Student freed from north korea opening up about seeing his son for the first time in 18 months. I knelt down by his side and i hugged him. And blaming president obama for why it took so long to get his son home. Do i think the past administration could have done more . I think the results speak for themselves. All that, plus the manhunt for two escaped fugitives. Oa fiery blimp crash at the u. S. Open Golf Tournament. And a live concert from country superstar, shania twine, june 16th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Thank you for joining us. It is a busy morning. Weve said that before. A lot going on in your world. We got it all covered this morning. The Russian Military says that Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been killed in an air strike. Keir simmons, what can you tell us . Reporter this raid of russian fighter jets over syria, was carried out a
Unresponsive wakefulness. He shows no signs of understanding language. His family as you can imagine upset and furious as they share this new footage showing their son playing with north Korean Children just before he was detained. And coming together, republicans and democrats taking the field as one overnight. Praying and playing that Charity Baseball game after the shooting rampage targeting congressmen. One of the hero officers throwing out that first pitch. And the latest on representative Steve Scalises condition this morning. Good morning, america. Happy friday. We made it. Its great to have david. Start now with you guys. Great to have david with us. I know you were in d. C. Shortly after the shooting rampage and saw a sign of unity. So many lawmakers told us they hope this is a turning point in the country that we bring down the temperature of the rhetoric. You can see them praying, both democrats and republicans kneeling on that field just a day after the shooting and that wa
Developing right now at 11 oclock, gun shots at a local Convenience Store. Tonight three people are in the hospital and neighbors are reacting to the chaos that unfolded just outside of their front doors. Good evening, i believe im Natasha Brown. The shooting happened just after 8 oclock tonight. Eyewitness News Reporter trang do is there now with the very latest details. Trang. Reporter well, natasha, we know three people were shot outside of this Convenience Store here at tenth street and pine lane but police are not releasing their ages genders or conditions as of yet. This shooting happened just after 8 00 p. M. With several customers inside that Convenience Store. Worker told me he heard at least 17 gun shots that everyone in the store immediately jumped not ground. Outside of that store there were dozens of those orange evidence markers, many identifying bullet casings, also an suv parked outside of the store had its window completely shot out. A man who lived nearby says he was
Thanks so much for joining us. That pilot had to put the huge air ship down in the middle of fishtown and new video now shows the harrowing moments just after it landed but as Eyewitness News reporter alexandria hoff shows us, the man at the controls never lost his cool. Reporter rubberneckers experienced an extra strain during their friday commute as a blimp was dragged and then billowed just off of i95. I knew i could land it was just a matter of finding a spot to land. Reporter this was long time pilot trevor thompsons third run above philadelphia in two days hadnt planned to return to where he had taken off from at kroc center field in camden. Look, its getting lower. Reporter but around 6 30 p. M. It was clear that wasnt happening. We were flying about 1 mile north of the ben franklin bridge when he had a first engine failure. Reporter the blimp or thermal air ship owned by air science and displaying adhesive company bostic was restarted and then failed again so thompson decided o
Philadelphia international airport. Now al onow approaching to inch. Were now nearing 5inches of rainfall for the month of may. Hard to believe. Wilmington were picking up about an inch and a half of rainfall, wildwood over a half inch, closing on a half inch in plymouth meeting. National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for the next if yo couple hours alog the i95 corridor where we could see small stream flooding. Storm scan3 showing us the trend. This is a three hour loop. This rain swath doesnt budge. Some of the heaviest rain falling along the i95 corridor. Moderate to heavier pockets of rainfall starting to spread east a little bit where we had drier conditions across parts of gloucester camden and Burlington County. That rain starting to push into mount laurel. Shower activity starting to work its way into parts of central Burlington County where weve had the driest conditions throughout the evening hours. Rain full intensity starting to let up especially across berks and