Good evening, theres no harder lesson than the one taught today to angry atlanta educators. The judge threw the book at them. Teachers principals among them handing down lengthy prison sin tenses for their roles in a massive cheating scandal at which standardized test scores at underperforming schools were inflated. Our chief education correspondent rehema ellis shows us how it all played. This thing was pervasive, its like the sickest thing thats ever happened to this town. The judge imposed harsh sentences on eight former Atlanta Public School educators, convicted of racketeering conspiring to fix standardized test scores to improve results. There were thousands of children that were harmed in this thing, this is not a victimless crime. Three disgraced educators were sentenced to 20 years, serving seven in president en, the rest on probation. The others were sentenced to five years, serving one to two of them behind bars. Emotions ran high. As the sentences came down. You sit down, i
I shot him. Im sorry. Well hear from the victims distraught family. And an eye for danger. Nik wallenda reveals his next death defying stunt, walking at the top of this ferris wheel in florida. But wait theres more. The big news he saved when he joins us live today, tuesday, april 14th, 2015. 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 tuesday morning. Savannahs got toe morning off. Im here with hoda kotb. Nik wallenda takes a year off my life watching these stunts. Even seeing the clip was making me nauseous. And hes got an aspect hes announcing here this morning. Lets get to this other story. This is our top story. An unusual incident on an Alaska Airlines flight. The crew forced to make an Emergency Landing after an airport worker fell asleep inside the cargo hold. Nbcs joe fryer has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. The worker was not hurt. The airl
Employee after her car was taken in. Shes been suspended but is that enough . And the star wars trailer is out. Chewy, were home. 17 million hits in less than a day, disneys stock up 2 billion. And it has a member of our team just a little too into it today. Friday, april 17th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rekockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning set. Savannahs on vacation. Shes back on monday. Joined by hoda natalie, and al. Goose bumps. Is that who that is . I hope so. Pretty hot in there, right, carson . Wow. Thats not the hottest part. The force is officially the force awakens right now. Get more coffee. Well have much more about that in a couple of minutes. And we have to tee up. You do have a little ellen revenge that is worth the wait. Well tell you about that a little later on. But first from Storm Troopers to strong storms firing up across the southern half of this cou
Controversy. Why they say she shouldnt lose her job. And strand on top of a car. Several puppies rescued after the horrifying accident. On the roof with several puppies in it. Police finally able to pull that van over and get the puppies to safety. What the folks inside the van are saying today, april 18th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im Peter Alexander for lester this morning. Sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer are here today. We have the band back together on the saturday morning. Coming up today, the interesting controversy behind the picture of Michael Buble after he was accused of body shaming a woman with this photo. We will talk about it coming up in the orange room. Does it change things in miami . Everybody is wearing shorts like that in miami. And the hash tag. Lots to talk about there. We want to kick off with the top story. The na
Oklahoma, was charged with manslaughter in what he says was an act of a crime. The victim was 44 years old. Elaine quijano has the latest. Reporter in the moments before eric harris was shot on april 11th, tulsa sheriffs deputies say they were conducting a sting operation, trying buy a gun from a convicted felon. But when Police Vehicles pulled up, harris ran. Stop reporter a body camera on one of the deputies captured the pursuit. Among the officer chasing harris was 7 the 3yearold volunteer reserve deputy bob bates. Bates can be heard yelling taser just before a shot was fired. According to sheriffs investigators, bates thought he pulled his taser instead of his gun. Immediately afterwards, you hear him apologize. I shot him. Im sorry. Reporter as harris laid bleeding, he complained of being unable to breathe. Im losing my breath. Reporter no one replied. Bates had previously worked for the saul is a Police Department in one year from 1964 to 1965. He became a reserve deputy at the S