Back in the headlines, a new documentary on the amanda knox murder case reigniting questions over her guilt or innocence. Either im a psychopath in sheeps clothing or i am you. This morning well talk to the team behind that controversial project. And error on the diamond. A guy tries to pop the question during a baseball game but drops the ring. Look at this poor guy. The frantic search captivating fans in the stadium and watching at home. Well tell you if it all turned out happily ever after today, wednesday, september 28th, 2016. 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 wednesday morning. We start with sad news coming out of the middle east. The breaking news is the death of one of the defining political figures in the world. Former israeli president and Prime Minister shimon peres. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella has a look at his life and also his legacy. Kelly, good
I did something last night just to bring back the memories with a couple of our producers who are with us on the ground there in rio. I went to a brazilian charasqueria last night. I had salted meats. Im puffed up like a tick this morning. I cant eat meat for a month. Where . Fogo de. With lamb chops and ribs. They do chicken too, right . Nobody eats that. You had a better night. Well, i had an amazing night. No meat sweats for me. This time of the year a lot of Charity Events take place. They call it the gala season. When i moved to new york, i never heard of the gala season. But last night i spent some time with day one. This is an organization based in new york. What they do is teach teenagers, girls and boys, about domestic violence. To hurt and these are a couple of girls. Then i had to jet over to another event. You were double booked. I was double booked. Ran, slid in the car, slid out of the car and i ended up with angelique kujo. She is an african musician, threetime grammy wi
Then it is the bestselling novel that sold 15 million copies. Now the girl on the train, one of the most anticipated movies of the year. Well catch up with star luke evans. You got to see it. I did. Stop it. Ill tell you in a minute. What else do we have . Il divo. They are the International Singing sensation. They bring love and passion and sex appeal to our studio. They sing well, too. Yeah. Then the recovering spender lauren grutman is back to help you like she helped herself. Get out of debt. Shell answer the questions you have been sending in. Would you like words of wisdom . Before you hear about the girl on the train, yeah. May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. Thats nelson mandela. Excellent. Can i give a shout out to an event i went to last night . Yeah. There was a great nascar event. They help kids who are sick. It is a great thing, the first time its been in new york city. They were honoring mark lazarus. Sports but now just had a big promotion. Thats mark an
Were honored. We are. Then it is the bestselling novel that sold 15 million copies. Now the girl on the train, one of the most anticipated movies of the year. Well catch up with star luke evans. You got to see it. I did. Stop it. Ill tell you in a minute. What else do we have . Il divo. They are the International Singing sensation. They bring love and passion and sex appeal to our studio. They sing well, too. Yeah. Then the recov you like she helped herself. Get out of debt. Shell answer the questions you have been sending in. Would you like words of wisdom . Before you hear about the girl on the train, yeah. May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. Thats nelson mandela. Excellent. Can i give a shout out to an event i went to last night . It is a great thing, the first time its been in new york city. They were honoring mark lazarus. Sports but now just had a big promotion. Thats mark and his adorable wife. Danica patrick was there. It was one of those really wonderful event
Peculiar children. Hes not peculiar, hes weird. Everybody takes selfies but samuel l. Jackson does it in his own way. Then what else, hoda . A twotime emmy winner Holland Taylor who played charlie sheens mom in two and a half men. Shes up to something new. And a very special edition of ambush today. One of our makeover ladies wrote shes going to be seeing family she hasnt seen in 20 years. The other is attending her high school reunion. You always want to look good for that. Yeah. Both of them asked for beauty help and both are getting what theyre asking for. Were excited to see them. We have some ladies until the back who are going to be part of the segment a little later. Theyre all friends of mine, all part of pink power. Hi, ladies. Hey. Were glad youre here visiting. You have to show the ring. If youre celebrating the family and friends, were cooking up a delicious feast to help you ring in the jewish new year. We have alon over there. Getting ready to cook. Im hard at work over h