But will be with us tomorrow talking about her new book. Im very pleased today, im catherine clinton, i teach at the university of texas in san antonio, and im here to moderate the panel but as all of you are aware, interject whenever i enthusiastically have some ideas that maybe we could share. Our two panelists will share comments and views with you and im going to comment and we would like to open it up to you for your questions. So i want to begin today by saying that my friend candy, candice shy hooper was born in guam to usa Navy Hospital corpsman and his wife and she attended more than half a dozen schools before her high school graduation. With an undergraduate degree in journalism from the university jaju and a law degraaik÷2 from georgetown university. It was only after her career on capitol hill as an aide to the late congressman charlie wilson, some of you may have seen him portrayed in Charlie Wilsons war and as a lobbyist with her husband she discovered her passion, ret
A home washing off its foundation. While in california more than 50 homes are destroyed by a new wildfire in what is becoming one of that states worst fire seasons ever. Rock royalty. Legendary ste arary steven tyle our plaza. Today june 24th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Steven tyler will rock our plaza but the world has been rocked by n news. David cameron will resign. He went to Buckingham Palace taspeak to thee the will expressed by the people. This calls great for responsibility from us to guarantee the good of the people in the United Kingdom, as well as the good and coexistence of the european continent. This is, obviously, our top story this morning. A monumental decision by voters in britain to leave the eu. The fallout has been immediate as savannah just mentioned the countrys Prime Minister said he will step down and markets abandoned on certainty w
Life affirming story. Reporter clay had cancer four times over 17 years. I was his care giver and we had a lot of wonderful times we move from new york to california. He started life over again doing that Magazine Program at the university of california berkeleys journalism school. We had students who were a new generation of journalists to come to our house all the time. It was a wonderful period. Twice when he came back to new york and had to retire, his body began to slow down, as this is toward the end. I was ruminating. This was the smallest kitchen of the many kitchens of my life. It was unusually hot for june. Standing on top of the refrigerator has to be small silicon steel the ceiling. I was telling a story with mushrooms because the chinese speak highly of boosting the immune system. I still cant give up. Could he have left already . Once the hospital bed was dated at our apartment everything changed. We no longer sleep beside each other. We occupied different rooms. He sleep
Teens. Another massive typhoon slams into the philippines. The latest right now in the cnn news room. So good to be with you this morning. Im christy paul. Im victor black well. 10 00 here on the east coast. 7 00 on the west coast. A Dramatic Mission by American Special forces ends in heartbreak for a family who desperately wanted their son home. But american luke somers is dead along with another hostage. U. S. Commandos swept in overnight to try to get the man to safety. He had been held more than a year. Just days ago the milt pts released a video threatening to kill him unless washington met their demands and we are learning new details. A fire fight broke out and they shot somers and another hostage. One died on the way to the u. S. Military ship. The other died aboard that vessel. President obama is talking today about this as is secretary hagel who you see there. But the president is saying that his deepest con doelss are with the somers family. He also explained why he ordered
And if so what happened. We had the whole thing. Among all of us is Sergeant John rogers who received the bronze star for valor. Where is sergeant . Where are you . Handsome devil, should i bring him up . We will bring up the general. I want to bring the generals up, but come on, dont worry about secret service. You can take them, sean. Secret service immediately runs up. Would you like to Say Something . No, sir. Just thank you, i guess. President trump good job, right . That was a good response. Brave guy. He was in afghanistan, sean and his team occupied a rooftop and provided cover for a special forces team. He rushed into the enemy fire to rescue a member of his team, specialist gabrielle. Lets see who else is here from that area. From that part, anybody with you . Anybody else . Yeah, okay. Tragically the specialist did not make it alive. And today we remember the heroic sacrifice of this incredible american hero. We are internally grateful and in his debt. And i want to thank yo