And teachers have already been meeting to find a way to start that normal routine back for them again. Its so important. It is. Were going to go to amy robach there in just a moment. First, breaking news overnight. Nbcs chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, held captive in syria since thursday has been freed after a firefight. Martha raddatz has details from washington. What a dramatic escape. Reporter it certainly is. Richard is a very experienced foreign correspondent. And he had been inside syria before. He and his crew were grabbed after crossing into northwest syria last thursday. There had been no communication with them, no contact, no ransom demands. They were thrown in the back of a truck, bound and blindfolded, although not physically harmed. Then yesterday, as the captors were moving them to a new location, they were stopped at a rebel checkpoint. There was a confrontation. And then, the firefight broke out. In that firefight, two of the captors were killed and several
Abe lincoln was. When he looked at someone he waited. He really listened to what they had to say. And he was able to talk to probably the smartest and the least educated the exact same way. What a gift. It was amazing. You understood why he was so great. Sally field was off the hook as his wife. Mary todd who was a little a little cuckoo. I just adore everything spielberg does. I heard she wanted this role but he didnt want her for it. He thinks shes a brilliant actress, didnt think she was right for it or something. You never know if what you read is true, but anyway, theres a story he couldnt get her off his mind, then asked her to test. Just to see if it was right. Daniel day lewis and she did a screen test and he said, good morning, mother, just like lincoln would. Good morning, mr. President. They stayed in complete, total character the entire time and it was electric when they were together. Thats how it happened. I hope that storys true. This is based on a book called team of ri
Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im savannah guthrie. And im matt lauer. A few years ago buying online was something of a novelty and made a lot of people nervous, including myself. Now its a way of life and huge business. Thats right. New numbers released overnight show just that. Sales up significantly over last year, and that is thanks in large part to consumers using mobile devices. Shoppers spent more than 1 billion. Is this the sign weve been waiting for that the economy is finally on the mend . Were going to ask a guy who just might be the best investor ever to walk this earth. How is that for an introduction. Pretty good. Warren buffett, glad to have you here. All right. An Important Health warning. If youve having a grapefruit or grapefruit juice for breakfast this morning, it can have serious, even fatal side effects, if youre using certain medications. Dr. Nancy snyderman will be here to explain that. A lot of medications take. Like mother, like daughter. Anna nicole s
Investigators want to know why this small plane suddenly fell from the sky, slamming into the side of this home just outside seattle. Miraculously missing teenager tallon korn and a friend inside only feet away. I was sitting in my house, and i hear a loud bang, and im like, thunder. I dont know why i was thinking thunder, and i look outside and i look down and theres the wing right down below the window and i was right there too. I didnt realize how close it was to hitting to me. Reporter the pilot identified by abc affiliate komotv as 45yearold jay uusitalo was killed. His teenager nephew, also on board, survived, air lifted to the hospital with severe injuries. I didnt see anything but it sounded weird. It sounded it was loud. Reporter the fourseat plane crashed through the garage door. But korn and his friend playing video games in a room just above the garage escaped unharmed. I was, you know, kind of in a rush. I told my friend, you know, call 911. I wanted to see if i could see
Investigators want to know why this small plane suddenly fell from the sky, slamming into the side of this home just outside seattle. Miraculously missing teenager talon corn and a friend inside only feet away. I was sitting in my house and i hear a long bang and im like, thunder, i dont know why i was thinking thunder and i look outside and i look down and theres the wing right down below the window and i was right there too. I didnt realize how close i was to hitting to me. Reporter the pilot identified by abc affiliate k komotv as jay wistala killed. His teenager nephew on board survived air lifted to the hospital. It sounded weird. It sounded it was loud. Reporter the fourseat plane crashed through the garage door. But korn and his friend playing video games in a room above the garage escaped unharmed. I was, you know, kind of in a rush. I fotold my friend call 911 and wanted to see if i could see anything. Reporter before impact witnesses say the planes engine was sputtering the p