was married to another woman and she s trying to put her life back together today, wednesday, august 11th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today. it s 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on this wednesday morning. good morning, everybody. that first image from the crash site in dillingham near dillingham, alaska, is really remarkable. take a look at that. up there on the middle right there exactly it shows you that the plane is pretty much in one piece despite an exact so severe the trees were all uprooted on the slope. five people died, including former alaska senator ted stevens. among the four survivors, former nasa administrator sean o keefe and his teenage-son. the investigation into the cause of the crash gets under way. also ahead this morning there are new details in the case of kyron horman. the police are now circulating flyers hoping to find someone who may have seen his stepmother terri horman and one of her friends together
her life back together. today, wednesday, august 11, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this wednesday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m ann curry in for matt this morning. he has the morning off. that first image we just saw of the crash site up in alaska is remarkable. you can see that the impact was so severe it uprooted trees up there on the slope and yet the plane appears to be in one piece. as you said, five people died including former alaska senator ted stevens. four others did survive. among them former nasa administrator sean o keefe and his 18-year-old son. this morning new details on their dramatic rescue as the investigation into the cause of the crash gets under way. the latest on it all straight ahead. also ahead this morning, we have new details on the kyron horman case. police are now circulating flyers that for the first time include photos of his mother s close friend. coming up we ll have more on thi
flowing from that damaged well. jay gray begins our coverage now from louisiana. reporter: new image at the gulf today at the request of congress bp adpreed to provide live streaming video from the leak site. what you see are real-time images of a real-world disaster unfolding 5,000 feet below the surface of the gulf. reporter: pictures that critics say more than 5,000 of gallons of oil is pouring into the gulf each day. this video shows tin tensity of the blaze in the minutes just after the explosion on the deep water well. i knew this was like seeing hell on earth. i have never seen flames that gigantic before. reporter: the fire is out but now 30 days later, the fear and frustration is only growing. thick, dark crude is creeping into the louisiana marsh lands. tuesday night a sea turtle was pulled from the muck. he is being cleaned and treated at a new orleans aquarium as concerns grow about more than just the oil threatening the marine and wildlife along the coa
and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. if you re living down south this morning, you may be bracing for severe weather. apparently it is coming from the same system that spawned at least 24 tornadoes in oklahoma and kansas on wednesday. so far we are only hearing of minor injuries and scattered damage to a handful of homes and businesses. al will have the latest on all of it in a moment. also a little later on, new details about the former food network chef accused of trying to hire homeless men to kill his wife. what was the state of their marriage? were there inn warning signs? this morning, an exclusive interview with a friend of the couple who was co-authoring a new cookbook with that chef. plus, as far as we can tell, there were no party crashers at the obama s second state dinner at the white house last night. but first lady michelle obama certainly turned a few heads. we ll have more on that coming up. we begin w
this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. if you re living down south this morning, you may be bracing for severe weather. apparently it is coming from the same system that spawned at least 24 tornadoes in oklahoma and kansas on wednesday. so far we are only hearing of minor injuries and scattered damage to a handful of homes and businesses. al will have the latest on all of it in a moment. also a little later on, new details about the former food network chef accused of trying to hire homeless men to kill his wife. what was the state of their marriage? were there inn warning signs? this morning, an exclusive interview with a friend of the couple who was co-authoring a new cookbook with that chef. plus, as far as we can tell, there were no party crashers at the obama s second state dinner at the white house last night. but first lady michelle obama certainly turned a few heads. we ll have more on that coming up. we begin with those tornadoes and th