13th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer along side al roker and natalie morales. A lot to get to. Meantime were following a huge story out of boston. Mob boss James Whitey Bulger has been convicted after 16 years on the run. Well talk to a member of his defense team as well as the brother of one of his alleged victims. First, this breaking news overnight in atlanta. Natalie has that. A tragic story. A baseball fan died after falling more than 60 feet from the upper deck at turner field in atlanta. Were joined with the very latest. Randy, good morning. Reporter good morning natalie. At this hour the victim remains unidentified though an autopsy has been scheduled for later this morning. Police tell us he fell into the parking lot and paramedics did rush him to atlantas Medical Center but he ultimately
Weather going on currently so we have a Tornado Warning until 7 15 for parts of delaware, maryland and pennsylvania as this storm system races to the north and east. We are looking at violent weather out of this. We have a risk of strong storms today. Pretty much this morning on into the early afternoon from wilmington up into philadelphia and the northeast. Isolated tornadoes. Winds and torrential downpours. Could be up to 4 inches of rain through new england. Well get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. Peanut butter and jelly is a staple in our house for school lunches. Look at walmarts price. Wow. Thats great. Now all your back to school meals are covered. Thank you. Ok, ready . What . thats the walmartow price guarantee backed by ad match. Save time and money getting your kids ready for school. Bring in receipts from your local stores and see for yourself. Save more this back to School Packing kid friendly and tasty lunches with low prices on velveeta slices, koolaid ja
Yangtze river in china. Rescuers are scrambling to save people after the cruise ship capsized in the storm. You can see them tapping on the hull trying to reach passengers they believe may still be alive inside. Chinese state media reports just 15 survivors have been rescued. Among them the captain and chief engineer now in police custody. I want to bring in anna coren. These are elderly tourists taking a scenic river tour between two well known cities in china. Hundreds of them missing. Reporter 400 people. More than 400 people unaccounted for, christine, which is frightening. That ship cap sizing over 19 hours ago. And the only survivors to have surfaced come to a total of 15. Now rescuers believe they have found further signs of life. Voices and people knocking on the hull of the ship. We saw the rescuer tapping with a hammer trying to communicate with people perhaps who have managed to get to air pockets within the hull. The very bottom of the ship. Still as i say, only 15 people h
Good evening. An hourlong press conference with president obama today over an issue no less weighty than iran and the nuclear bomb was suddenly overshadowed by a single question about another serious topic and an answer no one expected the president would publicly utter. The question was related to the rape accusations that surround bill cosby. It was not the issue top of mind as the president went before reporters to pitch the Historic Nuclear Deal with iran, but its what a lot of people are talking about tonight. We of course are covering it all. But we want to start with Nbc News National Correspondent Peter Alexander and that question. Ill say this. Reporter it was a stunningly powerful statement, especially for a president whos made it his policy not to comment about ongoing legal matters. If you give a woman or a man for that matter without his or her knowledge a drug, and then have sex with that person without consent, thats rape. Reporter the president , himself a lawyer, publi
Im rosemary church. Thanks for joining us. This is cnn newsroom. Isis is claiming responsibility for yet another mass bombing, this time in southern iraq. At least 30 people were reportedly killed and dozens wounded in two suicide bombings in samawah. The terror group says one attacker blew up his car at a gathering of shiite special forces. The second car bomb detonated when security arrived. The attacks come after intense protests in the iraqi capital. Hundreds of demonstrators stormed the green zone in baghdad over the weekend, demanding that top iraqi leaders be dismissed. The protesters have left the area for now but vow to return friday. Ben wedeman has the details. Reporter baghdad was on edge sunday as the government of the Prime Minister teeters on the brink of collapse. Thousands of protesters poured into the green zone, the fortified, walledin top security baghdad quarters saturday that is home to the Iraqi Parliament and other government buildings and foreign embassies. The