Relationship with president obama, and her own president ial aspirations. And date with destiny . Hes ready to run. Hes ready to rock n roll. Were track side as California Chrome makes his final preparations at the Belmont Stakes and his shot at the first triple crown in 36 years today, friday, june 6th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. This is an important day in world history. Its not an overstatement to say this generation of soldiers who stormed those beaches at normandy saved the world. Thats right. It is our top story today, those events marking the 70th anniversary of the greatest military invasion in history. President obama and other World Leaders taking part in an emotional gathering in normandy this morning. Nbcs Brian Williams and tom brokaw are there. Well talk to them coming up. But well begin with nbc National Correspondent
One hot mess. Game one of the nba finals sizzles, for real, when the air conditioner fails. Players dripping. Fans wilting. Lebron james carried off the court. How the spurs beat the heat in more ways than one. I feel like were in a bucket of water. And good morning, america. Happy friday. Thats one way to get a home court advantage. Turn off the a. C. The miami heat, after all. You do what you have to do against them. Good morning, america. Take a look at this. A huge crowd in the park. What a party this morning. Demi lovato, rocking that place. She has big surprises for us, too. And we have superstar, nicki minaj, here, live, as well. A lot of fun coming up. A lot of news to get to, as well. Starting with yet another school shooting. This one at Seattle Pacific university, where student heroes came to the rescue with a dramatic takedown of the shooter. Neal karlinsky has all of the latest from seattle. Good morning, neal. Reporter george, good morning. Police say the gunman walked th
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Substituting tonight, kate snow. Good evening. The news came as such a shock today. Philip seymour hoffman, the enormously talented oscarwinning actor who made his name in hollywood and in the theater, was found dead in his new york apartment at the age of just 46. Hoffman had also been very public about his struggle with heroin. We knew he had overcome an addiction years ago and spent more than 20 years counseling others not to pick up the habit of an evermore potent drug thats attracting all too many young people. In the end, though, it would appear he couldnt save himself. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren is outside the apartment tonight. Kristen, good evening. Reporter good evening, kate. Well, inside Philip Seymour hoffmans apartment in new york, the Police Investigation continues. Outside, as you can see, the crowd continues to grow. The media and fans, so many shocked by the oscar winners death. News of Philip Seymour hoffmans death came
U. S. Portugal was bigger than a game. We were supposed to be in spain. Go to the world cup. We went to the game a couple nights ago. There was a bunch of honduran fans and ecuador fans. They wanted a picture with the u. S. Theres a montra and old traditions for portugal match. Bravado put to the test before 40,000 in a stadium in brazil, 20,000 more packed an iraq concert atmosphere in rio that dozens of nations colors you see reflecting the millions and millions more around the world, bearing world cup witness. The most daunting audience, 11 men from portugal, the old world masters. Among them, the king of soccer, ronaldo. It only Takes Minutes for reality to strike the american side. A miss. Oh, my goodness. Reporter now, it becomes a fairytale, american drama. The sphere in the stadium, red hot, literally. The heat index above 90 degrees forcing the first world cup water break. The americans rally soon after finding their opportunities. Defense led by goalie tim howard denying port
Georgia and alabama. We move over to Bernie Sanders. One short of the five states they were assuring journalists they would take home tonight. One of them his home state of vermont. But also sweeping southwest into oklahoma, colorado and up north to the maligned minnesota caucus. Here is your democratic match tonight. You love it minnesota caucus. The clinton states, in a goldish, orangey, yellowish thing. We need to talk about our colors. Lets go down to the republican race because this really has dominated our conversational time tonight. This is the story. That is a pile of states as the now part of the trump empire. As diverse as arkansas, vermont, georgia, massachusetts, virginia, tennessee and alabama. That is a diverse pile of sta states. Ted cruz, not so much. His home state of texas and neighboring oklahoma. Rubio, not so much, the minnesota caucus tonight. And that is the story of super tuesday 2016 as full of defeats and victories and intrigue as we all thought it kind of wo