This morning, its impact up and down the east coast. All that and the notorious el chapo heads back to court. Tom cruise proves he is in a risky business. And usain bolt electrici fo the crowd with one more lap. Today, monday, august 14th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So good to have you on a monday morning. We have craig in for matt. Good morning. We have a lot to get to. Including fallout from the clashes with White Nationalists and protesters in charlottesville, virginia. A suspect accused of ramming his car into a crowd, will be arraigned on murder and other charges. The fbi and federal prosecutors have opened up civil rights investigations into that crash. Vigils across the country to honor the life of Heather Heyer and other victims. Overnight, mike pence spoke out telling nbc news, dangerous Fringe Groups like White Supremacists and the kkk has no pla
Tropical storm gert forms in the atlantic ocean. This morning, its impact up and down the east coast. All that and the notorious el chapo heads back to court. Tom cruise proves he is in a risky business. And usain bolt wows the crowd with one more emotional lap. Today, monday, august 14th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So good to have you on a monday morning. We have craig in for matt. Good morning. We have a lot to get to. Including foulout from the clashes with protests and night nationalists in virginia. A suspect accused of ramming his car into a crowd, will be arraigned on murder and other charges. The fbi and federal prosecutors have opened up civil rights investigations into that crash. Vigils across the country to honor the life of Heather Heyer and other victims. Mike pence spoke out, telling nbc news, dangerous fringe groums like White Supremacists
Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius has been released under house arrest after serving less than a year in jail for fatally shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp through a locked , bathroom door. Pistorius claimed he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder. Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide, but prosecutors are appealing, saying he should be convicted of murder. A british journalist has been found dead in turkey under mysterious circumstances and her colleagues are calling for an international investigation. Jacqueline sutton, a former bbc journalist and iraq country director for the institute for war and peace reporting, was reportedly found dead in the bathroom at ataturk airport in istanbul over the weekend, where she was supposed to board a flight to iraq. Turkish media reported her death as a suicide but her colleagues are questioning that account. Her predecessor at the institute for war and peace reporting was killed in a car bomb attack in iraq in may. Texas has b
Were supposed to offer a nonprofit alternative to private insurance, have essentially been strangled by the private insurers and by congress. 10 out of the 23 have are to close many more are expected to close in the next few months or years. They will probably never viable long term. It was a little like the peewee football he going against the nfl. Amy we will speak with dr. Steffie woolhandler as well as the head of the colorado coop that is going under, and insurance whistleblower Wendell Potter on why health care coops are failing. In a new documentary reveals why the u. S. Has become on of the leading tax shelters of the superrich. We are the 99 . We are the 99 . Invest int money to our country, to invest in people, and their not doing it anymore. As a nurse, i would say theyre probably mentally ill. It is not normal to hoard all that money. Require us to pay in the u. K. , we pay 6 million were not accusing you of being illegal, we are accusing you of being immoral. Amy we will s
Walker who organized racism lives here demonstrations at the university, stephanie shonekan, chair of the department of black studies, and dave zirin, sportswriter for the nation. Then we go to Yale University, or nearly 1000 students protested yesterday around racerelated incidents. Then to egypt. No account ability for the mubarak killings, the transitional role that followed him or killing of protesters under morsi himself during the brotherhood rule. With the military back in power in the judiciary almost completely in support of the new militarybacked government, the hopes for credibility for those unnecessary deaths are even dimmer. Amy egyptian journalist and activist hossan bahgat freed just this morning after being detained in a cairo prison for his coverage of the military. We will speak with lina attalah of the news website mada masr and democracy now correspondent sharif kudos, both in cairo. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the