Yesterday saudi arabia broke off diplomatic ties with its rival, iran, after demonstrator s invaded and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in tehran. Iranians were protesting the saudi execution of a muslim cleric who criticized the saudi rulers. Nbcs bill neely reports from london that tensions between the two nations are high and getting worse. Across the shia world. Nimr alnimr was a charismatic saudi preacher. He said he preferred words to weapons; words harshly critical of the saudi regime. Which executed him for inciting unrest among its shia minority. Irans Supreme Leader warned saudi arabia would face divine revenge for a crime. Iran is seething. The execution has inflamed tensions between shia and sunni muslims; faiths led by iran and saudi arabia. neely on camera 1 13 1 37 and saudi arabia has now cut off diplomatic relations with iran, giving iranian diplomats there 48 hours to leave the country. And the saudis may already have pulled their diplomats out of iran. Theres no sign t
I have the love and unwavering support of the entire nevada family. Reporter the ceremony was a time for songs and patriotism and words of encouragement not only for these National Guard members but also for their families. Afterwards, a time to take pictures and get in as much affection as possible. Made me feel a little bit better. Im just really nervous and i hope they come home very safe. Reporter anne marie is sending off two of her kids for the first tile. Her daughter angelica and her son dominic. Its definitely a new experience. Reporter mom is hoping they heed her motherly advice. Tell them to be safe and, you know, call us, you know, if they need us and speak to us whenever they can. And make everybody feel better. Reporter for a brother and sister to deploy together is theyll take it. Definitely it was unexpected to hear my brother and sister are being deployed together. But its kind of cool. Reporter cooler than what theyre doing. It may be an emotional time but theyre focu
Coach gary kubiak brought in Peyton Manning who led the broncos to a 2720 win and that locked up their fifth consecutive afc west title. The coach spoke at a press conference from the uc Hub Training Center today. He says there will be tough playoffs. Tough decisions to make, this game is tough on everybody, coaches, players, i mean, its a grind. The nfl is a tough season, everybody is good, its hard to win in this league but you do it to get to the point that we are at today. So like i said, im excited for the organization, the football team, the players, they have worked really hard to get here, the coaches so we are going to enjoy this, we are going to get back to work and i think its going to take everybody weve got. The team has a couple days off, they are back at work on thursday, kubiak stressed he has no time line at this point for deciding who will be the broncos starting playoff quarterback. He says hes proud of both of his quarterbacks, but peyton and brock and that when it
Nearly a week to assess the damage. Geoff in the hardest hit towns, neighborhood streets were littered with piles of debris. Hundreds of structures were damaged when the Mississippi River swelled to record flood stage levels after a f ft of rain fell in three days. President barack obama approved the governors request for federal aid. Most of the floodwaters have receded, but residents say the nightmare is just getting started. Activists in greenville are using balloons to put a teens unsolved murder, back in the spotlight. Allyson a b bloon release in the Nicholtown Community of greenville, honored cobey smith last night. The teens mother joined organizers of the put down the guns young people organization. Group leaders say they will release balloons everyday until january 26 hoping someone will come forward with information. Cobey smith was shot to death on 2015. January 25, the 16 years old body was found near a trail that runs along the field behind sterling school. A 2000 reward
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