Identity . In this era of globalization, citizenship and passports for caribbean islands like this one have become just another commodity to be bought and sold. How much does it cost to get a citizenship . 100,000. Do you have to come and live in dominica . No, no. You dont even have to come to dominica to get the citizenship. You pay the money from wherever you are. Sort of mailorder citizenship . Sort of. Something like that. Until a couple summers ago, the ancient game of chess was still mostly a mystery for the folks of rural Franklin County, mississippi. Whats this called . So imagine everyones surprise when a tall stranger arrived from memphis to bring chess to the country. I was like, what . Why would somebody come down here . Two years later, a chess boom is under way in the unlikeliest of places. People said that country kids couldnt learn chess. And . We showed em different. We proved them wrong. We proved em wrong. Im steve kroft. Im lesley stahl. Im bill whitaker. Im anders
In this era of globalization, citizenship and passports for caribbean islands like this one have become just another commodity to be bought and sold. How much does it cost to get a citizenship . 100,000. Do you have to come and live in dominica . No, no. You dont even have to come to dominica to get the citizenship. You pay the money from wherever you are. Sort of mailorder citizenship . Sort of. Something like that. Until a couple summers ago, the ancient game of chess was still mostly a mystery for the folks of rural Franklin County, mississippi. Whats this called . So imagine everyones surprise when a tall stranger arrived from memphis to bring chess to the country. I was like, what . Why would somebody come down here . Two years later, a chess boom is under way in the unlikeliest of places. People said that country kids couldnt learn chess. And . We showed em different. We proved them wrong. We proved em wrong. Im steve kroft. Im lesley stahl. Im bill whitaker. Im anderson cooper.
Extreme weather. A Tropical Storm warning for the gulf coast tonight, as the heat intensi intensifies. The temperatures going to approach 120 degrees in phoenix. So hot, airlines are cancelling flights and al is tracking it all. Those stories plus Jared Kushner speaks. Tiger woods gets professional help. And large and in charge, the remarkable video of two elephants teaming up to save a drowning baby elephant, today, tuesday, june 20th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a Tuesday Morning. So glad to have you with us. Lots going on in your world. Were going to tell you everything you need to know to get your day started. The tough talk from the president , following otto warmbi warmbiers president , just days after he was released in a coma from a north korean prison. And inrea mitchell is here this morning. Reporter its demanding the release of three othe
A Tropical Storm warning for the gulf coast tonight, as the heat intensi intensifies. The temperatures going to approach 120 degrees in phoenix. So hot, airlines are cancelling flights and al is tracking it all. Those stories plus Jared Kushner speaks. Tiger woods gets professional help. And large and in charge, the remarkable video of two elephants teaming up to save a drowning baby elephant, today, tuesday, june 20th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a tuesday morning. So glad to have you with us. Lots going on in your world. Were going to tell you everything you need to know to get your day started. The tough talk from the president , following otto warmbi warmbiers president , just days after he was released in a coma from a north korean prison. And inrea mitchell is here this morning. Reporter its demanding the release of three other americans who h
Poor, but in those particular positions i just dont want a poor person. An abc news exclusive. Inside that deadlocked bill cosby jury room. One of the jurors speaking out this morning revealing how close they came to convicting him. Incredible details about those tense deliberations, the moment a juror punched a wall and the two People Holding out leading to a mistrial. 24 karat magic and George Clooneys magic touch from oscar winner to billiondollar businessman, the new dad of twins hitting the jackpot again selling his tequila brand, how hes celebrating the windfall. Good morning, america. And the clooneys, well, i think theyre going to be raising a glass or two sometime today. I think they can send us a glass or two. Thats right, George Clooney, he said hes celebrating the selling of his Tequila Company for a billion dollars by having some of his own tequila. Im glad something good finally happening for George Clooney. Thats true. As we were talking about that in the newsroom. Also