Overnight igniting a frenzy. Its true. All of it. The internet exploding with excitement and questions. Why is Princess Leia crying . And where is luke . Fans buying tickets in advance crashing movie sites and even the stars cannot contain themselves. And we do say good morning, america. Lets see. 58 days until the new star wars movie hits theaters. Millions already watching that new trailer over and over and over on youtube and facebook. The founder of facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is one of them. He said, this looks amazing. I love star wars and so the response from the star wars facebook account, we know. Those movie ticket sites overwhelmed by preorders. All kinds of anticipation. Meanwhile, the political world waiting for joe biden. There he is right there. Will he or wont he run for president. The Washington Post jumped the gun last night, accidental headline, biden to launch president ial campaign. Not so fast. It came down but our new abc news Washington Post poll is out right now
Crash now charged with aggravated assault, but will he apologize to the bike their he hit . To him no because he was doing something illegal. This morning reaction from that motorcyclist and whats next in that case. And box office force. Star wars mania reaching epic levels with the release of a new trailer. The force falls to you. And the first chance to buy tickets crashes the fandango website as the entire galaxy counts down to its premiere today, tuesday, october 20th, 2015. Announcer 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 Tuesday Morning or should i say may the force be with you. Im surprised youre here. Thought youd be at an Early Morning meeting your star wars support group. All excited about this. I am. I decided not to wear my yoda costume this morning for the show but i am so excited. Did you watch the trailer . Its amazing. A lot of people have. Well talk a
Handgun three days before the officerinvolved shooting. Reporter police say there is no dash cam or body cam video available of this incident, and so an independent investigation and pending the outcome of their findings, officer raja has been placed on paid leave. Kendis and reena, back to you. Elizabeth, thank you so much. St. Louis area police are increasing patrols around predominantly black churches after six arsons in the past two weeks. Authorities believe the fires are linked but arent sure whether race has played a part in the arson. The aclu calls it domestic terrorism. The pastor of one of the churches is calling for a prayer meeting today at noon. If someone is attacking that or stepping on that, americans should come together in one voice and say this is wrong. The region of course has been rocked by racial tension since the shooting of a black teen last year. The churches include catholic, lutheran, baptist, and nondenominational congregations. A major health alert this m
We know. Those movie ticket sites overwhelmed by preorders. All kinds of anticipation. Meanwhile, the political world waiting for joe biden. There he is right there. Will he or wont he run for president . The Washington Post jumped the gun a little bit last night. Look at that accidental headline. Oops. Biden to launch president ial campaign. Not so fast. It came down but our new abc news Washington Post p poll is out right now and might give biden supporters pause it shows a strong move from debate. And Abcs Jonathan Karl has all jon. Reporter Hillary Clinton got a big boost coming out of that debate but it hasnttopped the frenzy of speculation about whether or not joe biden will jump into the race. Man, i do enjoy it. How are you . Reporr wasnt quite a campaign speech, but Vice President joe biden spoke passionately about tackling the threat o of clima change. What are we doing . Reporter the question a source involved with bidens deliberations on whether to run for president tells a
Police tell us his mothers boyfriend attacked him with a kitchen knife. That boy had just begun his freshman year at Potomac High School. News 4s Mark Segraves is there and just spoke to the boys mother. Mark, this is heartbreaking. Reporter jim, as you can imagine, a very emotional day here at Potomac High School in Prince Georges County where grief counselors have been available all day for students. As withdrew said, 14yearold Keyshaun Mason was a member of the Football Team here at Potomac High School. It was yesterday morning about 7 30 when Police Arrived at the familys apartment in oxen hill, and thats where they found the 14yearold Keyshaun Mason dead of stab wounds. According to Court Documents masons mother and her livein boyfriend, Sean Crawford, had gotten in an argument that lasted all night and thats when mason and his 18yearold brother tried to intervene and protect their mother. At that point, according to police, crawford took a kitchen knife and the woman and barricad