Overloaded boats filled with refugees. But for lauren, its not just news. Its her familys story. It begins in vietnam, just after the war. Life is difficult and dangerous for her family. So like thousands of others, they plot an escape. It started a journey that lauren is still on. Just as the things were hearing on the news today, its an international crisis. Reporter there have probably been guest lecturers who have failed to captivate their audience. You can imagine as a child. Reporter but not on this day. Seeing someone bleed out to death is quite an impression. Reporter not with lauren speaking. It was the most terrifying thing that had ever happened to me until i got on the boat to escape vietnam. Reporter lauren, a San Francisco attorney, who is there to share the story of her familys experience following the vietnam war. Her parents, wealthy landowners in the south, faced terrible persecution under communist rule. So bad, they decided the best although incredibly dangerous cho
Gunn gunnar bentz pulled off a flight before it left. And brought for another round of questioning at this police station. Tonight theyre headed back to the u. S. , but police still have their sights on lochte and feigen. The police are claiming that the statement lochte and feigen made to them was false, and thats a crime under brazilian law. Even the Brazilian Police agree that its lochte or any of the swimmers will face jail time. But regardless, theyre fighting back, saying that the police failed to acknowledge that the robbery took place, no matter what took place at that gas station, the swimmers were robbed by people with a gun, appearing to be law enforcement. No matter what country youre in, that is robbery, and robbery is a serious crime. Public opinion now divided about the swimmers. Whats important to remember greatest u. S. Swimmer, male swimmer, not named phelps in industry. A tremendously successful athlete who for whatever reasons continues to find himself on the opposi
Past hour, east Bay Regional Police have issued a bulletin for two missing juveniles, and one of them is a 14yearold girl and her sister is also missing. An officer tells us they were last seen at crab cove on the west end of crown beach in alameda. We have a crew on the way to the scene and will bring you updated information as soon as we get it. Now to the other top story, Malaysia Airlines released a list of hundreds of names of the souls on board the airplane shot down over eastern ukraine. We are hearing more stories tonight of all the lives cut short and what is becoming a tense situation at the crash site. Good evening. Im heather holmes. And im ken wayne. International monitors have arrived to secure the site but say that armed separatists are hampering their access. They were only able to walk around the crash in groups and they were tracked the whole time. Meanwhile, International Leaders are saying whoever fired the missile must have had powerful help. Some say russia was in
Today saturday, october 13 12th. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill along with craig melvin and dylan dreyer. This is one of the most densely Populated Areas in the world. Cyclone, hurricane, same thing . Same thing but called Different Things in different parts of the world. Because its in the pacific . Yes. A whether a boy with be reunited with his family is in question. A ticket and likely a good deal of supervision on that flight. Also ahead this morning, we are following a developing story in new mexico. Police there are looking for nine teenagers who are missing from a rehabilitation ranch where they were living. The owner of that ranch is also missing this morning. We will bring you the latest on that investigation. It might somewhat like an oxymoron. Obese and health care. We talk about how some obese are of health. A mother who never appeared in her familys photos partially because she was taking the pictures but a
That story is the one of a beautiful bride with a deadly disease. She got her diagnosis early in 2013. She decided to make the most of the time she had left. Jen didnt know it at the time, but there were some special people, one in particular, who were going to help her do just that. Time can be a tricky thing. No matter what any clock tells you, time doesnt move at a steady pace. Something jen bullock knows all too well. The few days left until her wedding to fiance jeff lang cant go fast enough. What is likely to happen a few months after that . Well jen and jeff met six years ago. She was a hairdresser, he a yoga instructor. Jen making people beautiful on the outside, jeff on their insides. A friend thought these two opposites would attract. Shes like, you know, he kind of took all my weirdness in stride. So i think hed be really good for you. There was talk of a wedding. In fact, the couple shopped for rins just last december, just about the time, it turned out, that jeff developed