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
Europe including ukraine. Fear of separatist attacks dampers celebrations in dagestan. We go behind the scenes with the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team as they prepare to embark on their olympic adventure. No one expected it to be easy. It appears any process in peace talks is difficult. They are talking about humanitarian conditions and corridors into homs. There has been no breakable. They decided to allow women and children to leave the city. Mep are allowed to leave, but only after handing thick names over to the government. The u. S. Says its not good enough, and that an evacuation is not substitute for aide. Here is satellite from 2011. You can see heavy traffic. Then the war broke out and the wars were replaced by tanks, and now the old up to is demolished. 750,000 lived in the city. The red cross says its impossible to tell how many people are left. The rebels top priority is to remove president Bashar Alassad from power. The president s advisor tells diplomatic editor james bays thats
Tragic turn. In october last year, yves stole as many as seven paintings by artists such as matisse, monet, and picasso. The heist took a mere two minutes. Some of the stolen masterpieces were later discovered in romania. Three romanian men were arrested and are due to stand trial later this month, but the paintings are still missing, and theres concern they may have been destroyed. This ordinary plastic sac contains something extraordinary seven stolen paintings. They changed life in this romanian village overnight. The mother of one of the suspected thieves once claimed she buried the sack here. These people did not integrate into our community. They only thought about themselves and got into fights night after night here in the village. They have evil deeds on their conscience. Using a simple screwdriver, the gang broke into the art museum and robbed it. In just two minutes, they snuck out paintings with an estimated 18 Million Euros including works by picasso worth an estimated 18
Discussion that hasnt happened yet. It doesnt appear. Thank you. Now to the black friday youre more used to seeing long lines of shoppers. They waited hours for the midnight opening of best buy in santana row in san jose. As soon as workers gave the green light customers poured inside searching for bargains. To be able to get a good deal on this, its worth standing in line for it. So what do customers have their eyes on . A lot of said the same thing no surprise here, tvs. Things died down by the time we got to target in colma just after midnight. Thats because the store opened at 9 00 last night. Target even offered a second round of deals that started at 4 a. M. Of the. We have investigated if we could get the same price all year and usually black friday is it. This is the first time target opened that early on a black friday. Lines of cars tied up traffic in livermore. Bargain hunters waited to get to the paragon outlet as cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran shows us. Reporter its the day
As many as seven paintings by artists such as matisse, monet, and picasso. The heist took a mere two minutes. Some of the stolen masterpieces were later discovered in romania. Three romanian men were arrested and are due to stand trial later this month, but the paintings are still missing, and theres concern they may have been destroyed. This ordinary plastic sac contains something extraordinary seven stolen paintings. They changed life in this romanian village overnight. The mother of one of the suspected thieves once claimed she buried the sack here. These people did not integrate into our community. They only thought about themselves and got into fights night after night here in the village. They have evil deeds on their conscience. Using a simple screwdriver, the gang broke into the art museum and robbed it. In just two minutes, they snuck out paintings with an estimated 18 Million Euros including works by picasso worth an estimated 18 Million Euros including works by picasso, go g