even if it made he would make a fool of himself so we understood it and felt it. i think he was an every day hero, an unspoken hero. a memorial fund is set up for his three children. you can donate to the memorial fund through pnc bank at 2225 hanover pike. wbal-tv 11 news. the service for vigil was the first of two in maryland. another victim of the shooting was laid to rest. silvia frasier worked as a network security person. unhads came to pay their respects for that woman. she will be remembered for the love she showed in life. she was loyal, she was a friend, and she served. and that s really her testament. she left a legacy of love. silvia frasier is survived bhier parents and six siblings. later today the baltimore community will honor the life of officer jason snyder killed in the line of duty last month. snyder a 3 year veteran was gunned down while serve ago warrant with a tact kical unit. they had been searching for a 13-year-old wanted for a shooting o
incredible feat later on and we wanted to show you bait of it to get things started. we want to begin with today s top story the ticking clock and looming government shutdown. luke russert is on capitol hill right now with the latest. reporter: here on xcapitol hill as they tried to avoid a government shutdown. yesterday on a party line vote, the senate passed a bill to continue to fund the government. it s a clean bill that did not have any funds to defund the president s health care law and not sitting well with house republicans who want to see changes to the law. president obama issued this warning to house republicans in congress. my message to congress is this do not shut down the government, do not shut down the economy, pass a budget on time, pay our bills on time, refocus on the everyday concerns of the american people. reporter: so house republicans have a meeting today as a conference. they are going to try to figure out some sort of possible compromise,
august 19th, 2013. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m savannah guthrie along side natalie morales and mike bettis is in for al this morning. this is our temporary home. how does it feel? i like it. i think it s great. i like it into august and maybe september. not sure i d like it in february but i like it right now. i hope it doesn t rain. we brought an umbrella. we ll show you what s happening inside studio 1-a, it is a bit of a construction site today. they cleared the set out over the weekend. they work a lot faster than most contractors obviously and hopefully we ll have this done, as we mentioned, sometime in early september. we ll get back in there but right now it s fan appreciation week on the plaza. that s right. we have a lot of news about fan appreciation week. but in the meantime we hav
announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m savannah guthrie alongside tamron hall who is in for natalie this morning. we ll get to today s top story, the deadly mall attack in kenya where militants are still holding an unknown number of hostages in a two-day standoff that has already left at least 68 people dead. we go right to nbc s ron allen in nairobi with the lat est. good morning, ron. what can you tell us? good morning, savannah. we re behind security from the mall where you can see smoke billowing out of the building. the morning began with five or six loud explosions and sustained gun fire that went on for some time, and also firefight firefights spilling out outside of the mall, and you can see the kenyan soldiers firing at places around the mall. unknown at this point is the fate of the hostages and the
speaking on capitol hill more than 18 hours after he started. cruz and a handful of other republican senators are speaking out against a new health care law. we are going to have much more on this and follow the story throughout the day. thanks for being with us. that s what is happening today. we ll be back in half an hour for a local news update. er: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer, and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday. it s 7:00 on the west coast. i m matt lauer. good morning. i m savannah guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. that s a good party trick for bono. not that he needs one since he s a rock star. former president clinton commented it must be easy to make fun of me. it s a good one. no question about it. spot on. meanwhile, look at what s happening at washington, d.c. senator ted cruz still going at this hour. this is an effort to defeat funding f