One thing weve been seeing time and time again is gaza is densely populated. Even when israel tries to carry out precision strikes as it claims, it ends up affecting the civilian population who bears a bankrupt of the air strikes. So people are very much concerned that in the coming days, the situation could worsen. They say that the fact that israel has amass eed thousands soldiers on this territory is an ominous sign a Ground Invasion is imminent. Supplies are dwindling for the population as gaza is still a territory very much under siege. Its difficult to get basic supplies in and out. Nbc news, gaza. Nbc nightly news with Brian Williams will have more on the escalating violence. Team coverage is coming up at 7 00 tonight right after this broadcast. Today, former cia director David Petraeus told lawmakers what he knows about the attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi. He said the Intelligence Committee chose not to disclose the al qaeda connection to the attack, in order to avoid
Toll road to springfield. News 4s derrick ward is live near the Leesburg Pike entrance in tysons corner. Good morning. Reporter good morning. What we can tell you and this has to be confirmed by Virginia State police, that it looks like the accidents, at least one, might have been inadvertent into the new express lane based on what we have, the information a car started out on the regular part of the roadway but ended up in the express lanes. Nonetheless, there is still a learning curve now as we get into the new era of having the express lanes. I want to show you some of the video from earlier. These lanes opened up at about 2 00 a. M. This morning now and the design is and the plan is to sort of monitor traffic and manage the traffic in a way so as the planners say your commute should not get under 45 Miles Per Hour even during rush hour. We showed you video, actually adam tusk was out driving yesterday and joining me now is pierce coffee with trans urban the group that operates this
Negotiations continue. Those negotiations are happening right now. Its crisis averted this morning in washington, d. C. The Government Back to work now as lawmakers ended the Government Shutdown and avoided a debt ceiling crisis this week at least for now. Just nine minutes before the midnight deadline, the deal to end the dual dilemmas arrived at the white house. President obamas signature moments later marked the official end of the Government Shutdown and raised the debt ceiling. Last night on capitol hill, the deal passed easily out of the senate and then through the house largely with democratic support. The president praised congress for finally reaching an agreement. Well begin reopening our government immediately. And we can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty and unease from our businesses and from the American People. Reporter the deal keeps the government funded through january 15th but a budget conference in congress now has to come up with a broader budget deal by dece
Were 62. Lets check in with monika samtani. When i come back again well have more on sandy. Thank you so much. If youre planning to head into virginia, a couple of Early Morning incidents. One happened at about 2 30 this morning. It was a single vehicle, deadly accident insides the beltway right inside the beltway right here in annandale. Ill step out and show you what it looks like from our live shot. Backlick road is still blocked at john mar drive. I would suggest you go ahead and use little river turnpike as your alternate route in annandale inside the beltway. It looks like hopefully they should have everything clear from the roadway within the next few minutes. That car was on its side and it looks like its been uprighted and being loaded on to the wrecker as we speak here on backlick road and john mar drive. Theres another situation youll want to know about. This time its on the northbound side of i95 right here in aquia harbor. Northbound side of i95 with the accident blocking
From nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Glad to have you with us. Im kraig melvin. Filling in for lester. Jenna on maternity leave. Dylan dreyer just a few blocks away in front of the new nbc studio. Much more on that coming up in just a bit. We want to begin this morning with what could be the most important 48 hours of president obamas time in office. Hes pushed for congress to approve military action in syria. We just showed you some of the horrifying video, the aftermath of those alleged Chemical Attacks against the syrian people. We know the video itself very, very difficult to watch especially on a sunday morning, but it is part of what the administration is using to try and make its case to congress and the american people. And we want you to have all that information as well. Peter alexander is live at the white house with more on this for us today. Peter, good morning.