Thursday, december 6th, 2012. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Gurthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a thursday morning, im Savannah Gurthrie. And im matt lauer. Nice images to see out of london over the past couple of days. Weve been watching duchess of cambridge. She seemed a little shaky as she held the railing. Were going to have more on that story and, of course, the ridiculous prank played out by the deejays later on. Good job, Prince William with the flowers. A story we covered a few months ago. Two bodies discovered in a wooded area in iowa on wednesday. While authorities believe they are the remains of two young cousins who vanished back in july. On a different note, an important rossen report investigates for travelers. How thieves can easily get past the lock on your hotel room door. And this is really easy. Very scary story. And then have you ever been to a restaurant and walked in and rea
The life after on american treasurer and way of life. I continue to get up and dealing with the time and living the way we live. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Every year 3 million confirmed reports of child abuse in the country and in every one of the those cases the social workers have to best decide on how to keep the children safe and that is a difficult job and the mistakes can be deadly in the first of two reports, shelia is reporting from florida where hundreds of children have died even though the investigators knew they were victims of alleged child abuse. This was cold and calculating and evil. In a florida courtroom, sharon glass is facing sentencing for child abuse. A boy locked in this bathroom for months and the window is boarded up, sleeping on the bare floor, and starved. In the photographs they were gut wrenching. The initial impression it is looking like something from a concentration camp. The nearly 13 victim and weighing 40 pounds and wearing the too large cl
Families of the people on flight 370 threaten a Hunger Strike the the search area widens after it was confirmed the plane took a left turn, heading from kuala lumpur to beijing before it went missing 11 days ago. The Syrian Embassy in washington shut down. The newly appointed special envoy says syrian diplomats have not maintained a consistent presence at the embassy for about a year. 24 men receive a medal of honour when the countrys highest military distinction could discriminate those worthy of the award. Only three are alive to receive recognition. Those are the headlines. Im thomas drayton. America tonight is up next. An investigation into shocking cases of abuse, neglect and the states failure to protect. Everything we know and think we know about air 370, there is every theory about what happened is flawed. At home, on the range. The life after on american treasurer and way of life. I continue to get up and dealing with the time and living the way we live. Good evening, thanks f
Live. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Every year 3 million confirmed reports of child abuse in the country and in every one of the those cases the social workers have to best decide on how to keep the children safe and that is a difficult job and the mistakes can be deadly in the first of two reports, shelia is reporting from florida where hundreds of children have died even though the investigators knew they were victims of alleged child abuse. This was cold and calculating and evil. In a florida courtroom, sharon glass is facing sentencing for child abuse. A boy locked in this bathroom for months and the window is boarded up, sleeping on the bare floor, and starved. In the photographs they were gut wrenching. The initial impression it is looking like something from a concentration camp. The nearly 13 victim and weighing 40 pounds and wearing the too large clothes of an 8yearold. This child is near death. I state na that 15 years i have had two or three cases that consider the co
Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with president obama getting into a new fight with republicans and its a fight he may actually lose. This afternoon in detroit, the president blasted a package of antiunion bills. Michigan republicans, governor, is ush pushing through his states legislature. What we shouldnt do, i just got to say this, what we shouldnt be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages and working conditions. Even though the cheering went on for nearly half a minute, it looks like those antiunion bills may, in fact, have enough support to pass michigans legislature, despite Union Threats of massive demonstrations. Cnns alison kosik is in the capital, lance, watching whats going on. Explain what the fight is all about, why its so intense. Reporter well, first of all, here at the Michigan State capit capital, its more about the calm before the storm. Those demonstrations of thousands of people descending on the state capitol. Pol