Coming to america. Los angeles poised to host another olympic games. But will it be sooner rather than later . Those stories plus riptide rescue, courtesy of a human chain. A new twist in Amelia Earharts disappearance and this photo. And allstar heroics. All the way to right. Back at the wall. Gone. A thrilling finish to the midsummer classic, today, july 12th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Going to get to all those stories in a few. Lets start with our top story, a host of developments of controversy in donald trump jr. s meeting with that russian attorney. And this morning, President Trump is weighing in, as well. Well talk to the president s personal attorney. First, two reports from the white house, starting with peter alexander. Take it away. Reporter good morning to you. The swirling controversy around his son is personal. A team
In celebration of womens History Month about the women of Floyd Bennett field we will talk to you a little bit. Its one of the more significant sites in the history of aviation. It is a story that doesnt get told to much anymore, but in its day, the aviators who flew at Floyd Bennett field during the 1930s were as big of celebrities as anybody you might think of. You know, you start with the age of charles lindbergh, 1927, and really, right up until world war ii, these folks were advancing Aviation Technology at an incredible rate. When you think that the first airplane flight was in 1903 with the wright brothers, we are at the dawn of the jet age. We go from a time when it was perfectly common to have biplane wood and fabric airliners to allmental monoplane airliners capable of crossing the country at 200 miles an hour carrying 22 passengers. Thats a leap in just 10 years. Its really quite a remarkable story. The women aviators of that time were very much a part of the story. Without
[inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning, everyone. It is truly my pleasure to welcome you to Miami Book Fair. It is a lovely saturday morning in miami. What a wonderful fair it has been all week long and here we are at the street fair. I would like to offer appreciation to our sponsors without whom this book fair would not be taking place. We have the knight foundation, hl, bachelor foundation, the Group Foundation and so many more sponsors. I would like to pay thanks to Miamidade College for convening this book fair. Lets give a round of applause. And so many students, faculty and staff have given up their time all week long and throughout this weekend to volunteer to make sure this fair is a success. Let me see the hands of all of our outstanding friends of the book fair. Thank you so much. [applause] for your support of Miami Book Fair and if anyone would like to join the circle of friends you may do so today, please let us know. A wonderful day planned for you. I ask c
Hl, bachelor foundation, the Group Foundation and so many more sponsors. I would like to pay thanks to Miamidade College for convening this book fair. Lets give a round of applause. And so many students, faculty and staff have given up their time all week long and throughout this weekend to volunteer to make sure this fair is a success. Let me see the hands of all of our outstanding friends of the book fair. Thank you so much. [applause] for your support of Miami Book Fair and if anyone would like to join the circle of friends you may do so today, please let us know. A wonderful day planned for you. I ask cell phones and other devices so we can all enjoy, and autograph table right across on the other side of the hall across from the elevator where you can have your books autographed, and also have a short q a period where you will be able to ask questions of the authors and i ask you to just stand at the standing mike, pose your questions and go back to your speech and we will have a g
We celebrate the First Amendment at that dinner. Toalso give out awards members of the association and journalists who have done terrific journalism the last year. And we give out scholarships to the next generation of our profession, who students who come to the dinner and receive those. All of those things are the reason we celebrate that dinner. It is not a celebration of the president. It is a celebration of journalism. Host will the tone change this year . Guest yes. We are not naive to the fact that a lot has happened under the new president , in terms of the rhetoric he has used with regard to journalism. That said, they Correspondents Association has worked hard to build a constructive relationship with his white house. We would be happy to highlight that relationship at the dinner with trumps attendance. Host how the how would you describe the status of that relationship now . It. T we work hard at we meet with sean spicer and other deputies and his staff. We have had, largely