he is taking criticism for the back and forth with nbc's savannah guthrie.of editorializing when she asked about inn inconsistentcyies in the record. he has been accused of telling a report er last year and telling her to calm down. he has been universally testy with male and female reporters. >> has he been testy? >> he has. he doesn't like being asked questions by reporters. >> savannah said since 2007 your views on iran have clearly changed. he said that is editorializing. she said no that's a question. >> it is a long campaign. there are some people who dislike the media. when you are aggressive, sometimes it helps you. we will see how it plays out. the senator weighed in the south carolina police shooting. he is urging people not to jump to conclusions of officers because of the actions of one. >> i think when you look at - police across our country, 98% of them are doing their job on a day-to-day basis and not doing things like this. i want to be careful we don't paint with a broad brush that all of our police are bad. in this particular instance i hop

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interview but also nrp, abc, rand paul recently announcing, then doing the interviews with fox and nbc, savannah guthrie that got quite testy, pushing him on various issues, and later, after that, chuck todd of nbc said to rand paul, welcome to the nfl. well, i pressed clinton's communication's director, why hasn't she even put a helmet on yet. >> hillary clinton will be doing a lot of interviews. this, you know, the beginning of the campaign she didn't she didn't want the focus of the national stage or, you know, interviews with herself. this is -- she wants to be out talking with people. >> now let me give you an idea behind of scenes of what happened yesterday when clinton staff said she had done media availability what happened was she walked towards the media, and they started shouting questions, she didn't answer any of them. she just simply recapped what had happened at her staged event. gave her talking opponents about the middle class and walked out. that's not exactly a news conference. >> she walked towards the media. check. joining me now, howie kurtz who is the host of media buzz here on fn

rand paula nounsing and doing the interviews with fox and nbc's savannah guthrie that got testy, pushing him on issues. >> there's boxes and boxes everywhere. >> i think that's where the e-mails are, all of them presented out from the server. she's like they'll never look here. >> hide in plain sight i always say. what do you make of ed henry. >> ed henry personally? i love ed henry. i think that -- i don't know how long this listening tour is going to go on interest hillary clinton, it's sort of an interesting thing that you would ng that before you announce for president you would to the listening tour. i think that while she's out there trying to could this every day looking it's so fake it really is bordering on ridiculous. i don't think they'll keep it going for all that much longer. i think she is going to have to do some interviews. there are some big issues brewing on the democratic side, one of them is on free trade. because the environmentalists and the unions are putting a lot of pressure on the democrats in particular on obama and hillary clinton is right in the middle. she h

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old tricks when it comes to the 2016 republican presidential candidates, just listen to nbc news savannah guthrie'sl earlier this week. >> you once offered to drastically cut, wait wait to cut defense spending, now you want increase it. >> why don't you let me explain instead of talking over me. >> sure. is iran still not a threat? >> you answer a question. >> rand paul crossed the line, and rick lasio handed hillary clinton a note during the debate. when it comes to liberals they tend to get a free pass. for example, there are examples that hillary clinton has a vicious temper. is savannah guthrie going to touch it next time she interviews hillary clinton? maybe she could ask about how in 1999 gail sheehy wrote in her book "hillary's choices" she's angry not all of the time but most of the time. another example. dee dee myers former clinton spokesperson in 2000 on an interview, described a confrontation between hillary and george steph nop loss and wrote mrs. clinton got really angry, she attacked george and anybody that stood up and tried to say this was a bad idea was, you know, smashed down, be

. >> senator rand paul got into a heated exchange with nbcs savannah guthrie.is a portion of that interview. >> you seem to have changed over the years. you once said iran was not a threat, now it is. you once proposed ending foreign aid to israel you now support it for the time being. you once drastically -- wait, wait wait -- drastically cut defense spending. have you mellowed out? >> why don't you let me explain instead of talking over me. before we go through a litany of things you say i changed on. why don't you ask me a question? have you changed your opinion. that would be a better way to approach an interview. no, no no no listen. you editorialized. let me ask a question. you say have your views changed instead of editorializing saying my views have changed. >> that followed one with kelly evans whom he told to shhh shhh and calm down. they said he treats women dichbtly. he says i think i have been universally testy with male and female reporters. here is the problem, i don't think the woman issue -- i don't think it has to do with women. if we make it

