frozen. good friday morning. we begin with that chilling plot by a minnesota teen to kill his family and stage a massacre at his high school. and the only thing that stopped the 17-year-old from moving forward with his plan, was a single eagle-eyed witness who tipped off police. it all unfolded in the small town 80 miles south of minneapolis. abc s josh haskell is following the investigation and has the latest. reporter: john ladue sits in a juvenile detention center after police recovered explosives, guns, and ammunition they say belonged to him, to be used in an attack in the next few weeks. during his interview with officers, ladue revealed his plan was to kill his family members, start a diversionary fire in rural waseca to distract first responders, and travel to the waseca junior high school. reporter: there, authorities say ladue planned to detonate the prepared bombs, allegedly manufactured in a storage locker at this facility, where the teen was taken int
william lands at o hare. he scarfs down nachos. and last night, together for some barbecue in memphis before a big wedding weekend. the two princes, set to shake up the real king s hometown. and good morning, america. happy friday. those princes sure know how to have fun. and, robin, a place you know pretty well. my neck of the woods, down south, in memphis, tennessee. rendezvous, oh, the ribs there. they melt in your mouth. how are the nachos, robin? at o hare? you ll have to ask william about that one. i can taste the sweet tea, as well. that dry rub? oh, yeah. like the dry? i like the wet. hey. oh, hello. someplace to have a rehearsal dinner before the lavish wedding for their good friend guy pelly, their good friend, this weekend. we re going to get to that in a little bit. this is surprising news. l.a. clippers owner, donald sterling, has actually been fighting cancer. we re going to get to all the morning news, starting with the frightening school
pool. she s not breathing. she s turning blue. you re going to hear the officer s efforts to rescue a girl. and the exact moment he knew he had saved a life. princes and the king. taking care of business, william and harry go to graceland, the home of elvis, while in memphis for a big wedding this weekend. plus, a strip club special invitation for harry to check them out. good morning, everybody. we want to get straight to that abc news exclusive interview this morning. barbara walters, sitting down with v. stiviano, the woman who set off the scandal that has engulfed donald sterling, the now-notorious owner of the l.a. clippers. this is barbara s last big interview before her retirement in just two weeks. and, boy, what a way to go out. in this interview, you hear stiviano fluctuate between defending sterling and demanding he apologize for the racist rant she caught on tape. we re going to play you some of the key moments from her exchange with barbara in a momen
this morning, raffaele sollecito, who was convicted alongside knox, joins us for a live interview only on today. and nbc news exclusive. michelle knight, one of the brave cleveland survivors on moving forward one year after her daring escape and the big decision she s made about the future. i felt like every brand-new start needs new beginnings. today friday, may 2nd, 2014. from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. happy, happy, happy friday. i m savannah guthrie. and i m willie geist in this morning in for matt along with natalie morales and carson daly. al is at churchill downs in louisville getting ready for tomorrow s kentucky derby. we will hear from al in a minute. you can probably hear the shrieks all the way down there, because in memphis, tennessee, the royals are there. princes william and harry, they re in town in memphis for the wedding of a good budd
the court s expected to announce that decision shortly. the jury of four men, four women, began deliberating tuesday after a month long trial. apple accused samsung of infringing on five of its software patents seeking more than $2 billion in damages. samsung then countersued apple for copying its patents. we ll bring that you verdict just as soon as it s announced. new at 5:00, brothels masquerading as massage parlors busts involving several bay area counties. kpix 5 s ken bastida is in the newsroom with the details. ken. reporter: yeah, hi, elizabeth. in a high level operation, 400 law enforcement officers executed dozens of search warrants today bringing down 13 massage parlor and spas allegedly fronts for laundry list of crimes including human trafficking, sex exploitation and labor trafficking. was a widespread operation covering several counties. the district attorney of alameda county says it was the community who stepped forward to help kick off this investigation