By a Police Officer at a school in texas. And the outlaw hero. The tributes are pouring in for country legend merle haggard, the mark he left on music during his complicated life. Today april 7, 2016. This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. When you say country legend you have to think merle haggard. One of the originals and there arent that many of them left. We will talk more about Merle Haggards life and career. The president ial candidates are in a new york state of mind. The next big Battle Ground in the race and are ratcheting up the rhetoric. Lets start with democrats. Andrea mitchell has her eye on the race. With both democrats needing to win the New York Primary on april 19th verbal sparring has escalated. The angriest exchanges of this year long campaign. Bernie sanders unleashing a blistering attack against Hillary Clinton. He said she started it. She has been saying lately that she thinks that i am quote, unquote, not qual
A lot of questions remain. Richard reeve is live in richmond with the investigation happening now. On, as you can see, the investigation continues, still a very active scene. This began as a police exercise that ended in deadly gunfire. This Greyhound Bus terminal is now a crime scene. I heard a, and then everyone got on the ground. Richard Virginia State troopers mourned the loss of one of their own. Its incredibly difficult tonight that i announce the loss of Virginia State policeman chad dermyer. Tuesday 30 p. M. Thursday, they were conducting a exerciserdiction inside print up the greyhound terminal very busy at this time. Trooper dermyer approached a man. There was a brief conversation, then the man pulled out a handgun and opened fire. Two other troopers returned fire and shot the gun man. It was a terrifying scene, between five and 10 shots during the exchange. The suspect pulled out a handgun and shot chad multiple times. He continued firing his weapon as two other state Police
Not tell editors how he would break up the big banks as he promised. The Sanders Campaign said today he would have the treasury determine by next summer which banks pose a risk and divide them but clinton pounced. Can he deliver what hes talking about . Can he really help people . Reporter and can sanders win the nomination . He trounced county in wisconsin, but to match her delegate total, he needs to win big in new york where clinton leads by 11. Still we think we can beat her in states where she is ahead in the polling right now. Absolutely for certain we do because weve done it a number of times. Reporter thats what ted cruz is saying in the bronx. The interesting thing about polling is it can change and change quickly. Reporter he came from behind to beat donald trump in wisconsin, but trumps polling 32 points ahead in his home state. And trump aide Barry Bennett insists trump will win the delegates needed for the nomination before the convention. Do you think you can get you cant
Country legend, merrill haggard continues. The hang over from the wisconsin primaries has hit hard. A war over who is qualified to be president is escalating. Senator, Bernie Sanders made a startling claim. She has been saying lately that she thinks that i am quote on quote not qualified to be president. [ crowd boos] i dont think that you are qualified if you get 15 million from wall street through your super pack. [ applause ] i dont think you are qualified if you have voted for the disastrous war in iraq. [ applause ] the remarks came after plan to bring large banks to the Editorial Board which clinton was asked about wednesday. In light of the questions he had problems with, do you believe this morning that Bernie Sanders is qualified and ready to be president of the United States . Well, i think the interview raised a lot of really serious questions. And i look at it this way. The core of his campaign has been break up the banks and it didnt seem, in reading his answers, that he u
Weve never done this show on a sunday morning. Severe weather racing through the south right now. Tornadoes touching down in at least three statesover night. This fastmoving twister moving through the town of new hope, mississippi. Other tornadoes also reported in louisiana, alabama, as well. All spawned from these storms youre looking at on radar. The worst of it moving into georgia and the carolinas right now. Rolling through the south, overnight in alabama sirens blaring. People taking cover. A tornado visible in the dark when the lightning flashes. Take it the other way. Reporter in mississippi another tornado forming behind that house. The high winds toppling trees and power poles, damaging homes and buildings. A 16yearold jumping in this truck to seek shelter when he says the high winds tossed the vehicle into a ditch. Rescue crews eventually pulling him to safety. That same system responsible for spawning violent weather in other southern theres the debris off roofs. Reporter at