The accused has made a case to be released on bail. Yeah reporter Oscar Pistorius entered the court with a calm demeanor looking more collected, even confident than weve seen. Head forward, eyes closed. Prosecutors picked up their argument, again ripping into pistorius account of what happened the morning Reeva Steenkamp was killed in which a claim he was screaming, yelling for her to call police about a burglar and her in the bathroom without him knowing it. According to prosecutors she did not say a word. She did not scream. She did nothing. Its so improbable, its not true. Even on his statement he ran back in the bedroom saw reeva wasnt in the bed and realized what happened. I would imagine youd look everywhere for her, downstairs, where is she. Doesnt make sense to think ive shot reeva because shes not in bed. That would come later not immediately. Prosecutors wondered why a guy worried about burglars slept with open windows and doors, why he wasted time to go down to unlock the fr
Today. Todays friday field trip with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from miami beach. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special edition of today on this friday morning. Weve got a great crowd in miami, up early, out on the beach in south beach. Im Savannah Guthrie, alongside willie geist in for matt lauer, al roker and Natalie Morales. I could get used to this. I could definitely get used to this. Sunny, warm, 75, seven miles of beaches on miami beach. We dont know if a lot of people are here early or up late from last night. Little of both. Feels like a mix, doesnt it . The party will continue. Flo rida will perform a live concert here. Pitbull will show us around his town, mr. 305, mr. Miami. Different start to the day in cities like chicago, kansas city, tulsa, where drivers are dealing with a ton of snow this morning. Well have more on that, coming up. And an impending possible noreaster for our friends in new england. Well keep an eye on that. Scary scene caught on tape a
More of that story this morning, today, friday, february 15th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from bosto boston. And youre looking at a live sh shot. Im matt lauer along with Savannah Guthrie. We are on a friday field trip in boston this morning. We are inside this citys historic hall. Well get into everything that makes boston such a great place. Theres a great crowd outside all fired up. Cant wait to get outside and say hi to them. Meteorite coming out of russia, absolutely terrifying and frightening. This is something you expect to see in a weird movie. You can see that meteorite as its burning, streaks across the skies in the euro mountains overnight, 900 miles of east of moscow. Seconds later you can hear that loud explosion. Unfortunately theres been some injuries this morning. Duncan golestani has more. Reporter traveling at 33,000 Miles Per Hour, no wonder people were panicking. Streaking across an Ea
Have been here all morning long. Just want to give you this view, walk around and actually show the people back home. Thank you so much for coming. This crowd goes all the way to your side. We had to divide and conquer. We have so many great fans. I just met a lady who has skipped going to the doctor today because she had to be here. Coming up, we are going to talk about all the things that make this such a great town. And, of course, including the famous boston accent. Were going to do our best to learn it. Weve been practicing and were going to sample some of the taste of the town, too. Also ahead, boston native mindy kaelin is here, from the office and the Mindy Project. What she loves most about this town. First, back to new york. Al roker has a big announcement. Al . Thats right, guys. We have a nice crowd here, too, having a good time. Our next friday field trip, savannah, matt, natalie, willie and i are all jetting off to miami. Were going to south beach in miami for a little fu
And an explosion of sound. These unverified pictures show the close shave with a meteorite. Locals heard and felt the shock wave of it passing. On the ground, people stunned and unsure of what they had seen were left staring at the thick trail. This man said it lasted three, maybe four seconds. More than 400 are reported injured, many hurt by broken glass. Windows popped out and a large part of this factory roof collapsed. This level of damage is rare, but meteorites are common. Theyre often smaller an burn up as they enter the earths atmosphere. An asteroid the size of a Swimming Pool will make the closest recorded pass of earth. Closer than some satellites. We understand its going extreme he well and we can say theres no chance of it hitting the earth. Reporter this part of russia, that will be welcome news. Some people asking if that asteroid flyby were expecting later is somehow linked. Scientists say no. Theyre calling it a cosmic coincidence. Savannah . Thank you. Dr. Neil degras