Survived a fall from an aircraft plus a year in the wilderness. And meet the teacher who went above and beyond the call to include all of his students on a class hiking trip. Early today starts right now good thursday morning. Im phillip mena good to be with you im Frances Rivera an explosive new phasee impeachment inquiry into President Trump gets underway this morning nbc news learned overnight the whistleblower complaint that set all of this in motion is now declassified and is expected to go public this morning with minimal redactions and in just hours, the acting director of National Intelligence, Joseph Mcguire, will appear before congress. He will testify at an open hearing before the House Intel Committee at 9 00 a. M. Eastern and then speak to the senate Intel Committee behind closed doors this afternoon well have more on what to expect from capitol hill in a few minutes. But first, nbcs susan mcinhe is has new details on the call between the president and ukraines leader repo
Plus, the red carpet turned purple for televisions big night. Well tell you the big winners from this years emmy awards. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President trump is here in new york city this morning for a threeday visit to the United Nations. A whistleblower complaint about mr. Trumps conversation with the ukrainian president threatens to overshadow the trip. Democrats are demanding details of President Trumps phone call to the ukrainian leader this summer. Laura podestas here in new york. What exactly is the president saying about this call . Reporter well, President Trump defended his call to ukraines president earlier this summer. He called it absolutely perfect, that it was congratulatory and focused on corruption in ukraine. But mr. Trump also suggested he discussed Vice President biden and bidens son in that call. Democrats frame those actions as an effort to pressure ukraine to dig up
Writer whose new book is you will kad red at the bone, it is going to be a wonderful conversation. Jacqueline woodson is going to be joining us, everybody. For conversation, you want to stay tuned for that. Also on tonights show, alligators could be joining the Border Patrol, Vladimir Putin exposes a secret and donald trump is getting impeached. cheers and applause thank you, thank you, yes, thank you, i have, yeah, i have thank you, so lets catch up on todays headlines. Lets kick it off with the story that has been blowing upjohn line today, it involves a zoo, a fence and a woman who has seen the lion king way too many times. From the category of lucky to be alive, take a look at this video of a woman who crossed the safety barrier at the bronx zoo here in no and had a close encount we are a lion. The animal kept to itself but the zoo said the womans action was unlawful and could have resulted in serious injury or death. You have to wonder what the lion is thinking here. Trevor oh, i
Race . All that, plus banned, the major move by one state against flavored ecigarettes to combat americas vaping epidemic. Celebrating a pioneer, tributes pour in for legendary journalist and author, Cokie Roberts. This morning well remember our friend and colleague. And voice of change, pop superstar celine dion opens up in an exclusive interview about love, loss, and the exciting new chapter in her life. I know that this is what i was meant to do in life. Today, wednesday, september 18th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody, welcome to today on this wednesday morning. Thank you for joining us. Savannah still under the weather. This bug will not let her go. If shes watching, get better, get well. Our top story, parts of the south braced for rain and heavy flooding after a system that developed into a Tropical Storm made landfall in texas. Dylan is tracking that, and also theres some other trou
The ones that are covering their face, its part of their culture. Odonnell its cultural . R n . Ea its amazing. Its totally different, because a couple of years ago, we tonight couldnt walk like this freely. From washington. Odonnell why . New guidelines for red meat cause quite a beef in the because life was different. Medical community. An update on four dangerous people are accepting now that inmates who broke out of jail. Things are more open and free and she has a voice from the heavens but nowhere to live. And its different. Its really different. Odonnell it may be different for some, but the activist who fought for the right for women to drive, lou jane alhathlool, is still in jail. Her family says shes been tortured. I asked the crown prince about those allegations and he told me on 60 minutes he would personally look into it. Well continue to stay on that story. Rehydrate and strengthen than be ryour skin. New york republican congressman Chris Collins is resigning his. To boun