The world will soon see a new strategic weapon but she leaves the door open to further talks with the u. S. But also what to make of his warning. Plus the rings in a new year and a new decade in welcomes the 20 twentieths with fireworks over the Brandenburg Gate and in new york huge crowds to celebrate on times square the 2. I knew thank you so much for joining us. The ruins left behind by wildfires raging in australia a further 7 people have been confirmed dead over the last 2 days and nearly 200 homes destroyed now the fires have fanned out across 2 states in the south east of australia authorities and now delivering food and water to thousands of people who fled the town of kuta and took refuge on beaches and the danger is not even close to being over conditions are expected to deteriorate this weekend with the return of high temperatures and strong winds. Fueled by searing temperatures and fast moving winds more than 200 fires continue to consume a strain southeastern states of New
Emotional vigil. I once was lost those stories, plus royal release, Prince Phillip leaving a London Hospital this morning just in time for christmas with the queen while baby archie Takes Center Stage on his parents holiday card. Still shopping . Your best options today for finding those very lastminute gifts. And holiday singalong. There is just one thing i need savannah and hoda joining a starstudded tribute celebrating 25 years of Mariah Careys all i want for christmas is you. Is you, you baby today, tuesday, december 24th, 2019. From nbc news, this is and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today, thank you so much for joining us on this Christmas Eve morning. Kristen welker in for savannah and hoda all week. Merry Christmas Eve to you, and how about that video with savannah and hoda. Theyre having so much fun. I love that. I could watch that all morning long. If you know anything about either of them, you know thats just like a random wednesday nigh
With the germination and courage with perseverance, programming was designed by her panelist tonight so we could tell the whole story of our community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story had never been done before. And quite literally they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions that we will have this year. I would welcome you to come back on july 5 that focuses on africanamerican stories and on october 18 you will focus on the future, and are panelist of that discussion will be helping us think about how do we continue to tell the story. I know our panelists well and they have plenty to share with us. Let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career as an interpreter. He is now evident of his own company. If you would join me in welcoming richard josie. It is interesting to come home after being in the cold minnesota for a while. To see the work thats being done here to see familiar faces
Trust us. The puc seems to be fine with that approach. Local governments lean j have serious concerns. Mayor sam liccardo referring to the may 30 decision by the California Public Utilities Commission to give pg e full discretion over shutting down power for as long as seven days as a way to prevent wildfires. Liccardo says hes worried the Utility Company might choose to over correct with black outs after causing last years devastating camp fire. The question is ultimately are more people being put in peril because pg e will be protecting its shareholders. Reporter in 2003 the northeast black out that affected new york, philadelphia and ohio lasted two days for some areas, two weeks for others and cost billions of dollars and claimed 100 lives. At least if they gave us a good amount of notice so we can prepare ourselves for it, then i guess i would be okay. What we are worried about in san jose are the many safety risks that a large regional outage would, you know, cause. Reporter pg e
In the world to witness a total Solar Eclipse. And in sport india but theres a spot in the semifinals of the cricket world cup a security 28. 00 run win against bangladesh is world dreams are now also was. After one failed summit and another 3 days of talks european leaders have agreed on who should fill the top jobs of the e. U. Whose main institutions for the next 5 years they want German Defense minister. To replace as European Commission president belgian Prime Minister show me show that would be European Council president taking over from dawn to dusk. Spains foreign minister transit bro has been nominated to be the top diplomat he would replace for that he can will get any as high representative for Foreign Affairs and i. M. F. Chief Christine Lagarde has been proposed for president of the European Central bank taking over from mario draghi 1st though they all need to be endorsed by the European Parliament and in baba reports brussels. After days of wrangling its a close ally of