11th, 2012, when the u. S. Diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya, was attacked. Four americans including ambassador Chris Stevens were killed, and many have been questioning if the attack could have been prevented. A state department independent investigation into benghazi found systemic failures, leadership and management deficiencies at the state department in january of 2015. In a similar report clinton echoed that report, acknowledging a systemic breakdown. Andrea mitchell has more on that and the political ramifications. Andrea, good morning. Good morning to you. With our new poll showing 44 of americans are not yet satisfied with Hillary Clintons answers about benghazi, today is, indeed, her best chance to change all of that. Assisted by the republicans who themselves in recent weeks have hurt the committees credibility. Hillary clinton will be on the week in her Washington Home in a war room with her husband and top advisers. Shes had to field tough questions on benghazi before,
Some believing he compromised too much. The most recent battle republicans wanting to shut down government in order to defund planned parenthood. Never about the vote. All right . Never any about about whether i could survive a vote. I dont want my members to go through this. This turmoil that has been churning for a couple months is not good for the members and the institution. Reporter will that institution change . The American People are more closely watching what happens here because they have seen the speaker step down because those in his caucus are demanding a shut down of government unless there is a defunding of planned parenthood. There were members in his [bleep] whoosh in his caucus who saw compromise as weakness. Reporter it is conservatives who felt betrayed and today in washington candidates welcomed the news. Along with these conservative crowds. You want to know how much each of you terrify washington . Yesterday john boehner was speaker of the house. You come to town
Cubsville today, thursday, october 22nd, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. I was on a half second delay because of whats happening in new york city. Everyones so excited about the new york mets. Its a tale of two cities. New york happy. The mets going back to the world series. Not good morning for chicago. They get swept out of the National League series. Why cant everyone win . No ties in baseball. No crying in baseball either. May have been tears in chicago. Lets go to the top story. One day after the Vice President said he is not running, Hillary Clinton now set to testify before the House Select Committee on benghazi. This all stems from september 11th, 2012, when the u. S. Diplomatic mission in benghazi, four americans including ambassador Chris Stevens were killed, and many have been questioning if the attack could have been
Know someone who is, having a newborn is at odds with Work Schedules too but paid for leave benefits. Is this a trend that will grow . Thats our cover story today. New baby, new rules. Juggling family demands never easy but a recent study found 75 of Millennials Want Flexible Work hours and on track for a promotion. May be hard to have both because the Labor Department said 13 of u. S. Workers have access to paid family leave. The u. S. Is the only developed nation that doesnt require paid parental leave for mothers or fathers. That may be changing, at least in the tech world. We were noticing that most of our new moms were going off and they were taking, if they could, they would take five to six months and they were stitching together personal time off. So we decided that given the average amount of time was five or six months, we would provide 26 weeks of fully paid benefits. Thats a half a year off. Netflix doubled that. A full year of paid leave for new moms and dads. Microsoft ex
Boiling over this morning a day after the kingdom announced its cutting ties with tehran and bahrain will be cutting ties with iran and saudi Officials Saying iranian diplomates have one more day to leave their country and shia protesters storming the Saudi Embassy on sunday angry over the execution of 47 men accused of terrorism including shia cleric alnimr. Began three days of mourning and he has been buried in an undisclosed cemetery and he was a central figure and protests by saudi arabia shia minority and arrested in 2012. This morning Irans Foreign Ministry accusing the kingdom of covering up the executions. Moves to another and this indicates its intention and it is wonton of diplomacy to create tension after tension and crisis after crisis. Major sunni and shia powers in shia and yemen and fears the standoff could have tensions across the region and Al Jazeera Gerald tan reports. Reporter the Saudi Embassy ablaze in tehran. Iranians lash out after leaving shia cleric was among