The world, but now police are investigating the theft of a precious piece by picasso, today, september, december 6th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this busy saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. We start with the breaking news. Devastating news from overnight, that american hostage luke somers has been killed in yemen. His death coming as u. S. Forces tried to rescue him from the clutches of al qaeda. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is here with more. Richard, good morning. Good morning. There is always a terrible that the president faces that the u. S. Military faces in a hostage situation, do you attempt to rescue the hostage, knowing the risks. In this case, the president , the military decided to make the risky operation, to make an attempt, but it didnt work out. A desperate attempt to save an american
Investigating the theft of a precious piece by picasso, today, september, december 6th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this busy saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. We start with the breaking news. Devastating news from overnight, that american hostage luke somers has been killed in yemen. His death coming as u. S. Forces tried to rescue him from the clutches of al qaeda. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is here with more. Richard, good morning. Good morning. There is always a terrible that the president faces that the u. S. Military faces in a hostage situation, do you attempt to rescue the hostage, knowing the risks. In this case, the president , the military decided to make the risky operation, to make an attempt, but it didnt work out. A desperate attempt to save an american hostage in yemen that ended in
Activities planned. They want to be heard before the vote which scheduled at 1 00 oclock this afternoon. Protesters stopped two buses this morning at 8th and market from leaving San Francisco. Based on the signs in the ones it looks like they were headed if facebook and google. Workers sat and waited, some took pictures, as protesters chanted, played music and hung a banner on the side of one of the buses. The protests are getting the city to listen. They will vote whether the buses should be charge add dollar a stop a day to use the bus stops. Protesters say they clog up neighborhood streets and should not be allowed to use public bus stops f a car pulls in the driver could be ticketed. If two years, the buses have been able to get a free ride on our muni bus stops while we, the public, who are trying to survive each day, get a ticket for 279. Mayor is out of town today but has said in the past that the buses have benefits. This proposal to charge them will make sure they pay their fa
Hostage were evacuated alive but they died of their wounds en route to a u. S. Navy ship. Defense secretary chuck hagel in afghanistan today addressed the rescue missions difficulties. This mission, which there will be more detail forthcoming, was extremely wellexecuted. It was a very dangerous and complicated mission. But like always in these efforts, there is risk. Somers, a photojournalist, was abducted in yemens capital back in 2013. South african teacher who was also killed was seized in may of 2013. Nbcs Kristen Welker is at the white house for us with the very latest on this. What are you hearing from there at 1600 pennsylvania . Reporter alex, ive been talking to Senior Administration officials and they tell me once that video of luke somers was released on thursday in which aqap terrorists threatened to kill him, officials determined based on that and other intelligence, that he would be killed on saturday. So that set off a chain of highlevel meetings at the department of def
The Fountain Hills Democratic Club (FHDC) will meet at the Community Center Thursday, Feb. 15, for its monthly meeting. Members and friends are welcome to come at 5:30 p.m. for socializing and …