The heartbreak, and his plans for a Service Honoring both. Flight risk . Surveillance video of this pilot staggering through security. Allowed into the cockpit. Passengers noticing something wrong, and what they did just before takeoff. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on this final friday of the year. We begin with the exchange between donald trump and vladimir putin. Mr. Trump calling the russian leader very smart. Putin surprising the white house, refusing to retaliate for the payback for the electionrelated hacks. Putin saying he will wait for the president elect to take office before making his next move. Heres mary bruce. Reporter Russian Diplomats tonight are on the move, packing up and shipping out, after president obama shut down two russian compounds. And the clock is ticking for dozens of diplomats and their families. Russia sending a plane to pick them up. They have to leave within hours. Its just not human. Reporter and as the parade of moving vans rolls out, pr
We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Donald trump praising Vladimir Putin tweeting this. Great move on delay by v. Putin. I always knew he was very smart. Putin takes a pass on tat expulsions. He says we wont do that. He has a celebration at the kremlin. These are both smart, shrewd guys who are sizing each other up in the ring. Russian hack e beyond the election. They may have access to a power grid in vermont. The first country here to welcome in the new year. The eyes of the world will be on the new years eve ball as it drops in times square. More than a million revelers will be there. Dramatic rescues at knotts berry farm. One rescue after toanother. 21 people. Stuck there since 2 00. New england is covered in deep snow. Lovely to look at but not so nice to shovel. Dont let it run into us. Its a moose on the loose the beast decided to take a jog in montana all that. Closing after 78 years. Some people waited five hours and all that matte
We are live in new york city where hundreds of thousands are expected to celebrate and watch the iconic crystal ball drop into 2017. Return of rousey. Tagged her again. The ufc champion back in the cage for the comeback fight. Did herself imposed media blackout help her regain title . Well break down the shocking results. And a look back at the fun we had this year on weekend today from babies to our fun team. Today, saturday, december 31st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Im Sheinelle Jones along craig melvin. Can you believe it is the last day of 2016 . I woke up this morning and thought this is the last day. Lets stick the landing. Were not there yet. You have a theme for 2017 . Be clean in 2017. Clean eating and mind set. We will look back at the year that was through the next hour and a half. Lets get to the top story. Tensions with the United States and russia increasing ove
Rope. Speaking about their harrowing experience right here this morning. Crushing defeat. Ronda rouseys failed comeback attempt. A bruising knockout in just 48 seconds. I know the girls cant take my punches. I know that. Whats ahead for rousey now . Hey, good morning, happy new years eve. Paula is off today. Excited as always to have cecilia vega right on the desk here. Great to be here this last saturday of 2016. Thank you, good morning to everybody. We are just hours away from 2017, a look right now at times square completely empty, you can see it there, security at an all time high ahead of the millions expected to pour in for the big celebration. And at the center of that party, there it is, a live look at the ball which, of course, drops promptly at midnight. And rob is right there. Hell have your new years forecast. We start with the latest twists and turns in the russian hacking scandal. President elect donald trump making the extraordinary move praising russian president Vladim
Oh, mariah carey. Were missing some of the vocal but it is what it is. Mariah carey melting down in a major lip sync fail in front of millions. I want a holiday too. Can i not have one . The new details this morning about what really happened on that new years stage. That was good morning, america. Happy new year. We are right back here live in times square and what a different scene from new years eve. More than a Million People were here then. You see its empty right now. Theres the scene new years eve when Mariah Careys performance got so much attention. Yeah, the ball dropped a little earlier than they were anticipating. A tough moment on the stage, one of the many perils of live tv. Ryan seacrest saying no matter what mariah carey does, the crowd absolutely loves it. They were for the most part supportive. We are going to begin with that manhunt in turkey for the terrorists who killed at least 39 people celebrating new years at a nightclub in istanbul. Overnight isis claimed respo