left this morning headed to experience, experienced solemn e nation remembers the tragic explosion of twa flight 800 off the coast of long island, 25 years ago this month. >> it's hard to believe. for years the wreckage of that

she said, oh, my god, a twa plane went down off long island, turn on the tv. >> reporter: the four-year investigation that followed was one of the most exhaustive in aviation history. investigators were able to identify all the victims and 95% of the plane's wreckage was recovered. that boeing 747 first carefully reconstruction at a hangar in new york, then transported to the ntsb training center in northern virginia. >> this is what caused this plane to go down. this is the area where it occurred. >> reporter: the ntsb determining the cause of the crash was an electrical spark inside the fuel tank. this reconstructed fuselage critical to solving the mystery. are we safer because of this? >> oh, absolutely. we haven't had any kind of an accident like this since then. >> reporter: a testament, they say, to dedication and hard work. this wreckage helped teach investigators valuable safety lessons, producing recommendations that fundamentally changed the way aircraft are designed, from how they're wired to reducing the potential for explosions in the fuel tank. for years this reconstructio

up next, how to avoid getting priced out when buying a home >>> this month marks 25 years since the twa flight 800 disaster which triggered one of the largest and most expensive investigations in history. but for the families of those lost, a memory seared into their hearts here's peter alexander >> reporter: 25 years later, joe lichner vividly remembers that call his wife with his daughters checking in just before boarding twa flight 800 >> i could hear the girls running and enjoying themselves and having a great time. and they were so excited to be going to paris that's a thought that will always live with me. >> reporter: their flight from jfk exploded shortly after takeoff crashing into the atlantic all 230 people on board lost >> in some ways it seems like it's been the blink of an eye. in other ways, it seems like a very long time >> reporter: the four-year investigation that followed was unprecedented. the ntsb determining the crash was likely the result of an electrical spark that set off fumes in the center fuel tank. >> the investigation really changed how the industry looks a

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honore with a parade up the canyon of heroes we're there live >>> 25 years later, the explosion of twalight 800, one of the worst air disasters in history. >> everybody's direction in life changed at that moment when that plane went down. >> how families of the 230 people who died will mark the somber anniversary and the new plans for the wreckage used more than two decades to improve safety in the skies. >>> those stories, plus hopes dashed sha'carri richardson left off the u.s. olympic track team ending her last chance of competing. her reaction overnight and a live report from tokyo with the opening ceremony just 16 days away >>> and love for a lifetime. on their 75th anniversary, a as the happy couple reveals their relationship secrets >> make up and give each other kisses before we go to sleep >> today wednesday, july 7th, 2021 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza >>> and welcome to "today" on this busy wednesday morning. thanks so much for joining us. savannah and hoda are off. >>> the news out of flo

twa flight 800 today, 25 years ago. arthel?ndrew cuomo set to be questioned today by investigators from the new york state attorney general's office. she's looking into multiple sexual harassment allegations or accusation against the governor. her office has subpoenaed mr. cuomo's travel records and collective troves of other documents as well as e-mails. and right now we're going to bring in defense attorney robert shaw, former prosecutor. so, bob, what does attorney general leticia james want to know from governor cuomo? >> yeah. as you're aware, governor cuomo's embattled in a number of sexual harassment allegations against him x this is an interesting deposition or agreement because what this is, it is an arranged interrogation. this is merely an investigation. he doesn't have to cooperate but, obviously, the optics if he didn't would be devastating for him. so him and his team of lawyers have been preparing for the last couple of weeks, obviously, his political insiders and his confidants have been subpoenaed as well, and

twa flight 800.ovid, just a few weeks after i got here. and on the debut broadcast of "the week" we had to rebuild much of our rundown to cover the death of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. that was night one. flight 800 raised questions about airline safety and speculation over whether the plane was shot down. the ntsb said the flight was not attacked or anything like that. but that did not prevent a lot of conspiracy theories, rumors, and outright hoaxes from circulating. because the web was still so new to most people, it was hard to wrangle and debunk. one scholar refers to it as the first conspiracy of the internet age. if only it could have been the last. but we know what has happened since. among other things, cable news has become a thing, a major political player in american culture. just in the last few days, there have been a number of long reads about fox news host tucker carlson. he has the most-watched show on cable news with well over 3 million viewers a night. this is the pa

