Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff three Top Obama Administration officials mounted their defense of the Iran Nuclear Deal before a committee of skeptical senators. Secretary of state john kerry challenged those who want to spike the deal by asking, so whats your plan, totally go to war . Well show you some of the exchanges from the hearing right after this news summary. Ifill Islamic State militants fired across the border from syria into turkey today, killing one soldier and wounding two others. Turkish troops returned fire near th
Matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on friday morning. 7 00 on the west coast. We hate to say it but another week, another tragic shooting in louisiana. Were getting more information as we speak. Authorities have just released this new information about the gunman. His name, john houser, a 59yearold from alabama. Authorities describing him as kind of a drifter. We know that disguises including wigs and glasses were found in the search of his hotel room. Were going to get more on that in a live interview with Louisiana State police in just a moment. But lets start on this friday morning with nbcs john yang. John, what can you tell us . Matt, right now investigators are processing this crime scene. They say the theater is littered with personal belongings, shoes, purses, keys, cell phones, things people dropped and ran whether the shooting started. Were learning more about the shooter, more about the victim, and mor
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff three Top Obama Administration officials mounted their defense of the Iran Nuclear Deal before a committee of skeptical senators. Secretary of state john kerry challenged those who want to spike the deal by asking, so whats your plan, totally go to war . Well show you some of the exchanges from the hearing right after this news summary. Ifill Islamic State militants fired across the border from syria into turkey today, killing one soldier and wounding two others. Turkish troops returned fire near th
Rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this friday morning. It seems another week another tragic mass shooting this time in louisiana. Well is have more on this in a second. We are following another big story. The administrations high stakes Nuclear Agreement with iran. In studio exclusively secretary of state john kerry. He was in washington yesterday selling the deal. Hell sit down with matt in a few minutes. Back to louisiana. The gunman identified as a 58yearold white male with a criminal history. Witnesses say he stood up about 20 minutes into a showing of the movie trainwreck, pulled out a handgun and started firing. Two people were killeded. At least nine others wounded. Their ages from the late teens to 60s. Overnight the investigation had to be put on hold briefly. The bomb squad was called this in when an officer saw something suspicious inside the gunmans car. Well talk to the police and two people who were at the theater complex in a moment. Lets beg
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