Next in that case. And box office force. Star wars mania reaching epic levels with the release of a new trailer. The force falls to you. And the first chance to buy tickets crashes the fandango website as the entire galaxy counts down to its premiere today, tuesday, october 20th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning or should i say may the force be with you. Im surprised youre here. Thought youd be at an Early Morning meeting your star wars support group. All excited about this. I am. I decided not to wear my yoda costume this morning for the show but i am so excited. Did you watch the trailer . Its amazing. A lot of people have. Well talk a lot more about that. Got a little teary when i saw hans solo. More on that in a minute but the president ial race. Our new nbc news wall street journal poll and take a look, 38 of democrats now say
An internal investigation has cleared a Des Moines Police shooting. Vanessa miller shot 28yearold ryan bolinger. Who was unarmed. When he charged her squad car. It all started with a traffic stop. Captured on video by a squad car dash camera. Police say bolinger was acting erratically. Then lead them on a pursuit on the Northwest Side of des moines. Bolinger eventually stopped. But police say he came at millers squad car. Miller opened fire from inside her vehicle. Shooting bolinger through the window. Des Moines Police chief dana wengert says millers actions were well within the departments use of force policy. How would a reasonable person react under those circumstances in that moment, not 20 minutes before or 20 minutes after but in that moment. That split second to make that decision. When you take all that into consideration, factor all that in and compare it to our policy, her actions do not violate our policy. The attorneys for ryan bolingers famiy have released this statement
I thought you would be at the star wars early support group. I decided not to wear my yoda costume for the show. Im excited. Did you watch the trailer . We will talk about that coming up. Got saya little teary when i saw han. The wall street journal poll out this morning. 38 of democrats now say that Vice President joe biden should not run for president. This as pressure is mounting for him to make a decision. We have everything about the race covered this morning. We start with Nbcs Kristen Welker who is keeping a close eye on what the Vice President is doing. Kristen. Reporter good morning, savannah. This morning, the buzz about joe biden has reached new heights with multiple sources say he could reach a decision by mid week. Others say it could drag out longer. He has to decide soon. Vice President Joe Biden at an event honoring the uso on monday night. Paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Every one of the warriors. Reporter he is keeping political intentions clo
And where is luke . Fans buying tickets in advance crashing movie sites and even the stars cannot contain themselves. And we do say good morning, america. Lets see. 58 days until the new star wars movie hits theaters. Millions already watching that new trailer over and over and over on youtube and facebook. The founder of facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is one of them. He said, this looks amazing. I love star wars and so the response from the star wars facebook account, we know. Those movie ticket sites overwhelmed by preorders. All kinds of anticipation. Meanwhile, the political world waiting for joe biden. There he is right there. Will he or wont he run for president. The Washington Post jumped the gun last night, accidental headline, biden to launch president ial campaign. Not so fast. It came down but our new abc news Washington Post poll is out right now and might give biden supporters pause. It strongs a strong move from Hillary Clinton after that debate, sim slippage or biden and Abcs
Out Gang Violence for an explanation of a shooting that killed a 12yearold long island girl. Shot inside her own home hit by a stray bullet. Today grief counselors were in her school to help students grief. Reporter Students Holding one another and a moment of silence were all part of a long and difficult day here at the school. As the first day of class without her got underway, the Police Commissioner was telling us investigators seemed to be inching closer to an arrest in this case. Her classmates expressed their grief on school murals and in letters to the 12yearold shot while eating dinner in her home friday. I was shocked because i have math class with her. I couldnt believe what happened. Reporter grief counselors monitored the students closest to her. Emotions as raw because she was a vibrant thoughtful kid. Ive comforted a couple of students that have been with her. A student said she told me shell be back. Reporter the question that remains is why. The Police Commissioner sai