Those popular backyard inflatables today. Wednesday, may 14th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today 7 00 on the west coast. We have a lot to talk about. Later this morning, we will take you to the Memorial Museum which is opening tomorrow, the site of the 9 11 museum. Its going to be an incredibly Emotional Experience for a lot of people there, who will see some of the artifacts that are housed in that museum for the very first time. We look forward to a sneak peek on that. We have the top story. Residents in san diego are returning home overnight after evacuation calls are going out to thousands of homeowners. We have Nbcs Joe Fryer on the scene there. What is the latest . Reporter good morning, savannah. We learned the fire is 25 contained after burning 1,600 acres. All of the Evacuation Orders have been listed. The fire danger is high in Southern California. Smoke and fl
Attacks as president obama convinces turkey to allow its long time enemy to battle the enemy in syria. A sinkhole in hawaii. Some say a Tropical Storm is to blame. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. This morning, Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison. He was taken from a holding cell and transferred to a pretoria prison. The olympian was convicted of killing his girlfriend, model reef stein. The prosecution called for a minimum 10 year sentence while it is defense wanted Community Service and house arrest. We are joined live from pretoria, south africa. There are questions regarding how long he is going to serve in prison. What can you tell us . There are absolutely. In fact, his lawyer commented to journalists and the awaiting crowd that he may be out in 10 months. Under South African law, the minimum of the sentence you have to serve for culpable homicide is sixth which that sentence. Its possible also that he could be placed under house arrest for all or a portion of his r
A much harsher sentence to prove to society that they can still have confidence in the Justice System of this country. Judge masipa said that sometimes people dont understand the difference between the interests of society and the Desire Society has for retribution. Thats correct. She mad a distinction between vengeance and punishment, and says that people need to understand the two. And also saying that people dont always get what they want. And she also said in her judgment that she hopes that the sentence that she has given to Oscar Pistorius will bring closure to Reeva Steenkamps family. And she also said nothing she does or says today will bring her back. Reporter indeed, thank you very much. Our colleague here in pretoria, has been in court all through this trial. But there we are, on day 49 of the whole proceedings. Weve been here since march 3rd. We finally learned Oscar Pistoriuss fate. He will serve five years, or hes been sentenced to five years in prison, but could be out o
Untoward in this regard or that the properties were sold to enable the accused to take flight, for example, the state would have investigated this matter long ago. I did not hear state counsel to say that the state was taken by surprise by this information that is the properties of the accused were sold. If the state has said that this information had taken it by surprise, it would have been a different situation. That because the accused there was now a likelihood that he might flee. Lastly, i am in agreement with defense counsel that if in future there was any incident which entitled the state to make or to approach any court to make an application, to have the bail of the accused cancelled, the state would be free to do so. In regard to the above, i have used my discretion in favor of the accused. I grant the application to extend the bail of the accused on the same conditions. With regard to the dates my lady, we ask you to consider a date in october. Yes. Do you have a specific da
Broadway. He joins us live to talk about his passion project today, tuesday, october 21st, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im matt lauer, along with hoda kotb, al roker and Natalie Morales. Savannah continues on maternity leave. And sad news about Oscar De La Renta. Yeah. I was at an event last night and there were a lot of people from the fashion world. When they heard the news, it was one of those dead stop moments there. He was an older man, but still surprising. He was a legend with incredible longevity in the fashion world. Well talk much more about him in a little while. Lets start on a Tuesday Morning with this breaking news, the sentence of olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, the judge handing down her decision overnight. National investigative correspondent jeff rossen has cover this had case from the very beginning. Jeff