kentucky senator is also facing criticism from mike huckabee for his heated enter this week with nbc's savannah guthrieresident all is fair in love and war. this is war. this is the big leagues. you're going to have to expect that you're going to have a lot of fast balls that are going to be aimed right at your nose and how you handle them as part of the process. it's part of the game, if you will. so any question is fair it's how you handle it. it's like the pitcher can throw what he wants. the question is can you either put it in the third deck or do you rush the mound and take the pitcher on? >> what is he the, umpire? this is a rival player being allowed to come on and offer up criticism of a guy he's trying to beat sam. >> basically. >> it's a joke. swarmy there. let me help him out there. >> as mike huckabee -- >> i want to go back to chuck. two ways with announcing. one with rumble and excitement. a lot of fighting with neutral people like savannah guthrie. hillary had that kind of experience with her book tour. terry gross went after her. diane sawyer it wasn't like the right wing. and that was

nbc news, louisville. >>> a program note, savannah guthrie will interview senator paul live tomorrow morning on "today." >>> in boston today new verdict after the first day of deliberations by the jury in a marathon bombing trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev. jurors working through 30-page verdict forms, one page for each of the counts in the indictment. the jury, seven women and five men will be back at the courthouse again tomorrow morning. >>> still ahead hear tonight, how do you live to be 100? the secret from the five places on the planet that people live longer than anywhere else. and the american city racing to follow their lead. >>> the teen that just got accepted to every ivy league school there is. we'll tell you what he overcame to achieve his dream. >>> if you want to live to be 100, there are places around the globe that seem to make it easier to reach that age. so you could either move to one of those spots or find out what they're doing right and apply it right here at home. like an entire american city is now trying to do. nbc's cynthia mcfadden takes us there. >> reporter: ft. worth mayor, bets

nbc news, louisville. >>> a program note, savannah guthrie will interview senator paul tomorrow morning on >>> the story that was breaking as we were coming on the air last night. unspeakable tragedy for one maryland family. a father and his seven children all killed by carbon monoxide from a generator they were using because they may have fallen on hard times. nbc national correspondent peter alexander has more. >> reporter: the news today was crushing. >> i've seen a lot of things, but not something like this because of this. to have eight people in one place like that, you know -- >> reporter: authorities in princess ann, maryland, confirmed carbon monoxide from a generator left running in the kitchen of this small home killed single father rodney todd and his seven children five girls and two boys between the ages of 6 and 16. >> the children were all in bed appeared they were sleeping. >> reporter: the victims were discovered monday, nine days after they were last seen when overnight temperatures hovered below freezing. police say the todd family moved into the home last november, but delmarva powe

he's duking it out with savannah guthrie on nbc earlier this week over his shifts on policy. you would think that would have a negative repercussion as he tries to win this gop primary. on the other hand it plays well with the republican primary base to say you're standing up to liberal media. how is this going to shake out for rand paul? >> well i don't think it shakes out particularly well when you -- getting into these fights with absolutely everybody. he had a reputation for that up on the hill. it's actually not a bad characteristic. you talk about news day. i come from a tabloid environment, blake. so zodo you. >> i want to know more. >> uh-oh. >> we like -- i just wanted to slip that one in. >> let's be real. >> keep it real. >> you know we're used to that kind of stuff up in new york. that doesn't really play all that well in the middle of the country. it's fun to kind of have the back and forth with him. it was fun to joust with him on the hill. when you get on the trail, people want to see a different side. it's funny, before his announcement, i had one of his advis

