Interview. Also new information in the Jonbenet Ramsey case. Reports that a grand jury actually indicted john and patsy ramsey in connection with the death. Why did the prosecutor decline to try that case . We begin with that tragic nightclub fire in brazil. Mike taibbi has the latest. Mike, good morning. Good morning, savannah. It has been a dead lly combinatn in the past, a nightclub filled with revelers and pyrotechnics and few too ways to escape led to panic. In santa maria, it was packed with its usual saturday nightclub when, at 2 00 in the morning, disaster. A swiftmoving fire filled the Groundfloor Club with thick smoke. Witnesses said Club Security initially blocked several emergency exits, thinking p patrons were leaving without paying and that left only a few ways out. In the ensuing panic, some victims were trampled. Most died of smoke inhalation. Many witnesses told police this fire was triggered by the use of some incindiery device on stage. The band used fireworks and as
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The rescue mission that kept commuters on hold, friday, august 30th, 2013. 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 friday morning. Im matt lauer. And im tamron hall along side al roker and willie geist. Savannah has the morning off. A big concert as well. Big crowd on the plaza. Well get to that in our 8 30 half hour. Chris brown out there. We look forward to that. But we have a lot to get to this morning. We want to start with the breaking news in syria. Richard engle is joining us now from turkey near the syrian border. Richard, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning, matt. Undeterred by threats of u. S. Military action the regime carried out yet another attack using a chemical agent, this time on a school. And these images come with a warning. They are graphic. We are human beings. We want to live. Reporter another horrific attack against children in syria. Op
Gripping, but it makes things no less perplexing. Did pistorius accidentally kill the woman he loved and was thinking of marrying or was this premeditated murder . He broke down, sobbing with his head in his hands. Oscar pistorius faced the court with the global scrum of hes accustomed to. Prosecutors didnt allow pictures during the hearing. He was stern faced. Staring ahead, jaw clenched. Little of the powerful emotion he could barely control during the first appearance. Then the emotion came, crying, head in hands as prosecutors laid out their case accusing pistorius of shooting and killing an unarmed innocent woman, his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp on valentines day morning. He was inconsolable when he heard his account read by his attorney. He woke up in the night to get a fan from the balcony and heard a noise. He heard someone in the bathroom. He felt a sense of terror rush over me. I knew i had to protect reeva and myself. I received Death Threats before. I grabbed my. 9 millimet
Public, today, tuesday, february 19th, 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 David Gregory in for matt this morning. That hearing for Oscar Pistorius is unfolding at this hour, the star weeping at times when hearing details about his girlfriends death. Prosecutors casting doubt on his claim that the shooting was an accident, saying there are telltale signs of premeditation, that he actually had to put on his artificial legs and walk across the floor before opening fire. Michelle kosinski is seated right behind him and will have details for us. What caused adam lanza to open up his killing spree . And new details are coming to light. Have you ever been busted by one of those red light cameras . Oh, yeah. Im guessing you have. Those are for speeding. Not the red light district, david, red light cameras. Why are some l