What is happening, and he has to leave with the weight of it. She wasnt breathing. And indepth look at the story that stunned the world. Murder and the blade runner. Olympic runner story is charged with the murder of his girlfriend. Shes not coming back he denied it. She was killed by himself at his house. What everybody will be watching for is whether intending to tend to kill her. I did not fire at revile. We want to believe him. You really really want to believe him. Hello, and welcome to dateline. We have the story of oscar pistorinos. She was a brilliant model. He was an athlete famous for defying the odds. Their futures glowed with promise. Then, was gunned down. As police investigated, a chilling question transfixed the world. Was her death an accident, or was south africas National Hero a murderer . Its Keith Morrison with The Rise And Fall of Oscar Pistorius. Such a time it was, like a different world. This was london, the year was 2012, and Olympic History is about to be made
And coming up, support kata lonians make another boost for independence, boosted by scotlands bid. Welcome to the programme. The u. S. President , president obama, wants to destroy the Islamic State group, which has taken over large parts of Northern Iraq and areas in syria. The strategy includes air strikes in iraq and syria. Obama says hell send hundreds of more troops to iraq. Socalled moderates will receive training in saudi arabia. Lets look closely at the plan, and this report. My fellow americans. Reporter anyone specting to hear a shift in policy from president obama would have been disappointed listening to him as he laid out his countrys strategy on wednesday. We will degrade is ultimately destroy i. S. I. L. , through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy. Much like his approach towards alleged al qaeda targets in yemen, afghanistan and pakistan, obama promised to eradd kit is your through air tricks and proxy troops. The Counterterrorism Campaign will be w
Jumping from the top of one World Trade Center post video of their stunt online. The stunning images, and the big trouble theyre in today, tuesday, march 25th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. On a Tuesday Morning, welcome to today. You look at that video from the World Trade Center and think, how did that happen . How did they get up there . How were they able to jump . You look at the video, some would say its nauseating, some would call it daring. That is supposed to be one of the most secure sites in the world because of the historic significance. Just last week, a teenager managed to climb to the top of it. A lot of questions being asked about security at that site right now. A lot more on that story in a moment. The new developments on the massive mud slide in washington. As the death toll climbs this morning, emergency crews say their hopes of finding any more surv
Oscar pistorius is now in prison. The South African athlete was sentenced to five years mind bars for shooting dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. He was cleared of murder but convicted of culpable homicide last month. State prosecutors are not sure if they will appeal but they say the athlete is likely to serve only a fraction of his prison sentence. For Oscar Pistorius, it all came down to this. The following is what i consider to be a sentence that is fair. Both to the society and to the accused. Count one, culpable homicide, the sentence imposed is the maximum imprisonment of five years. Experts say that the story is could be out on house arrest in as little as 10 months. The judge gave what she got balanced the circumstances with the seriousness of the crime. Both the parents of Reeva Steenkamp and Oscar Pistorius showed no emotion as he learned his fate. Both families are looking for closure after this trial. It was athome dad he shot his girlfriend through a closed bathroom do
Prices skyrocketing with no end in sight. We can tell you that if you think you are paying a lot you really are. Its not your imagination. Look at whats happening in San Fransisco right now. Right now youre paying an average of 4. 13 a gallon. Last month it was 3. 67. That means gas prices for a single gallon of gas in San Fransisco have gone up 46 cents in a month. Just because gas prices are high in california doesnt mean its happening across california or across the United States. If you look at this map youll see the areas in read, thats where gas prices are around 4 higher. Not that many states. California being the big one right there. Hawaii also big at this point. So there are to refinery fires that we know of. Whats fueling this this time . Various people talk about various possibilities for this. They talk about the surge in oil prices. But at the same time the Industry Analysts i talk to say yes, oil prices are up. But the inventory is also up. Production is up. So theres re