Ages wrote cards the inmates, a colorful picture or uplifting word. Thank you for your courage in speaking out. Reporter let them know those on the outside understand, too. Knowing they are someone who is a survivor of Sexual Assault in terms of the work we are doing, makes it that much more urgent for them to know they are not alone and there is hope. The campaign is called awards of hope. It is in the 8th year. Im told a record 18,000 cards were collected this year. In a week theyll all be delivered to 500 prisoners nationwide. When i have a chance to tell my story it is quite a story to tell. As the only africanamerican woman in this white house, as a senior staff and assistant to the president , i have seen things that made me uncomfortable and upset me and affected me deeply and emotionally. It affected my community and my people. When i can tell my story it is a profound story. That i know the world will want to hear. We have not seen the last of Omarosa Manigault newman. The rea
Bars . Those stories, plus losing patience. Get out of [ bleep ]. The doctor in hot water for this fight with a sick mom. Jason aldean performs his first concert since the las vegas shooting. We think about the 58 people who lost their lives. Late night thriller. He struck him out. The cubs hang on against the nationals. Moving chicago one step closer to another world series at wrigley. Today, friday, october 13th, 2017. Good morning, everybody, welcome to today. Thank you for being with us. Its friday morning. That sounds good. Craig melvin is in for matt. Blearyeyed watching the game . Cubs going to the nlcs. Well tape this differently for the chicago time zone. Weve got a lot to get to this morning. Lets start with those devastating wildfires. Its happening in californias wine country and other places around the state. This is the deadliest fire season there ever. Many of the fires still burning out of control. And the return of those gusty winds is making it harder for crews to mak
Could weinstein wind up behind bars . Those stories plus losing patience. Get out of my office, now. The doctor in hot water for this fight with a sick mom. And then jason aldean. And the cubs hang on against the nationals moving chicago one step closer to another world series at wrigley. Today, friday, october 13th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. They deserved to win that game. Yeah, i know. And we will take this differently for the chicago times, though. Lets start with the devastating wildfires happening in californias wine country and other places around the state. This is the deadliest fire season there ever. Many of the fires still burning out of control. The return of the gusty winds is making it harder and harder for crews to make any significant advances. Al has more on the dangerous conditions in just a minute, but first joe fryer is in santa rosa for us. Hi, joe, good morning. Repor