From the queen of country. Dolly parton gives us all a sneak peek of her first christmas album in 30 years. The new track she just released. Well have a sample in the skinny. It is monday, august 24th. Good morning, everyone. Dolly parton bringing it. She is. Shes had quite a year. She has. Shes reading us bedtime stories, coming out with a new christmas album, and theres more, i just cant remember it right now. Helping us get through the ndic. Great to be back with all of you this morning. We missed you. What did i miss last week . So there was this event, it lasted four days, there was a lot of people, there was a lot of zoom, just more zoom meetings. I hear its take two this week, except for different policies, different platforms, different color, blue versus red, left versus right. Well get into that. So yes, i am back. We begin this half hour with the spotlight turning to the gop as day one of the Republican National convention gets under way. The event is opening amid word of a
2018 without breaking the bank. Bucket list trips to finally check off the list, from islands to mountains and the ultimate hidden gem. Were kicking 2018 off right, right here on gma. [ cheers and applause ] if you werent awake, you will be now. Good morning, america and a very happy new year. We want to thank our very festive audience. [ cheers and applause ] and thank you yeah, exactly. We want to thank all of you for joining us on this first day of 2018. We are on tape this morning so we could be home with our families. Some of us recovering. We hope youre enjoying your holiday too, and yes, wonderful audience so youre still with us. [ cheers and applause ] they will be throughout the day. Yes. As you are waking up on this new year for you to help start it right both mentally and physically. Were also going to help you get financially fit which is always good. We have five things that you should do and the tools to use to set yourself up for success. We all need that. Fantastic. Fir
We begin with a developing story out of costa rica where 12 people, 10 of them american tourists, were killed in a plane crash. The single engine charter plane went down in a wooded area shortly after takeoff. Among the americans on board, a family of five from suburban new york, identified as bruce and Irene Steinberg and their three sons. Horrified vacationers saw the plane go down and rushed to the wreckage to try to help. My family and i were having lunch and we heard the plane coming overhead pretty low, so we all left the table to go see the plane pass overhead with our kids. And as it flew over the top of us, it made a really hard lefthand turn and was totally sideways and then nose dived straight into the ground and there was an explosion. A florida couple and their daughter were on board as well as two costa rican pilots. A man with a grudge against police shot five Police Officers killing one of them. 29yearold on the job just for seven months. Abcs Clayton Sandell has more.
To mountains and the ultimate hidden gem. Were kicking 2018 off right, right here on gma. [ cheers and applause ] if you werent awake, you will be now. Good morning, america and a very happy new year. We want to thank our very festive audience. [ cheers and applause ] and thank you yeah, exactly. We want to thank all of you for joining us on this first day of 2018. We are on tape this morning so we could be home with our families. Some of us recovering. We hope youre enjoying your holiday too, and yes, wonderful audience so youre still with us. [ cheers and applause ] they will be throughout the day. Yes. As you are waking up on this new years we have some great tips for you to help start it right both mentally and physically. Were also going to help you get financially fit which is always good. We have five things that you should do and the tools to use to set yourself up for success. We all need that. Fantastic. First lets get to the mornings top headlines from ron claiborne. Good mo
Shooter, including his escape from a Mental Health facility and threats to kill his superiors at an air force base. Why were so many warning signs missed . And the investigation launched that took the life of baseball star, roy halladay. Three basketball players arrested for shoplifting in china. Could they spend years in prison . And the women lost at sea for five months tell us about their ordeal. Theyre here for a there are questions here for a live interview, today, wednesday, november 8, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on this wednesday morning, we thank you for joining us, you know who is happy to be here on dry land . I guess interest these two ladies over here, jennifer and tasha back on dry land after five months adrift at sea. A lot of questions, we will ask them in a few. We will do that in a while. Let us start with a busy news morning, voters giving democra