Left iraq. John kerry this weekend speaking about the escalating violence in iraq, saying the u. S. Will not be putting minister soldiers on the ground. A stripping of car bombings killed 18 in baghdad. The Iraqi Government and sunni tribes have been trying to slow the influence of the al qaeda fighters. We have the latest on the fight to gain control after a standoff the iraqi army is ready to go into fallujah and fight the group i. S. I. L. The agreement to do so was heartfelt. Local sunni tribes insisted they be part of the decision, and others disagreed saying i. S. I. L. Was protecting fallujah. Its an example of the fighting between sunni and shiite factions. Translation theres increased coordination between the army and tribesman. The army provides the tribes with weapons and everything they need in the battle against the terrorists. It may be resolved in one or two days. That may be optimistic. The iraqi army sent out video. They are limited to the cities. Others are in the des
The future. And forgotten . Syrias children of war. Impacted by the ongoing conflict and the biggest humanitarian crisis of this century, today, tuesday, march 11, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Some big developments to tell you about overnight with the investigation about the plane thats missing. That is our top story this morning. Those developments in the search for flight 370. We are also learning more about the two men who boarded the Malaysian Airlines flight using stolen passports and nbcs tom costelo coverses aviation for us. Tom, good morning to you. Good morning. The fourth day for the search for this missing plane is now wrapping up in asia and still nothing. One of the most baffling events in aviation history upon. Now malaysian authorities are considering whether there was a mechanical issue or did someone onboard have a psyc
Games in sochi. The true heroes behind the dangerous war time work to rescue art stolen by the nazis. Some people blame it on the stormy winter weather. Others say its proof that economic recovery has a ways to go. Either way, underperformance. Well begin our coverage with real moneys ali velshi. What happened last month . We were waiting for recovery in january. For the second half of 2013, job growth on a monthly basis had been very, very strong. In fact we averaged 194,000 jobs a month, if you averaged over all of 2013. Then december came, and we grew by 75,000 jobs. Something went wrong, who knows what happened . We were hoping for a better result in january and we came out with 113,000. What do you make of that . Better than 75, but nowhere near the 200,000 plus that we needed. Thats what shocked everybody. The Unemployment Rate actually dropped from 6. 6 from 6. 7 but thats really not important at this point in the economic cycle. One thing, there was one bright spot, im an optim
Promised to help. During the campaign, President Elect trump put out a list of promises. He put out his contract for American Voter and in it, very specific promises for his first 100 days. Lowering taxes and tax reform. Free and fair trade deals to protect American Workers and their jobs. Fixing our nations infrastructure and sending education back to the states and school choice. Repealing and replacing obamacare. Affordable child care, pulling a border wall, keeping community safe, rebuilding our nations military and doing what he calld draining the swamp. If he can keep those promises come of this country will be in a much better place one year from now, two years from now, four years from now. So on the eve of this inauguration, my advice for the incoming president is very simple. Dont let the washington establishment, republican establishment, democratic establishment, Media Establishment that in the way of
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Ninan good evening, im reena ninan, with a western edition of our broadcast. The election is five weeks away. This weekend, donald trump tried to switch the focus to bill clintons infidelity in the 1990s. Tonight, the focus is on trumps finances going back to the 90s. A New York Times report suggests trump could have avoided paying federal income taxes for two decades. Heres errol barnett. Egal applicarfectly legal application of the tax code, and he would have been a fool not to take advantage of it. Hes a genius. I me i mean, the reality is genius . Absolute genius. Is no one wno one who has shown more genius in their way to maneuver around the tax code, as he rightfully used the laws to do that. Reporter the Trump Campaign pushed back on the New York Times report claiming that the billionaire businessman may have paid no federal income taxes for almost two decades. The paper cites trumps tax return from 1995, in which he claimed nearly 916 million in losses after several of his busi