Good evening, and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. Tonight, the goodbyes are pouring in for an american icon. A man who was perhaps the greatest fighter of all time, whose courage and whose principles changed sports and our nation. In his hometown of louisville, kentucky, the memorials for muhammad ali growing tonight, and preparations are under way there for what will be a historic goodbye. We know his family was at his bedside in his final moment. They said a prayer. They held hands. His daughter saying today, our hearts are literally hurting. Those hands made ali a world champion, winning a gold medal at 18 and then three heavyweight titles. The tributes coming from all corners after ali lost his fight against parkinsons disease. President obama posting this photo, ali towering over him. The president saying, muhammad ali shook up the world and the world is better for it. Were all better for it. Tonight we celebrate that life and legacy. Abcs jim avila beg
The morning for many of us. We were asleep, but nonetheless it is having a big impact. Boxing legend muhammad ali has died. Good morning on this saturday. Im david culver. And good morning to you. Im kristin wright. I love watching those old clips. Impressive to see. A lot more to come. Absolutely. A good day to stay inside and do just that. Thunderstorms coming our way. Ta this saturday. Storm team 4 meteorologist Lauren Ricketts, how to get ready. An unsettled weekend unfortunately. Heading into monday, tuesday wednesday of next week looking good. But definitely not today. Definitely not tomorrow, because were going to have Severe Weather on our hands. Right now, just have fog on our hands. This visibility is cut down quite a bit. Sticky, muggy out there. Temperatures right now at 71 degrees with a dew point of 69. Sun just coming up right now. Heres a look at visibility. Going to be a slow morning for this fog and clouds to lift in terms of rain on the storm team 4 radar right now,
Nomination. Trouble in paradise. Tropical storm colin churning in the gulf, towards florida. Where and when will it make landfall . Al is tracking it all. And mayhem in manhattan. Thousands of kanye west fans, the crowd spilling out into the streets. But the show didnt go on. Today, monday, june 6th, 2016. From nbc news this is a special edition of today remembering muhammad ali, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this monday morning. Were talking about remembering muhammad ali. Were talking about remembering one of the most the last century. Someone you deeply loved and admired. What a privilege to have known him a little bit. As weve been mourning the loss of ali over the weekend, its been gratifying to hear the wonderful things that people are saying about him. Not just talking about their love for him but recognizing the controversial side of muhammad ali, as well. Thats our top story this morning. Muhammad ali has re
By boxing legend muhammad ali, who had passed away at 74 years old. Good morning to you. Im david culver. Good morning to you. Im Kristin Wright. We lost another great one. I know. And feels like the weather kind of mimicking how a lot of folks are feeling this morning. Most definitely. Turning our attention to the weather first with thunderstorms coming our way this saturday. Storm team 4 meteorologist Lauren Ricketts is tracking it all. Yes. Gloomy and gray start out there. Also a little on the humid side and just warm all the way around. Temperatures around 70 degrees now 71 in washington. Weve got temperatures in the upper 60s Shenandoah Valley, come up a little over the last 30 minutes or so. You can see the visibility right now. Not improving that much. We still have low visibility due to all the fog out there. Going to take a while for that fog to lift up. Were going to continue with low clouds through much of the morning. Temperatures topping out in the low 80s today, but some
Moments from his arsenal of words. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news, reporting tonight, jose diazbalart. Good evening. He was the greatest. He said so himself and few would dispute that famous selfportrayal by muhammad ali. The boxing legend who became a household name a world over using his fists and worlds died yesterday in phoenix after the toughest fight of his life, the long battle of parkinsons disease. He was surrounded business hi family and his daughter tweeting in his ear, you can go now. We love you. And tonight those in louisville kentucky, where he was born cassius clay years ago. And people respect at a museum built ho honor the champion. We have extensive coverage of his death and extraordinary life. We begin with lester holt. Reporter he won the 1960 olympic gold in rome but that alone would not have made marcelous cassius clay, getting turned away as soon as he returned home, a medal he tossed in