Given the fact that the syrian kurds are reportedly asked the United States for air support and for a no fly zone to protect civilians what were hearing from the pentagon is that the u. S. Military ordered not to help and you have to remember in all of this that the United States has been fighting alongside syrian kurds in the effort to defeat eisel in recent years so many in washington a little disappointed to say the least with the u. S. President s sort of turning a blind eye to that relationship in fact there has been a number of criticism even from members of his own Republican Party including senator Lindsey Graham saying i urge president trying to change course well there is still time by going back to the save zone concept that was working and we should point out the pentagon as recently as tuesday sent out a statement saying that they were still urging their turkish counterparts to work on establishing a safe zone that that was the best path forward to maintaining stability bu
Tray. They look at what led to the accident. And poisoned . The growing mystery at one of the biggest dog shows. One prize winner dead and new questions over which six animals were intentionally poisoned as well today tuesday, march 10th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Forget what the calendar says. A sur shine of spring is the crowd on the plaza. A big change over the last couple of weeks. There is light at the end of the tunnel. It feels great out there. Lets get to the top story. New fallout over a racist chant by members at the university of oklahoma. There allegations this was not an isolated incident. Gabe gutierrez is at the campus in Norman Oklahoma this morning. Good morning. Reporter officials here are not mincing words and are sickened by the video and they shut down the fraternity and look at whether they violated the civil right
The first is the outrage going on right now in madison, wisconsin after an unarmed young man is shot dead by police. There have been days of protest since 19 year old Tony Robinson was killed on friday. His family says they are not antipolice but they are against a systematic targeting of young black males. We want to bring in gary tuckman joining us from madison, wisconsin. Obviously anybody watching will draw parallels between whats happening there in madison, wisconsin and what happened in ferguson missouri. But it appears the way the police chief there in madison is handling this is very different. Reporter zain much different. The demonstrations have been very peaceful. Today you had hundreds of people marching down the streets. In this city you also had demonstrators in the halls of the state capital, and there were no problems whatsoever. Peaceful demonstrations, as we said. This is all about a Police Officer who this past friday shot and killed a 19 year old man who it turns ou
Ravine after a terrible car crash. 18 month old lily survives and her entire rescue is caught right there on camera. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello and thanks so much for joining me. Im fredricka witfield. We start with a state of emergency declared in the South Pacific after Tropical Cyclone pam with the power of a category 5 hurricane struck the island chain nation of vanuatu. The fourth most powerful storm ever to make landfall took direct aim op the capital city of port vila. At least six people are confirmed dead. 20 others injured. And there are fears the death toll just could rise. Wind gusts up to 200 Miles Per Hour tore houses apart and knocked down trees. The australian red cross says shelter, food and water are urgently needed and an official from world vision it looks like a bomb. Joining us is unicef acting chief parker. How bad is it in your assessment . Ive seen many emergencies, fredricka, and many cyclones, typhoon typhoons. This is as bad as any. Certainly the
Operation Save America members promote legislation that would pave the way for women to be prosecuted and potentially locked up for ending a pregnancy.