twa flight 800 exploded over the atlantic ocean, killing all 230 people onboard shortly after takingot-long reconstruction of the 747 will soon be dismantled. after serving as an important training tool to make sure our flights today are safer. here's nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: pieces of wreckage and fuel oil could be seen burning for hours. >> 25 years ago this month, just off the coast of new york, the atlantic was lit up by flames from twa flight 800. images seared into heidi's heart. >> everyone's direction in life changed at that moment when that plane went down. >> reporter: among the 230 people lost, heidi's fiancee, michel braystrof. >> he was amazing and just very young. >> reporter: joe vividly remembers the last call from his wife, pam, with his daughters, shannon and katie, checking in just before boarding the flight. >> i could hear the girls running and enjoying themselves and having a great time. and they were so excited to be going to paris. that is the thought that will always live with me. >> reporter: their flight from jfk exploded shortly after takeoff. >

colnd ghting twas a bastriking for. >>> to row, president biden is expected to mandate vaccines or testing for 2 billion 2000 08 workers. >>> the delta variant dominating the caseload across america. the affections are up 400% in the last four weeks. new evidence shows some fully vaccinated people with breakthrough areas. >> when a person gets in fact did who has they are affected with the delta variant. the virus is 1000 times higher rather than the alpha. the house of representatives are looking to and that the threat of bringing masks is that a decision based on science. speaker, nancy pelosi had this to say. >> is kevin mccarthy more on and why? >> to say that wearing a mask is not right. >> they are pushing for a ceo for girl this they are looking for emergency authorization for a booster. >>> the cast members and guests, two years old and up will have to mask indoors regardless of status. >>> remember as we move on here , if you have any questions about the coronavirus vaccines you. ask our abc7news.com.com news team . >>> in butte and plumas county they are struggling to keep the la

. >>> it was one of the biggest air disasters in history. 25 years ago today twa flight 800 crashed intoay to remember those lost, cnn's pete muntean has more. >> reporter: for john c. man the water off long island represents 25 years of grief. this is where twa flight 800 plunged into the atlantic ocean, july 17th, 1996, killing his niece, michelle becker. >> you never really could close the door on this. you can never really put it away. >> reporter: becker was one of 230 people who are now memorialized here, initially terrorism or a missile were suspected as causes of the crash, so investigators began unprecedented reconstruction of parts pulled from the ocean floor. peter was the managing director of the national transportation safety board. >> when you talk about airplane breakup, when you talk about, well, was it a bomb? was it a missile? well, you can see the evidence. >> reporter: the massive reconstruction remains hidden from public view in a secluded ntsb hanger in virginia. used for years as an agency teaching aid, we were granted a last look at the nearly 100-foot section of

still ahead this morning, remembering twa flight 800 and why one powerful reminder of the tragedy isdisappear. ,sser known civil rights pioneers, but ida b. wells has earned a place in history that's now being fully recognized. we'll hear about her trailblazing legacy ahead. >>> later, another trail blazer, but in the world of aviation. wally funk had accomplished just about everything in her field except a long-deferred dream of making it into space. next week, she'll get the chance. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." >>> he began as a street artist about a decade ago. one of his paintings sold for more than $100 ion. the remarka jean-michael basquiat and his influence on art, music, and hip-hop culture. >>> plus, big amusement parks don't open every day. in fact, it's been nearly a half century since one was built here in the northeast. we'll visit the new legoland just north of new york city as it celebrates its very first summer season. >>> this is "cbs this morning saturday." >>> "cbs this morning saturday" the return in a few minutes. for now, i'm rylee carlson with a

