Hurricane katrina. Theyre going to give us special coverage tomorrow morning to mark the anniversary. Were going to take a look at the progress thats been made to rebuild the gulf coast since the storm, and its painful aftermath. Were also going to hear from laura bush and Harry Connick jr. Who i understand may be giving us a bit of a concert, he is a major supporter there, as well. Hurricane katrina, five years later. That is tomorrow here on today. Meanwhile coming up in this half hour. Tiger woods and Elin Nordegren divorced. But sometimes people, even when they have problems they dont divorce, they still split up with their spouse, though. Sounds strange. Billionaire Warren Buffett is one of them. Coming up were going to look at some of the pros and cons of that unusual circumstance. Okay and by the way, who doesnt love jimmy fallon . Jimmy fallon, were going to be talking to him coming up in just a few moments this morning because the late night comedian is going to be hosting the
City. The incident took place during a cab ride on manhattans east side. Police say the cab driver was stabbed repeatedly, after confirming that hes a muslim. Aaron katersky has more on the attack and the young suspect. Reporter new york cabby ahmad sharif described house he was attacked. He had a knife. When i see the knife, it came right here. Reporter the father of four picked up a fare on tuesday evening. On the drive, Michael Enright asked, are you muslim . When sharif answered yes, enright pulled out a leatherman life and slashed him on the face, neck and arm. He began to stab the driver, sort of through the partition. He started yelling at, like, this is a checkpoint. This is checkpoint [ bleep ]. I have to push you down. Reporter sharif pointed to the controversy of a Muslim Community center planned at ground zero. And in 25 years in new york, he has never felt so insecure. No doubt in your mind, he wanted to kill you . I moved like this, he tried to get my throat. And im tryin
The peace here . To be honest, he said, no. We need a couple more years. But the iraqis wont get much more time. All american troops are scheduled to pull out of iraq by the end of next year. Dan harris, abc news, mosul. Southern californias metro link Commuter Rail system says it will pay 200 million to victims of a fatal crash. 25 people were killed when a passenger train ran a red light and collided he ed headon with freight train. Investigators believe the engineer was sending Text Messages before the crash two years ago. Under federal law 200 million is the maximum liability for a train accident. As part of its annual labor day crackdown on drunk driving the government has released some shocking figures. Millions of americans admit they have driven while drunk, despite the wellknown dangers. Lisa stark has details. Reporter who is todays drunk driver . It turns out many more of us than you might think. Cops everywhere are stepping up enforcement and cracking down like never before
Another racks here in south florida. Morning joe starts right now. I think its going to be an important debate. I dont think any one event is decisive, but this is an important issue. Even though being strong at home and rebuilding our economy is the number one issue, people want to know that they have a strong, steady hand in the oval office, and they dont want someone whos reckless and whos been consistently wrong on Foreign Policy issues, as governor romney has. The president had created this false image of mitt romney in the minds of some voters that was completely knocked down in that first debate. And i think now whats becoming apparent in these debates is that the president has no plan for the next four years. Hes failed to outline any sort of ideas how hell govern the country in his words forward over the next four years. And thats why these debates have mattered more than ever. Tomorrow is his last chance to tell us what hes going to do over the next four years. And good morni
Ma bobemma bananafanafofemma feefifofemma emma very good sweety, how do you feel . Good. Yeah . You did a really good job, okay . [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson johnson. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States. Normally i do not comment on whats going on in the president ial election. I will take an exception today. This is not conservatism. I have a special rule as chair of the republican convention, i stay neutral and i support the nominee. Everything that you dont want is in that budget. I say, where was paul ryan . If he becomes the nominee of the party, will you support him . Yes, i will. Ill support whoever the nominee is. Remember the wheelchair pushed over the click when you had ryan as the chairman. Ku klux klan. I dont know david duke. If a person wants to be a nominee of the Republican Party, there can be no evasion and no games. Paul ryan, i dont know him well. Im sure ill get alo