Get up, stand up a new study revealing how bad sitting is for you, and taking the plunge. A look at the worlds tallest water slide. Imagine that. Immigration reform front and center tonight. The president in dallas on a fundraising trip meeting with local leaders to take about the flood of immigrants crossing the border. Among the leaders governor rick perry, the onetime president ial candidate who thats there are not enough resources at the border. Some democrats are criticising the president. Reporter what about what some of the democratic members are saying, criticising him for not going to the border, especially if hes in texas fundraising. One of your democrats say they hope the border is not president obamas katrina moment. Many chris sized bush for not criticised bush for not heading no new orleans after katrina. There is an issue. If he had been in the area, i probably would have gone to take a closer look at what is going on. Its not like he cant see it. Or he hasnt been told
President obama is in texas this evening pushing his 3. 7 billion plan to deal with the influx of uncompanied immigrants from central america. The president has called it a humanitarian crisis. He arrived in dallas just a short time ago when he was discussing situation with elected officials and faith leaders. He planned on making a statement, well bring it to you when it happens. Well get to libby casey at the white house. What can we expect to hear from the president when he speaks in dallas. Hes engaged in a round table discussion. Were hearing that the president is meeting with a member of congress along with faith based leaders, and the mayor of dallas, and he has had time with rick perry, the republican governor who has had Harsh Criticism of president obama. Think road on marine one together and have been taking the drive over to the round table discussions. The president has gotten a lot of flack for not actually going to the border in this trip, which is in part is a fundraisi
Ceasefire proposed by the United Nations and the arab league. The ceasefire took effect on friday, which marks the beginning of the muslim holiday of eid al adha. Antigovernment activists in the central city of homs say the military violated the truce, killing four people. Heavy fighting was also reported in the Northern City of idleb. Reports from Daraa Province in southern syria say government opened fire to disperse demonstrators. The Syrian Government has warned that troops will respond to any attempts by the rebels to attack or expand areas under their control. People in afghanistan are grieving on a day they should be celebrating. A suicide bomber targeted a mosque in the countrys north. The explosion killed at least 36 people and wounded many others. It happened as muslims around the world marked the eid al adha holiday. Police say a man detonated the explosives friday outside a mosque in maymana. Witnesses say the attacker was wearing a police uniform. No one has claimed respon
Pipeline disaster. Why neighbors are worried about a new plan for that area. Mornings on 2 begins right now. We are live in at San Jose High School where the first day of school will get underway in one hour. This is just one of many schools across the bay area where the opening bell is ringing today. Ktvus janine de la vega is talking with staff and students. Coming up in two minutes, she will tell us how the school is striving to close the opportunity gap and provide 21st century skills to all students. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Its wednesday, august 13th. Im tori campbell. Good morning, tc. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. You have good backtoschool weather for the kids . Cooler. The pattern has changed from hot and humid and warm and humid to tropical clouds, system to the north, a pretty big low has decided to pay a visit. Thats allowed our temperatures to catch up with most of the other parts of the United States which are also enjoy
Injuries more, the search continues for those missing and survivors of the storm speak out about what happened on the mountain. And those signature shades. Bono has been wearing his for more than two decades. Why you never see him without them. The medical reason behind that choice, today, saturday october 18th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im Peter Alexander alongside sheinelle jones. You see dylan is in bermuda this morning. Keeping an eye on hurricane gonzalo. It is not the only storm we are watching this morning. On the other end of the planet in hawaii, honolulu, Hallie Jackson is there. And that is the indication why the weather is the top story. We begin with the powerful hurricane gonzalo which made landfall overnight on bermuda. Residents stayed inside while the eye of the hurricane came over the island. This morning, they are seein