. >> announcer: from nbc news,th with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning. welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning. savannah taking some family time this week. she'll be back next week. i've got hoda kotb here. a lot of stories people will be talking about. the story of dan price the ceo is one of them. >> and the other are all the people out on the plaza looking to tickle you. i don't know if you saw the signs. the plaza is loaded. ellen has made her mark. >> remind me to thank her for that. we'll talk about that and dan price in a second. but let's talk about our top story. a new wave of protests across the country condemning police brutality. even as officials in arizona defend the actions of an officer who used his patrol car -- you're looking at the video right now -- to take down on armed suspect. miguel almaguer has a look at the dramatic dash cam video. miguel good morning. >> reporter: matt good morning. the video was actually taken in february but was just released by police. the officer involved has been cleared of

nbc 10." >>> let's head to new york for a look at what's on the "today" show. >> we check in with matt lauer and savannah guthrie morning, guys. >> good morning. >> hey, rosemary and vai. they'll have enough jerseys. will they be stocking the pretzels. >> they'll have plenty. we'll send them to you. >> we'll talk about them on the show today. anyway, straight ahead on "today," conflicting feelings among the families of the boston marathon bombing victims as the penalty phase of that trial starts today. should the sentence be death or life in prison? we're live at the courthouse. >>> also ahead, drought shaming on a new rossen reports. what some people in california are doing to get their neighbors to stop wasting water. >> plus special day two of our surprises. wait until you see what we've cooked up for a@l of broadway's on on the 20th century." vai and rosemary back to you. >> is that eagles green you're wearing? i can't quite tell. >> yeah, i think it is. it's a little teal. >> it looks a little dolphins green to me. >> oh, come on. >> just sayin' from close zblup don't believe it. i'm just waiting for my teb

. >> announcer: from nbc news th with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefellerza. >> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. that base brawl did not look too good. >> no. i honestly thought this is baseball not hockey. >> we'll look at that. also it's been a couple tough weeks for dr. mehmet oz. he's joining us to answer some of the criticism he's been facing. there's been a lit. >> his whole work is under the microcope. >>> let's get to the frightening accident caught on camera in central indiana. students plunging to the floor below as the stage they were performing on gives way. john yang has the latest. what are officials saying about this? >> reporter: good morning, matt. well officials say as frightening as that looks, they say the injuries thankfully are not life threatening and the indiana state police is joining the investigation to try to figure out just what happene what began as a typical high school stage production quickly became much different. ♪ don't stop believing ♪ [ screaming ] >> oh my god! >> reporter: more than two dozen

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. >> did not take long for the new host to find himself in hot water but say all right, i went too far and hoping everybody will move on. >> we'll talk more about that. our top story new developments on the tragic plane crash in the alps including reports that a video from a cell phone on board exists. nbc's katy tur has the latest on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. new developments from lufthansa saying they found correspondence between andreas lubitz and the school talking about severe depression being the reason for the gap. this is the first time officials confirmed he had severe depression and that being the reason for that gam. also, new video alleged video from a passenger's own cell phone purporting to show what it was like inthe side that plane during its final moments. lufthansa which owns germanwings discloses andreas lubitz underwent treatment for a previous epis

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone. matt has the morning off. we have willie and dylan here today. the weather is the big story this morning. >> the real story is in the midwest. terrifying pictures out of illinois. >> an entire town north of alcohol was devastated by a massive tornado. the damage is still being calculated as the threat of more severe weather moves east. kevin tibbles is on the scene for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: it was a night horrifying heavy weather across the midwest, but illinois bore the brunt. it was not one building that was not touched by the tornado. several people unaccounted for and at least one woman is dead. storm chasers captured the unbelievable footage as it knocked over a semi. >> he's over! go go go! >> leaving a huge swath of destruction, touching down in rochelle illinois about 75 miles west of chicago. >> it was huge and coming right for us. >> 12 people took cover in the basement of a restaurant trapped there for 90 minu

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning and welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. busy news morning. breaking news out of afghanistan where three u.s. soldiers have been shot and wounded in an alleged ambush by an afghan soldier. we will bring it to you as soon as we have it. >> we are working another big story. the outrage over yet another deadly police shooting in south carolina and this time it was caught on camera leading to murder charges against the officer. gabe gutierrez is on the story for us. >> city leaders are stunned. the fbi is investigating to see if civil rights were violated. protesters here today and we should warn you the video is disturbing. the outrage is growing. a white police officer drawing his gun as a black suspect runs away his back turned. the officer fires eight shots. the suspect walter scott is killed. >> shots fired. subject is down. he grabbed my tazer. >> a bystander's video shows michael handcuffing scott. he is facedown on the ground and he said

