Im diana perez. And im gio benitez, sitting in for john muller. A second terror attack in russia. That raises new questions about the security of the olympics. Tahman bradley from washington with more. Reporter two deadly blasts in a city just 400 miles from where the winter Olympic Games will be held. Security is being tightened. Another deadly explosion in russia. Raising fears about the winter olympics. This time, it was a trolley bus in the city of volgograd. At least 14 people killed. More than a dozen wounded. It was likely a bomb. The incident comes just one day after the train station in volgograd was hit by a suicide bombing. The blast was caught by a surveillance camera outside the station. At least 17 people were killed. Dozens injured. The bomb went off just after noon on a peak travel day in russia. There were bodies everywhere, this woman said. Inside the train station, everything is destroyed. Officials say it was an act of terrorism. Russia is on edge. The country is se
Are options for the oakland teenager, whos ventilator is set to be turned off in less than 24 hours. Reporter ken, what they called their last hope, a New York Hospital they thought would take jahi isnt panning out after all. Now they have the money to move her, but no bed to go to. They dont rise up. Reporter this Oakland Church was to be the site of a fundraiser, to pay to get 13 yearold jahi mcmath airlifted to a nursing home. But the family pastor led prayer instead. Still hopeful they would secure a location. Reporter so far, no facility has agreed to admit jahi. So the family requested that i would pull the plug on the fundraiser. Ive seen her touching everybody. Reporter for weeks, jahis mother has been overwhelmed with support, as she fights Childrens Hospital in the courts, and in a spectacle that grows by the day. Since thursday, the familys Online Fundraising page has raised 20,000 to transfer jahi to care. Shes going to shake up a lot of people around here that didnt believ
Their dramatic story in an exclusive interview. And flashback. For seven years you started your day with bryant and jane and for the first time in nearly 25 years theyre cohosting again today, monday, december 30th, 2013. 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 monday morning. I feel like i should have come to work in a delorean today and the year is 1982 and we have Bryant Gumbel and jane pauley. I got to get back. I cant see the teleprompter and bryant cant see me. They said are we going to have to read off that small camera. Thats not going to happen. Football yesterday, lets talk about playing hurt. Poor jane. I was going to show up no voice. Hot water and lemon. You are supposed to say, jane, it sounds great. It does. Were going to have a lot of fun with bryant and jane this morning. Savannah of course is off. But first we want to talk about breaking news coming o
Good monday morning. Im richard lui. Breaking news overnight. Another deadly suicide bombing has rocked the city of volgograd, russia. The bomb tore through a trolley bus killing at least 14 people. It comes after another suicide bomber killed at least 17 people at the citys train station. The carnage is putting the city on edge. Its 400 miles from sochi where in just 48 days the world will converge for the olympic games. The white house has agreed to cooperate and president putin has given orders to russias National Antiterrorism Committee to strengthen security arpd volgograd. Reporter good morning. Investigators in volgograd, which is a major bus hub in a city of russia, a city youd pass through on your way to sochi, authorities believe the bus bomb was carried out by a male suicide bomber. No one or group has claimed responsibility for today or sundays attacks which now as you say have left at least 30 wounded 30 dead and more than 60 wounded. But the strong suspicion is this was t
Northbound as you make the drive toward santa clara. It is 6 00 on the nose. Lets head back to the desk. Time is running out for the family of jahi mcmath. The 13yearold girl was declared brain dead after having her tonsils reremoved. Alex savidge is joining us now. You have more on the final attempt to keep her on life support. Reporter the family may file some sort of an appeal at some point today. Trying to prevent Childrens Hospital removing her from life support. In the meantime jahis family has been struggling to find a longcare facility that will accept her. They are running out of options. Their last hope was a facility in new york now is unwilling to care for the 13yearold. Jahi suffered cardiac arrest followed by complex tonsil surgery for sleep apnea. She has been on a ventilator ever since. Chinos hospital physicians have all said Childrens Hospital physicians have all said that jahi is brain dead. The hospital says the science speaks for itself. She has no chance of coming