Studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome to today on this tuesday. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer along side al roker and tamron hall. Did we do something with the set . Did i miss something . We changed something. Sorry i missed the House Warming Party but it looks good. It looks good. We are excited. Good. We are going to start in washington at the scene of the deadly shooting at the navy yard. After conflicting reports on monday, confusing information, investigators now believe the gunman acted alone. Natalie morales is there with the latest. Natalie, good morning to you. Good morning to you, matt. We are starting to learn more about the alleged gunman and possibly aa motive here. According to officials, the man identified as the alleged shooter, 34yearold aaron alexis had been experiencing mental problems and had a checkered past. He was a computer contractor, a former Navy Reservist who was honorably discharged in 2011. Alexis did have a valid pass to en
Beautiful, beautiful set. And youre wearing white after labor day because youre a rule breaker and i like that about you. They said we were allowed. Didnt they . Until they come along and tell us who they are, were going to break the rules. There was a big shooting in washington dc, and our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and their families, and the alleged shooter was shot dead. Now the questions of what motivated him and why, so im sure well learn a lot more about him in the days to come. And more importantly, a lot more about the victims. Do you see a pattern yet with some of the other Mass Shootings . You know what surprised me, when a newscaster will come on and say this is the worst shooting since sandy hook, or this is the worst shooting since and theyre all so close together. It used to be i remember columbine. Now its like since a few months ago, and a few before that, and there always seems to be so many more. Theres a rush to judgement, but the truth is we dont know
Warnings about security and fears of a terrorist attack appear to be taking something of a toll tonight, with 16 days to go now until the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics games in sochi, russia, while the modern olympics are a relatively Television Event and few get to attend the games in person, those who will attend, ranging from athletes to families and media and spectators are watching it closely as russia continues to promise a heavily defended fortress around these games. Our chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel has more from sochi. Reporter good evening, brian, now were inside that fortress, inside the ring of steel around sochi. Today, the u. S. Olympic team confirmed that it had received a threatening email in broken english, warning athletes not to come here. The threat, however, is not considered credible. But it is getting some attention because there are Real Security concerns. Security in sochi is out in full force. Looking for trouble, before it happens. And
Appear to be taking something of a toll tonight, with 16 days to go now until the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics games in sochi, russia, while the modern olympics are a mosty Television Event and few get to attend the games in person, those who will attend, ranging from athletes to families and media and spectators are watching it closy as each day russia continues to promise a heavily defended fortress around these games. Our chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel has more from sochi. Reporter good evening, brian, we are now inside that fortress, inside the ring of steel around sochi. Today, the u. S. Olympic team confirmed that it had received a threatening email in broken english, warning athletes not to come here. The threat, however, is not considered credible. But it is getting some attention because there are Real Security concerns. Security in sochi is out in full force. Looking for trouble, before it happens. And hidden in the mountains, the russian army has deploy
Crystal Hiwalker wonders if her heart and lungs would have kept working if the ambulance crew had been able to give her a transfusion as the blood drained from her