Lit up in green in protest. Supporters of trump this morning the fallout over one of the president s most controversial yet. Tiger woods in foggy state of mind and taking a breathalyzer test after his dui arrest. And queen of the bee. A 12yearold california crowned the National Spelling bee champion and shes good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a very busy friday morning. Thanks for joining us. Hoda is off. Weve got a breaking story to get right to. The soaring death toll in the attack on a casino in manila. Reporter police at first suspected this might be a terrorist attack. That turns out not to be the case but the death toll still very high. Its not clear yet if americans were among the hurt. Victims are still being identified this morning but we do know that both employees and guests of resorts world manila are among the dead after this casino into a death trap. Lone gunman stormed in after midnight. This morning showing the new video this morning showing gunman opening fire
Supporters of the move arguing it will be a boost to the economy. This morning, the fallout over one of the president s most controversial moves yet. Out of it. New video released of tiger woods in a foggy state of mind and taking a breathalyzer test following his dui arrest. Sir, would you, please, state your full name. Tiger woods. A court date now set in that case. And, queen of the bee. That is correct. Congratulations a 12yearold from california crowned the National Spelling bee champion and shes celebrating with us today, friday, june 2, 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 very busy friday morning. Thanks for joining us. Hoda is in while savannah has the day off, and weve got a breaking story to get right to. The soaring death toll in that disturbing attack on a casino in manila. Nbc kelly cobe ayah has the details. Good morning to you. Report
Child abuse case. It is unfolding in a courtroom. We are live in our digital operations center. He arrived to the courthouse a shorlt time ago they will be charged for failing to report an allegation against sandusky. This is road of them arriving to courthouse right now. Prosecutors are facing vail anytime. Jerlier lan tos to appeal thiz conviction. They say former Athletic Director hushed up an allegation of sandusky sexually abusing a boy in a teen shower to protect the universitys reputation. A key piece of evidence between all three where they afwrgreed to contact Child Welfare authorities. Ill have another half hour for an update. Today the future could hinge on an emotional plea. They will consider a letter today. He died after falling during a frat party. 18 members are charges with his death. In their letter his parents wrote in part our son died on your watch. We will never see him again because of the administrations failures to protect him and turning a blind eye to known p
Well have that debate with jim grossman from the historical association, and ian from the national review, and take you inside with an educator that helped to write the history framework. Its inside story. Advance placement quarters are much sought after by students, schoolboards offering a serious curriculum. Calculus, chemistry no chemistry. Hard sciences are light on terms, and heavy on the notion that theres one right answer. Advance placement american history, thats a political punching bag. The recent reformulation of curriculum and standards has legislators and School Boards gunning for new standard. The complaint, that it is too heavily weighted against the u. S. The portrait emerging is a racist society, rather than one that is a beacon of liberty to the world. The oklahoma legislator was moving to get rid of history. It was said late this week short of cutting a. P. History, but looking for ways to require new readings in the curriculum to balance critical voices. Other state
Protesters. Theres been no arrests no violence here. Of course, tonight at 10 00 this crowd will have to disperse. But many people came here today trying to pick up the pieces from last night. Stop the violence please we dont need this where is everybody going to go and shop . Yall breaking into the stores and taking stuff. Reporter this woman has worked at this cvs for 13 years. Last night she watched her neighborhood erupt in violence. It was wrong. It was wrong. And it didnt have nothing to do with freddie. It didnt. It didnt. They destroy the whole city. Not just cvs. They destroy the whole city. For what . Reporter the blaze from the cvs fire could be seen for miles as firefighters under Police Protection tried to put out the flames. Yesterday the Stores Manager made the decision to close, and he sent his employees home just as the riots were beginning. We would have got hurt. Who knows . Im just glad we got out of the store. I got everybody out of the store, thats my concern. Rep