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studioa in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday. matt has the morning off. let there be mom dancing. i want to grab my pink sweater set and let it rock. >> so good it's unbelievable. continues to impress. jimmy fallon, more viral videos from him. >> we'll show you more of the highlights from mom dancing in a moment. >> our top story the dangerous storm system racing across the south spawning tornados, heavy rain and flooding. al roker is here. >> it's a dangerous changeable situation. let's look at yesterday. this is from la beck county, kansas, this tornado not hitting the ground but it shows you just the power of this system and what is the shape of things to come. we go to louisville where our danger spot is now. louisville, kentucky, we have massive flooding. there are high water rescues, apartment complexes that are being evacuated even as we speak. i-65 is shut down in parts, they are evacuating those roads, we have people stuck in cars. it is a

. >> from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning and welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. that was everything it should be at halftime. tied. >> down from the second half they come back to win it. he has one for the thumb. the fifth national championship. congratulations to the blue devils. >> we will talk to the coach live. we top the get to the top story in the world of politics. rand paul becoming the second republican to officially join the 2016 presidential race. he scheduled an event in louisville today. kelly o'donnell is there. good morning. >> good morning. rand paul hopes a nine-letter word will set him apart. different. he is trying to position himself as a different kind of republican in what will be a large field of gop contenders. he is not an establishment figure. he is trying to cut a different path. >> late monday from pressing the stars and stripes to the big screen staging. today from rand paul's old kentucky home his presidential campaign begins with this movie-style trailer. >> it's t

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. >> that did not take long for him to find himself in hot water and hoping everybody will move on. >> we hope everybody will talk about that. the new developments on the tragic plane crash in the alps including report that is a video from a cell phone on board exists. katie has the latest on all of this. good morning to you. >> good morning. new developments and revelations that they found lubitz talking about severe depression talking about his flight school gap. this is the first time they talk about him having severe depression. new alleged video from a passenger's own cell phone perporting to show what it was like inside that plane during the final moments. lufthansa owned by germany discloses that lubitz underwent treatment for severe depression. according to correspondence between the copilot and the flight training school in 2009. lufthansa ceo expressed sorrow for the victims and gratitude to the recovery teams

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday. matt has the morning off. let there be mom dancing. i want to grab my chinos and sweater set. >> it continues. jimmy fallon and more viral videos. >> we will show you more highlights in a moment. >> the storm goes across the south and al roker is here. what can you tell us? >> this is a changeable situation. let's look at what happens in kansas. this tornado not hitting the ground but it showing you the power of this system. in louisville this is where the danger spot it. massive flooding. high water rescues and apartment complexes that are being evacuated as we speak. i-65 has been shut down and they are evacuating. it is a mess and we look at the pictures coming in. it's pretty impressive and streets turning into rivers. the system is sitting on top. let's go to the radar to show you what's going on. heavy rainfall in the last two or three hours. we are talking about 4 1/2, almost five inches of rain fa

. >>> from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. we got a breaking story at this hour. >> that deadly terrorist attack at a university in kenya. it is still going on right now. nbc has the latest. kelly, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah good morning the students who escaped are describing a terrifying morning, awaking to gunfire in their college dormtories one telling the associated press the masked gunmen asked the students that they were christian or muslims, then shot christian students on the spot. all of this started at 5:00 a.m. local time. it's still ongoing and there are reports, unconfirmed reports of hostages. ambulances rushed out with the injured. more than 60 so far, while police rushed in. >> there were gunshots all around us. and they started jumping up and down running for their life. >> reporter: at least 52 sought out according to kenyan red cross. but an unknown number are still there, caught in a gun battle between militants and

