Good thursday morning. Its a great one, in fact, as we welcome back diana perez from maternity leave. You look fantastic. Thank you. Im excited to be back. I miss my boys. Big kiss to them. Im happy to be back, though. Youll probably get more sleep now than you do before on maternity leave. I think youre right. Lets get started. We begin now with the latest on the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Bad weather is once again keeping ships and planes from searching an area where a satellite picked up possible objects. Abcs Clayton Sandell is in perth, australia, with the very latest. Reporter 11 aircraft and 5 ships were supposed to be searching the indian ocean off the australian coast here, but now bad weather has moved into the area temporarily cutting short the search for what malaysian Authorities Say is their best lead yet. New images from a french satellite show more than 120 pieces of something in the water in the indian ocean, but they havent been found yet, and its not cl
Community to heal and move forward in the face of such a horrific attack. At dusk, uc berkely students and Uc Santa Barbara students and alumni held candles. They say they are one community. The biggest reason i feel like i had to stand for you all today was because george and david were students of mine last spring. We are all very close. Reporter many alumni live in the bay area. This vigil is a rite of passage to healing and the restoration of faith. It is a standing up against darkness, and evil. In the wake of a tragedy of such overpowering scale. It is an affirmation of the good in human behavior. Reporter many say their hearts are broken, but not their spirit. People are inherently good people, but its hard to hold onto that in the face of such tragedy. Im hoping things like tonight will help renew my faith in who we are. Reporter friends of the victim said they never thought they would lose them so soon. I would like everyone to take a moment and remember the love that you have
A surprising light show in the skies above several western states. A meteor streaked across the sky, taking even astronomers off guard. You can see it here from a cars dash cam. People from malibu, california, to mexico, saw the fireball streak across the sky. Thats incredible video. Take a look at that. My goodness. The National Weather service says this meteor was likely associated with the southern taurid meteor shower. Which doesnt really bring a big number of meteors. But when they do appear, they are very bright. When i saw it, it was in slowmotion. It was about as big as a continue lope. It was all blue. And the very tip of it. Humongous. The tip was just orange. We go to new developments in the troubled Health Care Rollout. A key Government Official linked to the website has stepped down. This, as the president hits the road to defend the program. Abcs Tahman Bradley joins us with the very latest. Good morning, tahman. Reporter diana and john, good morning. Republican states ar
Education, as well as access to guns. Reporter with the onemonth anniversary of the shooting at newtown, connecticut, approaching, washington is pressured to take immediate action. Gabby giffords who was injured by a gunman two years ago, is taking a prominent role in the gun debate. Giffords and her husband have pushed for congressional action, on Mental Health, highcapacity gun magazines and background checks to purchase a gun. I bought a gun at walmart recently. And i got a background check. Reporter the shock over the Elementary School shooting has led many communities to offer gun buyback programs. If we can prevent one child, one innocent bystander from being the victim of a random accident, or the target of an unstable person, it will be well worth our time and effort. Reporter but at the same time, gun stores say their merchandise is flying off the shelf. People want to be able to protect themselves. Reporter the biden task force hopes to make recommendations by the end of the
A very big donation to a cause close to their hearts this morning. And winners . A thrilling finish at the National Spelling bee, and the event ends in a rare tie, the first in more than 50 years. The cochamps are celebrating with us today, friday, may 30th, 2014. Life is a highway from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Can we take that shot one more time . That is a concert crowd. Wow. So many. Eat your heart out, austin mahone. That was a big crowd earlier this week, but huge today. And there is good reason. This is the most awarded Country Group in the past decade. They have 14 number one hits, 22 1 2 million albums sold. They have a new album thats getting critical acclaim and theyre going to give us a great concert in a few moments. That crowd, its all ages. They, Everybody Loves rascal flatts. Good to have them here. Were going to get to our top