And good thursday morning to you all. We begin with the breaking story overnight out of South Carolina. The Confederate Flag is coming down. It was a historic vote. House lawmakers opted to remove the controversial flag from the grounds of their State Capitol after a debate that dragged on for more than 1 hours. The governor now could sign the bill as early as today. The latest from abcs bazi kanani. Hello to you. A day a lot of people couldnt imagine was coming. Reporter it is another historic vote in South Carolina this week t. J. And reena. The house approved the senate bill by a twothirds majority and it is now on its way to the governors desk. These are the final days for the Confederate Flag flying over South Carolinas statehouse grounds. State lawmakers voting early this morning to take it down after a marathon emotionally charged debate. I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on frid
The places i come from, we dont deal with that kind of petty nonsense. Tillerson also claiming hes never considered resigning, but senior officials telling nbc news he threatened to. This morning, the latest on the state department in turmoil. All that plus, will a new hurricane hit the gulf coast this weekend . And nfl star under fire for this response to a reporters question. Its funny to hear a female talk about routes. And a vaccination controversy thats landed this mom behind bars today, thursday, october 5th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Its good to have you with us. And that News Conference from the sheriff yesterday really raised some questions. Yeah, if you paid attention to the things he was saying, there were a lot of things that made you stop and think, wait a minute. We only know very little about what happened. Ye
Nick, and gayle breaking down the best on the web, including the kid busted by mom. Just moisturizing. See if little jake finally rats out whos really responsible. If youre impatient, boredom can sometimes really get the best of you. In this case, chris had a car that just broke down. Sitting at the top of the hill, waiting for his friends to arrive, but instead decided to make a quick snapchat video. While hes on a broken car on an incline. Yeah, standing on the edge of the car, because hes trying to ride this like a skateboard. His description says how to olly a honda crx. That sounds terrible. Shoot, this is actually pretty dangerous. Steep hill and hes getting more speed than i think he anticipated. My door is open. Oh, [ bleep ]. Oh, [ bleep ]. Oh, my god holy [ bleep ], you guys just saw that . Thanks for sticking around, guys. Oh, that was [ bleep ] dumb. That was the dumbest [ bleep ] ive ever done. Everything is so disturbing about this video. Yeah, and ive watched this a numb
It was a call that came in from linda nullner contacted 911 call center that she and her husband were shot and identified the individual that shot her as her husbands cousin. Authorities say that the husband and wife were shot in their home along long acre drive after 6 00 p. M. Wednesday. The District Attorney says that money may have been a motive. There was a personal dispute going on involving the cousins and may have involved financial issues. And intense manhunt was put in place for be and police and were involve Fire Department a standoff. His sister was also in the truck and the standoff ended peacefully. In the truck was not only himself but his sister. The mentally challenged sister was with him and our belief she was present when the homicide occurred. Back out live we can tell you that police tell us that this arrest is not the end of this investigation. There is still more pieces to this puzzle and also tonight its not clear about the condition of the victims life but the
On to our streets. There are roughly 2 million undocumented immigrants just in california. Reaction has been swift and fierce today over a memo from attorney general Jeff Sessions stating transgender workers are not protected under federal law. Sessio he said that it prohibits discrimination based on race but not gender. Nancy pelosi said it is a shocking disgusting reminder of this white houses contempt for the rights of lgbt americans. Now to the vegas shooting. Officials say the gunman scouted locations in boston and chicago. Keep your head down. New video shows the chaos at the festival exits. Conce concertgoers fleeing. We had people jump the fences trying to take cover. Those areas are carved out. The Harvest Festival wasnt the first event they had event consider considered. He fwookd room less than two weeks ago during the life is beautiful festival. And he booked a room in chicago and he sefd for hotels near fenway park. Theres no indication he traveled to boston. Now victims o