As golfer rory mcilroy wins his second major in a row today. Monday, august 11, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning on what is a momentous day here on the today show because its the last day before savannah takes off on Maternity Leave. You havent stopped smiling. I know. Im excited to sleep in for a day or two. Thats exactly my prediction. Two days. By this Time Thursday morning you will have this baby. Thats what i have in the office pool. Wow. What do you know i dont . Dont listen to the obgyn. I want you to say im matt lauer and ill say im a house. Well have fun later in the show. Lets start with our top story. Tensions explode in the streets of st. Louis in a suburb there in what began as a peaceful protest in the shooting of an unarmed teen spiraled into violence. John yang has the latest. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. This is
Not present, his father, Justin Ross Harris whos accused of killing the toddler. But he did call in from jail to thank funeral guests for supporting his son and apolog e apologized for not being there. His wife said he is not angry at her husband and said that the truth would come out. Harris could be heard sobbing over the phone as the crowd inside gave him a standing ovation. Earlier saturday, new details about the 33yearold. According to search warrants obtained by cnn, harris told police, quote, he researched child deaths inside vehicles and what temperature it needs to be for that to occur. The Police Officer went on to say, quote, justin stated that he was fearful that this could happen. What remains unclear is exactly whether that search was done. Friends and family say the man police paint as a murderer is not the man they know. I want that he would be able to forgive himself. Reporter family friend carol brown. Its just seems out of character for ross and i know people change.
President obama set to nominate the former Procter Gamble ceo tomorrow as Veterans Affairs secretary. The Va Department is reeling from a huge scandal over mismanaged and sometimes deadly wait times for veterans seeking medical help. Mcdonald graduated from west point in the top 2 of his class. Her isser offed five years as a u. S. Army captain. Question number two could the grieving mother of a toddler left in a hot car face charges as well . Lee anna harris defended her jailed husband at yesterdays funeral for for their 22monthold son. The little boy died after his father left him in a sweltering car for seven hours. Both the mother and father have told police they did internet searches on child death in hot cars. The father has pleaded not guilty to felony murder and seconddegree Child Cruelty charges. Question number three, what is a cal fate and why are we using that word when talking about the crisis in iraq in the Extremist Group rampaging all over iraq, taking control of cities
Hearing and divulged one unseemingly revelation after another. The red line was this. Police allege harris was sexting multiple women, including a minor, as his son was overheating in a car for seven hours. This hearing ultimately got what prosecutors wanted. The judge allowed the case to continue, and did not allow bond for the 33yearold father. And as he sits in jail, investigators case against him expands. Eight search warrants released today and they detail that after little coopers death, harris was inquiring about how to get money from his sons Life Insurance policies. Cnns Victor Blackwell was in the cobb county courtroom that was packed with harris supporters. Reporter what was Justin Ross Harris allegedly doing while his it 22monthold son cooper suffered in the back of his scorching suv . He was having up to six different conversations with different women. The most common term would be sexting. Reporter stunning claims of raunchy text messages, suspicious internet searches an
Myers, of course in the cnn Severe Weather center. Well get the latest from all of them as the storm barrels north but of course, brooke. The other big story tonight, tapper, that staggering, staggering story. The details from the courtroom in georgia during the hearing. This is a probable cause hearing for the father. Here he is, the father of this 22 month old toddler cooper died a couple weeks ago in the sweltering hot suv in a hot georgia summer day. The father is Justin Ross Harris. Judge denied bond today and ruled he will indeed stand trial on felony murder charges for leaving his 22 month old in that car, 90 something degree day in georgia in june. This lead Police Detective testified today that harris seated here in that orange jump suit was sexting with several women, one of whom was 17 years of age and not only that, by the way, this father was sending nude photos of himself to these women the day his son died. Also, we learned today that there is not just one but two Life I