The arrest made in the murder of a key witness of former Dallas Police officer amber guyger. Nothing to sneeze at, a warning as flu season gets underway, why it could be one of the worst in years. And solid gold, simone biles leads the u. S. To its fifth team title in the World Championships and makes more history for herself in the process, today, wednesday, october 9th, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. We want to get right to our breaking news from overseas, that buildup of turkish troops at the border with syria poised for a major offensive against a key u. S. Ally, and it comes in the wake of the president s decision to pull troops out of that area. That decision drawing fierce criticism here and abroad from republicans and democrats. Nbc chief correspondent Richard Engel is in istanbul with the latest. Whats the situation the
A 9yearold in nevada created his own version of the awardwinning movie baby driver. He took his moms car for a sixmile ride on a las vegas highway sunday. 9 years old. An adult driver trailing him recorded the video and tried to keep him safe. There were some close calls but no one, amazingly, was hurt. The boy took the car while his mom was showering. No charges were filed. Just 9. Wow. The wife of shark tank star kevin oleary is facing charges in that deadly boat accident in canada. Linda oleary was charged with careless operation of a vessel for her role in last months crash. Heres abcs eva pilgrim. Reporter hes been one of the stars of the abc show shark tank for 10 seasons. There has to be a better way. Reporter Kevin Olearys wife is facing serious charges after a boat she was piloting on lake joseph in ontario, canada, last month slammed into another. Two people on that boat died including 48yearold Suzanne Brito from ontario, three others were injured. Police charged 56yearold l
You have so many books. A lot of people think of you mostly as a political conservative but in your book, radical son where you talk but your life story, you reveal the side of yourself i as a writer would say i would call a good writer. Youre not just somebody with great ideas but you write well, and in this book, im probably not the first one to call it it has beautiful tone to it, resume nations, obviously on mortality and faith. Thats the title. When you decided to write this book well, let me ask you a simple question. Why did you write this book . People might assume radical son is your story. That was the story of my political transformation from a leftist, somebody who described himself as a marxist revolutionary to a conservative. At what point did you stop describing yourself as a marxist revolutionary, what year roughly. Roughly 1974, when a woman that i had recruited to keep the books nor black Panther Party was murdered by the panthers. That really was the end of my career
Youve 70 bucks a lot of people think of you mostly as a political conservative but in your book radical son where you talk about you are someone that rates well. And in this book why did you decide to write this book. That is a story of our political transformation. At what point did you stop describing yourselves as a marxist. When a woman that i have accrued it to for the black panty Panther Party was murdered and that was really the end of my career in the left. On the white power structure. It is what they do today. Only they blame it on trump a lot of people dont remember at this time the violence of those years. Before we get into that new book mortality and faith and in faith and it picks up your story with your seminal book i was raised by communist cardcarrying, our whole community. Where were you raised and raise and what is that community. The Upper West Side of manhattan yes. But sunnyside, i lived in the development of world houses. Eleanor roosevelt broke the ground there
Vacation mystery. Th ssearcheen skiing in barbados. Their family demanding answers. Miracle rescue caught on camera. Oh, look how precious you are. Look at you, sweetheart. The newborn baby found abandoned in the woods. The family and officers who saved her just in time. And gps fail. How more than 100 people ended up here stuck in the mud. Good morning, america. Great to have you all with us on this wednesday morning. Thats right. Now, have any of you ever felt like youre stuck in the mud . Well, we just showed you dozens of drivers literally were when a gps shortcut went wrong for all of them. Nd not jgestave saywhave my oeret a tow truck . Tow truck in a ditch. You listened too carefully. Correct, yes. But first, that breaking news overnight. Robert mueller has now agreed to testify on capitol hill, answer questions for the first time about the russia investigation, obstruction of justice and President Trump. Mueller was reluctant. He wanted to let the report be his last word but fa