Gets booed at a historically black college. What was behind the anger and how the school is defending the choice to let her speak. An espn tragedy. The wife of chris berman killed in a deadly car accident along with another driver. This morning the tributes are pouring in. It is important to all of us on this show to make our love for chris and his family known. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused that crash today on may 11, 2017. This has today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from Studio Center 1 a. When we say mother of all storms, were referencing mothers day. Thats right. Al had kind of reaction. This isnt that huge of a right . I see what you did there. We dont want people to go running for cover. Dont stockpile stuff yesterday. This morning were hearing from President Trump and james comey as the fallout over the firing grows. President trump defending the timing of his decision to dismiss the former fbi director. Our team has it covered from all angles s
57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Before he was fired james comey asked for more resources into russia and the election. He told staffers he will be fine. Hena daniels is here in new york. Good morning. Good morning. Acting fbi dreshlgter Andrew Mccabe will be speaking before the committee. While the investigation into the president s alleged links with russia accelerates. He was not doing a good job. President trump continued to defend his firing of james comey wednesday night. I think it would not be a bad thing for the American People if he did step down. Calling on this video calling for the fbi resignation in the past. It came on the same day that comey wrote a farewell letter to his bureau. Writing, i have long believed the president can fire an fbi director for any reason, adding, i will be fine. The white house has cited comeys handling of Hillary Clintons email scandal as a determination. Comey had recently asked at
And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 673 brunei. Steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, come on. Hi, everybody. Welcome. Mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah. Welcome everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. This is it, baby. This is the tonight show. [ cheers and applause ] you made it. Thank you for being here. Well, heres what people are all talking about. Of course, the big story still trump firing fbi director, james comey. And it turns out comey had six years left on his tenyear term. Yeah. That story again. Its easier get out of your fbi contract than it is your at t contract. [ laughter and applause ] its much easier. I still cant. And in the middle of all this, trump met with Russian Foreign minister yesterday. The Russian Foreign minister. Yeah. And the white house says russia tricked them by posting photos of the meeting. Got suspicious when the photographer told trump, okay now to silly one when you hold up nuclear co
Okay. Youre fired. [ laughter ] in an interview today, President Trump called former fbi director james comey a showboat and a grand stander. Hes a showboat. [ laughter ] if your ego was any bigger, youd start putting your name on your name. [ laughter and applause ] in the same interview, President Trump said that comey told him at dinner that he was not under investigation. Okay, but if you if you were under investigation, do you think an fbi agent would just tell you . [ light laughter ] do you also think s. W. A. T. Teams send a save the date card . [ laughter and applause ] a Confederate Monument was removed today from new orleans. No word on if theyll relocate it to d. C. , like the Confederate Monument they removed from alabama. [ audience ohs ] [ applause ] President Trump will meet with the president of turkey next week. He has a lot of questions you want to ask, like why does turkey have a president , but chicken has a colonel . [ laughter ] it doesnt seem fair. Its very uneq
Midatlantic to massachusetts, brace for a noreaster. And leave me be. Steve harvey defends the controversial letter he sent to staffers, warning them not to approach him on the set of his talk show. I just didnt want to be in this prison anymore. Why he is saying he has nothing to apologize for. Today, friday, may 12th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Busy friday morning. Talking a lot of politics today. Lester holt sitting town with the president at a key moment in his presidency. It is our top story, lesters exclusive interview with the president. Were going to have new portions of it. All this raising questions about the firing of fbi director james comey. Some of what the president is now saying comes in direct contrast to what weve been hearing from the white house during the week. And during that interview, President Trump said he had d