This morning the fitting farewell to one of baseballs greatest players. And byebye bachelorhood. Americas most eligible man George Clooney could be hours away from tying the knot. Were live in venice where preparations are said to be well under way friday, september 26, 2014. 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 friday morning. 7 00 out on the west coast. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb, and we have al roker and Natalie Morales as well. Remember when i cried watching the movie the notebook on the plane . Very well. It was nothing compared to last night watching the yankees. Handed you a tissue. Bawling like a baby. Derek jeter this moment here. Wow. Like he has done so many times before. He comes up clutch, bottom of the ninth, gamewinning hit. Yankees win, and jeter goes out a hero. Amazing. Incredible moment. Much more on that with willie geist. Meanwhile, what a mess in chicago
And byebye bachelorhood. Americas most eligible man, George Clooney, could be just hours away from tying the knot. Were live in venice where preparations are said to be well under way today, friday, september 26th, 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 friday morning. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb, Natalie Morales and al roker. Savannah continues on maternity leave. And really, derek . I mean, really . Could you have written any script better . I think you need something. Whats that . Oh, i did. How much were you crying . I did. Remember when i cried at the notebook on the plane . I know. That was dwarfed by this. I sat in my bed crying. That was amazing. What a night. Did you all see it . I saw the highlights after. Right . In the first inning, nearly homered and then this in the bottom of the ninth. Walkoff hit. The win came. It was unbelievable, and a f
Bock sheppard. Exit sandman. One of baseballs alltime greats. Mariano rivera, leaves the Pitchers Mound at Yankee Stadium for a final time. The emotions pouring, and departing in hardearned cheers and thunderous chants in the bronx. We do say good morning, america. George is off. Great to have josh back with us. You talked about bob sheppard, the announcer for the yankees. He was welcoming mario rivera for the final time. Sam was asking, why do you call him the sandman . Because you might as well put the game to bed. Oh, yeah. When that man, right there, 42, shows up. One of the games alltime greats. And one of the great gentlemen in sport. We have lost a singular person. We have more on that ahead. Also, were going to hear from two former president s today and this weekend. That was me yesterday, with president george w. Bush. Got a chance to sit down with him. Ask him about his health. And george sitting down with former president bill clinton. Youll hear about that today and sunday
Hit the median crashing in to the bus. Five People Killed High School Students on a college tour. Ntsb investigators will look at what could have been done to stop the fire on 9n the bus and whether there should have been a barrier or median on that stretch of highway. Nbc bay area cheryl hurd is joining us live with an interview only on nbc bay area. This could be a game changer. Reporter it could indeed. This couple has quite a story to tell. It literally sent chills down my spine. They were heading down i5 when the fedex truck was heading their way. That truck sideswiped their car. Listen to their story. Lucky to be alive tonight. If it had been three inches over, i bet it would have ripped i probably wouldnt be here and even a little more and we would have been pushed in to that touring van right behind them. It was that close. Reporter joe and bonny were heading home to a small town south of seattle when they say they saw the fedex truck heading toward them. They say the truck was
In sport. We have lost a singular person. We have more on that ahead. Also, were going to hear from two former president s today and this weekend. That was me yesterday, with president george w. Bush. Got a chance to sit down with him. And george sitting down with former president bill clinton. Youll hear about that today and sunday on this week. A bofer. You can always count on you, sam champion, especially on a friday. Lets get right to the breaking story. Scary moments in the skies. A United Airlines flight forced to land mid flight after the pilot suffered a medical emergency while flying. David kerley is at Reagan National airport with the latest on all this. Good morning, david. Reporter this Emergency Landing declared because of one of the pilots who apparently suffered a heart attack in flight. Overnight, drama in the skies. We got a man down. Chest compressions going on right now. Can an ambulance and maybe some air stairs, meet us on the runway. United 1603, well get that goi