government so they have a lot of power they can influence people they can give government contracts to 2 people who who did this to to make a living for example so they have means they have tools to to influence public opinion and in the days and weeks and months leading up to this trial we ve also seen attempts of in the wrong attitude to influence reporting about the trial to influence the public opinion this will continue. do you think this particular trial will have effects of shock waves if you will beyond calabria in all the places of italy maybe. well that s the goal. as i said the the the aim is not to take it we re talking about $6000.00 members a lot more accomplices we re talking about hundreds of families is not one organization but it s made up of of various hundreds of different clans but their reach goes very far it goes far beyond colombia it goes to italy and in fact they are the one of the most powerful mafia organizations if you can call it that in the worl
taking gang members off the corners and into college and even paying them to stay there. first, we begin this morning with eye opener, r volved .it a dirty word. not a good word. president trump lashes out after the impeachment vote. they figured they could take us out a different way. very dishonestly, right, with the lying and the spying and the leaking, and we are kicking their ass, eye tell you. we ve got to beat this man. presidential hopefuls making their pitches in one of the biggest moments so far in the 2020 race. i didn t just come here to end the era of donald trump, i m here to launch the era that must come next. beto o rourke has dropped out of the presidential race. the end, we are right in the middle of this fight. looked like a volcano. strong winds and dry conditions continue to fuel dangerous wildfires up and down eein a new fire. that one at a recycling yard. sending heavy smoke into the air. the lakers beat the mavericks in overtime.
could it really happen? why $10 million could be standing in the way. ready for the weekend. we re kicking off the unofficial start to summer with a big party on the plaza. headlined by one of country music s biggest stars, dierks bentley. today, friday, may 27th, 2016. announcer: 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 this friday morning. we ve decided to come on outside to start the show this morning. as you can see, we are in very good company. we ve got marine corps, navy, coast guard, all here as part of fleet week. it goes on until monday, memorial day weekend. we ll have a concert and good food this morning. they serve us, so we ll serve you guys later in the show. thank you, again, for being here. we have a lot to talk about this friday morning. let s talk about president obama, making history, becoming the first u.s. sitting president to v
announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the republican national convention with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from cleveland. and good morning, everyone. welcome back to cleveland. welcome to a wednesday morning, and welcome to halftime of the republican national convention. two days down two more very event-filled days to go. you say halftime. i say, should i get two hot dogs and a beer, as usual? absolutely. marching band about to take the field. night two a busy one. republicans make it official. selecting donald trump and indiana governor mike pence for their nominees as president and vice president. the theme, make america work again. and heavy on attacks against hillary clinton. we ve got it all covered starting with peter alexander. good morning. reporter: a night for the history books. good morning. the republican party now officially embracing the first-time politician, the billionaire, donald trump as its presidential
sanders says he ll do it. could it really happen? why $10 million could be standing in the way. ready for the weekend. we re kicking off the unofficial start to summer with a big party on the plaza. headlined by one of country music s biggest stars, dierks bentley. today, friday, may 27th, 2016. announcer: 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 this friday morning. we ve decided to come on outside to start the show this morning. as you can see, we are in very good company. we ve got marine corps, navy, coast guard, all here as part of fleet week. it goes on until monday, memorial day weekend. we ll have a concert and good food this weekend. we ll serve you guys and ladies later on in the show. thank you, again, for being here. we have a lot to talk about this friday morning. let s talk about president obama, making history, becoming the first u.s.