. >> 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 monday morning. savannah and natalie have the morning off. i'm joined by hoda kotb. >> look who's here. thank you for inviting me back. >> we appreciate it. we are here on a morning that even non-golf fans are talking about it. you watched the masters. >> there was something about this kid that was so captivating. how he was able to stay so cool 21 years old on that golf course. >> to be so talented and to already have a green jacket it's a big deal. we'll tell you more about spieth coming up. but let's start with our top story. hillary clinton's presidential campaign is off and running. and less than one day in she's already going about things differently than the way she did in 2008. we've got it all covered with our political team beginning with kristen welker. she's in des moines awaiting clinton's arrival. >> reporter: good morning to you. that's right. hillary clinton is expected to arrive here in io

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studioa in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today." it is friday, matt and al have the morning off. we have willie and dylan here. a big day with the weather the story. >> a big story all week long. >> dreary weather out our window. the story in the midwest. terrifying pictures out of illinois. >> yes, scary night as our top story and entire town north of chicago was devastated by a massive tornado that damage still being calculated this were mooing as the threat of more severe weather moves east. kevin tibbles is on the scene in fairdale, illinois. good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, it was a night of horrifying heavy weather across the midwest. but it was illinois that bore the brunt of the tornados. here in fairdale, every single structure has been hit by the storm and one person is dead. stormchasers captured the unbelievable footage as it knock owed ver a semi. >> he's over. go, go! >> reporter: the tornado leaving a huge swath of destruction touching down in

from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning, savannah is on vacation. happy to have hoda here. everything you are thinking about that video on the bedbugs story is probably what happened. >> what was the thinking? the good news is guys that was a rental car. >> hopefully he signed that waiver. we'll hear moron about that. >>> let's start with that shocking story a. shocking stunt about a man that flew his gyro coptor to washington and landed on the lawn of the u.s. capitol. you can only imagine the questions this has raised. peter alexander has moron on the questions and the fallout. good morning. >> reporter: matt good morning to you. this gives new idea to the meaning of air mail. right now we are standing in the middle of the national mall. this is the gyro coptor's flight path ending up right there shy of the capitol building. the head of the homeland security said had it gotten closer police have long guns to take it down t. pilot had hoped to spark

today, monday, april 27th, 201 >> 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 monday morning. matt has the morning off. the crowd is here because kathie lee gifford joins me on the show. >> i was going to say you don't look familiar, but you do today. we begin with the earthquake in nepal. the death toll is rising. it's now more than 3,700 people including 3 americans. >> a u.s. military plane may arrive today carrying much-needed supplies and search and rescue teams. >> and take a look at this. this is chilling video of the moment that avalanche swept through base camp. people are running for cover as they are overcome by a wall of . in a moment we are going to talk to a man who was there. first let's get to richard engel who's in kathmandu for us this morning. ri y >> reporter: officials here tell us any death toll is really just an estimate. they are still coming to terms with the scale of this disaster and the aftershocks are continuing. the entire city of kath

. >> 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 wednesday morning. >> and we have our top story this morning that's just breaking out of paris. there's been a major terror arrest there. we're now just learning more about what led to it. >> that's right. a man described as an extremist apparently set to attack churches this past sunday before he was taken into custody. kelly cobiella has the latest on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. french officials say they've arrested a 24-year-old man an i.t. student who was arrested on sunday. they also seized a car, what they described as war weapons, handguns ammunition bulletproof vests, and information technology type equipment. they say that this man was known to authorities. he was on their radar for expressing a desire for wanting to travel to syria. had been checked up on a couple of times. then arrested sunday. much more to come on this story as we see more develop. >> all right. obviously a scary s

. >> 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 thursday morning. savannah is on her way to australia for monday's show. we have tamron hall here. how about this video we just showed you. >> all over a cigarette. you are going to react to it this morning. kind of crazy. >> we'll have more on that story coming up. let's start with our top story. thousands of people rallying over the death of freddie gray. leading to heated clashes with police in some cities. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is in baltimore this morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi matt good morning to you. as you said more than a hundred arrests in new york city alone and here in baltimore more peaceful protests last night. we get our first glimpse into what may be included in the freddie gray death investigation. overnight a cross country wave of protests in support of baltimore. in new york city, demonstrators clashed with police. dozens there arrested. still unclear this morning, just what happen

