Ben stiller has died. This morning her rise of stardom as tributes pour in. And breaking barriers, the sound and gender. We are taking to the skies with the iconic first ever female pilot as we honor those who currently serve our country and those who gave their lives today memorial day, monday, may 25th, 2015. And welcome to today on this monday morning. It is memorial day 2015. Im willie geist. Im tamron hall along with chanel jones. Guess who we have with us . Men and women on the plaza. Yes, we do. Keeping fantastic company this morning. Get out to say hello to them a little bit later. Well pay tribute throughout the morning. Lets get to the top story. The damaging and deadly flooding in the south. The images coming out of texas and oklahoma are just unreal. Entire neighborhoods submerged. Crews using boats and helicopters to make rescues. Gabe gutierrez is in hardhit texas. Good morning. Residents are bracing for more rain. So far there have been at least three confirmed deaths in
Stiller has died. This morning tributes breaking in. Breaking barriers. Both sound and gender. We are taking to the skies with the iconic blue angels firstever female pilot as we honor those who currently serve our country and those who gave their lives for it. Today, monday may 25th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this monday morning. It is memorial day 2015. Im willie geist. And im tamron hall along with she ned jones and dylan dreyer. We have men and women on the plaza keeping everyone company. Well say hello to them later. First lets get to todays top story. That damaging and deadly flooding in the south. The images coming out of texas and oklahoma are just unreal. Entire neighborhoods submerged. Crews using boats and helicopters to use rescues. Gabe gutierrez is in hardhit texas. Gabe good morning. Reporter willie good morning. This is some of the incredible damage we
On the ground. It was unbelievable. Cooper Marcus Luttrel was on the ground, part of a fourman seal team that was heavily outmanned and outgunned against a dangerous militia aligned with the taliban. You know, they say every man has his breaking point. I never thought id find mine. The only way you break a navy seabzzs you have to kill us. But i broke right there. I quit right there. Cooper hes also the sole survivor, the only one alive to tell the story of the bravery shown by his seal Team Brothers on that day. Im steve kroft. Im lesley stahl im morley safer. Im bob simon. Im anderson cooper. Im scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. I wanna spread a little love this year i wanna spread a little love and cheer [ male announcer ] this december, remember you can unwrap craftsmanship, inspiring capability, and some of the best offers of the year on our most versatile luxury utility vehicles at the lexus december to remember sales event. This is the pursuit of perfection. At
Gunfire at a reno hospital complex. The crisis over, the questions just beginning. Later some answers to the question so many people have about the report that take a multivitamin and other supplements not only wont help you but could actually even hurt you. Well talk about that. We begin with the breaking news. Deadliest single incident for americans in afghanistan since the summer is of last year. A blackhawk helicopter down. 6 u. S. Members, natoled Security Assistance force are dead. It happened today in southern afghanistan, even though we dont yet have a full picture of what happened exactly, its beginning to come into focus. Barbara starr is working her sources at the pentagon joins us now. What are you learning, barbara . Reporter good evening, anderson. At this hour military investigators are urgently trying to figure out what did happen here. The reports are that the helicopter, the blackhawk, went down due to mechanical failure. But once it hit the ground, were any of those
A blackhawk helicopter down. 6 u. S. Members, natoled Security Assistance force are dead. It happened in southern afghanistan even though we dont yet have a full picture of what happened exactly its beginning to come into focus. Barbara starr is working her sources at the pentagon joins us now. What are you learning, barbara . Reporter good evening, anderson. At this hour military investigators are urgently trying to figure out what did happen here. The reports are that the helicopter, the blackhawk, went down due to mechanical failure. But once it hit the ground, were any of those six military members still alive . They are looking at a report that the helicopter once crashed came under mortar fire from Taliban Forces in the immediate vicinity. What they need to determine now, did the six members die in the crash, or is it possible, possible that they were alive when they hit the ground but there was a mortar attack and they perished in that . Investigators are talking to members of a