare for a wild card. Dont always completely know what folks are going to do. But i think as the police chief said last night, they have been monitoring social media. We monitor social media, like as we should on a regular basis and try to anticipate, tr
We begin with the highly anticipated results of the Airport Commission study. Among the plans chosen from more than 50 proposals is the contentious idea of expanding heathrow. Caroline hyde has been following this story. Walk us through the key proposals, what is in and what is out. Listat is not on the short is Birmingham Airport and the thames estuary. Lets look at the three proposals. What howard davis said is needed is one runway by 2013 and potentially 2 additional runways by 2015. Theyre looking at one option with Gatwick Airport to build a new runway to the south of the easiest thing runway. The other two surround heathrow, our biggest hub and the most busy airport in all of europe. One new runway in the northwest and could be an extension of the existing runway. They have not listed thames estuary, saying it is too uncertain. They might look at it again in the first half of next year. Boris johnson coming out today saying, it is not dead. They are not being considered. Business