Outrage and an apology. I went way too far. Comedienne Kathy Griffin says shes sorry, for taking Photos Holding a decapitated head. Was the post, a threat against the commander in chief . And awkward incident. A professional tennis player banned from the french open for groping and forcibly kissing a reporter on live tv. What he an she are saying about one very uncomfortable interview, today, wednesday, may 31st, 2017. 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 this wednesday morning. Unfortunately we start with a horrific story coming out of aftghanistan afghanistan. Theres chaos in kabul, as an explosion rocks one of the most heavily guarded areas of that capital city. Richard engel has the latest on this. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning. This is one of the worst bombings theres been in afghanistan recently. The death toll according to afghan officials stand
Since he was 6 or 7 years old. Did he get shot when he was 6 and forget . No. Not a bullet. Oh, i know what it is. Pen cap. Yes. Thats exactly what that is. For 20 years this dude has had a pen cap that he accidentally admits to swallowing when he was a kid but he never really thought about it again. He didnt think it ever caused a problem even though he was coughing all the time. Heres the interesting thing. Many pen caps have the hole in the end. Thats for this very reason. For people, for kids that swallow pen caps, they can continue to breathe. It doesnt choke them to death. Did you know that . And the best part is as soon as they took it out, he had instant relief. He was super excited hes now got the top of that pen. What took him so long . He just didnt think about it. Youre 6, 7 years old, nothing bothers you. It wasnt until they pulled it out, he was like i remember that one time i swallowed that pen cap. Thats a look at some o the best internet videos of the day. Thanks for w
Methamphetamine. 36yearold Sayyadina Thomas is sitting in jail charged with felony child abuse for allegedly forcing meth into a twoyearold boys mouth. It happened monday afternoon as a boy named griffin was with his nanny and another toddler at the play structure of peoples park in berkeley. The nanny was apparently unaware that the park is frequented by the mentally ill and drug users. Witnesses say thomas saw griffin asking if he wanted candy and then grabbed him. She grabbed the child by the back of the head and forced it into his mouth. I have a doctor of my own. I reacted and ran straight up to her. She ran straight off the boys nanny checked his mouth and found nothing. Still she called Uc Berkeley Police we are at peoples park and a report of a child having something in his mouth. She told police that thomas was a stranger to them interactions were unprovoked. Officers arrested thomas who told police she gave the bowl boy a tootsie roll. Later, she told paramedics it was actual
Elaine quijano. This is our western edition. It apparently started as a family dispute and ended with eight people dead including two boys and a deputy sheriff. The killing spree took place at three separate locations in rural lincoln county, mississippi. The suspect who has a criminal record is 35 year old willie corey godbolt. He was arrested this morning and gave a chilling interview to a local newspaper. Tony dokoupil has the story. I just wanted to live. I just wanted to love my family. I just wanted to love my wife. Reporter willie corey godbolts alleged rampage ended here handcuffed and bandaged on a country road outside a superjack truck stop near his home in bogue chitto, miss mission. Ng calmly described the shooting icree that left eight dead according to police. Te Reporter Police were called va remove godbolt from private property when an altercation developed saturday night. A i was having a conversation reporter godbolt allegedly shot and killed a sheriffs deputy and thr
This is incredibly significant. Looking at the World Leaders after this meeting with the president in europe last week said dont do this. Dont be hasty, wait. And ceos said dont do this. But a lot of there is a fair number of republican senators and republicans in this country who say absolutely this is the right call. Thats right. And some of his cabinet is also divided, too. You have pruit on one side, but rex tillerson, mattis, others that say there are National Security and Foreign Policy implications for this. I think this is really where you come down to what does America First mean . And, you know, over the months of the trump presidency, weve seen sometimes it needs one thing and sometimes it needs another thing. Right now, it means jobs, jobs, jobs. And i think President Trump has concluded that staying in the agreement would undermine the economy, undermine jobs. You know, the other argument is this could seriously hurt the u. S. Overseas. What exactly did the paris accord co