My life. Her mother speaks out after reuniting with her daughter. And gone to pot . Is the legalization of marijuana driving people to homeless shelters . The unexpected problem in colorado as it goes mainstream today. Monday, july 28, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Weve got willie in here for matt this morning. What a strange situation in california, the Lightning Strike on the beach. How rare these are, al. This is such a tiny storm. In fact, the last time somebody died in california from a Lightning Strike was 2009. So you dont see that this often. And that violent Weather Coast to coast actually is our top story this morning. Lets start with the deadly Lightning Strike on californias famed venice beach. Thats where we find Nbcs Joe Fryer this morning. Joe, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. One person was killed, another
The attack that killed her husband and defending a congresswomans account of a controversial call from President Trump. What she said was 100 correct. He couldnt remember my husband name. Call them tax cuts. The president pens an oped this morning promising a new morning in america. A day after giving House Republicans a pep talk, warning the midterms will be, quote, really bad if they cant pass taxes. After repeatedly failing to repeal obamacare, can republicans get taxes done . Its so difficult. Think makes the taxes easier. And the weinstein effect. More powerful figures accused of Sexual Misconduct and theyre not just from hollywood. And some female senators come forward to say me too. Looked at me and he paused and he said, well, did you bring your knee pads . We begin today with heartbreaking words from the widow of Sergeant La David Johnson, one of the four soldiers killed in an ambush in africa. For the first type, shes talking about the emotional phone call with the president
Door asian is disgraceful. And sally yates fired by trump in the early days of his presidency spoke out in an interview with the New York Times matt apuzzo. What worries me more is the relentless attack on Democratic Institutions and norms, and the impact that that can have on our country, not just during the term of a Trump Presidency, but in the years to come as well. Whats happening here with the president tweeting and calling and, you know, it seems like if not weekly, almost daily sometimes, interference there, whether that actually has an impact on the decisions that are made at d. O. J. Or not. The damage is done by the publics loss of confidence that the department of justice is acting independently. Its also clear that the president has lost confidence in many of his handlers who at times have been referred to as guardrails of our democracy. And others as the adults in the room. These days theyre mostly enablers and bystanders. One trump confidant today telling me when i asked
Maxine waters. We have to defeat nancy pelosi and maxine waters, a very low iq individual. You ever see her . We will impeach him. We will impeach the president. But he hasnt done anything wrong. It doesnt matter, we will impeach him. She is a low iq individual. Joining me now is congresswoman maxine waters, democrat from california. The president has said this twice in the past week. I want to give you an opportunity to respond. You know, there is no response. Everybody knows who this bully is. This president has attacked more women, more individuals, namecalling i mean look at this, not only has he talked about senator warren, called her poke haupt s, called hillary crooked, calling me low iq, called rubio little. I mean this is what we expect of him. I just wonder what took him so long. Since we know who he is and the fact he is, you know, calling people names copse tptnstantly talking about the media in the way he does and calling people sobs, et cetera, et cetera, im not surprised
We begin with the surprising resignation of the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. , nikki haley, and humane replacer. Here is ed henry. When you think of all of the leaks that have mistreated at President Trump, this one did not get out until the last minute. Only they knew about it and kept it to themselves. So there is still a bit of a mystery about why now. She has been going into the u. N. With body armor everyday, calling up china, russia, iran. And given her role handling these hot spots, her exit surprise many. Usually big Personnel Announcements like this are held until after the midterms. It allows the dash saying this is more chaos. I am deeply concerned about the leadership vacuum. She leaves and the National Security impact of her departure at this time, continued disarray for this administration. The president countered that haley had told him months ago she wanted a breather after a long tenure. Jumping right into this post. He countered with an interesting possible replaceme