Groping her. Did her testimony help or hurt . Those stories, plus the driver behind the wheel in this sevenstory plunge. The Police Officer who survived this shooting caught on camera. And the scholarship surprise you wont want to miss. Today, friday, august 11th, 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 morning. Thanks for joining us. And that scholarship story is just what the doctor ordered for this friday. Cant wait to tell you about that. It certainly is. Lets start this morning with our top story. Some new developments in the north korea crisis. While President Trump toughened his message to kim jongun, his defense secretary appears to be stepping back from trumps dire warnings. We have complete coverage starting with nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander. Peter, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning to you. Now one week into his wo
Allegedly groping her. Did her testimony hurt or help . Plus the driver behind the wheel in this sevenstory plunge. The Police Officer caught on camera. And the scholarship surprise you wont want to miss. Today, friday, august 11th, 2017. 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 morning. And that scholarship story is just what the doctor ordered for this friday. Cant wait to tell you about that. It certainly is. Lets tell you about our top story. New developments in the north korea crisis, while President Trump toughened his message to kim jongun, his defense secretary seems to be stepping back from trumps dire warnings. We have coverage starting with peter alexander. Good morning. Reporter one week into his working vacation, President Trump is clearly in a talkative mood. Yesterday, when his press secretary held up a sign that said one more question, the presid
Countryen including here as dulles. Protesters are gathering outside the Supreme Court. Wow, look at the scene out there. Its a large crowd here, shawn, and large contingent of Democratic Party that walked over from that capitol over to the Supreme Court and you see here several protesters i would say hundreds of them rather gaermed or the steps of the Supreme Court and jr. Senator for new jersey corey booker just speaking to the crowd here and theres a the lot of people we saw on saturday when this ban effectively wept into effect and you saw Congress Woman nidy watkins for new york at the airport at jfk and saw Elizabeth Warren senator nor massachusetts out at Logan Airport and here are protesters saying that this is unamerican and in essence and here with me tell me about you coming out you have fairly large sound and chaptering probably one of the largest and loudest voices out here your thoughts on this executive ban. Ban on muslims is clearly unconstitutional and meanhated. Means
Hospital. In Charlotte North Carolina a decision not to charge a Police Officer who shot and killed a black man. Oo the da says officer brint lee was defending himself in a confrontation against lee scott. Evidence backs up the story that scott was armed and ready to fire. It is my opinion officer vincent acted lawfully when he shot mr. Scott. Scotts family has insisted he was not armed. A gun with his dna on it was found at the scene. Cocked with a round in the chamber. Families desperately searching now for loved ones as the death tole rises to 7 since the fires exploded sunday night. The original blaze appears to have been started by a human. Rain is exhausting little relief to exhausted firefighters. They are seen on the concrete taking their first break in 36 hours. Gatlinburg is expected to reopen tomorrow giving thousands of ee evacuees the first look at the aftermath. Even more destruction down south. Alabama is under a state of emergency as storms rip across the street. A man
News leader. Im Kirsten Joyce. Demetria Obilor im Demetria Obilor filling in for brian. Sherry Swensk and im Sherry Swensk. People in the southeast are cleaning up this morning. After deadly storms tore through the area. Demetria Obilor more than a dozen tornadoes touched down in louisiana, mississippi, tennessee and alabama. All between tuesday and wednesday. Kirsten Joyce theyre to blame for the deaths of at least 5 people. One man says his busins but thats nothing compared to what those families lost smith it was a friend of mines daughter. So i, im you know, greatly, greatly hit hard at that. So that, thats why my business is gone, no big deal. Ill uh ill get it all together and restart. Kirsten Joyce the storm system also ripped through georgia and moved through the carolinas. Winds flipping cars and semis. Snapping trees and taking down power lines. Sherry Swensk firefighters continue to battle massive wildfires in the great smoky mountains. 7 people have now been killed. And sea