Out executive actions he hopes will curb gun violence. In a white house address, president obama says he will tighten existing laws without infringing on the rights of lawabiding citizens. At one point, he was brought to tears as he spoke of the 20 first graders gunned down in their classrooms in newtown, connecticut. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun, wipes tearpauses every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. In his plan, the president hopes to expand background checks by having federal agencies treat all gun sales equally. That means weapons sold at gun shows and online, would be subject to the same background checks as all other gun sales. Percent of sales have no checks at all. All. The president also wants to increase funding for Mental Health care and to hire more atf agents, something that would require approval from congress. The National Rifle association has successfully lobbied congres
Be a scot. Scotland and britain remain united. Voters have rejected a hotly contested vote for independence. Imagine what this place would have been like if you had won . It would have been the Biggest Party in the world. Peolic in california have a suspect in custody accused of deliberatelyet sting that wildfire east of sacramento. The ran is sending flooding into texas. A man who killed a Police Officer in pennsylvania now intensifies. Eric frein is now on the fbis ten mostte wand list while schools close down. France has conducted its first air strike in iraq. Congress cleared the way for president obamas plan to train and equip moderate Syrian Rebels to fight isis. We have to put boots on the ground. Whose boots are we going to put there . Boots on the ground are a slipper and the last thing he needs is another wedgie shoe. Home depots data breach erbigg than they originally thought. A terminal in phoenix was locked down for more than three hours last night asol pice searched for a
This is today. With lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill. Alongside tom in for jenna. Dylan dreyer is with us too and we promise youll see her in a moment. It is very cold outside. Octobrrrr as you said. All up and down the east coast. Were looking at possibly record lows in some places. Could make for a chilly halloween. If you can, its a good morning to probably stay in bed. Tom and i noticed we broke out the flannels today. And feeling great. I went for wool and sweater. We all got the message and dylan will have more of that for us in a moment. We will talk about a legal bombshell. A grand jury wanted to indict Jonbenet Ramseys parents in her death. Well have to ask the question why they werent charged. Plus a man who will be king but Prince Charles is not ready to wear the crown any time soon. A revealing interview there. Later, a big mystery until a few days ago. A lot of pe
You werent there. That means i wasnt invited. Do you see my wedding ring on. I see your wedding ri. How comyou didnt go there . I had something to do. What did you have to do . Maybe something personal. Was khloe okay with that . Do you see each other on a regular basis. Yes, we talk like a normal family. Come here, you give me a hug. [ applause ] wendy i mean, the big engagement at the stadium was the time to have a united front even if lamar isnt a new part of the season of keeping up with the kardashians. Bruce should have been there. Lamar should have been there. When kris was telling khole kanye is planning something for kim for her birthday, lets go to the stadium and everything. If theyre together like that, at least at a big event like that i think lamar should have been there inste of acting weird outside of a chicken restaurant. Somethin a little bit weird about that footage, do you know what i mean . Anyway, so hello to lamar and congratulations to kim and kanye and the baby
If they turn that up just a little bit, my head is going to explode. Keep us warm. It will warm you all up. Who had the most fun last night . Who the least sleep of anyone . We did the one on one and i took Giada De Laurentiis out for some partying. And then what about work . It happened to be a camera crew. We got to attend the ceremony. That was a first for me. Like real people we sat at one of the tables surrounded by all the stars as they were winning and not winning. We were there to watch the reactions. I did a little behind the scenes. It was great how they got out there on the stage and the presenters. I had some great access, unprecedented. It was a lot of fun. We learned something very interesting. When you attend the ceremony, dinner is served at 3 30 in the afternoon. Matt and i were waiting and waiting. They gave some chocolates. I thought surely theyre going to serve it at this point. Then they brought along this little plate at finger sandwiches and then realized there w