Puerto rico for about a year and a half. The debt crisis, the public alsoh issue, the grid, and their consideration of statehood, independence, voting. So, basically, i have been developing our puerto rico beat for two years. And of course, when Hurricane Irma and maria a hit, it was no question. I was going to go down and see what happened. So, yeah. Host ok, and you describe the situation in puerto rico as in environmental catastrophe. How much does this have to do with situations before the landfall of hurricanes irma and murray at, and how much is due to the storms . Guest the important thing to understand about mariko, infrastructure, debt, those things were crippling the island the storms. People were saying, any storm would bring the great down. Any storm would cause problems with debris and trash. There is justfor trash. The roads are already bad in the mountains and hospitals were already closing. Mostly depends on diesel fuel for its energy and anything that could disrupt sup
Busiest earnings day of quarter. The treasury secretary on the tax rollout. And the ceos of dow chemical and Southwest Airlines in the next 60 minutes. First up, the white house is pushing what it calls the largest tax cut and reform in history. This morning on the today show, the treasury secretary was grilled about how the plan will be paid for. And mr. Secretary, would you be willing to raise your right hand and look at the American People and say, i Steven Mnuchin promise you that this will be revenue neutral and deficit neutral . So right now, were working with the house and the senate. This is now about taking the president s principles and turning them into a bill that we can get passed and the president can sign this year so we can create Economic Growth. And were going to work closely with congress to get this done. So matt, yes, our principles are, we want to pay for this with Economic Growth and with reducing lots and lots of special interest deductions. Ive got to get your
Bachelor star chris soules, one he made himself, before police say he fled the scene. Is he breathing, sir . I cant tell. This morning, a new twist, investigators trying to find out who drove him home. And up in the air. A woman casually takes a seat on a crane 12 stories high forcing a delicate and dangerous twoandahalfhour rescue. What did she say to you . Im okay, how you doing . Im doing good, just hope we can get out of this together. Now shes under arrest. Why she was up there, still in the first place a mystery today, thursday, april 27, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from stood studio isa in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. I guess you file that last one in the category of things you dont see every day. But luckily it ended okay. Yeah, but a dangerous situation there. Well have more on that in a moment. But were going to begin on this thursday morning with a real flurry of activity
State police got emotional describing the events. He ran after the. Trooper still firing hitting him multiple toims, even as his body was on the ground. He got away ending up as his home. He confessed on the phone to a Family Member who then called 911. The violence continued. The suspect began firing multiple rounds at the officers. Then at 4 00 this morning, more gunshots came from inside the house. We know he was definitely armed and equipped. You can see how police tried to gain entry from trying to blow out the windows. He emerged with. Weapons and police fired. Investigators would not go into. Detail about his criminal history, but we know because we have his mug shot that he was arrested a few years back in florida on drug and weapons charges. Live at Delaware State Police troop 2, nbc 10 news. We want to give you a closer look at the house where he hid from police. This is tr sky force 10 shortly after the standoff ended. You can see broken windows, siding ripped off the house
The 911 call from chris soules, one he made himself before police say he fled the scene. Is he breathing, sir . I cant tell. This morning a new twist. Investigators trying to find out who drove him home. And a woman casually takes a seat on a train 12 stories high forcing a two and a half hour rescue. What did she say to you . Im okay. How are you . I go well, im doing good. I just hope we can get out of this together. Now shes under arrest. Why she was up there in the first place, still a mystery today on april 27th, 2017. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. I guess you file that last one in the category of things you dont see every day, but a dangerous situation there. Well have more on that in a moment. Well begin on this thursday morning with a flurry of activity at the white house. President trump is abandoning his plan to withdraw from nafta, at least for now. While the battle over his administrations massive tax reform plan is getting underway. Well talk to the