Nbc news has learned Richard Simmons will file a lawsuit today against multiple publications for articles described as unflattering and hurtful. Will the fitness guru finally reenter the spotlight in court today monday, may 18, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. [ cheers and applause ] good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a monday morning, im savannah guthrie, we have craig melvin in for matt and, shh, people are sleeping outside. Folks waiting for harry styles who kicks off our summer classic series. Well reveal the lineup we have for the summer. Are you impressed . Its quite the lineup. Something on the list for everyone. Stick around for that. Well get right to our top story. We start in washington. This muchanticipated hearing on capitol hill on russian interference into the president ial election. Acting attorney general sally yates. She was fired by President Trump. Nbc National Corr
Attempted murder. Julius was the mother of two teens. Her family very emotional. It hurt. It hurt. Reporter as for a motive, the Prosecutor Says that too will be revealed in court. A lot of Unanswered Questions in this case. Live in long branch, meg baker, cbs 2 news. Meg, thank you. A rape investigation is going on in brooklyn tonight. A woman says she was followed off the subway then attacked at knifepoint by a stranger who threatened to kill her. Cbs 2s Dave Carlin Bushwick with the newest information from police for us tonight. Dave. Reporter jessica, rapes on the rise in the area and shortly after this latest case on dekalb avenue an officer saw a man matching the suspect description and brought him in here for questioning. The robbery and rape of a 27 yearold woman happened on this quiet block of dekalb avenue in bushwick. The knifepoint attack Early Morning tooth was in front of a residential building was caught on security video thats now with police but is not being made publi
Eric signedtell the paperwork last night. We sent it over to the city today, and as far as were concerned, r eric spoke to news4 news4. The past is all behind him and now its all about the future. I just want to say they committed a wrong against me, but they have to look at themselves in the mirror every day. Not me. Reporter eric tells me he plans on using the money to help his family and to make an impact in this community. Were live tonight in the park chester in the bronx. Making the evening risch on evening rush. Ed . Reporter weve been staring at this car for over an hour now. Theyre trying to get the tow truck to him. They cant do it. Right now the left lane remains blocked. Tried to go for the turnpike extension extension, but thats not much better. The lincoln tunnel isnt much better, either, and neither is the georgia wash. Ed, thank you for updating us there. We need a quick look at the weather because thunderstorms are moving through our area. Janice huff is tracking those
She vanished off of the face of the earth. But does Jesse Matthews hold the answer. I made no mistake. We want to talk to Jesse Matthews. And up late at night. And saw the plane from a distance and wonder how close they are getting. Massive wildfires in the western u. S. It is dry and we have to make sure Everybody Knows it is dangerous. Drought conditions making for a tough flight. Flames forcing evacuations and destroying homes. Is there any end in sight . An illness often deadly and eerateicated in the country. How hundreds of infants may have been exposed in the latest outbreak. It is all happening now. Lets get to our top story on this monday. A warning to the world from isis as they call on followers to kill civilians in any country that joins the fight against them. I am jon scott. New word out of iraq. U. S. Ground forces are training kurdish fighters. This is it a co part of president obamas strategy to kill isis. And in syria it is a full blown exodus. 165,000 syrians have su
Person is still in Critical Condition although the circumstances around that shooting still pretty unclear. Today some surprising revelations a the Charlotte Police department about the video of Keith Lamont Scotts death, a video we may never get to see. The public may never see this. Lets bring in brian todd live in the protest zone in charlotte. You were at the protest zone, a lot of headlines, but what stands out most is. Well, poppy, the chief is under pressure to release the dash cam video. He steadfastly maintained he is not going to release the video public publicly. We talked to a Police Official who reviewed the video that says the video shows Keith Lamont Scott making what this official called a threatening move toward police. This official told us that scott had an ankle holster on him at the time of this incident. But asked about any possible move that might be on the tape, heres what chief kerr putney had to say. What i can tell you that i saw and i was very clear when i t