Headlined by clinton independent counsel ken starr and famed attorney Allen Dershowitz. Well talk live to another member of the president s team. Mystery virus. New concerns this morning about an unknown illness prompting new screening at u. S. Airports on people coming to the country from china. What the cdc is saying about the deadly disease. All that plus controversial video. Eminem facing backlash after his latest release depicting himself as the las vegas shooter. Scary collapse. A member of the wiggles falls down after having a medical episode during a benefit concert for australia fire relief. How hes doing this morning. And take down, an mma fighter using his training to stop an alleged thief at a drugstore. Today, saturday, january 18th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news this is today with peter alexander, Kristen Welker and dylan dreyer live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today and thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. Good to be with you. And wh
What does it actually mean. This panel is the son of prevention. People working every day to prevent the kind of violent extremism we want to prevent around the world. They are doing it in innovative ways. Let me tell you who we have here. This is the youth panel. In nigeria, even into your 40s, you are counted as youth. I am in that panel as well. [laughter] next to him is the director of phd. V h and a we are eager to hear your perspectives. Obama foundations dollar and cofounder of the arts initiative. His from south sudan. But nowthis initiative you are based in chicago doing a degree there. Welcome as well. The cofounder and board member of crown the woman south sudan. Two members of the south sudan agencies. Since we have two of you from south sudan, maybe we can start their. We were given a Tour De Force and south sudan could be on that list. There is peace at the moment and a deal coming to the new government in february but there was six years of war and nearly half the countr
And well be talking to the man who wrote the eulogy for an icelandic glacier which has disappeared because of Climate Change. We will be live in westminster to look at that letter from Boris Johnson to donald tusk suggesting the irish border backstop has to be replaced with an alternative if the uk and the eu can find a deal that the uk will accept. Before that before that. What a striking image this is. Sudans former president , Omar Al Bashir was driven from power earlier this year. This is him today in court, inside a cage. Hes facing corruption charges. We already know that millions of dollars in cash was seized at his house. And investigators are alleging that mr bashir has admitted receiving 90 million from saudi arabia. Though his lawyers say all allegations against him are baseless. Omar al bashir is also accused of being involved in the killing of people who protested against his rule. And inevitably, this trial is seen as a test of whether the Ruling Military Council can deal
Good morning, everyone. Hi, welcome. My name is leanne. I am the director of our countering organization at the institute of peace. For those that are new, we were founded by members of congress who were veterans of world war ii. They had returned from the battlefield convinced that the u. S. Needed greater capacities to wage peace as effectively as we wage war. It was a bipartisan effort drawing broad support from both parties, and in 1984, president reagan signed into law the United States institute of peace. An independent, nonpartisan, National Institute charged with the mission of preventing, mitigating, and resolving violent conflict abroad. We fulfill that mission by linking training and analysis, research and policy, and by working with local partners on the ground in conflict zones around the world. We have offices in iraq and afghanistan, pakistan, tunisia, just to name a few, and when it comes to violent extremism, we know that significant knowledge gaps still exist and they
When all is said and done, this storm can dump more than 50 inches of rain. And biblical has become a flimsy and tough. Super sized greatness is on display as people kay for their neighbors. Dont get me wrong. People need all the help they can get. But the power of selfreliance and empathy in the face of this store speaks to a decency most of people have not lost touch with. It will be months before the Economic Impact is known. But to the anies pouring into the red cross and social media, the goodness in people overcomes the worst circumstances. Lets get into all of this. Im kennedy. An entire years worth of rain in a single storm and it may not be over for another week. We are told at least five people have died since harvey made landfall over the weekend. 15,000 currently in shelters and many people have lost their homes and cars and any future prosperity in the short term. Helicopters and boats and trucks saving people all over coastal texas. In some places the water is rising an i