And the king is dead. Blues icon bb king dies overnight. Well remember the man and his music today friday may 15, 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. For music fans around the world it is a sad friday morning. Bb king was a legend and he has passed. All of us saying he contributed so much to the world of music. I looked at my phone and my library of music. I have 63 bb king songs on there. We will talk more about his life and music coming up. We want to start with this breaking news. U. S. Marine chopper missing for three days has been found in pieces in the mountains of nepal. What can you tell us . Just moments ago in kathmandu lieutenant marine corps general john wiszler declared it is unlikely there were survivors in the Helicopter Crash and all eight passengers on board were killed. The u. S. Military is no longer calling this a search and rescue operation but a recovery op
Blues icon b. B. King dies overnight. Well remember the man and his music today. Friday may 15th, 2015. 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 friday morning and for music fans all around the world, it is a sad friday morning. B. B. King what a legend. And he has passed and i think all of us are saying oh my gosh he contributed so much to the world of music. I looked at my phone and my library of music, ive got 63 b. B. King songs on there. Well talk about his life coming up. But we want to start with this breaking news. That u. S. Marine chopper missing for three days has been found in the mountains in nepal. Jik miklaszewski has the latest. What can you tell us . Reporter after a search in the air and on the ground this is the discovery the u. S. Marines worried about from the beginning. They found it on the side of the mountain where it had crashed three days ago and
Coronavirus outbreak, the students are going back to Remote Learning on campus. Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, august 18th, and im yasmin vossoughian. Were going to begin with the latest developments regarding the u. S. Postal service. The House Oversight committee saying postmaster general louis dejoy has agreed to testify before the panel on monday to address the sweeping changes that democrats say are meant to undermine the fall election. So at the same time the president rails against efforts to expand mailin voting during this pandemic, dejoy has eliminated positions of thousands of postal workers, issuing a hiring freeze, and postal workers were removed or, in fact, reassigned. The changes have led to mail delays and a warning that mailin ballots may arrive too late. Very troubling. North carolina businessmen have donated hundreds of millions to joe bidens campaign. He also has conflicts of interest. Dejoy divested stock in ups before becoming postmaster general, but he
Nine months on the job. Nbc broke this story within the last hour. Brand has gotten a lot more attention than people typically do in her post, because of her role, she is next in line, number three to replace Rod Rosenstein to act as Jeff Sessions has recently touted rachel brand who we are reporting will be leaving doj, as well as Rod Rosenstein, they were seated together and the attorney generals praise was let me tell you what, ron and rachel are experienced lawyers, they have had 27 years in the department. Rachels had a number of years in the department previously, so they both represent the kind of quality and leadership that we want in the department. Quality and leadership, well, thats out tonight. Now donald trump himself had fan speculation about rachel brands future and her potentially stepping up because he himself, the president , recently declined to say he had confidence in Rod Rosenstein, muellers boss. You figure that one out. Breaking story, im joined first tonight by
On how to humphrey good to have you with us venezuelans all heading to the polls in an election that is expected to hand president Nicolas Maduro a second term in office my daughter has already cost his vote but opposition parties have valid to boycott the elections more than twenty million venezuelans are eligible to vote but low turnout is predicted the oil rich country has descended into economic turmoil under my daughters socialist government and this year inflation has reached an all time high of more than thirteen a fowls and percent the rising prices hitting workers and Business Owners hard but not everyone blames the government. There isnt much cash flowing in venezuela apart from public transport and street food little is paid for with coins and notes most businesses have been forced to adapt to card payments and reduction in sales. The men know i say less and have fewer clients because of the situation it is become too expensive for people to buy clothing or any other persona