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studioio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone welcome to "today." we have elvis playing for the wedding a little later. what happened to the passengers on that flight? >> they say the passengers on that delta flight are happy to be on solid ground. >> that's our top story. let's get to it. for 180 passengers headed to newark new jersey from par frans. at least two people had to be taken to the hospital. others were sickened after hitting bad weather and severe turbulence. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us. good morning him tell us ability this flight. >> reporter: good morning, savannah passengers on board this flight describe it as some of the worst turbulence they've ever experienced. it's so bad the turbulence went and on and it couldn't land. >> it feels like king king picked up the plane and shook it like no tomorrow. >> repor terrifying moments in the sky wednesday, after delta flight flew to newark was diverted after encountering a dangerous weather system. the pla

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today." savannah is on vacation. happy to have hoda here. everything you're thinking about that video on the bedbugs story is probably exactly what happened. >> what was he thinking? the good news, that was a rental car, so we're okay. >> hopefully he signed that waiver. >>> let's start with our top story this morning. it is that shocking stunt pulled off by a man who flew his small geoji ji gyrocopter to the capitol. you can only imagine the questions this is raising. peter alexander has more on the investigation and the fallout. peter, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. this gives new meaning to the idea of airmail. right now we're standing in the middle of the national mall. this is basically the gyrocopter's flight path as it came passing the washington monument, ending up right there just shy of the capitol building. the head of the house homeland security committee said had it gotten any closer to

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning everyone. welcome to today on a monday morning. matt has the morning off. the crowd is here because kathie lee gifford joins me. >> my gosh. you don't look familiar but you do today. >> yes. so great to have you here. >> thank you. >> we have a big story at the top. a devastating earthquake in nepal with almost every passing hour the death toll is rising. it's now more than 3,700. >> a u.s. military plane may arrive with search and rescue teams. on mt. everest helicopters used to transport dozens off of the mountains. >> this is chilling video of the moment that avalanche swept through base camp. people are running for cover as they are overcome by a wall of snow and ice. in a moment we're going to talk to a man who was there. first, to nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel in kathmandu for us. good did morning to you. >> reporter: officials tell us that any death toll at this stage is really an estimate. they are still coming to ter

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rekockefeller plaza. >> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning set. savannah's on vacation. she's back on monday. joined by hoda natalie, and al. >> goose bumps. >> is that who that is? >> i hope so. >> pretty hot in there, right, carson? >> wow. >> that's not the hottest part. >> the force is officially -- the force awakens right now. get more coffee. >> we'll have much more about that in a couple of minutes. >> and we have to tee up. you do have a little ellen revenge that is worth the wait. >> we'll tell you about that a little later on. but first from storm troopers to strong storms firing up across the southern half of this country. on the heels of severe weather sweeping through texas. al what are we looking? >> we were talking about this yesterday. we were going to see severe weather and it has happened. look at some of this video we've seen. this is out of bristow, texas. listen to this. first the hail comes and then you start to see the storms build up. a

. >> 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." 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on this wednesday. >> we're following breaking news this morning. >> right. let's get to it. a deadly ambush shooting on u.s. soldiers and took place in afghanistan. jim miklaszewski is at the pentagon. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it's called a green on blue shooting, afghan soldier opens fire on the american allies and what happened today. one american soldier killed, two others wounded. when an afghan soldier without warning opened fire on u.s. security forces in jalalabad this morning. the americans returned fire killing the afghan shooter instantly. the incident occurred this morning following a high level meeting between the u.s. and afghan government officials in jalalabad. again, without warning the security forces or the the afghan opened fire on american security forces, killing one and wounding the two others. the motive is unclear. that's under investigation. the condition

. >> 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 tuesday morning. boy, it's been some wrenching days in boston. a lot of joy and resilience. now a life or death decision in the courtroom. >> the penalty phase beginning this morning at the boston marathon bombing trial. the same jury that convicted dzhokhar tsarnaev in the attack now has to decide his fate. justice correspondent pete williams is in boston. pete good morning to you. >> matt good morning. the jury must decide between two options. death by lethal injection or life in prison without the possibility of parole. to choose the death penalty, the verdict must b boston prepares for the trial's second phase with no overwhelming call for capital punishment. the parents of martin richard are pushing for a life sentence with no right of appeal saying now is the time to turn the page end the anguish. a similar call from newlyweds who both lost legs in the bombing. they said quote, we must overcome the i

