seacrest of sexual misconduct. seacrest denies the allegations. why he is claiming it s all about money. why every public school in one state is closed until further notice. check s in the mail. why an error by a leading bank means cash back for 2 million credit card customers. and the vandal that destroyed speed cameras is now a hero on the internet by those feeling his frustration. there goes my hero today, tuesday, february 27th, 2018. from nbc news, this is today, with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to today. thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. was that the too fighfoo fighte starting us off? it was the foo fighters. you see the guy going after the camera and people can relate to that. we re going to begin with the only armed sheriff s deputy that was on campus. this as president trump courts controversy as he explains what he would have done. we start with kerry sanders in parkland. g
affirming the u.s. position and our joint position of maximum pressure with our south korean partners is very important. president trump said that gun policy would be the top issue on his agenda in his meeting today with the nation s governors, and it was. he discussed banning bump stocks, meeting with nra leaders, and reiterating his call for bonuses to teachers who carry weapons in schools. democratic governor from washington informs that meeting. we re waiting for the tape to be played back. he s been speaking for more than an hour. tell me your headlines because i understand that you challenged the president on some of his gun recommendations. i did do that. i think more importantly, the educators of america are challenging him and rejecting his ill-conceived notion to turn first grade teachers into sort of pistol-packing first grade teachers. the educators, the counselors, the principals, they ve rejected this idea, as many law enforcement folks have said, because if
teachers that don t want to be pistol packing first grade teachers. i don t think it s right for anyone so say teachers can t teach. we have to fight them sometimes. president appears to be backing away from this idea that the age limit should be raised to 21 for purchase of assault weapons. he says one thing and gets in a room with nra and flipped his point of view. peterson probably thought he was a brave guy but he choked. the school resource officer says he is not a coward as one victim thanks the first responder who saved her life. i definitely wouldn t be here without it. this is new day with chris cuomo and alison come rat toe. welcome to your new day. president trump pressuring lawmakers to change the nation s gun laws after the florida school massacre. sources are telling cnn president trump appears to be backing away, though, from the idea of raising the age limit to buy rifles. president also saying he would have rushed into the school even if h
hour. let s get started with our news respond dens over at the white house and florida. ron let s talk about what s coming up 45 minutes from now. the president has been meeting with governors in different subcommittee groups all morning on a invitery of kopgss. the question is how president trump is going to address the confrontation with himself and the party. listen to what the president had to say last night about rick scott. we ll be confident about parkland and the horrible event that took place last week. i want to thank governor rick scott of florida. please stand up. you re doing a great job. and that will be one of the subjects, and i think we ll make that first on our list, because we have to end our country of what s happening with respect to that subject. halle, here s the issue within the president s own party, on arming teachers, he and rick scott are on different sides of the equation. rick scott s opposed to it. president wants it. we also saw ivanka tr
Bella Miller, a student athlete at UNC, was a freshman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in February 2018 when Nikolas Cruz slaughtered 17 children and teachers