Successful in the tech world. All that, plus a houseswallowing sinkhole in florida, triggers a new emergency. The star witness takes the stand at the top chef trial. And the countdown begins. The olympic winter games six months away. How is the usa shaping up . The athletes you need to watch, today, tuesday, august 8th, 2017. 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 tuesday morning. So nice to have you with us. So nice to be together. Its like running into a High School Sweetheart years later. Its kind of wonderfully awkward. Yeah. Like you really let yourself go, havent you . No. Its great. Good to see you again. We havent been together for three weeks. We have a busy morning to start with. The Trump Administration weighing its options for north korea, after the regimes harsh response to the new u. N. Sanctions. They may be the toughest sanctions ever. But could they pla
New poll shows that six out of ten americans are uneasy about President Trumps ability to handle north korea. Our chief Global Affairs anchor Martha Raddatz starts us off. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The Trump Administration has always said a military option with north Korea Remains on the table but as a last resort. But these words from President Trump did not make it sound that way. After the president , the dramatic escalation. North korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury. Reporter and one u. S. Territory just over 2,000 miles away from north korea in the crosshairs. Overnight, the small Pacific Island of guam home to crucial American Military bases and more than 7,000 u. S. Forces on alert after north korea said in a statement its leaders are seriously considering a plan to target the territory with missiles. An attack or threat on guam is a threat or attack on the United States. Reporter this after that stunning warn
One of the largest cities in the world about to hit a popular vacation spot in mexico as the south faces dangerous flash floods, cars under water from North Carolina to texas. Like a Rhinestone Cowboy and celebrating the Rhinestone Cowboy. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, im Glen Campbell. Emotional tributes to Glen Campbell from his family and some of musics top stars as we remember the artist behind some of the worlds greatest hits. And we do wish you a good wednesday morning, and we are remembering Glen Campbell this morning. He was loved by so many. Everyone from dolly parton and Blake Shelton sharing how much the star has meant to them. What a voice, what a contribution he made. The Rhinestone Cowboy. Well have a lot more but first a lot of news from overnight. The dramatic escalating tensions from north korea. Overnight, the regime defied President Trump with a new threat against guam. That came just hours after the president warned that any new threats from north korea would
Incidentally is how melania keeps away from him around the white house. [ laughter ] donald donald, i know youre in here [ laughter ] according to the new york times, President Trumps threat to respond to north korea with fire and fury was entirely improvised. Oh, we know. [ laughter ] were all living the ultimate nightmare. Weve been invited to somebodys fouryear long improv show. [ laughter ] okay, to get started, i just need a suggestion of a place you might bomb. [ laughter ] dildo . Come on. [ laughter ] fol it wasnt a suggestion, was it . You werent suggesting it earlier . [ light laughter ] well, my head writer said that in the room and i thought, oh, that would be really funny. Ill improvise that. [ laughter ] backfired. [ laughter ] following President Trumps threats of fire and fury against north korea, secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that trump is sending a strong message to north korea in language that kim jongun would understand. And then kim sent a message in a lang
The google employee fired for the controversial memo is speaking out. Cat scratch fever and cat fire. The kitten left quite a mark on this baseball game today thursday august 10, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today and thank you for joining us on thursday morning. Another day north korea continues to ratchet up the war on words. This north korean crisis both u. S. And north korean regime saying plans are being readied to carry out attacks on the other. Our team is standing by in washington, the Korean Peninsula and the u. S. Territory of guam. Thats where we find nbcs Miguel Almaguer this morning. Reporter north koreas military is upping the ante making new threats against the United States saying they may be capable of striking guam by mid month if their military leaders approve it. This morning the small island of guam is said to be a target. This american territory faces threats as the war