Hundreds turn out to remember an el paso shooting victim who died with no family other than her heartbroken husband, a plea of social media leading people from far and wide to come together to honor her memory. All that, plus, dale jr. s miracle survival. There was fire all over the place. Newly released 911 call shows how close the nascar legend and his family came to losing their lives in that terrifying plane crash. A bolt of lightning strikes just next to a High School Guidance counselor in south carolina. And remembering hollywood royalty, fans everywhere honoring the life and career of easy rider star peter fonda, today august 17th, 2019. From nbc news this is today from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, and welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. The loss of a hollywood legend part of hollywood royalty. Peter fonda, a lot of people thinking about him and that famous fonda family today. A major new twist in the investigation into the death
Grandson on an extraordinary journey to visit every one of americas 61 National Parks. Love her. It is friday, august 16th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The first person i came in contact with was mr. Earnhardt laying on his back. The airplane was fully engulfed. All the people had gotten out of it. Dale earnhardt jr. And his family escape a fiery plane crash. Just pulled a baby out of there. President trump is taking heat for putting pressure on israel to deny entry to two muslim congresswomen. They said horrible things about jewish people, horrible things about israel. President trump wasted no time in going after other democrats in his latest rally. We have a group of socialists or communists, could be. Projtis into s t extend a recent streak of weapons tests. Five people were shot in philadelphia the day after a man shot Six Philadelphia Police officers. I say to our state and federal lawmakers step up or step aside. New details on the death of jeffrey e
people on board the private plane was flying from tennessee to new york. instead of landing it made a sudden u turn and set off alarm bells. dana: it breached the no-fly zone over the capitol. the fighter jets tried to flag down the plane but the pilot was unresponsive and ultimately crashed in virginia. bill: scroti brenner is here with analysis. jennifer griffin is joining us live from the pentagon. well, it was a moment of high drama in washington, d.c. that shook the capitol. new details on who was on board that flight. a 49-year-old was on board with her 2-year-old daughter and nanny, the daughter of john and barbara rumpel. barbara serves on the executive committee of the nra women s leadership forum in florida. my family is gone, my daughter and granddaughter, rumpel wrote in a post. the plane was registered to encore motors of melbourne, florida. their other daughter died in a scuba diving accident. the cessna took off from elizabethton, tennessee en route to lo
They said to me, we want 4. 2 million in cash. Families taken hostage, told to commit a crime, or else. Striking again here is a guy with an Assault Rifle. And again. Every minute, his wife would lose a finger. A highspeed car chase. How did the gun men knew everything know everything . This Secret Weapon could turn anyone into a potential target. They would find people on social media. Be careful what you put out for the world to see. Detective its a beautiful september day in the western mountains of North Carolina, a beautiful stretch of interstate. Is a beautiful september day, and the western mountains of North Carolina paid a beautiful stretch of interstate. North carolina state highway patrols are running the radar. You see them below right by. It started off as a routine traffic stop but was anything but routine. All of a sudden, you see the suv pull over, the passenger side door open, briefly. You hear the sirens, you hear the unmistakable engine. You see them swerve into the
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