Who killed cecil the lion and the guide expresses remorse but calls the charges against him crazy. One year to rio, the open ceremony exactly 12 months away, natalie is on cope pa ka ban na beach. Today, wednesday, august 5th, 2015. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning, one year from today well be saying good morning d. , thats two years of the college portuguese. It will go by in a flash. Well tell you more about that later on. Well start with the top story, the field of ten now set for tomorrow nights highly anticipated republican debate. This morning it leaves one candidate not be on the big stage is slamming that process. Peter alexander is in cleveland. Good morning. Reporter hi, matt, good morning to you. Youve got the main event in prime time tomorrow night, the under card hour earlier. One candidate put on the earlier ticket is calling the entire proces
Against him crazy. And one year to rio. The Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games 12 months away. Natalie has the preparations. We are throwing an olympicsized celebration on the plaza. Today, wednesday, august 5, 2015. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. One year from today well be saying [ speaking in a Foreign Language ] thats how you pronounce it . Two years of college portuguese. It will go by in a flash. On this wednesday morning lets start with the top story. The field of ten set for tomorrow nights highly anticipated republican debate. This morning at least one candidate who will not be on the big stage is slamming the process. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander is in cleveland. Good morning. Reporter hey, matt. Good morning to you. The republican contenders are converging on cleveland. We have the main event in primetime tomorrow. The undercard hours earlier. One candidate is already calling the process preposterous. John
Antonin scalia, Supreme Court justice who died suddenly saturday vacationing with friend at a ranch in texas. He was 79 years old. Justice scalias body taken to a funeral home overnight and flown back to his family in virginia. His death leaves the court split, four conservatives, four liberals which will impact legal decision and is impacting the president ial election. The question when and how will his seat be filled. We begin with chief legal correspondent, jan crawford. Reporter he was a giant in the law. Known for sharp intellect and sharp tongue, Justice Scalias views on the constitution influenced a generation. Nominated by president reagan, scalia joined the court with established philosophy that judges should follow the original understanding of the constitution. One of his most significant opinions was the landmark ruling that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. He could seem combative, despite partisan rancor of washington, scalia had deep frie
Tonight, oneonone with dan harris, breaking her silence on tom cruise. Good evening. And we begin tonight with the frightening moments for more than 100 passengers and crew on board a plane moving toward takeoff when part of the plane bursts into flames. It happened in ft. Lauderdale. A boeing 767, the plane right there engulfed in smoke and flames. It was getting ready for takeoff when another pilot notices something is wrong. That fuel is leaking. Moments later, the fire ball erupts. The crew acting swiftly. The emergency chute deployed. At least 15 injured. Tonight, were now hearing from the passengers who were on board, with fire right outside their windows. Abcs david kerley, leading us off. Reporter passengers frantically fleeing the burning jet liner, sliding down emergency evacuation chutes. I heard a loud bang, turned around, saw the lights, saw flames. Ran to the front of the aircraft. Reporter at that point, the jet was still moving toward takeoff. Flight attendants moving i
Detect missiles from 340 miles away. Since being deployed two years ago no missiles have been spotted. In 400,000 hours of operation yesterday was the first mishap. How it happened is being investigated. Its really symbolic of a much deeper problem at the department of defense. Reporter the president of citizens against government waste was not surprised to see it floating away. He says the Defense Department has a reputation for losing expensive equipment he points to one report that the pentagon recently lost 500 billion in military equipment in yemen. 586 millionsays was lost in afghanistan between 2012 and 2013. I doubt anyone will get fired. That is the problem. There are consequences to failing to manage our taxpayers money. Reporter raytheon designed and built the blimp. They declined to comment. Toreen count on abc 7 news pressure for inches in the investigation into the breakaway blimp. We have a complete report on wjla. Com. Leon a Stafford County teen is in Police Custody to