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Special Report: Trump details rescue mission and doubles down on Iran threats
NBC News· 2026-04-06 21:09
REPORT. HERE IS TOM LLAMAS. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND WE EXPECT HIM TO ADDRESS THAT DARING RESCUE MISSION. THE PRESIDENT IS SPEAKING, LET'S LISTEN IN. >> IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE BEST SO, GOOD AFTERNOON, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT TO DISCUSS. WE WILL GO INTO GOOD DETAIL AND, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST INVOLVED, WE WILL GIVE YOU EXACTITUDE AND WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF ONE OF THE LARGEST MOST COMPLEX, MOST HARROWING COMBAT SEARCHES, I GUESS YOU WOUL ...
Artemis crew share emotional hug after dedicating moon crater to commander's late wife
NBC News· 2026-04-06 20:06
The second one and especially meaningful for this crew is a number of years ago we started this journey and our close-knit astronaut family and we lost a loved one and there's a there's a feature in a really neat place on the moon and it is on the near side far side boundary. In fact, it's just on the near side of that boundary. And so at certain times of the uh moon's transit around Earth, you can we will be able to see this from Earth.And so we lost a loved one. Her name was Carol, the spouse of Reed, the ...
What’s Going On...With Drones At The Olympics?
NBC News· 2026-04-06 20:00
There were drones at the Olympics, but they weren't competing, at least not this year. They were being used to film the athletes so we could get a really close view, like crazy close, closer than ever in Olympics history. Who was flying these things.How are they not running into bobsledders all the time. What's going on. All of these shots were filmed by drone pilots.Their job is to fly the drones as close as they can without crashing into the athletes or the walls of the track. They wear goggles so they ca ...
Trump is not concerned his threat to bomb Iranian infrastructure could amount to a war crime
NBC News· 2026-04-06 19:24
Are you concerned that your threat to bomb power plants and bridges amount towards. >> No, no, no, I'm not. I hope I don't have to do it.>> But again, I just said 47 years they've been negotiating with these people. They're great negotiators. Why would that.>> And because they're not going to have a nuclear weapon. ...
Gen. Caine breaks down the timeline of the U.S. airmen rescue mission
NBC News· 2026-04-06 19:14
A US Air Force Combat Search and Rescue Task Force audaciously penetrated enemy territory in broad daylight to find, fix, and recover Dude 44 Alpha from behind enemy lines. This was an incredibly dangerous mission, an incredibly dangerous undertaking, but a filled promise made to every American war fighter that you will not be left behind. The sandy flight of A-10s and other remotely piloted aircraft, drones, and other tactical aircraft were violently suppressing and engaging the enemy in a close-in gunfigh ...
'Incredibly dangerous': Gen. Caine breaks down the timeline of the U.S. airmen rescue mission
NBC News· 2026-04-06 19:11
On Thursday 2 April at 10:10 p. m. Eastern time, 4:40 in the morning local Iran time, the Joint Personnel Recovery Center, which handles the Central Command area of responsibility, declared an isolated personnel recovery event for a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle.Call sign Dude 44, which was down in hostile Iranian territory. The pilot and weapon system officer had both safely ejected and were isolated behind enemy lines. Following confirmation of active rescue beacons and on the direction of the secretary ...
Savannah Guthrie Returns to TODAY | Full Episode: TODAY Show - April 6
NBC News· 2026-04-06 19:05
>>> AND A GOOD MONDAY MORNING TO YOU. SOME MAJOR NEWS OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST OVERNIGHT. >> REPORTS OF A PLAN FOR PEACE NOW ON THE TABLE.IT IS APRIL 6th. THIS IS "TODAY." >>> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, A POTENTIAL CEASE-FIRE PROPOSAL TO PAUSE THE WAR WITH IRAN AND RE-OPEN A MAJOR OIL SHIPPING ROUTE, AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES A PROFANITY-FILLED THREAT TO DESTROY IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND BRIDGES, AND WITH YET ANOTHER NEW DEADLINE, THE VERY LATEST ON THAT, PLUS NEW DETAILS ON THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF THOSE U.S. AIRMEN ...
'Give it up or go to jail': Trump threatens punishment over F-15 story leak
NBC News· 2026-04-06 19:03
As you probably know, we didn't talk about the first one for an hour. Then somebody leaked something, which we'll hopefully find that leaker. We're looking very hard to find that leaker.And talked about there's somebody missing. They basically said that we have one and there's somebody missing. Well, they didn't know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information.So, whoever is, we think we'll be able to find it out because we're going to go to the media company that released it and we're ...
Artemis II crew breaks record for farthest humans have traveled beyond Earth
NBC News· 2026-04-06 19:00
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Trump discusses rescue operation for U.S. airmen shot down over Iran
NBC News· 2026-04-06 18:28
He was injured quite badly and stranded in an area teeming with terrorists from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps rough group as well as the siege military militia and local authorities of many on top of everything else. They told the communities actually within side of Iran the people of Iran they were given a tremendous incentive to find this pilot. Despite the peril the officer followed his training and climbed into the treacherous mountain terrain and started climbing toward a higher altitude someth ...