Times square. And an incredible weather day that saw over 300 Severe Weather reports and at least 20 reports of tornados in multiple states. And take a look at what 110 million buys today. Early today starts right now. So good being with you on this friday morning. Im frances rivera. In hours the president will depart on his first overseas excursion. It is a whirlwind trip and complex itinerary that starts with a visit to saudi arabia, then israel, the vatican, nato, brussels and a g7 summit in italy. But multiple crises at home will serve as mr. Trumps baggage with an almost constant string of revelations coming each and every day. This morning is no different. The daily beast reporting the president had to persuade mike flynn to take the nsa job in the first place. The online news outlet claims mr. Trump remains hopeful flynn will return to the white house. Yahoo is reporting that flynn received a message from the president telling him to ask the stay strong. That as new questions sw
Least 20 reports of tornados in multiple states. And take a look at what 110 million buys today. Early today starts right now. Happy friday. Good to be with you. Im frances rivera. In hours the president will depart on his first overseas excursion. It is a whirl wind trip and complex itinerary that starts with a visit to saudi arabia, israel, the vatican, nato and brussels and g7 summit in italy. Crisis at home, an almost constant stream of revelations each day. This morning is no different. The daily beast reporting the president had to persuade mike flynn to take the nsa job in the first place. The news outlet claims mr. Trump hopes flynn ril return. That as new questions swirl how much Vice President mike pence who ran the transition knew about flynns controversies. One source tells nbc news the veep knew nothing about the issues. A pattern has emerged in which staffers failed to inform pence of necessary information. Those develop 789s as the new york iams times publishes new detai
Severe weather reports and at least 20 reports of tornados in multiple states. And take a look at what 110 million buys today. Early today starts right now. Happy friday. Good to be with you. Im frances rivera. In hours the president will depart on his first overseas excursion. It is a whirl wind trip and complex itinerary that starts with a visit to saudi arabia, israel, the vatican, nato and brussels and g7 summit in italy. Crisis at home, an almost constant stream of revelations each day. This morning is no different. The daily beast reporting the president had to persuade mike flynn to take the nsa job in the first place. The news outlet claims mr. Trump hopes flynn ril return. That as new much Vice President mike pence who ran the transition knew about flynns controversies. One source tells nbc news the veep knew nothing about the issues. A pattern has emerged in which staffers failed to inform pence of necessary information. Those develop 789s as the new york iams times publishes
Charged with murder, telling police he was hoping they would shoot him. Force of nature, former fox news star bill oreilly pays tribute to the Networks Founder and claims public hatred killed his friend. Thisrau roger ailes sudden death will affect the against the network. Pippa middleton famously a bridesmaid going to be a bride. Today, friday, may 19, 2017. 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 friday. Lets go back out there for a second. We have a great crowd outside because we have a great concert coming up in our 8 30 half hour. Mary j. Blige is up there. And we are going to hear from her in just a few moments. But, let us start with our top story on this friday morning. President trump set to embark on his First International trip. The nineday, fivestop store will serve as a crucial test abroad for the commander in chief. It comes as his administratio
Thats right. Ivanka trumps new book went on sale today. I cant wait to learn to read it, said eric. [ light laughter ] Hillary Clinton today said she is very aware of the shortfalls of her campaign that caused her to lose the election. Specifically short falls, michigan and short falls, wisconsin. [ light laughter ] White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer today left his Daily Press Briefing without taking questions from reporters. Spicer was apparently too busy taking questions from himself. Why do i keep doing this . What . [ light laughter ] whats wrong with me . Why dont i just quit . [ light laughter ] President Trump tweeted yesterday, quote, president Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the civil war started, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen. Oh, man. Now that trump learned when Andrew Jackson died, how often do you think hes gonna squeeze it into conversation . [ light laughter ] i was so sorry to hear about your mother. Its just like when Andrew