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and to their superiors who are complicit in these times, you will be held to account.
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the kremlin responded saying we regard such insinuations as an unprecedented attempt to denuke colors russia in the hybrid war unleashed upon us. breaking news in plains, georgia. our nation's oldest living president jimmy carter has chose ton begin receiving hospice care spending final days at home surrounded by his family nbc's priscilla thompson is in georgia with the latest. >> reporter: the family of former president jimmy carter is gathered around him after the announcement that the 98-year-old would spend his final days at home under hospice care tributes pouring in on social media from president biden, may you continue your journey with grace and dignity and god grant you peace. to those who worked alongside carter the secret service tweeting, rest easy, mr. president, we will forever be by your side the carter center launching an online board for people to send messages of love and support
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it was here in this small town of plains, georgia, where the 39th president was born and married his wife rosalynn pt the love of his life. >> the best thing i ever did was marrying rosalynn. >> reporter: he work as a peanuter farmer then returned to plains and taught sunday school more than 40 years and fellow church members said a special prayer. >> we do lift the carter family, lord, to ya. >> reporter: many leaving service with a heavy heart >> i'm happy for him, because he's going to be out of pain and going to see his maker, and we're going to miss him. >> reporter: a man who left his mark everywhere he went. business owner philip kerland says carter was first to william him into town when he set up shop 25 years ago. >> gracious and never stopped coming in. >> reporter: the longest living former president loved and beloved for the remainder of his
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life. president carter's wife of more than 75 years, rosalynn carter is likely by hit side. his grandson tweeted that the carters are at peace back to you. >> thank you. breaking this morning, north korea fired two more ballistic missiles off its east coast on monday in what is now the third weapons test for this year, this coming alongside new provocations as tensions rise with the west. we have more. >> reporter: a major escalation from north korea firing multiple ballistic missiles this after launching an intercontinental ballistic saturday that broke up midair before splashing down off the coast of japan captured on camera for the very first time the japanese defense minister said that particular weapon could reach every corner of the u.s. as the u.s. begins its joint
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military exercises alongside south korea and japan, flying long-range supersonic bombers in a show of force. >> we call on others to condemn this action, to take appropriate steps including the enforcement of sanctions. >> reporter: north korean state tv showing a recent launch on sunday kim jong-un's sister saying whether or not north korea using the pacific ocean as its shooting range depends on the united states. it's the latest in a barrage of threats from north korea as pyongyang continues to post its nuclear weapons supply. displaying its largest arsenal of weapons, a duson icbn at a military parade earlier this month. a state immediate broadcaster saying the surprise launch is proof of the country's nuclear power. as the temperature in the region rises, the joint military drills just getting under way
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meagan fitzgerald, nbc news. classes set to resume today at michigan state university, a week after a mass shooting there left three students dead and five others injured. there will be increased police presence on campus according to the school's interim provost no classes will be held before the shootings occurred students will be able to determine end of the semester whether they want to receive credit for the grade or for their classes. breaking this morning, a man arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a temple police officer saturday night. officer christopher fitzgerald was shot and killed while attempting to opera hend a person suspected of robbing a convenience store. the suspect has been identified as 18-year-old miles befer of buckingham township, pennsylvania the chief said the passing marks the first line of duty death in the history of the campus police
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department. police are investigating the shooting death of a los angeles bosh op as a homicide. nbc's steve patterson has the details. >> reporter: unanswered questions after a beloved bishop was found murdered in his own home investigators say the circumstances surrounding his death don't add up. >> we do not believe there is any threat to the public very early in the investigation. >> reporter: 69-year-old david o'connell found not breathing in his home from an apparent gunshot wound in his upper torso. police say it was a homicide and believed it targeted. >> chilling to me think being a it rb known as l.a.'s peacemaker called bishop dave spent most of his four decades in priesthood ministers neighborhoods afflicted with poverty and gang violence. >> spent a lot of time in inner cities and dealt with a lot of things people don't deal with on
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a daily basis. >> reporter: in a statement, the diocese of los angeles deeply satined by this news also bishop dave would be out on the blacktop playing basketball or telling jokes when visiting classes. >> married my kwif and i here in this church 40 years ago a funny man. found humor in everything. >> i knew i lost a great friend and l.a. lost a great bishop then this morning woke up to the news he had been shot doubling the shock and surprise is. >> reporter: elevated to auxiliary bishop in 2015 and this bishop ordained with him. >> i can't understand it and that part of the trauma with all of this for us we find it so hard to understand. >> reporter: investigators tasked with entering the only task louder than prayers desperate questions why a man so loved was found murdered steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. there are growing calls for accountability in the wake of the train disaster in ohio
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transportation secretary pete buttigieg wrote a letter to the ceo of norfolk southern saying he would call on congress to raise fines for railroad safety breaches the maximum fine is currently $225,000 buttigieg also proposed more safety measures. over the weekend the ceo of norfolk southern visited east palestine. as george solis reports, residence there were not happy with the visit. >> reporter: tempers flare in east palestine outrage following norfolk's ceo unannounced visit saturday residents fuming as more questions linger over the toxic train derailment fueling concerns over air and water quality. >> voiced openly to have gone and had a few words with this person. >> reporter: among a small number that spoke with him privately. >> apprehensive coming here with a bunch of angry people.
