My life. Her mother speaks out after reuniting with her daughter. And gone to pot . Is the legalization of marijuana driving people to homeless shelters . The unexpected problem in colorado as it goes mainstream today. Monday, july 28, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Weve got willie in here for matt this morning. What a strange situation in california, the Lightning Strike on the beach. How rare these are, al. This is such a tiny storm. In fact, the last time somebody died in california from a Lightning Strike was 2009. So you dont see that this often. And that violent Weather Coast to coast actually is our top story this morning. Lets start with the deadly Lightning Strike on californias famed venice beach. Thats where we find Nbcs Joe Fryer this morning. Joe, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. One person was killed, another
Who has been riding along with commuters. She joins us live on the train. Megan . Reporter well, eun, we are still riding along the silver line with commuters this morning getting thetakeir on how things went. Of course it opened over the weekend but today, this mornings rush hour the first big test as folks went to the station, many people for the very first time and tried to make their way to work. Weve been talking to folks all morning long and it went pretty well. The gate at the spring hill station opened just a little before 5 00 a. M. Elsie isaac was one of the first commuters to catch the silver line train. Make my commute quicker, much quicker. Maybe my 30 minutes. Reporter things went smoothly this morning. Riders seemed genuinely excited about the new line and the prospect of a shorter ride to work. Its a gamechanger, no doubt about it. Saves me 15 to 20 minutes each way. I used to have to catch the orange line, get off, hit the fairfax connector. Now i go all the way down t
Gay and lesbians in the state still cant get married until the case is resolved. Virginia now has 21 days to decide if it wants to appeal the case. The states attorney general has already said he wont defend the ban. He just spoke at a press conference. Today is yet another victory for the principle of equality that is so central to the American Experience and i am proud that the commonwealth of virginia is leading on one of the most important civil rights issues of our day. He believes it will be decided by the supreme court. A federal Circuit Court made a similar ruling in oklahoma. The governor there said she will appeal. Right now in richmond jury selection is underway in the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Bob Mcdonnell and his wife. Lawyers are going through a jury pool of 150 people. Before today the potential jurors had to fill out questionnaires. They are accused of taking more than 150,000 in gifts and loans from a wealthy businessman. Prosecutors say they did so
States that will fully repeal the obama health law. A president who will reign in the power and cost and size of this behemoth federal government. We should eliminate the department of energy, environmental protection, education, and most importantly, lets get rid of the department of the interior. The land belongs to us not the federal government. Thats right. And we will elect a president that takes seriously his or her oath to defend the constitution of the United States, the greatest document created by mankind. The fight of our lifetimes. This is a fight we must win because you and i know one thing for sure. Freedom isnt free. Its up to you and me. Thank you. Thank you. We can do this. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Recentr today, a discussion with the former secretary of state, madeleine albright, and condoleezza rice, along with robert gates. Russialk about u. S. And relations another foreignpolicy issues, including ukraine, iraq, and the u. S. Rol
In the u. S. New york city the epicenter seeing largest 24 hour spike in both deaths and cases. Good morning. Im Griff Jenkins in washington with my colleagues jillian and pete in new york. Pete good morning, griff. We are here in studio f, im upstairs and jillian is downstairs. All morning long focusing on the stories that matter most. Labor secretary eugene scral. Steve scalise and mac call waltz the doctor is here this morning. Sapphire, segal and nesheiwat. And jillian, how are things going and, you know, here we are on the weekend. Have a big week. We cover those briefings and here we are on a saturday. Jillian it doesnt matter. The news doesnt stop on the weekend as you very well know. We are getting new information. We are towering about the new regulations from the cdc, the new guidelines here. The recommendations i should say when you are out in Public People should be wearing a mask. It is important to note not a medical grade mask because our medical workers still need them