Violence as putins Office Lashes out against the west. Puppy love. The blind man saved by his guide dog after falling onto the subway tracks in new york city adds a new friend to the family than tox the kindness of strangers. Were there exclusively today, sunday, january 26, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt alongside dylan and sadly another case of a gunman opening fire with thousands of people nearby. Typical saturday, people go to the mall and suddenly shots ring out. Thats our top story. It hadnt been open for very long on saturday when people started running for covering, hearing the barrage of bullets all around them. This Morning Police are still trying to determine just what may have sparked the senseless violence. Kristen welker is outside that mall in columbia, maryland, with the latest. Good morning. Reporter erica, good
I liked, even though i did like it, it was senator mcconnells reactions to her material. Its not easy being Mitch Mcconnell. After three in washington, youve just given up. I hold you accountable and i dont need outlaws to track you down. Thank you. He doesnt even move. Not a single twitch, nothing. Either Mitch Mcconnell has through years long control of breathing a deep state or that man is dead inside. Good morning. It is thursday, august 7th. Good to have you with us. Youre taking a live look at new york city. Sure is a lot better doing this show, harold ford, when its light outside. Always helps. It lifts the mood a little bit. Better than february where its, like, cold and dark until,
like, 2 30 in the afternoon. Weve got harold ford, Brian Sullivan, elise vivek, and visiting former democratic candidate harold ford jr. And in washington senior Political Editor in college, sam stein. How are you doing today, sam . Im good. Ready for class. You think youll be going to red sox playo
Want him to be a freddie gray. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. Im live in baltimore. Here in the city that curfew has kicked in. An uneasy peace peace taking hold. Nearly an hour after that 10 00 p. M. Curfew, police fire spoke canisters and chase away a peaceful crowd. Only ten people placed under arrest compared to 200 the night before. The unrest here inspires protests in other American Communities from coast to coast and in the middle ferguson missouri. Hundreds gather under the watchful eye of police. It was here last summer that killing of an unarmed teenager ignited nationwide anger and debate over Police Treatment of africanamerican men. Now the big difference between monday night and last night here in baltimore was selfpolicing. I was there at president and north avenue. I watched Community Members link arms creating this human barrier between police and the protesters. Take a look. This is a peaceful rally. Everyone keep it that way. What are you g
U. S. Portugal was bigger than a game. We were supposed to be in spain. Go to the world cup. We went to the game a couple nights ago. There was a bunch of honduran fans and ecuador fans. They wanted a picture with the u. S. Theres a montra and old traditions for portugal match. Bravado put to the test before 40,000 in a stadium in brazil, 20,000 more packed an iraq concert atmosphere in rio that dozens of nations colors you see reflecting the millions and millions more around the world, bearing world cup witness. The most daunting audience, 11 men from portugal, the old world masters. Among them, the king of soccer, ronaldo. It only Takes Minutes for reality to strike the american side. A miss. Oh, my goodness. Reporter now, it becomes a fairytale, american drama. The sphere in the stadium, red hot, literally. The heat index above 90 degrees forcing the first world cup water break. The americans rally soon after finding their opportunities. Defense led by goalie tim howard denying port
Pocket. When you laugh, its a racial joke. When you dont laugh, its a racist joke. Just for the record, my arab friends, i dont do any arab jokes in my act. Not that youre not funny but, you know, i dont want to die. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Oh, wow. I did a festival in telluride, colorado. A ski town. Not a lot of minorities there. I was talking to this dude. He says, yo, man, before you go, i got to ask you one thing, where are you from . I went, im from South Carolina but my parents are from india. He went, what . But you talk exactly like i do. And then i showed him a video of an asian kid rapping and his head exploded. The state of diversity in comedy is the same in this country. They walk hand in hand. Comedy is more diverse as its been but not near enough as it but nowhere near as diverse as it should be. Who is racist, black or white people . Black people because we hate black people too. Comedy is anger, fear, inse