A Police Car Set on fire, students urged to stay inside. Well have the latest. Those stories plus today exclusive. Bill oreilly joining us live for his First Television interview since his fox news firing. Toys r us files for bankruptcy overnight and snooze you can use. With the cameras rolling, my night of interrupted sleep as we shed light on a problem millions of americans face, today, tuesday, september 19th, 2017. Announcer 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. Nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning. The Hurricane Season just seems relentless this year. And keep in mind as we take you through these storms well be talking about in a second, still nine weeks to go in the Hurricane Season. And let us bring you up to date at the moment. Two hurricane threats going on. Weve got maria charging into the Eastern Caribbean after tearing across dominica overnight as a dang
You know what happened sunday night. Im not going to get deep into it again tonight. I do want to Say Something to those who spent most of the day online attacking those of us who think we need to do something about the fact that 59 innocent people were killed. They say it is too soon to talk about it. Maybe it is too soon for you because nung your heart, you know you bear some responsibility for the fact that almost anyone can get any weapon they want and now you want to cover yourself until the storm of outrage passes. You can go back to your dirty business as usual. It is not too soon for us. Were americans. Last time i checked, the First Amendment is at least as important as the second amendment. So shame on you for suggesting i should do otherwise. President trump is headed to las vegas tomorrow. If it goes anything like his trip to puerto rico, im sure it will be great. He was in puerto rico today to survey the damage caused by hurricane maria. He brought his wife along. Trump ha
Those watching from las vegas. You know what happened sunday night. Im not going to get deep into it again tonight. I do want to Say Something to those who spent most of the day online attacking those of us who think we need to do something about the fact that 59 innocent people were killed. They say it is too soon to talk about it. Maybe it is too soon for you because nung your heart, you know you bear some responsibility for the fact that almost anyone can get any weapon they want and now you want to cover yourself until the storm of outrage passes. You can go back to your dirty business as usual. It is not too soon for us. Were americans. Last time i checked, the First Amendment is at least as important as the second amendment. So shame on you for suggesting i should do otherwise. President trump is headed to las vegas tomorrow. If it goes anything like his trip to puerto rico, im sure it will be great. He was in puerto rico today to survey the damage caused by hurricane maria. He b
No one saw him shoot the gun, prosecution argued he had with with him and fired in direction of steinle, bullet ricochetted and struck the 32yearold in the back. Seconds later he threw the gun in the bay. Prosecution argued to get rid of the evidence while defense said he wanted the gun to stop firing. He was homeless, quickly walked away. Found near the pier. Police gathered gunshot residue to prove he was gunman. Theres no evidence proving that he had stolen the gun, his attorney told the jury his client had picked up. 40 handgun under the chair where he was sitting, under a cloth. Didnt know he was handling a firearm when it went off. Talking about a gun with history of accidental discharges. No safety on it. Its marketed that way. They make a model with safety, this is not the one. Reporter first on the stand was steinles father, Holding Back Tears describing the confusion around him when holding his daughter. Steinle died later in the hospital. Park ranger whose gun was stolen is
By the way, james blunt stops by live in our studio this morning. So did you go to the concert last night, i heard it was packed. Let us know. Ed sheeran, james blunt, at it again tonight. But james is with us today. Look at that video and imagine just singing just to you. , who james blunt . Beautiful. Mable, a little later this morning. Well, now. Sue be . You wish. One wishes. It will be hot in here. Oh, wait, thats the wetter. Ya, well, this is going to be worse today. Even added excessive heat watch just for good measure, now down to seven out every ten in your weather by the numbers, here it is, the counties affected by the excessive heat watch. It is all the urban, i59 corridor there, will feel like it is in triple digit later on today, so prepare tore that. Do any exercising your tee do outside either this morning or late, late, late in the day, were off to muggy start with bus stop buddy and the dog and the water bottle by his side. 79 degrees, southwesterlies at 8 miles an ho