Rapidly closing. Breaking overnight, manhunt. A prison worker dead, an inmate on the loose in tennessee. Residents on edge. Very scary. We are latest with the desperate search to find the dangerous convict. All that plus Severe Weather outbreak, including a tornado near new york city and the new threat al is tracking today. Fighting back he had one job and couldnt protect us. Simone biles blasts u. S. A. Gymnastics in a new interview. The challenge she says she still faces every day. Way too close. The alarming video of a man petting a bison which has park rangers warning the public, hands off. Today is august 8, 2019. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning. Nice to have you with us on a thursday morning we want to get right to our top story. What we learned about the red flag raised weeks ago to polic by the mother of the el paso gunman while families are beginning to hold the fir
original, life always came with fireworks. i don t think there was a model that wasn t involved with him. he was on top of a mountain. andrew cunanan lusted for a taste of that world, versace seemed to personify a lot that he wanted to be. he always had a big want, oh, i want that, i would like that what was he willing to do to get it? he looked at me and he said, you have no idea what i am capable of. there was a rug that was rolled up and there was a body inside. he kept the guy in his truck. and then he really became their prime, and only suspect. by that time, he was far away. it seems like we were always one step behind him. andrew, just walked up right behind him and shot him. we just heard another gunshot. it s gianni versace. a lot of things were left unanswered. he was determined to be remembered. the only way to be remembered is to kill for fame. he was willing to kill for fame. once there was a true genius who conquered the
we ve got a lot to cover tonight, so let s get smarter. there are several competing headlines on this friday night, involving the january six investigation and 100 days of war in ukraine. but this nation is also still reeling from a string of devastating massacres carried out with guns. and on this national gun violence awareness day, many of us are wearing orange, including the white house, to honor gun victims and survivors. over the last few weeks, mask shootings have taken dozens of lives, and injured so many others. the demand for new legislation grew even louder this week. do something! do something! do something! do something! we will. we will. don t have all of these on locked back doors. let s have an assault weapons ban. mental illness mitch mcconnell, it s time for you to use the word, gun. they won t make schools safer. that is a lie. that is not true. it will save lives. your ideas have been shown to get people killed. do not tell me that th
you have no idea what i am capable of. there was a rug that was rolled up and there was a body inside. he killed the guy for his truck. and then he really became their prime, and only suspect. by that time, he was far away. it seems like we were always one step behind him. andrew, just walked up right behind him and shot him. we just heard another gunshot. it s gianni versace. a lot of things were left unanswered. he was determined to be remembered. the only way to be remembered is to kill for fame. he was willing to kill for fame. once there was a true genius who conquered the capital of fashion, and earned worldwide fame. and once, there was a man who earned fame another way. this is the story, of how brilliance met bitter envy. and how, the great light that was gianni versace, was snuffed by a failure named andrew cunanan. he was fixated by celebrities. he was determined to be remembered. and what andrew cunanan had killed, was indeed true m
Ruhle. We are still tracking the breaking news out of maine. A Police Source telling nbc news at least with people are confirmed dead in an active shooting in the city of lewiston. The second largest city in the state. As many as 50 to 60 people are injured after a man opened fire in several locations, including a Bowling Alley and a bar and restaurant. That is according to full Law Enforcement sources. The Sheriffs Office earlier this evening released these photos that show one single man with an ar15 style rifle. The city is telling people who live in the area to stay inside with their doors locked as Police Search for the suspect. Earlier tonight, the atf sit agents with its Boston Office are responding to lewiston. Joining me now, tom winter, nbc investigations correspondent. Tom, lets talk of taking a deep breath. What do you know . Sure, stephanie. Id like to do something i dont normally do, which is ask the control room to pool of the Facebook Page for the Lewiston Police depart