Im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena. Breaking news. India says namaste to President Trump. Massive crowds greeted the president as he arrived for his first trip to the country since taking office. He touched down just hours ago in ahmad bad, which is the largest city in Prime Minister modis home state. Hes there to speak before a raucous crowd of over 100,000 people at the Worlds Largest cricket stadium. Nbcs carol lee joining us from new delhi with the latest. Carol, this trip seems to be about more pomp than policy. Reporter yeah, phillip, thats exactly right the president arrived here about two hours ago and its been nothing but a glitzy ceremony for him so far he was greeted at the airport by Prime Minister modi. There was a red carpet there were dancers and music and then he motorcaded to ahmadbad people were flooding the streets. There were tl were thousands of people they were cheering, waving american and indian flags. His first stop was at the spiritual sanctuary of Mahatma
Hear it . Reporter his father hears it. Clear as day. Reporter christie puts her hand on that fathers shoulder, and that dad says he could just imagine what his son is doing. Hes probably out there running laps. Reporter his son the runner, and christie grateful for his heart. His father telling us this so peaceful. And it was it was something that we all needed. Reporter christie too. That donor is grateful not only for the heart, but for that family. So thankful and blessed to have them in our lives. Its like at the end of a rainbow, you find a pot of gold. For me thats how it is. She is thankful, and our thanks to david muir on that really touching story. Since matthews death, hes saved even more lives. He has donated seven organs, saving the lives of up to five people. Oh, wow. This is why people urge you to consider organ donations. And in fact, your medical condition at the time of death will determine what organs and tissue can be donated. What a wonderful story. Really, the gif
Those stories, plus, secrets out a shocker from the business world. Victorias secret sold for a fraction of what it was once worth. Highway hero the new mom who helped rescue a truck driver caught in that fiery crash and saved his life and the boys are back in town the kpop stars bts are here bts just dropped new music, where . On our plaza and the crowd goes wild. Today, friday, february 21st, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for being with us on a friday morning we say hello to you, and 1,000 of our closest friends here for bts. Theyre watching new music on our plaza. It just dropped. They just dropped that music video, yall i dont know if you know how popular this group is. Listen to this twitter, 23. 9 million followers. Instagram, 22. 5. Youtube, 25. 3 million. They are on our plaza. People have been lining up for days sleeping out there. I
Bit, there you go, we turned around, we are up about a point. Remember, please, big rally yesterday, big rally friday. The dows going to open virtually flat. It is almost completely recovered from last weeks losses. Its only tuesday. The s p will be down maybe a point. The nasdaq down maybe a point. I will call it flat at the opening bell. In politics, its all about the boycott, divest and Sanction Movement known as bds and designed to destroy israel. The visit by Rashida Tlaib and ilhan omar, both muslim women in congress, is off. The ball is now in the democrats court. Will the party try to sanction israeli diplomats in america . Or scale back the tenyear, 38 billion aid package for israel which was signed by president obama . Its a dilemma for democrats. The party now has an active antiisrael wing that is clashing with democrats who support the jewish state. Great to be back, by the way. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart again, let me show you the futures. This is how we are
The mall of america in minneapolis a target. It comes from a new video released by the terror group who carried out a deadly mall attack in kenya. Well get the governments response from Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson after this report from abcs senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, george. The new terror threats come in a propaganda video recently released by al shabab. The video appears to call for attacks on western malls, including the u. S. , canada, and the uk. Minnesotas mall of america was specifically mentioned by name. This is the same group that claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the kenyan mall two years ago. 67 people were killed in that fourday siege on the nairobi shopping center. This new threat has the attention of u. S. Officials because al shabab has been able to successfully recruit dozens of young men from the minneapolis area. Fbi and Homeland Security officials tell me theyre aware of the video