Today, thursday, august 1, 2013. Good morning. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. We will take you live to cleveland in just a moment. But first, Edward Snowden almost a year after receiving asylum in russia. Good morning to you. Well, Edward Snowden was expecting a permit to leave the airport and get some space really while he waited months, he thought, for a possible temporary asylum. But he got something much better than that. An official tast track passport. This is Edward Joseph snowdens terrific to freedom. His new passport, granting him temporary asylum for one year. Snowdenstranded for more than five weeks while russian authorities reviewed his asylum request. And within minutes of the news, snowdens lawyer confirmed that snowden with passport in hand left the airport. But citing security reasons, the lawyer refused to say where snowden was going. Snowdens release comes just y days after eric holder sent a letter to russia au
We should point out, too, there are still questions about the numbers out of china. In the nations Largest School district, new york city, there is now a fight over the fate of 1. 1 Million Students. Mayor de blasio this morning announcing city schools would be closed for the rest of the Academic Year. Then hours later Governor Cuomo said no decision has been made and called the mayors announcement his opinion. Meantime in Kentucky State Police will be at the ready to record license plate information for church goers or those attending Mass Gatherings this weekend. The governor warning anyone who is found to have attended a service in person could face a misdemeanor violation. Their information will be given to the Health Department and theyll be required to submit to a 14day quarantine. Beginning today in michigan, youre no longer allowed to travel between homes. You cant risk or if you do youll risk a thousand dollar fine or even jail time. That ban as you can imagine sparking some p
Pulitzerprize winning historian jon meacham. Mike barnicle, something about the home run derbies hard to take your eyes away from. I like the home run derby better than i like the allstar game actually. You see the players interacting with their kids, their children on the field. Its a nice night. No doubt about it. And al hunt, bryce harper, second place. Bryce harper second place and batted against his father which i thought was good. It was a nice touch. His father hit him with the snich and he didnt charge the mound. And Gene Robinson, how exciting to have this going on so you didnt have to watch the nonsense going on on other news channels where everybody was doing their best to try to divide sides, one side trying to inflame, the other side trying to grant absolute ab solution. It was a respite. I watched the home run derby last night. I think, you know, i had been all day, you know, wrote a column and was deep into the Trayvon Martin case and it was good to watch baseball. It wa
Report the server was cleared before it was turned over to the fbi or tried to be clear. The fbi is looking to recover any data. Clinton now getting testy with reporters over questions about that server. My personal emails are my personal business, right . So that is all i can say. You wiped the server . Im not you know, i have no idea. Thats why we turned it over. You said you were in charge of it. You were the official in charge. Did you wipe the server . Like, with a cloth or something . I dont know. You know how it works digitally. I dont know how it works digitally at all. Cnns jeff zeleny has the latest for us. Good morning, christine. Hillary clinton was defiant on tuesday night at a Campaign Stop in nevada, saying she did not receive or send any email messages their marked classified. She was there for a town hall meeting, but she took questions from reporters afterwards and the email questions dominated the conversation. Whether it was a personal account or a government accoun
There, youre outnumbered. Joe this is more like out dressed. One question before you jump in, you guys never match, you always have different colors on. Somebody has first dibs on a certain color, i want to know who and how it works. Sandra team effort, its a color wheel and youre not in i it. North korea now singable fire four missiles into the water of u. S. Territory of guam after they fire over our ally of japa japan. The missile will hit the ocean 1925 miles from the island. They say the plan could go to leader kim jongun for approval as soon as this week. Hell have the final say on whether its carried out. This, as north korea calls President Trumps fire and fury warning a load of nonsense. If those missiles are launched, washington would have to decide whether or not to intercept. Robert matter weighing in earlier on americas newsroom weve heard north korean leadership make outrageous statements in the past. I dont think we are at the brink of a Nuclear Launch out of north korea