Well talk to some of the young whiz kids how they tackle the words that have us on spell check, today saturday, may 31, 2014. From nbc news this is today. With lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill along with mike bet is in for dylan. Nice to have you with us. Were going to talk more spelling bee. I went on wednesday, saw some of the action before the finals and spent time with the kids and boy, did we get lucky. We hung out with one of the cochampions. And it also coincidentally. We got lucky. Spell coincidentally. I couldnt spell at all. I thought i was good until i went up against these kids. They are way smarter than adult i met. Look forward to that. Well have that. In the meantime. In the meantime we begin with the top stories. The future of the los angeles clippers. That huge lawsuit filed by owner Donald Sterling could it now get in the way of a record deal re
He does all kinds of mini donalds. Who knew. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight that is it for special report fair, balanced and unafraid. Greta goes on the record right now. The u. S. Supreme court tells president obama no, he cant do it. The Deadlocked Supreme Court blocking the president s executive order immigration plan to shield millions of Illegal Immigrants deportation. Also shields the right to work in the United States. This is a major blow to the president that could have defined his legacy. Texas attorney general ken is following and texas solicitor general argued the case both go on the record. Good evening, gentlemen. Thanks for having us on. Good evening, greta. General, first to you, is this a dead lock or a smackdown of the president . Obviously fourfour, but it gives us the win we were looking for. We won at the fifth 60 and
preliminary court. We will go back and try the case on the merits. Its a win for texas and for the United States. Scott, is this a dec
We started off to 17, were down to four. Of the four, theyre pretty much all gone. Pretty much. They didnt do so well tonight, folks. Im not going to say anybody didnt do well. They didnt do well. Theres only one person did well tonight, donald trump. I will tell you. Its true. Let me tell you what some in the media may not know. That is in almost all of the National Polls we beat donald trump and we beat him by big numbers. [ cheers and applause ] you know, if youre running like youre hillary and youre running against one guy, youres going to be very easy to beat. Shes a very flawed candidate. Now, running for president shouldnt be about delivering insults, it should be delivering results for the American People. [ cheers and applause ] a major upset win for Bernie Sanders in michigan last night. Senator sanders narrowly defeated Hillary Clinton there 50 to 48 . Thats a margin of less than 20,000 votes. Thats a big win. That was the only thing not the only thing that happened last nig
Terror attack thwarted overnight just outside of barcelona as five jihadists in suicide belts i shot dead by police. Heather a third arrest is made just hours after a horrific scene played out in barcelona. You are watching an Early Edition of fox and friends first. Rob the driver jumping the curb and a fan barreling to the crowd at 60 miles an hour plowing through people the length of 6 football fields. 13 dead, 100 injured. Three people in custody in the that attack, the urgent manhunt for our mothers, live Fox News Team coverage. The president s response and more on the fans being used as killing machines. Kitty logan live in london with breaking details on a Second Attack overnight. Reporter romantic development overnight, authorities found eight people involved in both the attacks. What we saw last night in the spanish coastal town a Second Attack using a vehicle, six people injured when a car drove into them deliberately. Five suspect that the scene who they say were wearing suic
Special assistant to the president. Im old enough to remember when that used to mean something. Being a commissioned officer means that your name is preceded by the words, the honorable. Now, this is important. Sadlers official title as a commissioned officer in the white house is the honorable kelly sadler. But the dishonor she has brought to the white house, to the president and the country with these comments is staggering. Sadler reportedly said of senator john mccain, who is waging a valiant battle against cancer, quote, it doesnt matter. Hes dying anyway. The context of those remarks, john mccains refusal to support trumps cia nominee gina haspel over her support for the enhanced interrogation program. Mccain, who was held as a prisoner of war and survived torture himself, was opposed to the program when it was revealed during the george w. Bush presidency. But his moral compass and principle is unrecognizable to the men and women who work for the current occupant of the white ho