Washingtons nfl franchise will announce the end of the teams historic name and logo later today. A busy monday ahead. Early today starts right now glad youre starting your week off with us we begin with heartbreaking news out of hollywood where actress kelly preston, wife of john travolta, has died of breast cancer. Her husband delivered the devastating news with a single photo writing in part, it is with a very heavy heart i inform you my beautiful wife has lost her battle with breast cancer, she fought a crourageous fight. Travolta said hell take time off to be with their children. Daughter alea, who is 20, and 9yearold benjamin. They celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary. According to a family representative, kelly chose to keep her fight private and had been undergoing medical treatment for some time, supported by her friends and families dead at the age of 57. At least 21 people are waking up in a california hospital this morning after they were injured in a fire aboard a mili
An abc news exclusive. David muir taking us deep into the ocean, getting rare access to a u. S. Navy nuclearpowered submarine. How many tomahawks are we sort of standing on right here . Right now, seven. Now a highly classified mission and the warning about nightmare. Passengers waiting for hours just to head home. Ver this ought to be fun here. And the black cat storming the monday night football field wreaking positive havoc on the giants game, then making an escape. The search right now for the football feline. 13monthold baby and good morning, america. That is a fast cat. Uhhuh. Had a little trouble catching it. It worked. The cowboys ended up winning the game against my giants. Ah. But now the Dallas Morning News is calling the cat the real mvp. I got to agree. Now to the you are jnt manhunt under way for two murder suspects who broke out a california jail. Will carr has the latest. Reporter this morning an all out manhunt in Northern California after two men accused of murder shi
Lore, then paring back some of those losses. Lets check the a markets, right now the down is down 84 points. The s p 500 down 10, the nasdaq has been fickle as a well today, flitting back and forth over the unchanged line. Right now though down 33 points. Those are off session lows. Were going to be focus on that all day. The techheavy composite, the nasdaq, has been buoyed by tesla. Top of the index right now with an 11 gain. Tesla are reported earnings, miss on eps and revenue expectations. Theyre trying to navigate slumping sales, falling demand for evs and, of course, competition from china, but promised investors it would speed up the development of new, more affordable vehicles. Of course, looks like very happy to hear that. Investors and analysts also flagging one quote from elon musk that claims tesla, its not really an ev maker after all. I think cathie wood said it best, really we should be taught of as an a. I. Robotics company. If you value tesla as an automobile company, y
Backdraft. Two firefighters inside a burning home when it suddenly explodes, sending insulation everywhere. This morning, how they managed to escape with their lives. And girl power the nation set to honor the world cup champion u. S. Womens soccer team with an historic ticker tape parade in new york city. But not before they make their way to the plaza to see the hottest girl band around, fifth harmony, live in concert today, friday, july 10th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to a friday morning. Savannah comes back from vacation on monday. Were here with hoda kotb. On your last day, we brought out a big crowd. Can i just say, this is my kind of crowd. A crowd of young girls, their moms and a bunch of other people some of whom spent the night overnight but theyre ready for fifth harmony around so am i thats in our 8 30 halfhour. But lets start on a friday morning with history being mad
Supremacist dylann roof. Leaders hope the removal will help heal some wounds. This is a positive step. This is a step forward. This opens the door it opens the gate. You want this to go away quickly. I want people to remember what today feels like. Nbcs jay gray will have a live report on the flags removal coming up in our next half hour. Developing right now, the fbi says the accused shooter in the Charleston Church massacre got that gun illegally. Director james comey says a background check failure allowed dylann roof to purchase a a. 45caliber glock handgun. Roof had a previous drug possession arrest, but the fbi examiner who looked into roofs background never saw an arrest report because the documents were incomplete and inaccurate. The district is taking direct aim at city businesses that are selling synthetic drugs, like k 2 and scooby snacks. News4s Mark Seagraves breaks down this new law now in effect. Reporter mayor bowser signed the new law today which will have much stiffer