But outside the politics heat up as the country considers his asylum request. So, what could this mean for the u. S. And russia . And a mayor accused of Sexual Harassment, a mayoral hopeful admits to sexting, we ask a sex therapist whats really going on here and do these guys really think they can get away with it. A prewedding joyride on a boat ends in a horrifying accident in new york. Two people including the bridetowe are missing. Four others are injured. And as you can just imagine, the brides mother is devastated by this news. Take a listen to what she has to say what we understand from her fiance, they hit something. He called 911. He was unconscious, reached for his phone when he came to. There were three people in the boat with him out cold. And lindsay and mark lennon who is their best man. Are missing. Shes supposed to be married two weeks from today, yeah. It just cant end like this. You just cannot even imagine what that mother is feeling. Its just agonizing to hear her. A
Treat. Announcer from the headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with lester holt. A volley of gunfire freed two people but not before their captor shot and killed six others. The drama began friday evening at an Apartment Building in high laya where police say a tenant shot and killed a couple during an argument and then randomly began firing at neighbors. Tonight, the terrorized community is still recovering after the final dramatic confrontation earlier today between the gunman and a police s. W. A. T. Team, much of it caught on tape. Our mark potter is there tonight with more. Mark, good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. Behind me is the apartment complex where the shootings took place. It began last night and ended early this morning when police shot and killed the gunman holding hostages. One by one vans from the medical Examiners Office left an apartment complex today with the bodies of six victims and the gunman who he shot his neighbors with a. 9 millimeter handg
Entered my body. One time most valuable player, benched. Major League Baseball has defended ryan braun. Aaron hernandez is released by his team, the new England Patriots. The charge is a murder charge. Sad day. Really a sad day. The football star Aaron Hernandez is now charged with murdering one of his friends. Its a sad day. Sad. Kind of bums you out a little bit. And welcome to saving america, where were going explore the reasons behind the cultural decay taking place right here in the u. S. Well turn our focus to lack of morality in the world of politics, the troubling controversy surrounding professional athletes and much, much more. We begin with new allegations facing new york city mayoral candidate, Anthony Weiner. The disgraced excongressman was forced to admit tuesday that he had send xrated photos long after he had resigned from congress. There are a few, i said at the time of my resignation, there were six, i dont believe there have been any, i dont think in total there are
Im not going to go into the corner and curl up because someone found out something embarrassing about me. You see whats going on here today . If you become mayor of the city of new york, youd better put up with this every single day, people saying, you know what, you did something we dont like, cameras in your face, back down, quit. Thats not the kind of man im going to be. Sir, i say to you in all due respect, if you do not like to vote for me, dont vote for me, but dont deny these people the right to vote for me if they want to. Okay. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to morning joe. Little known fact, mika. Whats that . Before approaching senator barack obama in 2006, robert gibbs had been pressuring Anthony Weiner to run for president of the United States. Anthony said no, said he was busy and couldnt do it, and so he reluctantly went to barack obama. There you go. With us on set, former White House Press secretary and msnbc contributor robert gibbs. Is that true, robert . No, i wou
Good evening. The federal government did something today that just might make life better and safer in american homes. They are reacting to outbreaks of foodborne illnesses so the government is proposing sweeping new rules to make sure food sold and consumed in this country is safer and by a lot. Along the way we have learned fully 70 of the fresh fruit and vegetables here in the u. S. Are imported from other countries. Only 2 of it inspected before we buy it. Its where we begin tonight with our chief medical editor dr. Nancy snyderman. Nancy, good evening. Good evening, brian. Over 3,000 people die every year in this country from foodborne related illnesses. Todays proposed measures aim to reduce the risks posed by the complexity of a global food system. Paul littlejohn of suburban ft. Worth blames a bag of grapes for making him so sick, he had to go to his doctor. He said, yeah, there is an intestinal bug going around. Reporter that intestinal bug is cyclospora, a nasty parasite foun