Outrage and an apology. I went way too far. Comedienne Kathy Griffin says shes sorry, for taking Photos Holding a decapitated head. Was the post, a threat against the commander in chief . And awkward incident. A professional tennis player banned from the french open for groping and forcibly kissing a reporter on live tv. What he an she are saying about one very uncomfortable interview, today, wednesday, may 31st, 2017. 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 this wednesday morning. Unfortunately we start with a horrific story coming out of aftghanistan afghanistan. Theres chaos in kabul, as an explosion rocks one of the most heavily guarded areas of that capital city. Richard engel has the latest on this. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning. This is one of the worst bombings theres been in afghanistan recently. The death toll according to afghan officials stand
Well start with breaking news in afghanistan. A deadly explosion going off in what is considered a highly secure part of kabul. It is lined, of course, with foreign embassies. Afghan Officials Say a suicide car bomb killed more than 60 people and injured rough think 300. That blast went off in the height of the morning rush in whats considered the citys safest area. You can see some of the early images were getting quite a powerful blast that blew out the windows and destroyed more than 50 vehicles. That death toll expected to rise. The nationalities of the victims are not yet known, of course, well continue to stay on top of this breaking news. That explosion in the heart of kabul this morning. And also breaking overnight a midair scare for jetblue passengers flying from new york to San Francisco. The plane forced to divert to grand rapids, michigan, after a passengers laptop battery caught fire. I was stunned. I knew something was going to happen because, you know, lithium batteries
Correct. Becoming the youngest competitor ever to qualify for the National Spelling bee. How shes preparing to go up against kids twice her age as the showdown kicks off this morning. And good morning, america. So 6yearold edith fuller about to make a little history at the spelling bee. Youngest competitor ever. Could she solve President Trumps spelling challenge. Could she spell covfefe. Or covfefe. The v is silent. Covfefe. 12 06 tweet. Never finished it. Covfefe. That tweet, that word, covfefe, covfefe, whatever you want to call it has sparked more than a million tweets and jimmy kimmel saying what makes me sad is that i know ill never write anything funnier than covfefe. And as george alluded to he responded to it on twitter and found humor in it. Well have much more on that in a bit. First we want to get to breaking news. A devastating attack rocking afghanistans capital near several embassies during rush hour. Lets go straight to abcs lama hasan for the very latest on this, good
Kid. I want justice for my son. Just 14. He wasnt even in high school yet and someone gunned him down. The search for whomever killed 14yearold tymeer. Now fox 29 news at ten. 14 years old murdered. Its a crime thats hard to even wrap your head around. Right now a mother is living that nightmare. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. She says her son has never been in trouble before and she wants to know why he got shot. Our Dave Schratwieser is live outside Philadelphia Police headquarters and, dave n mother is heart broken and looking for answers. Reporter iain, shes also looking for justice tonight. She says her son is an excellent football player. He loved boxing. She says he was simply on the way to cookout last night and to play video games when he was gunned down and she has no idea why someone would want to murder her son. Im living in my worst nightmare. If anybody ever wanted to see me hurt, it was well accomplish. Reporter for frazier the pain of losing her oldest son
My sons smile, his jokes and he was an excellent big brother to his younger siblings. Reporter gunned down to the 2,000 block of east orleans street monday night around 9 30. His mother spoke to fox 29 tuesday night before a vigil for her son. Tymeer was a mentor to her three younger children. Loved boxing and football he was finishing the eighth grade. He was supposed to graduate next month on the ninth. You know, going hoy school. He was going play football. Reporter police say a lone gunman block hoodie walked up the block stepped between two park cars wounding his 16yearold friend and striking tymeer in the back. Never been in trouble the day in the life with the law. Its hard to imagine he was the target. Terrell evans helped build this memorial to tymeer on the spot where he was killed. This is a sad situation. Like a young kid had doo over nothing and he had a bright future. We need a name. I know that i want justice for my kid. I want justice for my son. Reporter the 16yearold