And plummeting 500 yards down a ravine. Why emergency crews say she owes her life to an app on her cell phone. And mrs. Clooney on the case. Amal steps into the spotlight weeks after the wedding without her husband to tackle a controversial case today, wednesday, october 15th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to wednesday morning. Im matt lauer along with natalie morales, tamron hall and al roker. Savannah continues on maternity leave. We start with unsettling news on this ebola crisis. Very frightening, indeed. Breaking news out of texas. Another worker from Texas Health Presbyterian hospital who cared for ebola victim Thomas Duncan now has been diagnosed with that virus. Nbc National Correspondent kate snow is outside the hospital. Kate, what can you tell us . Good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. We learned about this just before 4 00 am local time this morning. We had known that
Look and feel very different. I will explain what you need to know when pubs, bars and restaurants in england reopen tomorrow. Headdresses are getting ready to reopen as well. Some at midnight tonight. Holly will talk us through all the changes. A changing of the guard, as the premier League Champions liverpool are honoured by last years winners manchester city, before being brought crashing back down to earth. Get ready for rain and plenty of today across much of the north and west of the country. Easing off this weekend and it turns windier. All the details here on breakfast its friday the third ofjuly. Our top story the government has named the first four countries where travel restrictions will be relaxed, so there is no need for people in england to self isolate when they come home from holiday. Spain, italy, germany and france will become exempt from the quarantine rule from a week today and ministers say more countries will be given the green light today. But they have yet to gu
Is due to be published by the Irish Government. Good afternoon. The uks most Senior Police officer, Dame Cressida dick, has warned coronavirus rule brea kers they re increasingly likely to be fined. The metropolitan Police Commissioner says its preposterous that anyone could be unaware of the need to follow lockdown measures. It comes as there has been criticism of the Prime Minister, who cycled through the olympic park, seven miles from downing street. Number 10 has insisted borisjohnson had exercised within the rules. Dame Cressida Dick said he did not break the law but there needed to be greater clarity on the rules. Charlotte wright reports. Hospitals are under huge strain and covid cases are rising, prompting questions about whether the lockdown should tighten. But the message from ministers this morning is to stick to existing restrictions. It is very important that whilst the vaccine roll out is proceeding well and we are on track to hit the targets we have set, we must also str
In the olympic park in east london. Uk supermarkets morrisons and sainsburys take a tougher stance on people refusing to wear masks while shopping. What do you think about how the lockdown rules are being enforced where you are . Are you confused by the rules themselves . If youd like to get in touch on this or any of our stories you can contact me on twitter geetagurumurthy or bbcyourquestions. Security is stepped up as the fbi warns of armed protests across the United States in the run up tojoe bidens inauguration. Plus, the findings of an inquiry into cruelty suffered by unmarried mothers and their children in religious institutions is due to be published by the Irish Government. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Figures released in the last hour by the office for National Statistics show that last year saw the largest increase in deaths in the uk for 70 years. The big
How Popular Culture prevented the wire. How was aware presented from the 1940s . How was it presented and comic books from the 1940s . How was it presented in athletic events from the 1930s and the 1940s . How was it presented in tin pan alley in music from the 1940s . And now on booktv, encore booknotes. Richard ben cramer appeared on booknotes in 1992 to discuss his book, what it takes. In the book mr. Cramer profiled the president ial election, george h. W. Bush, robert dole, gary hart, richard gephardt, joseph biden and Michael Dukakis. Mr. Cramer died this past monday at the age of 62. This is about an hour. Cspan Richard Ben Cramer, in your book what it takes the way to the white house. Is there any one thing that was a thread through the six candidates that you followed that would tell you what it takes . Guest i think there was, although i didnt set out to write a paradigm of a president ial candidate. There were some similarities, and, alas, similarities in the stories of thei