Well tell you what it was today, sunday, november 8th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im sheinelle jones. Im craig melvin alongside Kristen Welker and dillonylan dreyer. Maybe it was not a streak in the sky but it was al roker. Hes in spokane, washington, day three of rokerthon. Has a huge crowd with him. Well check in with him in a bit. Lets get to the top story. Donald trump on saturday night live. It was an electric scene here in the 30 rock overnight, as president ial front runner donald trump took to the stage. Protesters took to the streets outside the famed studio. Thats where nbcs Kristen Dahlgren is this morning. Between 250 and 300 protesters joined in the march last yesterday. One group offered 5,000 to any audience member who would disrupt the show. The show went off with any problems. It didnt ignore the protest. Reporter surrounded by trump impersonators, donald
In those heated Republican Debates, carson has sometimes been calm to thehe point o vanishing. His chief rival, donald trump, has deded him as low energy. Well, not anymore. This is side we havent seseen. Here he is scolding reporters for raising questions about key parts of his personal story which have been a central part of his Campaign Calling it a witchhunt, and as mary bruce is at the white house for us this morning with more. Hi, mary. Reporter hi, paula. Good morning. Well, you know, having your past picked apart comes with the territory when youre running for president , but ben carson, the famously softspoken republican frontrunner, made very clear last night he has had enough when it comes to these latest accusations. Fired up. Thats riridiculous reporter and firing back. I never wait a minute. Dont lie. Reporter en carson defending himself against allegations that his stories dont add up and smming th media. They are getting desperate, so next week itll be my peed in my pan
Ben carson and Chris Christie referred back to their personal experiences as kids growing up poor. Jeb bush focused on job creation. You have to get people engaged in the workforce again, you cannot have a society where they are obsolete. Reporter during mark x and rubios, several protesters were let out as they argued against rubios immigration policies. We will enforce our immigration laws guys. Governor. Nikki haley think the president ial hopefuls for coming out ands poke about South Carolinas progress on the war against poverty. This is about talking about opportunities and solutions, if we continue to talk about them and we follow up by acting on them, we will make every day a better day in South Carolina reporter wach news. The next time they join together in the palmetto state is january 14. They will meet in charleston for another republican debate. Doll trump was in iowa today but something that happened last night had everyone talking. A woman wearing a muslim his job scarf
Ambassador to south korea, mark lippert. The diplomat undergoing nearly three hours of surgery overnight, receiving more than 80 stitches on his face alone. Im bleeding here. Lippert slashed by a teninch knife in the face and arms moments before delivering a speech in seoul on wednesday. The weapon slicing open his left forearm, damaging the nerve system for his fingers. The gash on his right cheek four inches long and an inch deep. South korean surgeons say if the facial injury was any deeper it could have been lifethreatening. Hes one of our top asia policy experts in the u. S. Government. According to witnesses, the suspect, 55yearold king ki jeong pushed the diplomat on to a table before assaulting him. Bystanders tackling him to the ground as Police Rushed him out of the conference room. Witnesses say they heard kim yelling antiu. S. Sentiments shouting the south korea u. S. Military drills must stop a reference to the annual war games which north korea sees as a provocation. Nort
And im victor blackwell. One of the key points well be looking for, it was a bomb that took down that Russian Airliner with 224 people on board . French media reports that european analysis of the planes data recorders uphold the theory that an explosive device inside that plane, yes, brought it down. We want to go to mary, she is waiting with us to listen to what they have to say and michaelwise is with us as well. Mary, there has been some criticism weve heard from analysts who say listen, a bomb is why this plane went down, but we have yet to hear that from egyptian officials. When you see the evidence that has been presented thus far, do you believe that it was a bomb inside that plane . Well, certainly points to a bomb, but as an investigator, you know, and an air crash investigator and an aviation lawyer, i need more evidence and proof than that. Its very, very important that we keep pressing on for those answers because there are several crashes in the past when they were convin