Sweeping gun control efforts. The National Rifle association is vowing the fight of the century to block that. Well talk to the nras president coming up. An inside look at scientology. An exclusive interview with oscar winning director and former scientology member paul hagut says he thinks the religion is a cult. The church dismisses him as the hypocrite of hollywood. Well speak with him and talk to the author of a new book that explores the link between scientology and hollywood. We want to get to breaking news. Nbcs nichelle cokosinkski liven london. Reporter this has been changing by the moment. First, the report that a number of hostages has escaped. Now that algerians have raided the facility and a number of have been killed, including hostages. 41 people held, among them americans, british, norwegians, and they called this retribution for french intervention in neighboring mali against militant there. At this hour scattered reports out of the algerian desert. That large bp gas f
Colorado last july is opening. Do not adjust your set. This is snow in the south if you can believe it. All that the youngest nba in history with 20,000 career points. I saw joy back stage and we hugged and she said why are your boobs so hard. I did not get to ask him what what would your name have been . Blaze oliver. More fallout from armstrongs confession to doping. He was stripped of his 2000 bronze medal. Oprah said to get ready she prepared 112 questions. First question was did you use steroids. The next 111 questions were oh come on, you used steroids, right . Come on. Welcome to cbs this morning. We bring with breaking news from north africa. Algerian troops opened fire on a Group Holding hostages in the desert this morning. Some of the hostages were killed. Dozens of westerners were captured in a gas complex in algeria. The drama is still ongoing at that bp facility in algeria. Charlie dagata is in london with the story. Good morning. Good morning to you norah and charlie. Ara
But now, its revealed she never existed. It was all an elaborate and unthinkable hoax. But was he the victim or was he involved . Big questions today thursday, january 17, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And morning, everyone, welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer. This story out of notre dame is astonishing. We are talking about one of the Top College Football players in the country, manti teo. He was the runner up for the Heisman Trophy. We talked about what happened here. He had been using his girlfriends death as inspiration throughout the season, he said. But now, after she was exposed as a fictional person in an online article, teo claims he was the victim of somebodys sick joke. Others arent so sure. Just ahead, we are going to talk to the reporter who broke this story coming up. Then president obama set to launch a campaignstyle push to gain public
Took a little bit too personally at first. Reporter the first amputee runner to compete in an Olympic Games against ablebodied competition. Hes been questioned by police after a shooting in his pretoria home. A woman did die on the scene of gunshot wounds. A 26yearold man has been arrested and has been charged with murder. The only two people on the premises were the residents and the deceased. Reporter Law Enforcement and paramedics arrived on the scene to find a female shot at least twice thought to be pistorius girlfriend, thought to be his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. A nine millimeter pistol has been reportedly found at the scene, pistorius has talked about keeping guns in his home for safety. Hes told journalists. Hes very well. Obviously emotional, but hes fine, guys. Reporter early reports pointed out it could have been an accident that a valentine surprise caused the alleged victim to be mistaken for a burglar. She tweeted hours earlier what do you have up your sleeve for your
And an explosion of sound. These unverified pictures show the close shave with a meteorite. Locals heard and felt the shock wave of it passing. On the ground, people stunned and unsure of what they had seen were left staring at the thick trail. This man said it lasted three, maybe four seconds. More than 400 are reported injured, many hurt by broken glass. Windows popped out and a large part of this factory roof collapsed. This level of damage is rare, but meteorites are common. Theyre often smaller an burn up as they enter the earths atmosphere. An asteroid the size of a Swimming Pool will make the closest recorded pass of earth. Closer than some satellites. We understand its going extreme he well and we can say theres no chance of it hitting the earth. Reporter this part of russia, that will be welcome news. Some people asking if that asteroid flyby were expecting later is somehow linked. Scientists say no. Theyre calling it a cosmic coincidence. Savannah . Thank you. Dr. Neil degras