The shooting in austin was a low point during a weekend that also saw violence during marches in seattle and portland. And today the Nations Capital says goodbye to congressman john lewis. The civil rights giant and longtime lawmaker lies in state at the u. S. Capitol this morning. In a few hours, hundreds of mourners will pay their respects. Those are some of the top stories on this morning, monday, july 27th. Good morning, everyone. Kenneth moton is still enjoying his birthday and getting a welldeserved two days off. So we have alex presha joining us from d. C. Thats why he looks so familiar. You are coming to us from the nbc station in san diego. This industry is small. Pretty small. So take a look at this clip. Yeah, do you recognize her . Megan tevrizian. We recruit from that nbc station up here. This was my first time on the desk in san diego. I was with megan. Really, oh my god. We love to see it, we love to have you here. Full circle. We have him the next two days. We begin thi
And clash with security forces. Demonstrators are angered over the mistaken downing of a jetliner by iran last week. Tensions flared as thousands of protesters flooded the streets of tehran over the weekend. Police reportedly fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition to break up the demonstrators. Last weeks plane crash killed 176 people. President trump issued an urgent message to iran on twitter warning dont kill your protesters. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke at a memorial in edmonton yesterday honoring the 57 canadians killed in last weeks crash. He said we will not rest until theres justice and accountability. Naomi ruchim has more. This all comes over President Trumps decision to take out irans top general. Reporter the official government explanation as to why the u. S. Launched that attack is inconsistent. President trump justified the attack saying there was an imminent threat to American Service members and diplomats. But his defense secretary says he d
Contract with the owners and were illegally occupying this house. The Property Owner offered to pay for two months of housing elsewhere and offer a mover. The mothers called it an insult. This is out of our hands. The sheriffs will evict them and its quite possible they will be coming this week, maybe even tomorrow. We encourage them to leave peacefully and voluntarily. We are here and we are not leaving. Weve been here since november 18 and that is a win for us. [ cheers and applause ] reporter the last piece of video showed that walker and her children are here and they had entered the unoccupied home in midnovember and since then, several other homeless moms and kids joined them. Wedgewood properties purchased the property in july for 500,000 and the moms want wedgewood to sell them the house. They said the housing crisis in oakland is outofcontrol and there are too many vacant homes and that housing is a vacant home owners right. People have been bringing food to the moms and they
Send over the articles of impeachment this week, with a shot to republicans not to drop the case. Dismissing is a coverup. Dismissing is a coverup. This morning, the key week ahead in washington. Those stories plus megxit strategy. The queen summons her family for an emergency meeting today on the exit of harry and Meghan Markle. Also, the oscarnnounced tod. Well tell you who made the cut. And fantastic finish. Green bay hangs on to defeat seattle. Mahomes with a touchdown pass to blake bell. And kansas city pulls off an epic comeback against houston to move one win away from the super bowl. And the nfl is down to the final four. Today, monday, january 13th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Good morning. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a busy monday morning. Excited about the football . That kansas city celebration at the end, i think those were cans of beer floating
This hour. Were waiting possible new comment from President Trump this hour. The president set to depart the white house shortly, make his way to new orleans. He is attending College Football National Championship game this evening. Well bring you any remarks from the president , if he stops to speak to reporters on the white house south lawn. Plus protests raging in iran. Third straight day weve seen this. Antigovernment demonstrations. Reports of forces firing live rounds and tear gas. Target, how it is what it means for your store. Melissa Edward Lawrence and blake burman are live at the white house. Edward, starts with you. Reporter melissa, a feeling of glee of folks in the trade circles i talked with the signing of the trade deal expected to happen on wednesday. The chinese delegation is now here at the hotel in washington, d. C. The one, the chinese are expected to sign that trade deal on wednesday but two, tomorrow the chinese delegation will meet with u. S. Businesses to try t