To the ukrainian rear, can such strikes distract the Russian Air Defense from defending positions at the front in the capital of russia last night, drones attacked one drone with explosives hit a moscow city skyscraper, this is the second such raid on the Business District in the russian capital in the last few days, on sunday night, two drones hit in the building in the Business Center of moscow city, as a result of the attack , the 50story building, which houses the offices of three russian ministries and residential apartments, was damaged in the area of the fifth and sixth floors already this night the attack was repeated and again in the same block as before, the ministry of defense of russia announced that two drones were shot down on approach in the suburbs of moscow and one was intercepted by means of Electronic Warfare, the drone allegedly lost control and hit the same tower in the moscow network. The russian authorities reacted to the attacks, blaming ukraine, the ukrai
Overnight construction. The good news at this hour its in the process of clearing. Everything reopened along 95 northbound between Bridge Street and the cottman avenue interchange. Were getting reports of a crash right behind the Barnes Foundation at 20th and callowhill much thats a good intersection to avoid at this point and not so far away dont forget that theyre in from the ramp from Spring Garden street to the westbound schuylkill is closed for about the next week. That of course because of construction but all the overnight work on 76, the schuylkill expressway has cleared out. Erin is going to tell us more about this awful accident in northeast philadelphia involving a person that was struck by a train. Medical chopper was on the scene and early this morning grant avenue and welsh road are closed basically between krewstown road and bustleton avenue. If i were you i would stay on 63 red lion road to get around that. Also a crash by the Montgomery Church of pennsylvania along mor
The seasons first heavy round of snow heading across the nation. Accidents piling up. Where its headed and what it could mean for thousands of travelers. . I cant stop the feeling . . And thats a wrap. With the help of some famous chefs, al pulled off a week of turkey trot ambushes. Its thanksgiving and this morning, star powered surprise may be one of his best yet. Today, friday, november 18th, 2016. Announcer 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 this friday. We have transition news happening. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast and so much has happened in terms of key foess being filled. Some key positions in his upcoming administration. Including attorney general. Multiple sources telling nbc news that alabama senator Jeff Sessions has been tapped for that role. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander has the latest on this. Peter, good morning to you. Matt and savanna
The seasons first heavy round of snow heading across the nation. Accidents piling up. Where its headed and what it could mean for thousands of travelers. . I cant stop the feeling . . And thats a wrap. With the help of some famous chefs, al pulled off a week of turkey trot ambushes. Its thanksgiving and this morning, star powered surprise may be one of his best yet. Today, friday, november 18th, 2016. Announcer 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 this friday. We have transition news happening. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast and so much has happened in terms of key foess being filled. Some key positions in his upcoming administration. Including attorney general. Multiple sources telling nbc news that alabama senator Jeff Sessions has been tapped for that role. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander has the latest on this. Peter, good morning to you. Matt and savanna
Talk im not good at power point. Well, this is not the supreme city. Its not the book i originally set out to write. And the original idea was to do the whole city. All five boroughs and stretch it out from world war i to world war ii. But without trying to be too cute, i took too big of a bite out of the apple. And i discovered doing my Research Within the larger story i had intended to tell. Its an unfold story, actually. Its been told in bits and pieces, but its never stitched together as a compelling historical narrative. And that story is the rise of the sudden and spectacular rise of midtown manhattan in the 1920s. Which was an urban backwater before 1919. There wasnt a single skyscraper above 42nd street. And by the end of the decade, by the end of the 1920s, almost half of new york skyscrapers were in midtown. Its one of the great building booms not only in the history of the United States, but in the history of the world. This eruption, almost, that occurs in these years. And