Time we see one of these Mass Shootings, our thoughts and prayers are not enough. This morning the terror inside the classroom, the heros who raced into action and the battle looming once again over guns in america. Natalie is live on the scene this morning. And moving out. After Hurricane Joaquin slams the bahamas overnight, its now headed out to sea and away from the east coast, but theres another concern, a separate yet powerful storm is bringing torrential rains and severe floating to the southeast today, friday, october 2nd, 2015. 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 friday morning. Another morning, another sick feeling about having to cover a story like the one we saw in oregon yesterday. The president spoke at the white house and used words like routine and numb. This little town in oregon it is so raw. Their hearts are broken this morning, and i think everybo
Years after president obama said assad must go in syria, hes tacitly willing to let him stay. Matt and savannah. And i yeah, thanks very much. An interesting day where she is at the u. N. Absolutely. We move to politics now, the president ial race and a revealing new nbc News Washington post poll. Republicans donald trump and ben carson running neck in neck and on the democratic side Hillary Clinton is losing ground to Bernie Sanders. Weve got two reports this morning and then well break things down with chuck todd. Lets start with the republicans and nbc correspondent peter alexander. Peter, good morning. Reporter hey, with his momentum stalling donald trump will unveil his tax plan today including tax hikes for the have wealthy. This morning he and ben carson, as you noted, all locked up at the top, but two of their challengers are picking up steam. They are not backing down with one of them trashing Trumps Campaign as a freak show. Despite the kurt tans collapsing sunday n tht latel
Four patients went to the operating room for various procedures, and, unfortunately, one patient was deceased in the emergency room. Reporter shooters father spoke briefly to reporters late last night. This is a shock to everybody at what happened today. Obviously its been a devastating day, devastating for me and my family. Any surprise at all . Shocked, shocked is all i can say. Reporter a lot of shock, a lot of heartbreak here. Community speakers at the vigil last night credited Law Enforcement for the crick response, including two u. S. Marshalls who just happened to be here in rosenberg in an unrelated case. When they first heard reports of the shooting on the scanner, they raced to the campus and were among the First Responders, perhaps preventing more loss of life. Matt and savannah . All right, natalie. Well check in with you a lot throughout the morning. Thanks very much. And, of course, big question this morning, the one we ask so often in cases like this why . For more on th
That came after a fleury of lastminute appeals failed. The archbishop wrote to the parole board on behalf of pope francis who called for a world wide ban on his Death Penalty during his visit to the united states. An unjust and necessary punishment should never exclude the hope and the goal of rehabilitation. Papal appeals for individual cases not unheard of. John paul ii was successful in getting a missouri inmate off death row. That was in 1999. The sentence commuted to life without parole. Speaking of pope francis, theres word this morning that during his u. S. Trip he met secretly with kim davis. Shes he controversial county clerk in kentucky who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is following this story for us. Hallie, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. In washington last week to receive an award from the Family Research council, a conservative Advocacy Group in recognition of her stand against samesex marriage, a
Hillary clinton weighed in on the situation in syria in an interview with chuck todd on msnbcs mtp daily and the former secretary of state took issue with her old boss saying the inability to find and train new rebels represents a failure by the obama administration. If we had been able to move in to help organize and support those people on the ground, maybe we could have made a difference. Well, weve got to deal with where we are right now. Its obviously now a different set of circumstances, and what the pentagon has been doing hasnt worked. And clinton talked about the bigger role that russia is playing in the syria crisis saying the u. S. Needs to figure out how to prevent them from making a bad situation even worse. And republican side, after vowing to get more specific on the issues, donald trump has rolled out his tax plan to mixed reviews. We will talk to mr. Trump in a moment, but first nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander crunched the numbers on the proposal, and we als