With lester holt, and erica hill, live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. And im lester holt. Lets talk about the big winter storm. It stretched over 1,000 miles, finally making its way across new england today and heading out to sea. But it left a lot of misery in its wake. There were a number of deaths, four reported. The storm dumped a foot of snow in some places. That total could go even higher today up in maine. While it has been a major hassle for a number of people, dangerous in so many areas, it is not all bad news for everyone. Paul goodlow is in maine where all that snow is exactly what skiers have been hoping for. Good morning, paul. Reporter good morning. Were talking six days away from the official beginning of winter, and ten days away from christmas, and Mother Nature has definitely brought a nice powdery gift to sugarloaf. Not the best for the roads, though. Although while this is definitely fun here across this
On this saturday night, revenge shooting . What we now know about the High School Senior who opened fire at his school, who he targeted, and the investigation into why this happened again in colorado. Winter blast. The massive storm battering the northeast and the midwest causing big problems on the road and in e air. Moon mission. Celebrating at Mission Control as china becomes the third to land a spacecraft on a lunar surface. The outrage. Is being rich a defense against killing four people . The novel argument that kept a teenage drunk driver out of jail. And in her honor, remembering a young victim of newtown by building a safe place for the creatures she loved. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening on this, the oneyear anniversary of the Newtown School massacre. Were learning details of the latest act of school gun violence. This one yesterday in a denver suburb that left a teenage girl badly wounded and the shooter,
Good morning. A snowy mess. That massive storm that pounded half the country finally on its way out this morning leaving travel headaches and a mass cleanup in its wake. Just as we finish digging out, there could be another wintery blast moving in. Final journey home. Nelson mandela laid to rest following an Emotional Funeral Service where he was honored by stars, royalty and world leaders. Hats off, pope francis sharing a playful moment with little guy who decided to wear his skull cap, reenforcing his title as the peoples pope, today, sunday, december 15, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. Lets talk about the big winter storm. It stretched over 1,000 miles, finally making its way across new england and heading out to sea. About 1200 flights were grounded across the country already this weeke
Familys wealth. The victim of something that the doctor called affluence appear we now know is a completely basically made up term. Let me repeat. Killed four strangers on fathers day weekend and left a friend in a coma paralyzed. Eric boyle lost his wife and daughter and here is what he told me last night. The primary message has to be that money and privilege cant buy justice in this country, that its not okay to drink and drive and kill four people, wound a severely injure another and not have any consequences to that. Thats not the thats not the American Dream that we grew up to participate in, and i just dont understand it. While eric boyle and other families try to put their life together, couch will be hunkered down in a very expensive Rehab Facility in california. More on that later. We invited couchs lawyer. After agreeing, they cancelled. The invitation stands. We learned about another case involving an African American teenager that came before the exact same judge with much
We begin keeping them honest with new details about the miscarriage of justice. 16yearold ethan couch, he killed four people while drunk driving back office no prison time and all. His lawyers argued in the judge agree was a victim of his familys wealth. The victim of something that the doctor called affluence. We now know is a completely basically made up term. Let me repeat. Killed four strangers on fathers day weekend and left a friend in a coma paralyzed. Eric boyle lost his wife and daughter and here is what he told me last night. The primary message has to be that money and privilege cant buy justice in this country, that its not okay to drink and drive and kill four people, wound and severely injure another and not have any consequences to that. Thats not the thats not the American Dream that we grew up to participate in, and i just dont understand it. While eric boyle and other families try to put their life together, the young man couch will be hunkered down in a very expensiv