Teacher, accused of kidnapping his student and taking her across the country, speaks out. What she said to her brother after his arrest. I asked him why . Why would he do this . Why shes standing by him, despite the horrible things she claims he did. And airline agony. American suspends a Flight Attendant over this altercation with a mom and other passengers. She almost hurt a baby. This, just two weeks after uniteds infamous passenger dragging incident. My god, what are you doing . This morning, that mans lawyer is here for an exclusive, live interview, today, monday, april 24th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday. A monday of what promises to be a very eventful week. A lot of countdowns. You talked about a countdown to a potential government shut jdo. The 100day mark for the Trump Administration. And north korea. Let us set the stage for you. Today, Pr
Nbc news exclusive, the sister of that tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping his student and taking her across the country speaks out. What she says to her brother after his arrest. Why would he do this . Why shes standing by him despite the horrible things she claims he did. And airline agony. American suspends a Flight Attendant over this altercation with a mom and other passengers. You almost hurt a baby this just two weeks after uniteds now infamous passenger incident. My god who are you doing . This morning, that mans lawyer is here for an exclusive live interview today, monday, april 24, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studios 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to promises to be a very eventful week. A lot of countdowns. You talked about the countdown to a president potential Government Shutdown and all this conflict with north korea right now. Let us set the stage for you. Today President Trump welcomes t
The minimum wage. How much is that in maryland, harriet . Itler i believe right now is 7. 45. Host tell us about your experience. Caller im going to tell you my concern. Because there is going to be more competition in jobs. I am also an older worker. And there is credits given. I am not sure what, but when you fill out your application, they give credits. The government gives credits if you have ever been on welfare and for certain things they give the employer credits. They lower the wage for those people. And we are already and competition. We are getting older. We cant here as well, we cant well, well, hear as can see as well, and we cant compete as well. We cant live on social security. We didnt even get a raise this year. Host lets get a Quick Reaction to her experience from kendall fells. Guest i agree. You know, we have some politicians down in florida that took what the workers called the minimum wage challenge, which was essentially politicians trying to live off the weekly s
Ten. Discuss these things for one hour and 15 minutes. I think we are ready. Good afternoon, thank you for being you. I am the director of the Aspen Institute arts program read it is mm. It is my pleasure to curate the roundtable series, sponsored by michelle smith. Thank you for supporting these conversations. The conversations i curate naturally deal with the arts, but the arts and society. And how they intersect, how they can be productive, and evermore interactive partners with all of the areas of society, which is very much of course in keeping with the mission of the Aspen Institute. Today, we are very happy to welcome dr. David skortom. N. The new secretary of the smithsonian, who comes with us building on a distinct career as a cardiologist. And president of the university of iowa and cornell. He was appointed the 13th secretary beginning this past summer. And i can say that as an artist who visited the museums since a child on the mall, an endless source of inspiration is at y
Poem in defense of ft. Mchenry and set it to a british tune and together they form our National Anthem, the starspangled banner. Here at the National Museum of American History, we explore americas history through collections, research and public outreach. We help people understand the past to better make sense of the present, and to shape a more humane future. And we are hoping that our program will be able to do much of that by bringing the nation together around our National Anthem. By the way, were not just bringing people together here in washington, d. C. , on the National Mall, but also all over our country and indeed world. Id like to send a special welcome to our streaming audience who is watching us via youtube stream and cspan3. Its very appropriate our opening conductor is well known bringing together singers with his infamous and well done virtual choir projects. I would like you all to join me in thanking grammywinning composer mr. Eric whitaker. Also, let me introduce yo