Compare himself to . Apple is at the top of one important list but for what and there are others on that list, too. Hello, everyone. Its 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. The very latest headlines from the philippines, weve learn more than 1200 people are dead. They were killed when the biggest storm ever recorded typhoon high yen slammed into the nation. The death toll could have been higher but early warnings entmillions to shelters days before the storm hit. When theyll be able to go home remains to be seen. Now evacuations are under way in vietnam where the storm is expected to hit sometime tomorrow. Correspondent angus walker has the latest now from the philippines. Theyre beginning to survey the damage in the philippines after one of the strongest storms ever recorded swept across this island nation. The winds of typhoon hey yen came ashore clocked at 125 Miles Per Hour with gusts over 230. Equal to a category 5 hurricane. Few buildings are built to withsta
Alex witt. Developing news out of syria right now, the Syrian Government reached an agreement with the United Nations to allow inspectors to visit the site of an alleged chemical attack last week. Word just a short time ago from a u. N. Spokesman saying inspections will begin tomorrow. A senior white house official tells nbc news the decision by the Syrian Government is, quote, too late to be credible and says any evidence has likely been damaged or destroyed by continued bombings. Meanwhile, the Syrian Government warned that any military intervention by the United States would set the middle east aflame and iran says u. S. Action would have severe consequences. This morning, republican senator bob corker called for a surgical response. I hope the president , as soon as we get back to washington, will ask for authorization from congress to do something in a very surgical and proportional way. Something that gets their attention, that causes them to understand that we are not going to p
we ll get to those stories in a moment. we start with breaking news. a nightmare for any servicemen or family member of one this thanksgiving, the desperate search for three sailors whose aircraft crashed en route to their aircraft carrier in the philippine sea, southeast of okinawa. for the latest we start with courtney kube. first of all, the latest on the search as well as the investigation into the crash. what do we know? so, we know that a u.s. navy c-2 aircraft, which is a propeller, twin-engine plane is one used to carry people and mail and supplies on and off of u.s. aircraft carriers. it s commonly referred to as a cod. we know it crashed down when it was in the vicinity of the uss ronald reagan about 2:45 local time today, wednesday, off okinawa. it went into the water, into the ocean with 11 personnel on board. eight of them were able to get out, have been rescued and brought back to the uss ronald reagan for medical care. they re being described as being i
impacting hollywood, the beltway and beyond. also, pursuing putin. insider reporting shows president trump s eager embrace of russia s president has left him blind to the russian threat. we will get to those stories in just a moment, but we start with the white house. mounting its toughest campaign to date against iran. a campaign that could potentially undermine the iranian nuclear deal. last hour, as you saw, ambassador to the united nations nikki haley presented recovered military equipment that she says was manufactured by iran. she conducted the show in tell. she says it was provided to enemies of u.s. allies. this she says was in violation of unresolutions. also that there is a clear path going forward. where do we go from here? i think the president made the first start by decertifying the iran deal basically with congress so that congress can start looking at these other things that iran is doing. the nuclear deal, while so much of the international community invest
writes, quote, trump brooded over the florida recounts, sulked over key races being called for democrats in the midterm elections that he had claimed as a big victory, and he erupted at his staff over media coverage of his decision to skip a ceremony honoring the military sacrifice of world war i. all of this while also berating both british prime minister theresa may and french president emmanuel macron. but a former political aide also pushed out by this administration says, nothing out of the ordinary for this president. this is a clear example of donald trump being embarrassed, and as a result, you see him sulking. and he s pouting, like a child. and as a result, he s going to continue to lash out and everybody around him will be miserable. just the way he likes it. so, let s start at the white house with nbc s hans nichols. so hans, so much to get to. the washington post, not the only folks reporting on the president s recent fury. one administration official told