Announcer from nbc news, this the 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. Weve got willie in for matt. Kind of the middle of the night for al but still has his hawaiian moves down. He is ready for rokerthon 2. Always looks good in a hawaiian shirt. We know that about al roker. I would say im jealous of the weather out there, but its 75 degrees today here in new york and across the east coast. Weve got a little hawaii here this morning. More on that in a moment, but well begin with the newest fallout this morning over the downed russian plane in egypt. This is a crash that now has u. S. Officials ready to make changes to security procedures here. Weve got two reports for you this morning. Lets start with nbcs tom costello. He covers aviation for us. Tom, good morning. What can you tell us. Reporter savannah, good morning. As you know, the white house announced yesterday that in
11th, 2012, when the u. S. Diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya, was attacked. Four americans including ambassador Chris Stevens were killed, and many have been questioning if the attack could have been prevented. A state department independent investigation into benghazi found systemic failures, leadership and management deficiencies at the state department in january of 2015. In a similar report clinton echoed that report, acknowledging a systemic breakdown. Andrea mitchell has more on that and the political ramifications. Andrea, good morning. Good morning to you. With our new poll showing 44 of americans are not yet satisfied with Hillary Clintons answers about benghazi, today is, indeed, her best chance to change all of that. Assisted by the republicans who themselves in recent weeks have hurt the committees credibility. Hillary clinton will be on the week in her Washington Home in a war room with her husband and top advisers. Shes had to field tough questions on benghazi before,
October 16th, 2015. Announcer 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. Were in the middle of a beautiful stretch of fall river here in the east. Not so much out west. They have not been so lucky. These rains that seemed to come out of nowhere and really made a mess. Thats right. Its our top story this morning. The wild weather that came in suddenly and virtually without warning. Flash flooding triggering mudslides trapping drivers and then destroying homes. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer is in hard hit lake hughes, california. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter hey, matt, good morning. The rain is gone, but mud certainly isnt. Were about an hour outside of los angeles, and take a look at this neighborhood. It was hit by a day luge. The mud here is stacked four, five, six feet high in some places. Just down the road from here, 20 kids were t
We are a cape girardo along the Mighty Mississippi in the fire boats. We are on the mississippi. Monster monday became part of terrible tuesday. We didnt land here until about two hours ago. So we have taken too many hits with the punchy stick. It should make for a fun show. I thought that happened yesterday. Al, we will check in with you in a bit. The republicans running for president. Gearing up for the debate showdown in milwaukee tonight and all eight on the main stage have things to prove to voters. We have this covered with nbcs peter alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. You said it with eight candidates on the main stage. Four on the undercard and three on the sidelines all together. We expect to hear more from the candidates. Among the biggest questions, donald trump and how does jeb bush handle the pressure . And for the republicans, poses another test. Ben carson facing scrutiny over his life story. Will carsons rivals or the tonight . His c
Mince words, tearing into trump and carson. Arguing both men are unkwaulqualified to be president. Folks, we have to wake up. We cannot elect somebody that doesnt know how to do the job. He was such a nice guy and said, im never going to attack. Then his poll numbers tanked. Thats why hes on the end. He got nasty. You know what . You can have him. Reporter the candidates cheered on by the colorado crowd were united in their contempt for the moderators and the media. The questions that have beenen asked so far in this debate strate why the American People dont trust the media. Nasty question. Propaganda. All the mainstream media. Reporter the chairman spoke after the debate. It was one gotcha question, one personal low blow after the other. Executives at cnbc, nbcs ster neneork, shot baba. People who want to be president of the United States should be about to answewe tough questions. On stage, Chris Christie showcased his tough personality. We have people out of work, isis and al qaeda