. >> 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 monday morning. welcome back to my pal savannah. back from a family vacation. >> yes. we had a great time at the beach. my baby got paler. she sat in the shade. but we had a great time. >> that makes you a good mom. and may there be interest in the tim tebow story in your household? >> yes. my husband told me before he was going to bed. that's great he's great at running the spread offense. >> we'll have more on that coming up. >>> let's get to the top story this morning. another person arrested for jumping the fence at the white house. this time the secret service wasting no time to apprehend that suspect. kristen welker is there. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. this latest incident the secret service says a person carrying a suspicious package jumped the fence on the south side of the white house complex late sunday night. now, that's the side that faces the washington monument. the f

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockef >> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. here i made one of these for you. that's when you cover your eyes while he's walking. >> how do i it and still hold your hands? he's going to do it again. walking atop the orlando eye. this is 400 feet in the air. >> it's spinning. he's going to get out of one of those pods or cars and walk about three pods away and get back in. we'll be able to talk to him for part of that walk. ths nik as you can see. we'll get to that in awhile. but today's top story, the work to restore order in baltimore. a stark contrast from the 235 arrests on monday night. >> one officer was injured when a small crowd threw rocks at police officers enforcing a citywide curfew there. that was better than the 20 injuries the night before. >> and take a look at this. on one of the same streets where riots broke out 24 hours earlier, dozens of people lined up in front of police last night to shield them from any possible unrest. let's get ri

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone, welcome to "today." 7:00 on the west coast on a thursd this hour. >> that deadly terrorist attack at a university in kenya. it is still going on right now. that's are new images in from the scene. kelly, good morning. what's the late? >> reporter: good morning. we're moving into the 12th hour now of this attack, terrorist attack in kenya. kenya's president say inging there are ho s have been sent in to end the standoff. one student who escaped early this morning said that students were running for their lives as bullets wizzed by. he heard gunfire just after 5:00 a.m. local time there. he heard them ask if there were muslims or christians and then gunshots. ambulances rushed out with the injured. more than 60 so far, while police rushed in. >> there were gunshots all around us. and they started jumping up and down, running for their life. >> reporter: at least 50 students got out according to the kenyan red cross. but an unknown number are still there

. >> 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 tuesday morning. savannah's got toe morning off. i'm here with hoda kotb. nik wallenda takes a year off my life watching these stunts. >> even seeing the clip was making me nauseous. >> and he's got an aspect he's announcing here this morning. >>> let's get to this other story. this is our top story. an unusual incident on an alaska airlines flight. the crew forced to make an emergency landing after an airport worker fell asleep inside the cargo hold. nbc's joe fryer has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the worker was not hurt. the airline says the flight was in the air for about 14 minutes and that part of the cargo hold was temperature controlled and pressurized but this created some scary moments. this is what passengers heard in the air shortly after their alaska airlines flight left seattle bound for l.a.x. new video from inside the plane reveals the banging and knocking coming from be

tuesday, a >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefell. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. matt has the morning off. hoda is here. what a night in baltimore. >> it was so chaotic and there was so much chaos overnight. you hope it calms down today. >> absolutely. there's a telling piece of video that seems to say it all. of a mom seeing her son in the streets and saying get back inside. we'll have more on that moment in just a little bit. >> it makes you wonder why schools are closed today. you want the kids to be somewhere. >> so many questions being asked. let's get to it. it has been a night of chaos, violence lawlessness in the protests over the death of freddie gray. 15 officers injured in clashes. >> right now the national guard is on the scene trying to restore peace. as we said all public schools are closed today. also a mandatory daily curfew is in place at 10:00 tonight. >> we have the coverage by law enforcement that's getting criticism. let's start with ron allen. good mor

