Williams just weeks ago as more disturbing statements come in about his death. And tributes pour in. Oh, captain, my captain you will be missed. And Kerry Sanders is getting set to jump out of a plane this morning. Wednesday, august 13th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a on rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. The things we put Kerry Sanders through. Well explain what hes going to be doing and why in a couple minutes. Its for a great cause. Thanks to kerry. Also coming up, sadly another death in hollywood. Legendary icon Lauren Bacall is now gone, as youve heard. Were going to be speaking to tom brokaw who was good friends with her. Share some of the stories of her over the years. Lets start with the top story. That is the dangerous flooding from some very potent storms that have dumped more than a foot of rain in some parts of the east coast. Take a look at this. Thats the Southern
Change . And titan, ben bradlee, the longtime editor of the Washington Post, has died. And tributes are pouring in for the man who guided the paper through watergate and defined journalism for decades today, wednesday, october 22nd, 2014. Announcer 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 a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer, along with hoda kotb. Al roker and Natalie Morales. When you do what we do and ben bradlee was in a room you stopped and took notice. He was that big. And you were probably a little intimidated. There are few giants like that in our industry. No question. Well talk about his life and career in a little while. We want to start on this wednesday morning with our top story, the ebola crisis. A Liberian National is in isolation in newark, new jersey, this morning as doctors wait for ebola results. Meantime, the cameraman working with nbc in liberia when he contracte
Together and blow, steve. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the United States moved closer today to new moves to rescue thousands of yazidi refugees in northern iraq. Theyre trapped on a mountain, surrounded by fighters of the Islamic State group. The u. S. Military is already airdropping supplies, and 130 american advisors have arrived to assess things. Today, Deputy National security advisor ben rhodes said the president is awaiting their recomm
Together and blow, steve. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the United States moved closer today to new moves to rescue thousands of yazidi refugees in northern iraq. Theyre trapped on a mountain, surrounded by fighters of the Islamic State group. The u. S. Military is already airdropping supplies, and 130 american advisors have arrived to assess things. Today, Deputy National security advisor ben rhodes said the president is awaiting their recomm
If you turn one young man away, think of the repercussions for that. You know, he couldve put a roadside bomb somewhere. He could have killed a family somewhere in iraq or syria. I mean, its incalculable, the value. Woodruff plus, we remember Washington Post editor ben bradlee who led the papers historic coverage of the watergate scandal. It changes your life, the pursuit of truth. At least, if you know that you have tried to find the truth its very exciting, i find. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs