generation of americans to head home. heading into a hurricane. drones are being used to learn more about the storms and develop new ways to improve early warnings for people in their path. we begin with calls for eric shinseki, the secretary of veterans affairs to resign. good morning, i m del walters. i m stephanie sy. the report confirmed phoenix area veterans had to wait months and workers tried to cover up the delays. several hundred veterans didn t make it on to the waiting list. today the secretary is expected to deliver the results of his own internal audit to president obama and expected to speak before a group of homeless veterans. we are in washington. republican house speaker john boehner and harry reid are in agreement that they should not at this point call for secretary shinseki s resignation, but that is not the dominant theme on capitol hill this morning. as the calls for v.a. secretary shinseki to resign, so do his efforts to keep his job. the se
good morning. i m dara brown. two billion dollars, that s houth t how much the l.a. clippers may be be going for. she signed a bidding contract for the sale of the clippers by the sterling family trust to former microsoft ceo steve balmer. commenting on the deal, balmer said he plans to do everything in his power to ensure the clippers continue to win in los angeles. he also thanked shelly sterling for her willingness to entrust him with the franchise. the reported sale comes ahead of a tuesday nba hearing aimed at ousting donald sterling from the league because of racially insensitive remarks he made. donald sterling vowed to fight the nba to keep the team. an attorney for sterling tells nbc he s not agreed to sell the clippers at any price. shelly and donald sterling each own 50% of the team. more than 100 lawmakers from both parties now want the firing or resignation of veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki. one administration official says he s on thin ice with pre
a very big donation to a cause close to their hearts this morning. and w-i-n-n-e-r-s? a thrilling finish at the national spelling bee, and the event ends in a rare tie, the first in more than 50 years. the co-champs are celebrating with us today, friday, may 30th, 2014. life is a highway from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a friday morning. can we take that shot one more time? that is a concert crowd. wow. so many. eat your heart out, austin mahone. that was a big crowd earlier this week, but huge today. and there is good reason. this is the most awarded country group in the past decade. they have 14 number one hits, 22 1/2 million albums sold. they have a new album that s getting critical acclaim and they re going to give us a great concert in a few moments. that crowd, it s all ages. they, everybody loves rascal flatts. good to h
l.a. clippers. former microsoft ceo steve ballmer has signed a binding agreement. the question now is will donald sterling give it his approval? overmight his lawyer said no. i will not defend it because it is undefensible but i can take responsibility for it and i do. i ll have a serious conversation with him. the santa barbara county sheriff s office says it was aware that killer elliot rogers posted disturbing videos online but it never looked at them. for the first time in 52 years, there are co-champions. jacob williamson sealing the show. but in the finals came up just short. what? the nsa has released what it says is the only e-mail edward snowden sent to supervisors. the glass floor at chicago s willis tower cracked 103 stories up while tourists are on it! a design for a new spacecraft to carry astronauts to the space station was unveiled by elon musk. and a medical emergency. the singer was rushed from the stage. and all that matters. lo
we have some time. today here are the weather headlines. a sun drenched private high temperature is above average. a breeze off the lake. if you have been near the lake you know it is a cool breeze. when you get out there in may need a sweater or a sweatshirt. it does get much cooler when the wind blows off the lake water. satellite and radar composite shows of dry conditions. high pressure for the next few days meaning no rain coming our way. this is day two. this stretch of dry weather brings us into sunday. 70 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. cooler along the lake. here is the 3 day forecast. 80 degrees for the high today. miles high temperature is 83. 87 sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. accident we are watching on the right and memorial. looks like it s in naperville blocking the lane. usually they are cleared up quickly. not expecting any huge delays. a lot of work on 90 this morning. an earlier accident caused some delays in the construction zone. it looks li