And chubs, must have been pretty restless. Their team set several Major League Records as they played into the Early Morning hours. A swing and a miss. You know, trouble when an afternoon game turns into an Early Morning one. Many in chicago will go to late. Very tired. Cubs players. Well get to that. The battle over health care is intensifying after that republican plan to replace obamacare crossed its first hurdle. Former president obama even weighed in overnight calling on congress to have the courage to look beyond party lines. And President Trump returned to the white house from his new Jersey Golf Club after nudging lawmakers tweeting that Senate Republicans wont let the American People down. Janai norman joins us from washington with the latest. Good morning. Reporter diane and kendis, good morning to both of you. As you both know that gop hea house last week and now republican lawmakers are back home in their districts,some of them forced to defend their support of that measure
Speaking out only on gma. Staying alive swing and a miss and it is over. Major league marathon. The cubs and yankees battling it out overname going 18 innings, 6 hours and nearly pitches. The incredible dive into the stands and the moment it all finally ended. Good morning, everyone. I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. Come on, 18 innings. Thats a long game. 18 innings which took 6 hours and 5 minutes. As the night wore on, the stands started to empty out. You know you have those diehards that say im not leaving until its over and powered through in 41degree those fans. Well done. All kinds of records set. Well have more on that ahead. First the major headlines out of washington, sally yates, Deputy Attorney general fired by President Trump will testify on capitol hill this afternoon on her warnings to the white house about russia that led to the firing of former fat security adviser Michael Flynn. President trumps travel ban heading back to court, 15 federal judges are due to hea
Nbc news has learned Richard Simmons will file a lawsuit today against multiple publications for articles described as unflattering and hurtful. Will the fitness guru finally reenter the spotlight in court today monday, may 18, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. [ cheers and applause ] good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a monday morning, im savannah guthrie, we have craig melvin in for matt and, shh, people are sleeping outside. Folks waiting for harry styles who kicks off our summer classic series. Well reveal the lineup we have for the summer. Are you impressed . Its quite the lineup. Something on the list for everyone. Stick around for that. Well get right to our top story. We start in washington. This muchanticipated hearing on capitol hill on russian interference into the president ial election. Acting attorney general sally yates. She was fired by President Trump. Nbc National Corr
But we begin this morning with todayse eyeropen, your world in 90 seconds. Purge is not doing what they believe is expect bud what is right. Republicans defend the new health care. Plan the fact of the matter is there are some times in life you have to do what is right, not what is expediently correct. Everyone has to havecc aess to Affordable Health care. North korea has detained another american citizen over unspecified acts against the country. Getting closer to a deliverable nuclear weapon. Within three to five years to reach the United States, that cannot be accepted by any american president. Emmanuel far right leader marine le pen. A decisive victory for a man who a year ago wasnt even considered a contender. Fires in florida raging out of control. Theyti sll have a long way to go. Check out this wreck in alabama. Believe it or not, everyone was okay. All that a big night at the mvp movie d tv awards. Eb basall games are supposed to go in just nine innings. The yankees win it in
College student held captive in north korea for more than a year finally home with his family. But mysteriously in a coma. Landing in ohio hours ago carried off the plane rushed to the hospital. The secret talks that led to his release and his familys message this morning. And a dramatic rescue caught on camera. Two women struggling in a dangerous rip current when a hero officer and surfers jumped in to save them. Hold on to the board. We got you. The warning as you head to the beach. Good morning, america. There is a lot going on this wednesday morning starting with that horrific scene in london. There it is right there, that london highrise active search and rescue operation right now. Horrific and scary scene at that, george. Deadly fire erupted as hundreds of people were sleeping inside. Witnesses say they saw people dangling from the windows and families were trying to escape. I know. When you watch these scenes like this, so hard and the smoke is stretching for miles. Officials c