Wright at the live desk. We now now airasia flight 8501 crashed into the java sea off the coast of asia. Overnighs fou body and debris. A second u. S. Navy ship the u. S. S. Ft. Worth will head to the search scene to help. The u. S. S. Sampson is expected to arrive later today. 40 bodies have been pulled from the water so far. 162 people were on the plane. Recovery efforts continue tomorrow. Its nighttime in indonesia right now. Divers are planning to search investigators belie its the bulk of the planes wreckage and this is where they hope to find the the black boxes. Loved ones are preparing to board charter flights to fly over the last known location of flight 8501 to pray tomorrow. The president of indonesia is meeting with the victims families soon. At the live desk. Thank you. And many of the families watched the developments unfold on live tv. And uncensored. Ne jordan reports. Reporter these images aired on Indonesian Television show the latest discoveries that are evidence of
Boy, the army is under fire today for what one senator callings one of the worst scandals in army history. National guard soldiers are accused of scamming a program that paid them to help enlist new recruits during the height of the iraq war. A senate panel says thousands of soldiers took 29 million in illegal payments. Lawmakers say five soldiers received nearly 1 million in bogus dollars. More than 3,000 soldiers may have received other questionable payments. John terret is in washington for us, john, if you would tell us more about this Senate Hearing today. Reporter there was a lot of anger today at this Senate Hearing on tap come hill. You have the National Guard recruiting Assistance Program which got underway at 2000 knife. Right at the heart and the height of the iraq war in afghanistan as well. And now the figures are alarming. I have more on the top of the ones that you have just given. For example, we know that 1200 people send elicit payments. 200 officers are involved. Two
And welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. You had a fun job yesterday. Great group of kids. Really enjoyed it. You made that mascot head look really good. I still have it in my dressing room. Good to you back. We have a lot of stories this morning. An 11yearold arrested accused of bringing a gun and 400 rounds of ammunition to his school. What was he planning . Well have more on that coming up. Let us begin on a thursday morning with our top story. A tragic murder of a popular teacher in massachusetts. The 14yearold now in police custody. Ran allen has the latest on this. Reporter good morning to you, matt. No classes here this morning although grief counselors are on hand to help the community as they try to deal with what happened here. The body of the teacher Colleen Ritzer was found on the edge of the school grounds. A freshman new to the community has been charged with her murder. Hundreds came together to remember Colleen Ritzer, a belove
Washington. Mission accomplished the Costa Concordia is upright again we begin in the philippines with the chief of zamboanga has been taken hostage and its the 9th day of confrontation between forces and fighters from the liberation front and we have the latest from zamboanga. Some of our exact things remain unclear on the ground and there are not as many clashes between the liberation front and Government Forces. The news that the Zamboanga Police chief has been taken hostage with other several other police is a surprise as people were expecting here on the ground that there will be a slow down of forces. Now, for those the government announced there were hostages that have been freed but its unknown how many are under the custody from mnlf and there was a question of the service here and from the size of this all they ever wanted was a channel directly with the liberation frontage at least initially, try to rescue those who have been trapped. Now, having spoken to them and the comma
Speaking out in his first interview since being declared virus free. Being as fortunate as a human being can feel. While a dallas nurse receives surprising news about her condition. Hear from her family. Facebook surprise. Mark zuckerberg speaks in china doing it entirely in mandarin. The secret behind his new found skill today, thursday, october 23rd, 2014. From nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and issavannah guthrie. Good morning, savannah remains on maternity leaves, and you see from that shot, stormy skies, and, boy, did it rain last night. It sure did. Moving north o new england, another day before it is out of here. Hopefully it passes soon. Thursday morning, top story, and that is the investigation in the deadly shooting in canada as we learn more now about the gunman responsible for the chaotic taetae scene. We are in ottawa with more. Good morning to you. Reporter this city and country awake a changed place after an act of violence took place here aimed at the seat of