Havoc up and down the coast. The vacationing firefighters tell us how they got it out. And highway heimlich. An nypd officer in the right place at the right time. Are you choking . Yes, sir. Put your hands on your chest. He helped save a woman driving on a busy highway. His heroic efforts today, saturday, september 20th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe. Dylan is in baltimore this morning where we are sponsoring a health fair. We will check in with her for a preview. We will check in after the show. We want to get to todays top story. The Security Breach at the white house. A man was able to get through the executive doors after jumping the fence. Luckily the first family was not home at the time, but a lot of questions about how he got so far. Kristen welker is at the white house with more on thi
Good evening. On behalf of the entire staff thank you very much coming out on this wet evening. Please turn off your cell phones and as they get to question and answer there is the microphone over there really appreciate it if you would make your way to it if you would like to ask a question we have the cameras here going. Finally at the end please help our staff by folding up the chairs. We are delighted to have with us a very prolific writer of narrative history Hampton Sides has several bestselling works among them ghost soldiers of the prison camp in the philippines and more than 500 pows it sold more than 1 million copies since its release in 2002 another of his made some best vocalist in 2006 when it came out. Four years ago we tackled the murder of Martin Luther king, jr. And now with the release of the kingdom in the kingdom of ice s. The subtitle says the grand and terrible polar voyage of the uss jeanette which started 1879. His background is in magazine journalism and has al
You very much for coming out on the somewhat damp august evening. Just a few quick administrative notes. Now would be the time to turn off your cell phones or anything else that might be put during the presentation. When they get to the q a a little later in the program there is a microphone over there. We would appreciate it if you would make your way to it if you would like to ask a question, especially because we have the cameras here going this evening. Finally at the end, please help our staff by folding up the chairs that you are seated and then placing them against something solid. We are delighted to have with us this evening a very talented writer of a narrative history. Hampton sides has several bestselling works to his name. Among them ghost soldiers, about the during world war ii raid on a hellish prison camp in the philippines to rescue more than 500 p. O. W. S. That book sold and has sold more than 1 billion copies since its release in 2002. Another of hamptons books, blo
And later, a skyhigh salute to the suffragists. We just want to do a good job. Cbs weekendcbs weekend news. Yuccas good evening. Im jamie yuccas in los angeles. Today, President Trump visited both louisiana and texas, surveying the damage inflicted by hurricane laura. The president s visit comes as tens of thousands are still without power, and in the middle of a pandemic. The hurricane roared ashore thursday and is now blamed for at least 14 deaths. Hardhitafranca is in hardhit lake charles, lou lake charles, louisiana. Reporter today, President Trump got a firsthand look at the devastation in texas and louisiana, just days after hurricane laura smashed into the gulf states as a category 4 hurricane. He met with First Responders at a fire hall. Im here to support the great people of louisiana. Its been a tremendous state for me. I love the people. Weve had a Good Relationship right from the beginning, its very important that i was here. Reporter fema and other federal agencies are alr