The rescue mission that kept commuters on hold, friday, august 30th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. And im tamron hall along side al roker and willie geist. Savannah has the morning off. A big concert as well. Big crowd on the plaza. Well get to that in our 8 30 half hour. Chris brown out there. We look forward to that. But we have a lot to get to this morning. We want to start with the breaking news in syria. Richard engle is joining us now from turkey near the syrian border. Richard, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning, matt. Undeterred by threats of u. S. Military action the regime carried out yet another attack using a chemical agent, this time on a school. And these images come with a warning. They are graphic. We are human beings. We want to live. Reporter another horrific attack against children in syria. Op
Mind and leadership is not about being certain. Its about being willing to step back and rethink and ask the right questions, but a lot of leaders struggle with that. They think they got to know all the answers and i dont think they do. Absolute power corrupt, absolutely. I see it with ceos all the time and when we ask them hard questions, they look at you, like, what . Their employees never do. Well, the Great Companies, youll notice Great Companies have a culture where people are willing to speak up and great leaders cultivate those kinds of people. Robert, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Thank you. And thank you, everybody, for joining us this morning. Enjoy that long weekend. We will see you back here on tuesday. Right now, its time for squawk on the street. Welcome, live from the New York Stock Exchange. Jim cramer is off today. The u. S. Session here, we just had Empire State Manufacturing crossing, turning positive for the First Time Since july. We see futures hug
Cruise ship. Following the money, some of the worlds most influential investors reveal where theyve been putting their money currently. But to russia with love, currency wars coming to moscow as g20 leaders meet there. Did liesman go . If so, its a big home coming. Squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen. Andrew ross sorkin is off today. Our guest host this morning is sir Martin Sorrell. Our top story, nightmare at sea. More than 4,000 passengers on the disabled Carnival Cruise cry oomph docked late last night. Michelle Caruso Cabrera is there on scene. Shes going to join us with more and what the means for carnival and the broader cruise industry overall. We are tracking the markets this morning. A lot of excitement fueled in large part by deal activities. In the last few days aloep, we heard Berkshire Hathway is buying heinz for 3 billion. And comcast announcing a 16. 7 deal to buy out ges remainin
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