World cup but can they go all the way without their superstar . And, a fabulous fourth. Hurricane arthur couldnt dampen all the celebrations as americans nationwide celebrated our countrys independence. Well have a starspangled highlights, today, saturday, july 5th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today. With lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a saturday morning. Hope youre having a good weekend. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside d l dyl dylan. Did you watch fireworks last night . No. You worked. I worked, i slept and then i worked again. I have been up all night. Isnt it funny when you watch the fireworks, you naturally go oooh, aaah. Its fun. Youve seen the movie before but it still works every time. We want to get right to todays top story for a lot of people to focus on fireworks and arthur on the fourth of july. This morning, arthur was downgraded to a Tropical Storm but not before leaving a big mark on ca
On to the semifinals of the world cup. Can they go all the way without their superstar . And a fabulous fourth. Hurricane arthur couldnt dampen s all the celebrations as americans nationwide celebrated our countrys independence. Well have the highlights today, july 5, 2014. Cal freeonpsrnvewillketaspur 5fu opti9 cal freeonpsrnvewillketaspur 5fu announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt plusup j. 440. 8 and erica hill. Anntraiothatdy. 0. 04 a ada tor live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Hope you are having a good weekend. Im lester holt. Seopldakewe a im erica hill. Ma rro r we are still celebrating. Not at all planned. G ignygam come on, we planned this week tise oou together. Did you watch fireworks last night . No. No . I worked, then i slept, and yi l worked again. I have been up all night. Isnt that funny when you ulrt watch the fireworks, you still ha ica naturally go ooh, ahh. Its fun. An lot of we have seen
Welker is at the white house with more on this. Kristen, good morning. Reporter lester, good morning. I was here last night when the man entered the residence causing the secret service to evacuate the white house and press corps. This is the first time it has happened in the three years i have been covering the white house. Take a look. This Instagram Video captured the dramatic moments of the man running across the lawn and secret service yelling for the crowd to get back. 42yearold Omar Gonzalez of texas jumped the fence at 7 20. He made it up the north lawn and apprehended inside the nor nortnorth north portico doors. We have video trying to stop the man. Gonzalez did not appear to be armed or holding a backpack. The first family was never in danger. They left for camp david. Gonzalez may have been mentally distu disturbed. No shots were fired. Fence jumpers are not unusual, but normally stopped as they jump the fence. The secret service says quote this is under investigation and t
Havoc up and down the coast. The vacationing firefighters tell us how they got it out. And highway heimlich. An nypd officer in the right place at the right time. Are you choking . Yes, sir. Put your hands on your chest. He helped save a woman driving on a busy highway. His heroic efforts today, saturday, september 20th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe. Dylan is in baltimore this morning where we are sponsoring a health fair. We will check in with her for a preview. We will check in after the show. We want to get to todays top story. The Security Breach at the white house. A man was able to get through the executive doors after jumping the fence. Luckily the first family was not home at the time, but a lot of questions about how he got so far. Kristen welker is at the white house with more on thi
Well tell you how. And the most expensive dog search ever . One womans yearlong and very costly search for her best friend. Why would someone spent more than 30,000 to find a missing dog . Well ask her today, saturday, november 22nd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome, everyone, to today on a saturday morning. Im qulerlester holt. Erica hill alongside chenille jones and dylan dreyer. Dylan, im glad youre back. And lester is, too. Whatd you think of that much snow . I got to step into the dylan dreyer life up in buffalo and i was whining how long, six hours after i was there . You did a lot of whining, a lot of complaining. How do you do this job . A lot of snow. Like ive never seen before. Crazy stuff. Anyway, we want to get to to our top story, where a grand jury decision in ferguson, missouri, could come down today. Ron allen remains on the story for us. Good morning. Reporter good mornin