He returned to the gate. Wait till you hear why he did it. Heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter one of the most important flights of their lives, and the short family was about to miss it. I was just crying. Reporter they were traveling recently from phoenix to minneapolis. But their flight was late, and time to catch their connection to memphis ran out. The plane pushed back without them. The tower wasnt going to have them pull back in and my sisters and my mom were sitting there in tears and im sitting there screaming through the glass. Reporter thats when the captain saw the family. He radioed in and found out they were upset, because, for them, missing the flight meant missing their fathers funeral. It wouldve been sad not saying goodbye. Reporter that captain, adam cohen, then made an extraordinarily rare decision to come back. It was something we needed to do, he says. This is something well take with us, knowing we made a difference. The family says cohens gesture made all the d
Years day, im lauren lyster. Im phillip mena. Happy new year. Happy new year to you. We spent this new years hanging out here at work. We did. We have the party favors to problem it. We should ring in the new year with 2016. Did not stop the celebrations and it wont stop the celebrations us being here at work. Lets keep it going. Im sure there are plenty of people that had a wonderful new year still wanting to enjoy fun and some news. If you just came home from partying, happy new year. Down in times square we could hear the fireworks going on. And thankfully. Could you really . Absolutely. Up in the office there. I was watching the tv, watching the countdown. Thankfully everything went off without a hitch. We begin with the new years celebrations worldwide. The tensions and the unprecedented security. More than a million revellers watched the ball drop in times square right there. Many waited hours unable to leave because of the security. Not even to go to the bathroom. Officers inclu
A few scaled back or canceled events all together fearing terrorism. And those celebrations went on as planned in dubai despite the huge fire engulfing one of the citys biggest hotels. Investigators now trying to figure out what sparked the skyscraper foul. They have ruled out terrorism. The floodwaters in missouri and illinois are beginning to recede. Roads and homes are underwater and transportation through the region is a mess having an impact on the rest of the country. Also in the headlines this morning, a new twist in the case against bill cosby. The comedian is facing his first criminal charges of Sexual Assault after allegations made by more than 50 women. Now theres a new legal camille. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo has the story. Reporter the playing out in the court of after the 78yearold comedian appeared in court, facing a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault. Reporter prosecutors saying cosby sexually assaulted Andrea Constand in 2004, after giving her pills and alcohol
Rules of the road today, friday, december 11th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Nice warm friday morning here in new york. Got to roll that footage again of a guy on a bicycle. When those gates are down, youre supposed to stop and he hits that train or that train hits him, one way or the other. Its amazing. The other Vantage Point even more disturbing. Whats amazing is that he walked away from that hopefully a lot wiser. Well tell you where that happened and show you more of that in a little while. Lets start on a friday morning with our top story. Its ow new nbc news wall street journal poll shows the majority of americans disagree with Donald Trumps call to ban muslims from the country and it is a different story when you focus just on republican voters. Nbcs National Correspondent Peter Alexander takes a closer look at the numb
Everywhere in the world. The new years welcomed in new york, times square and many other cities. A few scaled back or canceled events all together fearing terrorism. And those celebrations went on as planned in dubai despite the huge fire engulfing one of the citys biggest hotels. Investigators now trying to figure out what sparked the skyscraper foul. They have ruled out terrorism. The floodwaters in missouri and illinois are beginning to recede. Roads and homes are underwater and transportation through the region is a mess having an impact on the rest of the country. Also in the headlines this morning, a new twist in the case against bill cosby. The comedian is facing his first criminal charges of Sexual Assault after allegations made by more than 50 women. Now theres a new legal abcs Mara Schiavocampo has the story. Reporter the playing out in the court of public opinion. After the 78yearold comedian felony charge of aggravated indecent assault. Reopening this case was our duty. Rep