Bagram air force base in afghanistan, country superstar brad paisleys surprise visit to your best cookout ever to rock legends blondie as we kick off the unofficial start to summer. And we wish all of you a very good morning, america. Happy memorial day to you. As we honor our troops all morning long. Robin and george have the morning off. The rest of the team here. We want to take you to a live picture this morning. Arlington national cemetery, president obama will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. Back this morning after the surprise visit to afghanistan to visit troops. Well have more on that later. We will, indeed. R david, to new developments in the deadly rampage in Santa Barbara over the weekend. More details this morning about what happened and who the six victims were. Abcs bazi kanani is at the isla vista deli mart with the latest. What can you tell us, bazi . Reporter all six of those killed were studentsko at nearby uc Santa Barbara, a school that attracts some of t
Killer describes their lives since that tragedy in a new statement. As a close family friend opens up innen in an interview about his experience with elliot rodger. And red carpet attack. A man jumps the barrier and strikes brad pitt in the face. The star and angelina in shock. The suspect is in custody. This is thursday, may 29th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a thursday morning. Savannah is on assignment. We welcome in tamron hall. The guy who hit brat pitt in the face. Recently, America Ferrera went after will smith, people wondering how hes able to do it again and again. Well have much more on that story coming up in just a little while. Lets get to the top story, once again its the nbc news exclusive interview with nsa leaker Edward Snowden. This morning, reaction is pouring in from the white house to main street. Andrea mitchell is here. Good morning. G
That security . And we do say good morning, america. Its not the first time that that guy on the red carpet has pulled Something Like that. Not at all. This is the same guy that kissed will smith about a year ago, right . Shes done it several times. We have a lot of news to get to this morning. First, lets get the latest on the stunning setback on the search for the missing malaysia jet. David kerley has been tracking this mystery from the start. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, george. This is a major setback and a big embarrassment. The first big embarrassment for the australians in the search for this missing 777. Theyve wrapped up the underwater search. And say they do not believe that the vehicle, the 777, is actually in that area. This means the black box pings the australians thought they heard, apparently are not real. On wednesday, or this morning, the australian transport safety board said, quote, in its professional judgment, the area can now be discounted as the
Francisco. Lets check the roads now with liza battalones. Good morning. Unfortunately, we do have slow traffic now for all of those drivers approaching the Altamont Pass leaving the tracy area. Westbound 580 slows now from the 205 interchange and you can see its heavy in pockets now approaching vasco. But once you pass vasco, this is what your commute looks like along 580 as you head through the livermore valley. Westbound traffic still okay approaching the dublin interchange. No delays as of yet heading down the dublin grade. And the highway 4 commute Still Holding steady with no big delays as you leave antioch heading towards pittsburg down into concord. The bridge commutes are still looking okay, as well. Very light. Friday light at the bay bridge toll plaza. Thats a look at your kcbs traffic. Now to frank. Thank you, liza. Developing news on this friday morning. Former microsoft ceo steve balmer appears on the verge now of buying the l. A. Clippers. Anne makovec joins us now in the
Lin, kpix 5. The ball is in his court. He is expected to decide sometime this summer. Talk about the ball in your court. Developing right now, former microsoft ceo steve balmer is set to buy the Los Angeles Clippers for 2 billion. Thats according to the l. A. Times. Balmers offer sets a record for an nba team. Almost 4 times the previous high sale price. Balmer wins an intense bidding war with some big names including oprah, just days before the nbas voting to force Donald Sterling and his wife to sell the team. Sterling was banned from the league for life because of racist comments. His wife has taken the reins of negotiating a sale but sterling himself has vowed to fight for his team. Well have more on the sale coming up tonight at 6 00. We keep hearing that we need to conserve water but this is what we are dealing with in one part of the bay area, the only source of Drinking Water is bone dry. Mark sayre is in morgan hill tonight where the options are extremely limited. Reporter eli