From nbc news this is a special edition of today with lester holt live from south africa and erica hill live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. As wee mentioned, lester hol in soweto, south africa, where the official events to honor the life of Nelson Mandela are under way today. Good morning, lester. Reporter good morning, erica. Today was the official day of prayer and reflection. All that notwithstanding, it continues to be a day or a week of celebration of the life of Nelson Mandela. People here in the streets in soweto once again celebrating his life. Well tell you about that. Well tell you about the Services Held across south africa today from parks to churches as people gather to remember the father of their country. We will also tell you the specific plans now that we know about president obamas visit along with some other u. S. President s here to south africa later this week as we report from soweto. Lester, looking forward to that. We will get back to you shortly. We want
For an exclusive live tour today, wednesday, december 11th, 2013. 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 this wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone, im Savannah Guthrie alongside al roker and natalie morales. Heres a live shot. Tamron hall already inside Mariah Careys house. All i want for christmas is a couple of pairs of shoes from her closet. Do you think i can do it . Reporter yes. She considers herself the queen of christmas. Well talk about life as a princess, this theme, and ill get in the shoes closet. Tamron has permission. This isnt breaking in. Reporter shh. Well get to the top story. It is a remarkable story of Family Survival for two nights in the frigid nevada wilderness. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has the latest on the story. Good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. The family is together, all here at the hospital in very good shape. Th
Rise about 500,000. Today december 14th. From nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. We have the whole band back together. Im lester holt. Welcome to today. Im erica hill alongside jenna wolf and dylan dreyer. This is for many people a day of remembrance and a chance to honor the lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School one year ago today and, sadly, our top story this morning is another school shooting, this one in colorado. It happened friday in Arapaho High School in centennial, colorado, when a student apparently upset at a teacher, opened fire, critically wounding a classmate before he took his own life and happened ten miles from columbine, high school, sight of one of the worst School Shootings in u. S. History. You will hear from the students inside the school when the gunshots rang out. Ron mott is on the scene for us this morning. Ron, good morning. Reporter good morning. We should get more details about the shootin
Finally found him. And ready for sochi. Lindsey vonn declares herself ready to go after getting back on the slopes this weekend. Well hear from her today, monday, december 9th, 2013. 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. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. Dont you love the guy that got stuck on the plane. Do you think hes a deep sleeper . Its your turn to check the back of the plane. If youre going to get stranded, could you wake up in the caribbean. Is that so much to ask . You would think the cleaning crew at least would wake you up. Not a good day for him. Anyway, right to our top story this morning. We have the icy conditions making it a real mess this morning for millions of people. We have been following this storm since late last week. So far at least 11 deaths are blamed on the weather. 3,
13th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a friday morning. Friday the 13th. Im Savannah Guthrie along side matt lauer and al roker. You were up all night downloading songs. 14 new songs from beyonce. And video. She just dropped it. It was cool. I like how you used the lingo. Yeah, a little marketing by no marketing. Its interesting. News that the longest held hostage in u. S. History that disappeared in iran seven years ago was, in fact, working for the cia. This was something the government always denied. Nbc justice correspondent Pete Williams is on the story this morning. Pete, good morning. What can you tell us . Reporter well, savannah this information does shed new light on what bob levinson, a former fbi agent was up to when he vanished in iran in the spring of 2007. Turns out he was doing contract work for the cia. Since the day Robert Levinson went mis