Rain uprooted trees. This tree fell on queens road in charlotte. There are similar scenes across the charlotte area and Pamela Escobar joins us live from willmore neighborhood centuries down today and the next sound you hear could be chainsaws . That is right. You will need chainsaws for this tree on top of this car. The trunk did see chainsaws because it fell at 8 00 a. M. And neighbors tell me that they are not blaming the winds but saying all the rain that weve had has affected the ground. As you saw this massive tree in edgehill park fell at lunchtime on to queens road. Neighbors say no one was hurt and it did not hit a house burt it will take sometime to clear the debris. Strong winds and weak roots caused other trees to fall and property was not spared. This house on West Boulevard was the tree came out of the ground as the treetopled over. People love living in these areas but when the storms come through this can be the result. Relived here 25 years ago that hugo came through a
9yearold . Only on today, Jennifer Aniston opens up about her new dark comedy, the pressure to have kids, and living through some tough times. I have grown up three times. I feel i have had three different periods of adolescence. And its i have had an incredible evolution. Carson is sitting down with one of hollywoods brightest stars today, wednesday, august 27th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studios 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today savannah on maternity leave. Hi, gang. It will be interesting to hear from Jennifer Aniston. Absolutely. She said no matter what she has accomplished in life, the cloud hovers over her. She really gets personal with carson. And i think a lot of people might relate to this. We will hear more of that interview in just a little while. On a weapons morning, the family of Peter Theo Curtis overjoyed by his return over nearly two years after he was taken hostage in syria. He said hes
Jennifer aniston opens up about her new dark comedy, the pressure to have kids, and living through some tough times. Ive grown up three times. I feel like ive had three periods of adolescence. And its i have had an incredible evolution. Carsons sitting down with one of hollywoods brightest stars today. Wednesday, august 27, 2014. Announcer 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 on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer with tamron hall along with al roker and willie geist. Its great to hear from Jennifer Aniston. Yeah. She says this cloud hovers over her, the cloud of mother hood and people are constantly asking her about it. She gets personal with carson. I think a lot of people might relate to this. Well hear more of that in a bit. Lets get to our top story. The family of Peter Theo Curtis overjoyed by his return home nearly two years after being taken hostage in syria. He says hes been
Please keep the spirit of lit fest going all year long with a subscription. This year we are also introducing a new digital bookstore. Please take one of our promo cards for information about the app and axis the special book deals. Before they can todays program please file ensure cell phones. You return your camera flash off. We will allow you to take pictures. You can post those pictures online using hashtag printers row. Gives me great pleasure to introduce to you guys are moderate todays conversation, eric banks. Mr. Banks. Thank you. Thank you very much. Welcome everybody. Its good to see you here this morning and its my pleasure to welcome today Monique Brinson demery, the author of the amazing book, finding the dragon lady the mystery of vietnams madame nhu, which has recently been published by Public Affairs books. She holds a masters degree from harvard university, and when she made contact with madame nhu who was the unofficial first lady of the south east government in 2005
That the germans i find out if it had even 24 hours of warning that this invasion force is coming to normandy rather than some other point on the french coast. It couldve been, probably wouldve been. To the anxiety level is unbelievable when isenhour has to postpone it, makes the decision to postpone it. So june 6th is the day we celebrate as dday. Number of troops, number of deaths . Well, there are five divisions ago when over the beaches basically. Two american in three british and canadian. And then there are three airborne divisions. Altogether you talk about a couple hundred thousand troops going in on june 6. Most of the deaths the worst beach was omaha, where one of the two american beaches. There were several thousand deaths there. There had been concerned that the number of deaths could run in the tens of thousands and this did not happen. By no means were the casualties light, but they were less than anticipated at utah beach, which was the furthest right invasion. The briti