More and more people are deserting rural areas for life in cities looking for jobs, educational opportunities, and inspiration. All want a decent place to live and thats the problem. Good locations are in high demand, and prices are steep. Germanys most expensive city is munich. Apartments in the center fetch over 9200 euros a square meter. And in other countries, prices are even higher. In new york, for example, apartments can cost a whopping 11,000 a square meter. The three most expensive cities are london, at over 15,000 euros a square meter. Singapore, which is even pricier. And hong kong tops the list. Flats there can cost an astronomical 21,700 euros per square meter, which leads to harsh Living Conditions for the poor. Reporter their home is a cage seven men live in a single room in bitter poverty. They often dont have enough money for three meals a day. Mr. Leung shows us where hes been living for years. He gets about 500 euros in welfare every month nearly half of which he spe
Theres very little room for the more than seven million residents. But there are plenty of buyers for luxury apartments a profitable business for real estate companies. Buying an apartment is barely affordable even for the middle class its long been the norm for them to spend half their income on rent or a mortgage. For many, hong kong is a housing nightmare. Because of her efforts to help, today shes visiting the home of 13yearold chak ming. Owners here have subdivided many of the apartments into minilodgings, known as shoeboxes. With just a parttime job and welfare, all this mother and child can afford are about twoandahalf square meters, with a bunk bed and a small table. The mother cries a lot, and wishes she could provide Something Better for her son. Our apartment should really be big enough so that my son and i can move around freely. Here, its so small that we can only enter the room one at a time. Reporter chak ming wont tell his classmates how he lives hes too ashamed. Most p
Out in an exclusive live interview. And going up. A man uses more than 100 balloons and a lawn chair to soar into the sky. So high he says he was looking down on passenger planes. Why his stunt is capturing the attention of the public and police today, tuesday, july 7th, 2015 2015. And good morning. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Savannah having holiday time this weekend. Were joined by hauta. That guy with the helium balloons, that was a 10 lawn chair. What was he thinking . I know hes trying to promote his cleaning products, but hello. More on that story in a little while. We want to start on a Tuesday Morning with breaking news out of washington state. A deadly ice cave collapses at a national park. Its really popular with hikers. Jacob, is at one of the hospitals where the injured are being treated. What can you tell us . Good morning, the three most critically injured patients are treated here, all crushed by ice. That area now closed indefinitely as the rescue effort has
Flying debris, but the driver walks away. Truckin and fare thee well. The grateful dead end their legendary 50year run with one last show in chicago. While fans may be disappointed. Why the band is flying high today, monday, july 6th, 2015. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Savannah has the morning off. Weve got the numberone deadhead in the house, hoda kotb kotb. Hey, how are you . Not exactly. Not exactly. Okay. On a monday morning, thats good. How about yesterday . Were you watching the soccer game . I watched very little at the beginning and then i jumped in a car and if you missed the first 16 minutes, you missed everything. Can i tell you what i did . Three minutes until 7 00 went out and walked the dog, came back at 14 after and thought i was seeing things. I literally thought that things started at 6 00. I thought i missed an hour right .
Me. And what she thinks of donald trump. And naked and not afraid. A nude suspect shocks a sheriffs deputy when he takes off with his car. Thats my car. No ones in there. Sir sir hey, get out of there hey even uses the police radio as he races away. Im poisoned. Thats why i got in the car. Revealing video today, july 8th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Savannah continues on vacation. Hoda is here. I dont know what to make of that story. That was some good morning video, ill say. A computer issue grounding all united flights. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation for us. He has been on this since the news first broke. Tom, what can you tell us . Matt, this is developing as we speak. Seconds ago, 10 00 am sorry, 7 00 am on the west coast, 10 00 am here on the east, United Airlines and the faa saying the ground stop affecting United A