Uniteds ceo defends having a man dragged off a flight for refusing to give up his seat. Oh, my god look at what you did to him this morning, why the airline is placing blame on the passenger. And today exclusive. The good samaritan. A tulane medical student shot in the stomach trying to save a woman from an attacker. The shooter taking aim at his head. This morning, how peter gold survived and the harrowing moment he will see for the first time today, tuesday, april 11th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Were so happy to have peter gold here. Its hard to believe he has never seen the video we just showed. We use the expression, theyre lucky to be alive. Peter gold is a young man who is lucky to be alive. Well talk to him later on. We want to get to the terrible shooting in San Bernadino, california. Were learning about the gunman and the
Would you fly united . A lot of people are tweeting im not flying united anymore. I would consider it. If there was a cheap flight for 150 when it came down to it. I dont agree with what happened at all. What is interesting it is affecting their stock price. Yes. Down 4 or 5 . Yeah. It is impacting it. A lot of customers saying i wont fly. Would you fly . Putting me on the spot, gasia. Right back at you. I rarely fly. I love a good bargain. Because im not a huge consumer, i like to vote with my dollar. If i had to fly tomorrow, i dont knee if i would fly united. Check back in a year. Time to heal wounds. The story a chat not just here in the stays but also across the globe as well. Right. Especially in china. In d. C. , lawmakers are calling for a federal investigation into what happened on board that particular United Express flight. Congressional delegate Holmes Norton plans to call for a hearing. This comes as customers take to social media vowing to boycott the company over the inc
Our next call comes from oakland, maryland. Good evening. How are you doing . Good. I remember in 1972 as a College Student at Allegheny College in cumberland, md. , he came to the campus one day. The following day he was shot at the world mall. What i can remember of that is i read about something that does not seem to be talked about much. He went through a major transition after this. I think i read that he did talk openly about it and had some sort of religious conversion so predict conversion somewhat. Also, i can remember seeing him received an award from alabamas naacp. That was in his last term as governor, i think. Am i wrong on that or not . I can remember actually watching that and i was amazed to see the transformation from segregationist to basically receiving that type of recognition. Thank you very much. We are going to be discussing all of that throughout the evening on the contenders. Give us a snapshot of what harry was speaking about. If you want to know what happens
I said if you cant distinguish at harvard between honest dissent and overt acts of treason, then you ought to come on down to alabama and well teach you some law down on that. Yall dont know. [ applause ] both National Parties in the last number of years that kowtowed to every group of anarchists that have roamed the streets of San Francisco and los angeles and throughout the country. And now theyve created themselves a frankenstein monster and them chickens are coming home to roost all over this country. I love you, too. I sure do. Oh. I thought you were a she. Youre a he. Oh my goodness. When he was in california, a group of anarchists laid down in front of his automobile and threatened his personal safety, the president of the United States. I want to tell you if you elect me the president and i go to california, or i come to arkansas, and some of them lie down in front of my automobile, it will be the last time they want to lie down in front of it. And now were joined here in the G
Felt like maybe i already heard that my father had been shot and he was okay. Well, your father is okay, hes been shot, he must have been okay. Well, i didnt know that. I was brought here to the mansion and then flown straight to meraryland. We want to be clear because we were talking about you earlier here. You were the honorary chair of the alabama Democratic Party. No, my husband is the chair of the alabama Democratic Party. I sort of standby him and help him when i can. I do make some speeches at the Democratic Party functions. And your brother is now a republican, correct . Yes, he is. But i still love him very much. [ laughs ] the same question that we ask doctor reed and doctor carter, if your father is alive today, would he be a republican or democrat . I think he would be a democrat. Who would he voted for . I think he could possibly voted for president obama. I know that he would have been proud that i endorsed president obama and i think he would have been very proud that i