Charging so much money . Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. An apology today by president obama for the deadly american attack on a hospital in afghanistan. The president calling an accident, the horrible tragedy that killed almost two dozen patients and medical staff. And jarred us back into the horrible reality of a war that thought was over for the u. S. Despite the apology, Doctors Without Border which operated the hospital is not draping the demand for the attack to be investigated as a possible war crime. Richard engel has the latest. Reporter after struggling to explain how and why the u. S. Bombed a hospital in afghanistan, today the president made a call. This morning from the oval office, president obama spoke by telephone with Doctors Without Borders International President dr. Joann liu to apologize and express his con doylences for the msf staff and patients that were killed and injured when a u. S. Air strike mistakenly hit a hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, ove
Mile debris field found in the atlantic ocean. This orange life ring bares the name of the missing cargo ship. A lot of crew, want them home, need them home. Todd while the search continues, family and friends of the 33 crew members are anxiously awaiting word, among the missing, dylan from maine. You think about the worst, but dylan is a strong kid. Todd dylan is one of four crew members from maine. It has been missing since thursday when it was in the path of then Tropical Storm joaquin. The 790foot vessel was traveling from jacksonville, florida, destined for puerto rico. The captain made a distress call saying the ship had taken degrees in the area known as the bermuda triangle. Michael holland is also from maine. She the is in jacksonville, florida. The shipping company is defending its decision to authorize the voyage which departed jacksonville last tuesday when joaquin was still a Tropical Storm. Crew members are equipped to handle situations such as changing weather. Todd kaza
Is not a total surprise. It sounded like dynamite. State police say it was head on a loaded cement truck and a car. It is on a route 20 curve where residents have grown to expect bad crashes. I dont know what they are going to do about it. The crash pushed the car into an suv injuring two additional people. But the fatality was in the first car. Support. A third seriously hurt. I know a woman and two children were in that vehicle. I walked up to see what was going on and there is a babys cup on the ground and the car is covered over in sheets and it is awful. There is that car up there. Investigators are still analyzing the crash to determine who veered over the center divider. Witnesses say the truck driver appeared extremely distraught. I have seen a truck driver crying saying i killed somebody. Reporter as of a few minutes ago the state police are eliminating their preliminary investigation saying the woman in the car crossed the line into the path of the cement truck. Again she is
Switzerland where a century ago Albert Einstein began working on his theories of relativity. Ideas that would profoundly shape the modern world. The surviving pilot of a russian fighter jet says he and his copilot received no warning. The Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says the country will now reconsider its relations with turkey, but will not be going to war over what happened. The turkish government maintaining the plane violated its air space, despite persistent warnings. One pilot died, the other has been found alive by the syrian army. Let us the circumstances of him being found alive and taken somewhere where he can give his side of the story, and also tell us what else he had to say. Reporter well, it was a 12hour rescue effort to try to save the captain. He has basically parachuted out of his downed plane with the pilot. The pilot was shot from the ground by turkmen rebels as he was parachuting down. The other one managed to survive, but for many, many hours, it was un
And just kind of feels like hes still on a trip. How the quick thinking crew averted disaster. Rubios moment . Florida senator marco rubio picking up steam in the latest polls and becoming Donald Trumps latest target. Can he go the distance . Well ask him when he joins us live in studio 1a. Andying mcdinner . Mcdonalds hears the voice of the people. After much anticipation, it is finally serving breakfast all day, today, tuesday, october 6th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning. No one that likes a hot cake like matt lauer so i know you are excited. People united can never be defeated and the next thing they need to do for hangover sufferers is big macs at 7 00 a. M. Our top story this morning is the weather in South Carolina. Theres flooding and its continuing to get worse. At least 11 people have died and disaster. President obama has said so. Al is monitoring the situation from here, but