From the Elementary School in newtown, connecticut, singing america the beautiful. Fair to say not a dry eye in the house or any house when that song was going on. You can see the Football Players even struggling on the field. They want to go in there, all ra ramped up for the game. But that was very emotional. Jennifer talked about how hard the rehearsal was, to be around those kids. She said she went around, hugged them one by one. Said im praying for you. You combine the stage shes on with the gravity of that moment, thats a huge performance. We were chatting before she went on with you and said i dont even know how you got through or even was able to sing. But the kids, i thought, were beautiful. They were wonderful. The whole spectacle from perspective. Put it on a human level. And then we go past half time. Looks like the game is going to be a blowout. 286 ravens. People are getting ready to tune out. Beyonce knocked it out. Well get to beyonce. Then the lights went out, quite li
Flips and slams into a truck. Eight people are dead and dozens others injured. What the driver said moments before the crash. And search for answers. What happened to the new york city mother found murdered in turkey . Well talk to her mother today, monday, february 4th, 2013. 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 monday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im willie geist in this morning for matt. We have the backup generators all gassed up just in case. Super bowl xlvii will be remembered for a long time. Yes, for the games dramatic finish but perhaps more so for that power outage. If the ravens had not held on to win that game we would be talking conspiracy theories. Apparently the game got very exciting toward the end of it. When the lights went out etook it as a personal hint and went straight to bed. Ive been briefing uhuh on the outcome of the game all m
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The f. B. I. Has stormed an underground shelter today, shooting to death a kidnapper and freeing a fiveyearold boy unharmed. The boy, whose first name is ethan, had been held for seven days outside midland city, alabama. The family allowed us to show you his picture. The police say that ethan was kidnapped last tuesday from a school bus by 65yearold jimmy lee dykes who neighbors have described as belligerent. Mark strassmann is on the scene with the breaking news tonight. Mark . Reporter scott, heres what happened in the final minute. Two muffled bangs could be heard behind me in the direction of the shelter. An ambulance that had been parked nearby since the start of the standoff raced up the hill. About a minute later, local deputies and f. B. I. Agents were patting themselves on the back, then ambulance came back down the hill, this time driving slowly, carrying ethan to a local hospital for testing and observation
Dramatic images of a 40 million gas platform, sinking into the sea. The crew was forced to hang on for dear life. Were going to have the story behind that accident. And on a much lighter note, were starting our yearlong countdown to the winter Olympic Games in sochi, russia. Check out whats going out on the plaza this morning. We have explaining to do, that is freestyle skiing. Some of the guys practicing wild aerials on trampolines. Hope you brought your trampoline shoes, willie. Start with the wild night at the super bowl. Jenna wolffe is in new orleans for us this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. What a game last night, complete tale of two halves. The guys in back of me were diehard ravens fans. They couldnt stop screaming the whole first half. The guys in front of me, diehard 49er fans. They couldnt stop screaming the whole second half. Me, in the middle, i enjoyed a little beyonce, a little blackout and a little football. It will forever be kn
The president now . No. I dont, no i dont have nothing to say to him. Lets remember, general john kelly deployed his considerable stature to back trump and frame this as fight between a serious president and loud, lying member of congress. Then the tape surfaced showing it was kelly who had his facts wrong and today miss johnsons remarks it show you you can take congresswoman out of the picture and still have word of grieving mother contradicting the word of president. A president who has broken records for his misleading and false statements in office. General kelly, it is not too late for you. You can correct this record so we can all move on. But asking people to move on without correcting the record isnt moving on at all. In fact it is contrary to the
accountability required. No person is above checks and balances. Joining me, joint call from cbc urging General Kelly to apologize for blatant lies about congresswoman johnson. First niger. Former terror Intelligence Officer and longt