Today, tuesday, october 15th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer along side Natalie Morales and al roker. Its like you drew up the show today because you love technology. Oh, man. We have things on the show, later on well talk about break through inventions that will change your life and could change the world. And then another guest. I see your break through inventions and raise you one bionic man. We have a bionic man in the studio. This is as far as science can go to replicating a human body. He can do a lot of things. Well check him out. He looks like he is asleep. You have to wake him up. Well wake him up. Hes not a morning program. For the second straight night, emergency crews at l. A. X. Are dealing with homemade dry ice bombs. Tom could sstello is on the stor us. What can you tell us . Th
Compromise. The possibility of a deal to end the Government Shutdown and extend the debt ceiling. Unclear whether Speaker Boehner will allow a vote on the possible breakthrough. It does not include changes to obama care. Focused on the wrong subject. The death toll is rising from a major earthquake in the philippines. It caused roads to buckle and buildings to collapse. For the second night in a row, dry ice exploded at Los Angeles International airport. Two other devices were found nearby. According to documents given to the Washington Post by edward snowden, the nsa is harvesting millions of contact lists. From private accounts that you likely use like gmail, facebook, and hot mail. From tripoli to a prison cell in new york city. Al qaeda suspect al libi facing arraignment on terror charges today. A tragic accident on a Carnival Cruise ship, a 6yearold drowning in a pool on board. Everyone was crying. The family was distraught. They had to pull the mother away. The Health Problems fo
Have to call the shots and end this Government Shutdown. Worse yet, the approaching default on the countrys debt. This historic embarrassment to your party, to your beloved house of representatives, this deep injury to your country. Here i think its fair to say are your options, mr. Speaker. You can continue down the road, that little band of warriors on your partys right has assigned you. That means sticking with them all the way, following whatever course the fartherest out 30 of your caucus want you to take. Going after the Affordable Care act at every stop, giving up on any bipartisan solution to the debt crisis, then doing the whole thing over again every two months from now until the end of your speakership. Causing havoc Global Economic mayhem at maximum. The value of our currency, our word. You want to get down that road, mr. Speaker . How about this . How about you restore democracy to the peoples house . How about you set a vote to reopen the government and add it to whatever
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Live outside the construction site of 49ers new stadium in santa clara. Where we are learning more about the worker killed it could take months they have told us that the jobs that has been deemed safe and permitted to be open. At first it was shock but now with tragic. The other fellow coworkers loosed their life. I think that has some and pretty quick after it is pretty emotional. A little banged up in there. Reporter or statements from the fortyniners and the Trucking Company our sincerest prayers are with the family and coworkers. The Steel Company says they extend their deepest sympathies to a family in france during this difficult time. A thousand prayers go out on this difficult time reporter this is not the first death at the 49ers stadim construction site. This past june, elevator mechanic donald white was killed on the job. The 63yearold died when he was hit by a counterweight in an elevator shaft. Like todays casualty. White was working for a subcontractor. When the accident