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i'm not afraid to say it wasn't right and a lot of other people feel the same way that i feel. >> reporter: security cameras from his newly opened winery captured the nearby fiery derailment customers canceling reservations. >> the american dream turned into an american nightmare. >> reporter: in an interview with wfmj the ceo declined to answer questions about cleanup at the site. >> worked with the ohio epa on safe operations and safety for the community. >> reporter: the company says they distributed more than $2.6 million to help residents, but the department of transportation saying they will hold the company accountable, adding that until the number of derailment is zero, everyone involved in our rail system must make safety improvement a priority this as air and water testing continues, the epa saying still no water quality concerns. >> thanks to george for that report. uber and lyft drivers won't
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be stopping at laguardia next week drivers will refuse to pick up passengers from noon to midnight next sunday. they're going on strike saying they are struggling to pay for the high cost of gas and they want a raise. a wild day at the daytona 500 led to the longest running in the 65-year history of the race a crash in the final laps forced it into overtime running to a record 212 laps. in the end,icy stenhouse jr. declared winner under caution after a last lap crash and wins his first daytona 500 outlasting defending champion joey logano. and turning to michelle grossman tracking a cross-country storm for us this morning. hi, michelle. >> great to see you. another week, another big powerful storm we'll see impacts reaching most of us in the u.s. as we go throughout this week with snow some rain. some really gusting winds and also a chance for severe storms. going throughout the day winter
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alerts and quite a bit of them 14 million people impacted from the west into the western and northern plains, parts of the great lakes and these alerts are through thursday a winter storm warning in the pink winter storm watch, in the blue. winter weather advisory you see the white. wind gusting up to 85 miles an hour couple that with snow seeing whiteout conditions in some spots. 26 million people at rick. these alerts stay in place through wednesday. here's the setup today a serious of cold fronts a powerful storm getting its act together going to see heavy snow and rain continuing as the next storm arrived and then very windy, gusting up to 85 miles an hour strong winds leading to blowing snow and whiteout conditions. nl
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10 to 20 degrees above normal in portions of the east going throughout this week. all right, guy, a look at that week ahead in just a bit. >> looking forward to it thanks, michelle. and a fearless dog in the bahamas dove into the water when a hammerhead shark swam near shore. onloshgers noticed the dog jump off the pier even try to bite the dog. the shark swam off and the dog jumped back up on to dry land nep saw the pup ar the whole ordeal and he's okay. meta is clicking "like" on page verifification. that story coming up. first, the consumer aloert b lert brewing before you grap your kcup of coffee. we're back in one minute. i'lls i forget what she's supposed to be taking. hey, i get it... and you're not alone in this, ok?
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some new controversy this morning over changes to beloved children's classes the publisher for roald dahl is updating the language in books like "charlie and the chocolate factory" to be more inclusive. imly i emilie ikeda has the story >> reporter: roald dahl penned countless children's classics transporting readers to other fan taas fantastical worlds, inspiring movies and musicals. but the versions pulled from library shelves today may not be as dahl wrote them britain's "telegraph" detailed hundreds of word changes across his works made by his publisher
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puffin and the roald dahl story company since 2020, omissions and additions related to weight, gender, race, and more in "charlie and the chocolate fablgry," the enormously fat boy is now just enormous remember miss trenchbull in "matilda"? her great horsey face is no longer horsey. in "the witches" even if she is working as a cashier has been replaced as top scientist. the cloud men from "james and the giant peach" are now cloud people the degree of such changes has prompted an eruption of backlash legendary writer salman rushdie tweeted, dahl was no angel but this is absurd censorship. dahl has long been controversial. decades after his death his family issued an apology for his prejudiced remarks in interviews today the roald dahl story company told nbc news reviewing works' language is not unusual it leaned on a collective focus on inclusivity to ensure the roald dahl's wonderful stories and characters continue to be enjoyed by all children today,
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joining a growing list of publishers and literary estates reevaluating older works dr. seuss enterprises stopped six books from being published in 2021 because of racist imagery. >> we're nothing about editing or ruining a position. we're looking at how do we make children's literature more inclusive for all children i have no idea why we have an issue with that. >> reporter: dahl's updated prints became available in the uk last summer it is not clear if the red pen will hit pages in the u.s. next. emilie ikeda, nbc news the nba's best lit up utah in the all-star game this game has never been about defense. the two squads routinely combine to score well over 300 points. jayson tatum put up 55 on the night, the most in all-star history. the game came down to the elam ending and one last shot for team yee janis a day after winning the three-point contest, damian
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lillard pulls up and lift others team lebron 184-175. it earned him the kobe bryant award for all-star game mvp. i love the way they did it, plund style, you go here and let's play
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