. >> from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefellerlaza. >> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a monday morning and welcome back to my pal, savannah. back from a little vacation? >> yeah, we had a great time at my beach. my baby got pale with all the sun screen. >> there makes you a good mom. and may there be a little bit of interest in the tim tebow story? >> yes. we're an eagles fan. he's so good at running that offense. >> way to go, mike. >> don't ask me what the spread offense is. >> we'll have much more on that story. >>> another person arrested for jumping the fence at the white house, this time the secret service wasting no time to apprehend that suspect. kristen welker is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. in the latest incident the secret service says a person carrying a spur -- suspicious package jumped the fence late sunday night. that's the side that faces the washington monument. the fence jumper was immediately arrested by the secret service and is now in custody. charges are still pend

. >>> from nbc news this is "today "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a inockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning. savannah taking some family time this week. she'll be back next week and i have hoda kotb here. a lot of stories that people will be talking about today. the story of dan price, that ceo is one of them. >> and the other one is the people out in the plaza who are looking to pickle you. i'm sorry. i saw the signs. ellen has made her mark and today it's going to be a very -- >> remind me to thank her for that. >> yeah. >> we'll talk about that and we'll talk about dan price in a second, but let's talk about a top story. a new wave of protests across the country condemning police brutality even as officials in arizona defend the actions of an officer who used his patrol car. you're looking at the video right now to take down an armed suspect. nbc's miguel almaguer has a closer look at the dramatic dash cam video. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning. that video was taken back in february,

. >> announcer: from nbc news, >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning. >> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning set. welcome to "to savannah's on vacation.morning set. savannah's on vacation. she's back on monday. joined now by hoda, natalie, and. joined now by hoda, natalie, and al. al. >> goosebumps. >> is that carson?oo is that who that is? >> i hope so.arso >> pretty hot in there, right, carson? >> wow. >> that's not the hottest part. >> the force is officially - the force awakens ripart. get more coffee.cially -- the force aw >> we'll have much more about get more coffee. >> we'll h that in a couple of minutes. that in a couple of minutes. >> and we have to tee up. >> and we have to tee up. you do have a little ellen you do have a little ellen revenge that's coming up that is so worth the wait. >> we'll tell you about e wait. >> we'll tell you about that a little later on. but first, from storm troopers lit

announcer: from nbc news there is "today" with matt lauer and savanna guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning, savannah is on her way to australia for monday's show. she should be arriving shortly. we have tamron hall. how about this video. >> all over a cigarette. we hear the details of it. you are certainly going to react this morning. >> we will have more let's start on a thursday morning on our top story. thousands of people rallying from coast-to-coast over freddie gray leading to police clashes in some cities. peter alexander is in baltimore. peter, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi matt. good morning to you. as you said more than 100 arrests in new york city alone. here in baltimore, more peaceful protests last night as we get our first glimpse at what may be included inside freddie gray's death investigation. overnight, across country wave of protests in support of baltimore. in new york city demonstrators clashed with police. dozens there were arrested. it's still unclear this morning just what happened to 25-year-old freddie grey in the back of that police van. this morning, the washingto

savannah guthrie naturally. and one of the three just doesn't belong. >> no, that's not true. you are a super star now and i'm proud of you. >> there were a lot of other nbcng headphones with music or something. then the person opposite them whispers a name. >> do you mouth it? >> or you mouth it. it's like lip reading. let's watch. >> hoda kotb. >> origami. >> hoda kotb. >> huh? [ laughter ] >> hoda kotb. >> one more time. >> hoda kotb. >> oh god help me. >> sorry. hoda kotb. >> okay. we're going to play. >> let's play ourselves. >> you put on the headphones. >> okay. don't put some crappy song on there. >> oh, you'll enjoy it. no you'll like it. wait, where's my thing. does everyone at home know what the phrase is? is it too loud. >> i like it. >> okay. good. ready? i'm going to whisper a phrase. >> have you done it yet? think through. think it through. >> all right. i'll take the headphones. >> i like that song. who is that? >> it's darius rucker. >> ready? >> nice talkin' to ya. >> we are too good. >> we are too good. >> you know who's too cute for words? >> who is it? >> he looks like he's rustled up a drinky-poo for us. >> oh, my gosh. that hurts. >