It is very enlightening. It is very upbeat. It had to go over. I saw all of this and started thinking about what they all went these are the survivors. There are very few of us left. To think with the government shut down almost to not get to see the memorial. There were told the night before that it would be closed and that they could get arrested if they tried to get them. The sea of honor for a chicago asked the veterans after wanted to stay home. No way. I thought there were idiots. There were not planning with a full deck. When they landed late last night they were greeted with bagpipes. The cheers of hundreds of people who lined up to shake their hands. They treated me like i won the congressional medal of honor. It is crazy. Theyre really gives yoa really gives you, have never had an experience like that really. On a flight to chicago has taken 52 flights. 20,000 veterans from the chicago area who have not taken the flight. It is free. All you have to do is sign up. Four years a
The news today, monday, december 31st, 2012. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a very busy monday morning. Im willie geist. And im erica hill. Matt and savannah have the morning off. Well have the latest on secretary of state clintons condition in a live report straight ahead. It is the last day of 2012. You and i are both in the same situation with young children. People filing into times square in new york city. It is the worlds Biggest Party. Of course, security will be extremely tight. Well check in on celebrations there and around the world. Then well catch up with three women that had us talking in 2012, including a mom that sparked debate over this picture. And an anchor who caught flack about her weight. Andrea mitchell joins us with the condition of secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Her spokesman called a blood clot stemming from the concussion she had sustained earlier. T
You saw a lot of new york luminaries there. There was tons of press. So many people just came out, they were across the street behind barricades watching to see, you know, joans daughter, and grandson. It is nice to see just the outpouring of people who just wanted to say hi or give a flower to her daughter, things like that. There was melissa and cooper. And it was, you know, you wonder what kind of funeral it was going to be. You heard all the things she wanted. She wanted to have all the she wanted to be a big hollywood affair. And it had a lot of really great new yorkers there. What did you think of the service . When i was leaving and tweeting about it, i said i think it was the perfect combination between the profane and the sacred, because joan was like that. We all know the profane part of joan, but there was a sacred there were things that were sacred to her. The person that surprised me the most was howard stern. We didnt know it was announced he was going to be a speaker. He
Vieira, returns to the anchor chair in studio 1a, as we kick off our special homecoming week today, monday, september 8th, 2014. 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 monday morning. Its been a while since ive said this. Im matt lauer alongside Meredith Vieira, and al roker and natalie morales. Yeah. How does it feel to wake up . It feels really good to wake up, no. This is so much fun. Its great. Great for us, too. Meredith was already in, in my room, on my table with this wonderful little note that said, hey, censored, your Worst Nightmare is back. Im here you needed to put that little censored on there. Normally i draw it on your mirror in lipstick. Security told me i couldnt do that anymore. I know they did. Meanwhile, how about this breaking news . Its great. Natalie the royal family is set to expand as william and kate revealed that she is expecting. Nbcs Kelly
Somewhat track to report a brush. Multiple family members and then came to his aid. The boy was then transferred to a of local medical facility. The inuries were to his back and neck. They are considered non life threatening the six year old boy is expected to recover. I asked the warden what happens to the Mountain Lion when they find it, he said depending on how the animal acts they will trap it and relocate it or take other measures which he would specify he went to say. All the trails in this area are clearly makred that this is mountain territory and to keep kids close to adults when they are on the trail. I asked a number of local hikers who were turned away upon seeing the trail closed if they had ever seen a Mountain Lion here. Never heard such team. Never seen a mine for years and years. Same sentiment we had thousands of joggers and hikers red creating in the mountains. A non mine attack is extremely rare. People are safe. The general public is safe. Generally speaking cannot