And now its acrobatics in the ballroom as amy purdy was spinning at top speed in a sizzle finale on dancing with the stars and the huge upset. James and peta, the stunning elimination that had jaws dropping. And we do say good morning, america. George on his way back. Very funny on jimmy kimmel last night. Great to have david muir here. You know this big fella, Michael Strahan. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Could you do what amy purdy did last night on the dance floor . I mean, this takes it to a whole new level, please. Wow dramatic, gravitydefying. Sets up even bigger stakes for tonights showdown. How do you beat this . I dont know. Thats incredible. Im dizzy looking at her. Yeah, and i used to think you could kind of win it all with personality. Now, you actually have to be an acrobat. I would worried about the rope that would hold me up. I wouldnt do that. But were going to talk about that in just a little bit but weve got to get to the beginning with that incredibly close call on the runway
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this saturday. Im lester holt. And im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dillon drier. Calling the threat that prompted it real and serious says the u. S. Cannot let its guard down. U. S. Embassies around the globe are preparing to shut down tomorrow and possibly for even longer as the latest threat is investigated. Kristen welker is live at the white house with the latest for us. Good morning. Erica, good morning to you. U. S. Officials say the Embassy Closures the travel alert really coming out of an abundance of caution. But lawmakers who have been briefed on the situation say this is really the most serious threat they have seen in years. So heres what we know. 22 embassies will be closed down in 17 countries. Mostly in the middle east and north africa. Now, officials wont go into a whole lot of detail about the nature of the
Sean the administration would like to you believe the president is flexing his muscles we all know its just a show. Joining me now to react, always shy, ann coulter, how are you . Fine, thank you. Good to see you. 42 Approval Rating. 74 of americans think the American People are too dependent on government. What does that say . The American People are schizophrenic on this, they always say zboft too big. Then you talk about what youre going to cut. No. No. Dont cut that. One exception is obama care. And that is why stopping amnesty is important that remains the most important issue if amnesty goes through obama care will not be overturned. Hispanics support obama care so please do not take your eye off the ball because obama care already passed in the senate theyre trying to flip it through by not talking about it. Politicians know as soon as we talk about it people will write and call and tell us we dont want obama care. As long as they dont say anything, we can slip it through the da
Him fairly, he says, continues to blast the network and its host megyn kelly, tweeting out just a few hours ago, quote, i refuse to call Megyn Kelly A Bim bow because that would not be politically correct. Instead, i will only call her a lightweight reporter. In pulling out of the debate yesterday, trump cited a sarcastic press release put out by fox news earlier in the day in which it said, we learned from a secret back channel that the ayatollah and putin both intend to treat donald trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president. Trump has his own secret plan to replace his cabinet with his own twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings. Heres trumps response. With me, theyre dealing with somebody thats a little bit different. They cant toy with me like they toy with everybody else. So let them have their debate. And lets see how they do with the ratings. And i told them, i said, give money to the Wounded Warriors, give money to the veterans. They
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Dickerson good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im john dickerson. This is our western edition. America has an addiction problem, and today, in the first report of its kind, Surgeon General vivek murthy called for a major shift in the way we treat this. His report says nearly 21 million suffer from Substance Abuse. It affects more americans than cancer. Yet 90 are not getting treatment. The Economic Impact is more than 440 billion. Cbs news medical correspondent dr. Tara narula joins us now. Tara, do we really know how to define addiction . Reporter the report does a great job of telling us that this is a spectrum that ranges from substance misuse, all the way to the more severe form of the disorder, addiction. Its a call to action for a Public Health crisis that affects individual, families, society. The number of americans affected by Substance Use disorders is as Many Americans as affected by diabetes, more than 1. 5 times the americans