Hotels in las vegas overnight. A fright ing scene for thousands of tourists. An investigation under way. And in the footsteps of christ. Whats long believed to be the path jesus used on his way to the crucifixion, now questioned by historians. A good friday controversy of biblical proportions. On this friday, april 14th, 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 a friday morning. Start of a holiday weekend. But it is a busy time in the news. There will be a lot of eyes on whats happening in korea over the weekend. A major show of force from the u. S. In afghanistan. The mother of all bombs used to destroy an isis complex of tunnels and caves in that country. That strike coming with rising tension in north korea. We have cleveland coverage starting with Hallie Jackson. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. And new this morning, the Afghan Ministry of defense sa
Me when we were just starting the show and we would go out on book tours, and everywhere we were across america, people would come up to us and they would say, i had your father at columbia and he taught me and he would stay after class for an hour explaining a point or however whatever we needed from him, and it could have been an accountant in des moines or it could have been an investment banker, you know, in, you know, san francisco, or a mom in seattle, it was incredible the people that he touched throughout his life and were thankful. Were going to wrap it before i cry. Thank you very much. That does it for us this morning. Stephanie ruhle, thank you all so much, stephanie picks up the coverage right now. Thank you, mika, thank you joe. Good morning. Im stephanie ruhle. Breaking news to cover, a white house shakeup, Donald Trumps head of communications is out this morning and we have exclusive new reporting, if Corey Lewandowski comes back, other staffers may walk. If he would as
The Senate Investigates russian hacking today. Does President Trump believe that the russian government interfered in the 2016 elections . I think i have not sat down and talked to him about that. Hmm, we begin today with the republicans victory in georgia. Karen handel crushing democrats hopes for an upset, winning the seat by nearly 10,000 votes. What it all means. The president s party is now undefeated in a string of special elections this year, and i got quite the team here to break it down with me this morning. I want to start first with msnbcs Garrett Haake live in roswell, georgia. Garrett, yesterday we were saying that this race was a dead heat. Walk us through the last 14 hours. Reporter well, stephanie, in the last few hours of this race, republicans really came home. Republicans feel like they had the stronger closing message. They made a big deal out of the fact that jon ossoff wasnt from this district. They doubled down that he would be an ally of nancy pelosi. In the pri
Health care theyre focused on and is it going to make it . My view is its probably going to be dead, but ive been wrong you knew it already. Well begin with donald trump jr. Suddenly in the headlines after admitting to a russian lawyer in the dog days of the 2016 campaign sit do you think with her and top members of the Trump Campaign after she apirnt parentally offered to help with apparently damaging info on Hillary Clinton. We have the team to break it down. Msnbcs Peter Alexander live at the white house. You cant make this up. Don jr. Tweeted out another defense after initially saying i didnt know what the meeting was about and it was about adopting russian babies. Not so much. Reporter this story continues to evolve. Lets put up that tweet. Obviously im the first person on a campaign to ever take a meeting to hear info about an opponent, went nowhere but had to listen. Our most recent statement was he would receive information that might be helpful to the campaign not necessarily
People that were very fine people, on both sides. Both sides. And the goesry store war is on. Amazon promises lower prices of whole foods starting monday, putting serious pressure on every other store in america. Amazons appetite for growth, for domination, is basically unquenchable. That potentially lifethreatening headquarturric barreling towards state of texas and it is no joke. Hurricane harvey is a category 2 storm. Nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking the storms path and we have the best team in the business breaking down the news covering this dangerous storm. I want to start first with nbcs Maya Rodriguez live in Corpus Christi where they are braces f bracing for a huge hit. Ma maya, what are they doing that there . The time for preparation is nearly over. The window has been closing all morning long. Were along the seawall and the waves are picking up, some of the water rising up over the seawall. They are expecting a huge storm surge here. Structural damage, some structu