Michael phelps faces a familiar foe, ryan lochte, in his first comeback final. The thrilling finish today, friday, april 25th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. And im Natalie Morales along with al roker and tamron hall. Savannah has the morning off. What a way to make a comeback for a guy who basically took the last couple of years. Says he played golf, gained 30 pounds, but its nice to hear those two names in the same sentence again, phelps and lochte, phelps and lochte. Headtohead the whole way, but were not going to tell you how it ends just yet. Youve got to hang on a little while. But first, we want to get to todays top story. Frightening moments for the crew of a Virgin Australia flight headed to bali. A passenger now under arrest after rushing the cockpit. Nbcs katy tur is in perth, australia, with the latest on this. Katy, goo
And good morning. Wealth come welcome to today at 7 00 on the west coast. And welcome back. Thank you how was your trip . How was your honeymoon . What do we call it, a honeymoon . Honey baby moon. I dont know, the honeymoon is over. It was wonderful. Youre all tan. Look at you. Its amazing what selftanners can do these days. You were actually in new jersey. You said to me on friday, the people in this part of the country, arkansas going to be in for a bad weekend. We could see it setting up. Unfortunately, it has come true. This is going to be a longlived system. This is our top story this morning. Devastating storms. Theyve impacted at least 17 states so far. Thats right. The hardest hit areas in arkansas just north of little rock, where the most powerful tornado of the year touched down. So a state of emergency has been declared in four counties there, and the National Guard has now been activated. Nbcs Janet Shamlian is in the town of mayflower, arkansas. Janet, good morning to you
Michael pineda is thrown out of the game after being suspected of pine tar on his neck. He is awaiting punishment today, april 24th, 2014. And good morning, welcome to today on a thursday morning, im matt lauer. Im natalie morales, savannah has the morning off. Everybody is talking about this one. Gear, talk about being caught red handed, the pitcher for the new york yankees, Michael Pineda, tarnished. 13 years ago against the red sox, he has this stuff on his hands, take a look at this shot, does he think no one can see that . No cameras . Its right there on the neck. He got ejected. We will have more on the fallout and the reaction in the orange room a little later on. We start with a story, a deadly shooting involving americans in the afghan capital. Nbc foreign koempbt Richard Engel is joining us. Good morning. This is a terrible attack. The surprised many people. This hospital has been operating in kabul a long time. A doctor is working seven years ago an american was there. He wa
Now authorities are trying to figure out what started that fire. And embarrassed. The father who kicked his young son down a skateboard ramp reveals his side of the story for the first time, today tuesday, april 29th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. The worst Severe Weather outbreak of the year. 118 tornado reports since sunday including more than 80 in the last 24 hours alone. In all 28 people died, 11 of those overnight. Right now tornado watches are posted in georgia and florida. Al and dylan have it covered. Dylan is in hardhit mississippi. Al is in kimberly, alabama. Good morning, guys. You can see what is left of the kimberly first church of god completely destroyed. Across the way the firehouse, town hall has been oblit rated. A lot of folks here are happy to be alive. As you take a look at what happened last night, just last night alone as we put the rad
Paranoid the mansion might be bugged. And the head of the naacp in los angeles stepped down amid questions about his past dealings with sterling. A 17yearold in minnesota is making charges after Police Uncover a masterful plot. Police found three fully functioning bombs and numerous firearms in his home and storage locker. He seemed like a good kid. Youd never expect it from him. And the health of our economy, hittingunemployment hitting its lowest level in two and a half years. Two helicopters were apparently shot down about prorussian insurgents on the rebelheld town of slavyanask. Incredible video of a street collapse in baltimore, maryland after hours of heavy rain pounded the city. Oh my god peaceful may day activities turn violent when protesters began fighting with police in seattle. A royal visit to memphis, tennessee for a wedding. Prince henry and prince harry were spotted at a local restaurant. And incredible footage of a tornado hitting an office building. Gomez reaching up