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And a very good wednesday morning to you, everyone. Im dan kloeffler. And im brandi hitt. We begin with new details about possible u. S. Military action inside syria. President obama reportedly speaking with allies and is close to making a decision on whether to launch air strikes. We are also learning more about the homegrown terrorist who left his American Life to die alongside extremists in syria. Abcs Carolyn Costello has more on the path Douglas Mccain took from the midwest to helping a group that is being called the greatest Terror Threat since 9 11. Reporter 33yearold Douglas Mcauthur mccain grew up in minnesota, went to college in san diego, an american rapper with likes on his Facebook Page including pizza hut, the Chicago Bulls and the koran. Hardly appearing to be a dangerous terrorist, mccain, one of two americans killed in syria in the last few days reportedly fighting for the terror group isis, according to a rival syrian group. A cousin said mccain lost his way. I felt l
You can see police cars. Maybe you cant see them in the shot right now as we swing the helicopter around. But police are there, they have cordoned off the area and there are concerns at the church. For now, good afternoon. Im larry beil. Im ama daetz. They hope to transfer from Earthquake Response mode to recovery mode. They have tagged 49 buildings right now meaning theyre so badly damaged no one is allowed inside. More than 100 have been yellow tagged. That means they have serious damage. The superintenant of the Unified School District says two thirds of his schools have been inspected and theyre declared safe. However, crews wont be able to finish inspecting the rest of the schools today so schools are canceled again for tomorrow. Pg e said it has restored power to all but a handful of homes and guess leaks have been checked and repaired. Public works crews are repairing 80 reported water leaks. We should have the entire city inspected and a good feel of the work that lays ahead by
Now these been suspended indefinitely and an investigation is under way. And theyre hitched. Word this morning that hollywood power couple brad pitt and Angelina Jolie were married over the weekend. We have all the details around their secret ceremony today thursday, august 28th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning remember welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On a thursday alongside tamron hall, willie geist and al roker. Natalie is off this morning. What about this news . Brangelina is official. Right. They tied the knot. Brad said not long ago, his six children wanted them to get married and they have done it. Thats great. Good for them. Also big news, we have been covering this ebola story, a major pharmaceutical about to enroll people in criminal trials for an experiment am vaccine, willie will have more on that in his newscast. That report that another u. S. Citizen born in america has died
9yearold . Only on today, Jennifer Aniston opens up about her new dark comedy, the pressure to have kids, and living through some tough times. I have grown up three times. I feel i have had three different periods of adolescence. And its i have had an incredible evolution. Carson is sitting down with one of hollywoods brightest stars today, wednesday, august 27th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studios 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today savannah on maternity leave. Hi, gang. It will be interesting to hear from Jennifer Aniston. Absolutely. She said no matter what she has accomplished in life, the cloud hovers over her. She really gets personal with carson. And i think a lot of people might relate to this. We will hear more of that interview in just a little while. On a weapons morning, the family of Peter Theo Curtis overjoyed by his return over nearly two years after he was taken hostage in syria. He said hes