Systems in the wake of hurricane ma flee wra. Those storyies plus mark sug berg caving to organize. Are prince harry and Meghan Markel about to make a debut. And fergie on our plaza, today, friday, september 22nd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So nice to have you with us on a friday morning. Weve got craig here. And a great concert outside to look forward to. Looking forward to fergie. We have breaking news this morning. Were going to start with hope amid the rubble in mexico city. Earthquake survivors are still being found. We want to get right to nbcs miguel almaguer. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. This is the most active search site anywhere in this country. Overnight, there were several rescues. At this hour crews are still digging through the rubble. They refuse to give up hope. This morning, this is the sound of hope. Three days after m
I could provide you a long list of his military assignments but you have probably already looked him up on the internet so i will share nuggets that provide a better understanding how his career places him at the book festival today. He is no stranger to books. He started his love of books when his family was stationed in greece in the early 16s. Because there was no Armed Forces Network television he spent his time at the post library. I can totally relate to this. My family was in france at the same time and my whole family, all seven kids were at the library too. What is striking to booklovers is throughout his naval career, published either articles or books to include midshipmen. I suggest he would tell you his favorite assignment was command of destroyer uss barry from 1993 to 1995. His first literary book, destroyer captain, was about his time as commander of the uss barry. It came as a result of his daily journaling using a typewriter of all things during his 21 2 years on boar
Ago i started the research as a dissertation. Hes an interesting figure. I will give you a couple of brief biographical insights. Born and raised in ohio, goes to west point, not a stellar student. Hes won to merit away from being dismissed every year, actually. [laughter] his best friend at west point was Winfield Scott hancock. Hes 32 out of a class of 52. He participates in the seminal wars and the new mexican wars. He sees himself being this career military person and making a life in the military. He finds himself as a Lieutenant Colonel in the War Department. If you have read the book, you know i tried to sidestep the claim that he was responsible for starting the american civil war. Was sent on a secret mission to talk to Robert Anderson about the prospect of what might happen if South Carolina decided to secede. You have to understand, floyd, the war secretary, has given bewell no instructions and he spent three days in trust and harbor with Robert Anderson and after the first
A televised address calling for peaceful resistance to madrid imposing direct rule on the region. Spains government has dissolved the Regional Parliament independence. In madrid several thousand people held a rally, waving spanish flags and calling for national unity. Our correspondent James Reynolds reports from barcelona. This is the first full day of direct rule from madrid. And no ones yet sure quite what to make of it. Catalan organisations have told people here to carry on as normal. Right here, its hard to tell that anything has changed one way or another. Local Catalan Police officers still guard this, the catalan political headquarters. And separatist leaders, who have technically been sacked by madrid, are now trying to work out their next move. Carles puigdemont, the catalan leader, featured on todays front pages, refuses to accept that he has been fired. Translation we do not deviate. We continue persevering in the only way that can make us winners. Without violence, withou
Of direct rule from madrid. And no ones yet sure quite what to make of it. Catalan organisations have told people here to carry on as normal. Right here, its hard to tell that anything has changed one way or another. Local Catalan Police officers still guard this, the catalan political headquarters. And separatist leaders, who have technically been sacked by madrid, are now trying to work out their next move. Carles puigdemont, the catalan leader, featured on todays front pages, refuses to accept that he has been fired. Translation we do not deviate. We continue persevering in the only way that can make us winners. Without violence, without insults, in an inclusive way, respecting people, symbols and opinions. Many here are worried about what may come next. Antonio and pilar, here queueing up for lottery tickets, just want a fresh start. Elections, elections, elections, he tells me. And over in madrid, demonstrators have come out to support the imposition of direct rule in the catalan