. >>> 25 years ago today, twa flight 800 exploded just minutes after takeoff from new york.e the focus of their pain, greefr and despair. grief andesir >> reporter: in a perm state of silence. the bar, the bawl room, a time capsule of sorrow. >> made you part of a club you never wanted to be part of. frsz >> flight 80025 years later is available to stream right now on the abc seven bay area streaming tv app. >>> a year to the day after congressman john lewis died, family, friends and colleagues gathered in san diego for the christening of the u.s. navy ship name would in his honor. >> i kristen thee john lewis. may god rest this ship and all who shale in her. >> lewis became a civil rights icon whose fight for racial just gab in the jim crowe south, and ended in the halls of congress. the john lewis was built in san diego. >>> still ahead, talk with warriors coach steve kerr. team usa is ready for the olympic games... so is jacob! he's got a flex 4k streaming box free with xfinity internet, and peacock premium included. with team usa highlights... live look-ins... athlete in

european council, donald tusk, is hoping to make a political come back in his homeland of poland. twas is taking over as leader of the main opposition party, but he founded the liberal civic platform. he wants to challenge the ruling white wing law, injustice party in elections in 2 years time. the government has clashed with puzzles over law reforms l g, b, t, and women's rights as well. earlier we spoke with the w correspondent, magdalena, quote, paula caught in war, so we asked her what to say plan come back is likely to meet for polish politics. could be dangerous for the really 5 years of good. she and we know that he has the vision to win been next election were which will take place in 2 years in poland and his for now. yeah. and it's clear he will find the, could you give him a me, if it's gone it to happen? we still have 2 years, so we have to do what to do, what happened, but she came back, you know, compete. he came back to the platform where she called found us predict ago. and she feels like home, hugh, which we could see today. you were very self confident and he's had, h

remember the hundreds of victims of twa flight 300 killed when the aircraft exploded right after takeoffw york city. memorial services today to mark 25 years the tragedy. u.s. navy christening u.s. john lewis in honor of the late congressman and civil rights leader. it's the mavis replenishment boiler, ship that supplies others in the fleet. the honors of christening campaign model there. nancy pelosi delivered the address at the san diego their money. one year after congressman and civil rights icon, john lewis died of late stage pancreatic cancer at the age of 80. >> it's been 25 years since the deadly disaster flight 800. in this day and 96, the 25-year-old boeing 747 exploded in mid air off the coast of long island headed from new york airport to paris. all 230 people on board died. today family and friends of those lost gathered at the memorial park in long island, new york. to pay for and honor the memory of their loved ones who are lost. she lost her fiancÉ that day, she found emotional support services and helped family members of the crash victims and the author of surviving sud

today marks 25 years twa flight 800 suddenly exploded in the skies over new york's long island.l being held for the family for the to 30 people on board who died. federal investigators set an electrical short in a center wing fuel tank caused the explosion. they could not determine where the spark came from. extreme weather fueling wild fathers and working from of the largest is a bootleg fire covering more than 400 square miles bigger than new york city only about 20% contained as of now, 2000 people have evacuated. for more on these and other stories, download the fox news app, code on your screen and go to fox news.com/apps. [cheering] shame on you! jon: the battle over whether to teach critical race theory in our schools reaching a boiling.in states like virginia. kat virginia pta leader who said let them die regarding parents, opposing agree to resign. let's bring in ian, the director of the fight for schools act also a parent to county students. your school district has always been regarded as one of the finest in the country, what happened? >> i think what you're seeing t

in fact, in our third night on the air, we got word that twa flight 800 had gone down off of long islandment couldn't render a long island map. so we used a road atlas from someone's trunk in the parking lot and pointed to the crash site. the march of news just kept coming after that. much of it tragic. diana was killed just over a year later. then came the clinton impeachment. 9/11, the dual wars that 9/11 spawned, a few contested elections, a few spectacular elections. a threat to our democracy, and look at the time. here we are. the network asked 25 of us to write an essay, and asked me to sum of the previous 25 years, and asked me to keep it to 300 words. starting tomorrow, you can read the mini opus on our website, which includes the early mystery as to what those first two letters stood for in our name. importantly, thank you for being with us, bearing with us, for watching all or part of this journey. without you, we would all just be talking to ourselves, just like the first few nights on the air. with that, that's our broadcast for this wednesday night. thanks for being with us.

