were with donors to her family s charity. this morning, why the clinton campaign is calling that report utterly flawed. and cashing in? a new twist in the controversy surrounding the skyrocketing cost of life-saving epipens. the salary of the head of the company that makes them rising from $2 million to nearly $19 million in just eight years. the outrage and the company s explanation, today, wednesday, august 24th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning, a morning that we ve got breaking news coming out of europe. that strong earthquake striking central italy early this morning. the epicenter, about 100 miles to the northeast of rome. one mayor saying that his town nbc s lucy kavanov is in the hard-hit area of amatrice. she s with us on the phone. reporter: morning, matt and savannah. it is a race against the clock to s
were with donors to her family s charity. this morning, why the clinton campaign is calling that report utterly flawed. and cashing in? a new twist in the controversy surrounding the skyrocketing cost of life-saving epipens. the salary of the head of the company that makes them rising from $2 million to nearly $19 million in just eight years. the outrage and the company s explanation, today, wednesday, august 24th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning, a morning that we ve got breaking news coming out of europe. that strong earthquake striking central italy early this morning. the epicenter, about 100 miles to the northeast of rome. one mayor saying that his town nbc s lucy kavanov is in the hard-hit area of amatrice. she s with us on the phone. reporter: morning, matt and savannah. it is a race against the clock to s
charity. this morning, why the clinton campaign is calling that report utterly flawed. and cashing in? a new twist in the controversy surrounding the skyrocketing cost of life-saving epipens. the salary of the head of the company that makes them rising from $2 million to nearly $19 million in just eight years. the outrage and the company s explanation, today, wednesday, august 24th, 2016. this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning, a morning that we ve got breaking news coming out of europe. that strong earthquake striking central italy early this morning. the epicenter, about 100 miles to the northeast of rome. one mayor saying that his town nbc s lucy kavanov is in the hard-hit area of amatrice. she s with us on the phone. reporter: morning, matt and savannah. it is a race against the clock to save those trapped beneath the rubble. the earthquake struck i
charity. this morning, why the clinton campaign is calling that report utterly flawed. and cashing in? a new twist in the controversy surrounding the skyrocketing cost of life saving epipens. the salary of the head of the company that makes them rising from $2 million to nearly $19 million in just eight years. the outrage and the company s explanation today, wednesday, august 24th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning, a morning that we ve got breaking news coming out of europe. that strong earthquake striking central italy early this morning. the epicenter, about 100 miles to the northeast of rome. one mayor saying that his town isn t there anymore. nbc s lucy cavanaugh is in a hard-hit area with us on the phone. lucy, good morning. reporter: morning, matt and savannah. it is a dark day for italy. at least 37 people w
earthquake said the scene looked like dante s inferno. the quake was centered 100 miles northeast of rome. nbc 10 s pamela osborne is live in the digital operations center monitoring the new information and the video coming in. pam, what do you have for us? reporter: tracy, the strong earthquake caused homes to collapse on top of residents as they slept. rescue workers in central italy say the death toll is now up to 73. first responders raced to dig survivors from the rubble, but the death toll is expected to rise as crews reach homes in harder-to-reach areas. the mayor of hard-hit town, amatrice said the town isn t hearing more. they joined red cross workers in the rescue effort. several large aftershocks followed the initial quake, which hit at 3:36 a.m., italian time. take a look at this. one survivor was buried under so much rubble, only their arm was visible. a rescue worker was able to talk to that person and keep them calm until they could be rescued. the quake hit