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Good evening. As a group of heavily armed and highly motivated terrorists continues its way across iraq, its not yet clear if the u. S. Will take any action in iraq. The president has ruled out any troops, and the American People arent at all sure we should take any action even though whats happening now is a direct outgrowth of the u. S. Invasion there over a decade ago. The u. S. Has started removing some of its staff from the fortresslike u. S. Embassy in baghdad, calling this a relocation an...

The first openly gay player drafted in a major american sport. The big question now, what happens next . Will michael sam make the team . We explore that. I think clearly this is the issue that the democrats have been running away from. Democrats havent missed it. The strategy for 2014 on the sunday morning talkfest. An about will . It could be a landmark move. Others say its a disaster. Reaction ahead. Msnbcs ronan farrow talks about his irish roots and a Famous Family member connected to holly...

Equipment. Everyone here is hyper alert. We havent been in close promise s proximity. Were being hyper vigilant were at very low risks of becoming ill. Also this morning theres new information about how Thomas Eric Duncan was initially sent home from a dallas hospital. The hospital says he told the nurse he had not been around anyone ill. He said the same thing before boarding a plane to leave liberia days earlier even though as nbc news reported duncan helped and carried a pregnant woman who di...

Hey, everyone. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. In a surprise move, chairman of the joint chiefs general Martin Dempsey is in baghdad today, his first trip sense american troops were sent back to iraq and the u. S. Began its Bombing Campaign against isis. The general told a gathering of marines at the u. S. Embassy that the momentum in the fight is starting to turn against isis. Much of that fight is still focused in kobani, syria. The u. S. And its partners launching a new round of air strik...

The siberian express is taking a deadly toll as it continues to push through the central and eastern parts of the country. Hypothermia being blamed for at least 20 people. More record lows are expected in the northeast. The situation certainly making driving treacherous. Watch this close call a scene of a tractor trailer crash. The truck skidding across the icy median. It almost hits the transportation worker right there. Oh, my goodness. I couldnt go to the left of course because of the truck. ...

The streets, joining in the demonstrations. Yesterday she con sold the widow of the pilot in his hometown. Joining us nbc news correspondent richard engel, and curd fighters take on the isis terrorists. First, to keir simmons in jordans capital with the latest on the round of air strikes. What are you hearing . Reporter hey, alex. We are hearing there have been f16s, and also reports unconfirmed by nbc news that f22s, a10s were also involved in accompanying the aircraft. Certainly the u. S. Will...

Hey, there, everyone. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Super bowl xlix now just hours away. This years event expected to be bigger than last years. Between 171 million and 184 Million People expected to watch the game. And for the lucky people able to watch the game in person, on average, they shelled out nearly 6,500 for a ticket up more than 114 from last year. Of course security also a huge part of this annual event thousands of officers will protect the super bowl site. A team of local, s...

Everyone. Welcome to weekends with el axe wit. A major snowstorm threatening new england with a blizzard warning in effect ahead of a storm expected to intensify saturday night into sunday. It is expected to have the intensity of a category 2 hurricane and it can bring more than a foot of fresh snow 70mileperhour wind gusts and coastal flooding. With so much snow still on the ground many are in disbelief. Still really no sidewalks. Everybody is walking in the streets, the bus stops. Huge mountai...

Give money to the veterans. Theyre going to make a fortune with the debate. Now lets see how many people watch. Fox news replied with this statement, quote, we learned from a secret back channel that the ayatollah and putin both intend to treat donald trump fairly when they meet with him if he becomes president. Trump has his own secret plan to replace the cabinet with his twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings. Meanwhile, trumps main rival ted cruz is challenging him to...

Bridge that moves your heart. This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. One week after Hurricane Maria invaded puerto rico, frustration is growing. Relief supplies are arriving on the island, but getting them to the nearly 3. 5 Million People in desperate need is close to impossible. Power is still out, and the f. C. C. Said today more than 91 of the cell phone sites are out of service. David begnaud is in san juan. Reporter anthony, pue...