. >>> 25 years ago tomorrow, twa flight 800 exploded minutes after takeoff from new york. 230 peoplees of the victims, one hotel became the focus of their pain, grief, and despair as they awaited word on their loved ones. >> reporter: it stands dormant, long forgotten. in a permanent state of silence. the bar, the ballroom, once urgent room service orders, all of it a time capsule of sorrow. >> being here made you part of a club that you never wanted to be part of. >> reporter: they call it the heartbreak hotel. >> the doc you series, heartbreak hotel, flight 825 years later, is available to stream right now on the abc7 bay area tv app. the app is free and is available on roku, team usa is ready for the olympic games... so is jacob! he's got a flex 4k streaming box free with xfinity internet, and peacock premium included. with team usa highlights... live look-ins... athlete interviews and more, it's all of jacob's favorites in one place! woooooooooooow! woooooooooooow! woooooooooooow! entertainment starts at free with flex, included with xfinity internet. get ready for the olympics w

big stories to cover, we found our audience, in fact, on our third night on the air we got word that twarly graphics department couldn't render a long island map so we use a road atlas that was in sown woods trunk in the parking lot and pointed to the crash site off the coast of east mauritius new york. the march of news just kept coming after that, much of a tragic, diana was killed just over a year later. then came the clinton impeachment, 9/11, the dual wars that 9/11 spawned. a few contested elections, a few spectacular elections. a threat to our democracy, and look at the time, here we are. the network asked 25 of us to write an essay for tomorrow's 25th anniversary. they asked me to sum up these past 25 years, they further ask that i keep it to 300 words because i guess they're familiar with my work. starting tomorrow, you can read the many opus on our website, which includes the early mystery as to what's those first two letters stood for in our name, msnbc. importantly, thank you, thank you for being with us and bearing with us. thank you for watching all or part of this journey.

. >>> it was one of the biggest disasters in the history of air travel. 25 years ago today, twa flightp on board. >> here is cnn's pete muntean. >> reporter: nor john, the water off long island represents 25 years of grief. this is where flight 800 plunged into the atlantic ocean, july 17th, 1996. >> killing his niece, michelle becker. >> you could never really close the door on this. you could never really put it away. >> reporter: becker was one of 230 people who are memorialized here. a missile was suspected as cause of the crash to investigators began a reconstruction of parts pulled from the ocean floor. peter goals was then the managing director of the national transportation safety board. >> when you talk about airplane breakup and was it a bomb, was it a missile, well you could see the evidence. >> reporter: the massive reconstruction remains hidden from public view in a secluded hanger in virginia used for years as an agency teaching aid, we were looking at the wreckage. the ntsb is moving out of the building which means all 6,000 pieces will be disis a sembled forever. the in

twas milk. everybody got it. nobody. everybody drank it, nobody was lactose intolerant.d not prepare for lactose intolerance discussion on our show but i will say my dad and you are about the same age. you are a little younger than my pops. they come from the british linage. milk is a big deal. doing yard work, drink water. he says give them milk. what are you doing. stuart: it is a rock and roll show. >> i have cheese later on. the milk product discussion out of control here on "varney." stuart: let's get serious. senate democrats agreed to a massive $3.5 trillion budget deal. todd piro knows all about it. >> we're talking about inflation, i have don't think this will help inflation if it happens. senate democrats approved a $3.5 trillion. with things that have no chance getting into the bipartisan infrastructure deal. social climate, green energy programs. if the proposal passes both chambers it will allow democrats to avoid a gop fill duster using reconciliation process but it will require every senate democrat to be on board, west virginia senator joe manchin won't g