and sidelined. that s unacceptable. a student is under fire for hitting opposing players during a college bowl game. he could be kicked off the team for good today, tuesday december 30th, 2014. good morning. i m savannah guthrie. al is out in los angeles. matt and natalie have the morning off. we have a lot to get to this morning. after three days, the airasia flight was located. dozens of bodies have now been pulled from the java city. we are covering the story this morning. katie, good morning to you. reporter: it is a tough day out here. officials say they found wreckage and pulled about 40 bodies from the water. relatives found out this news by watching live local television and seeing those bodies on air without any warning. there were 162 people on board this plane, that includes 17 kids and one baby. overnight, indonesian officials confirmed the worse, having sighted debris and bodies in the water. helicopter rescue teams were lowered into the java sea to
that s unacceptable. that s ridiculous right there. a student assistant under fire for hitting opposing player during a bowl game. he could be particular kicked off the team for good today, tuesday, december 30th, 2014. announcer: from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to today. it s a tuesday morning. i m savannah guthrie. i m willie geist along with sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer. al is out in los angeles and matt and natalie have the morning off. we have a lot of breaking news to get to this morning. after three days of searching forsearching, the wreckage of airasia flight 8501 has been found. katy tur is covering the story for us this morning. good morning to you. reporter: as officials say, they found wreckage and pulled about 40 bodies from the water. that s not even the worst of it. relatives found out this news by watching live local television an