Those popular backyard inflatables today. Wednesday, may 14th, 2014. 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 7 00 on the west coast. We have a lot to talk about. Later this morning, we will take you to the Memorial Museum which is opening tomorrow, the site of the 9 11 museum. Its going to be an incredibly Emotional Experience for a lot of people there, who will see some of the artifacts that are housed in that museum for the very first time. We look forward to a sneak peek on that. We have the top story. Residents in san diego are returning home overnight after evacuation calls are going out to thousands of homeowners. We have Nbcs Joe Fryer on the scene there. What is the latest . Reporter good morning, savannah. We learned the fire is 25 contained after burning 1,600 acres. All of the Evacuation Orders have been listed. The fire danger is high in Southern California. Smoke and fl
Homes, and it got nasty. So i dont know what clip we have, but lets just take a little sneak peek of what happened yesterday. More than 10,000. About 35,000. At least im honest about what i say. I was told we could spend 10,000 thats kathie lees house. I spent 10,000. Because it was 10,000. Not 35,000. Definitely the wraparound porch. Bad idea. Mine is much nicer and neater, much better. More expensive. Exactly. So one for barbara. Yeah. Hoda got involved. Lets put it that way. I was just i was an innocent bystander while those two by the way, it just escalated. And it was tense on the set. It wasnt like a normal segment. We could feel it. So anyway, we decided wed ask the viewers what they thought. And people really chimed in with facebook comments. Okay. Jan lang said, im sorry, but kathie was the automatic winner this morning on the redos of yards. Christina taylor said kathie lee has much better taste in updating homes. Jennifer rich said, i enjoyed the segment with barbara. It mad
The shooting death of an unarmed teenager. Last night was the fourth straight night of protests in this st. Louis suburb. Police fired tear gas and smoke bombs into the crowds after they say demonstrators threw rocks and even molotov cocktails at officers. Police were videotaped ordering protesters to keep back. Get back now. You may peacefully assemble 25 feet away. You are not peacefully assembling. You must leave or face arrest. You must leave the area immediately. For days now, police have been gathering in full riot gear. Yesterday and driving mineresistant vehicles around the suburb of 21,000 people. Security will likely be tight again today when governor jay nixon heads to ferguson later on. The governor gave this reminder to police last night. Quote, i urge Law Enforcement agencies to keep the peace and respect the rights of residents and the press during this difficult time. At one point msnbc. Coms National Reporter, trymaine lee got caught in a cloud of tear gas. He said he
Prompts the pundits to pile on and this new form of diplomacy. Are you going to hug it out with the president . Absolutely. Hillary looks like a grownup neocon republican. Shes treating obama like a drunk on a subway. Shes quickly moving away. In an effort to appear more authentic, she stepped in it, and she went a step too far. So is this a real schism between the president and his former secretary of state, or are the media embracing a phony narrative here . The sad death of Robin Williams prompts a tidal wave of media mourning. Blunt talk about depression and the inevitable excesses. Is the coverage cathartic or just celebrity exploitation . Plus, nbc finally makes it official, ump didding David Gregory and handing meet the press toy chuck todd. Can he revive the battered franchise . Im howard kurtz, and this is media buzz. The looting and violence that erupted in ferguson, missouri, early this morning with one person shot and seven arrested in confrontations with police came too la