All that, plus lady lady. Tributes pouring in for comedy icon jerry lewis. Big ben goes silent but the outrage is loud. And epic grab. Unreal wow a kid makes the catch of the year, today, monday august 21, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today. Todays total eclipse with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Guys in graphics taking this very seriously. Were been talking about it since 1979. We want to start on this monday morning. Its a frantic search for navy sailors off the coast of sing poor. After the collision of an oil tanker and the uss john mccain. We have more from bill neely. Reporter good morning, matt. The seas off singapore are in darkness now but the search for the ten missing sailors is now intense by air and on the water. So, too, the search for answers. How on earth did this happen to one of the worlds most sophisticated warships . Especially since its not the first time. A gaping hole in its water line, a
On camera. Early today starts right now. Thanks for starting wednesday with us. Im frances rivera. Im phillip mena. Shouting matches and scuffles led to chaos late into the evening in phoenix with tear gas deployed on demonstrators. We saw images coming in after donald trump held court before the faithful in the Convention Center just feet away. Bringing back some of his favorite lines going after the media, critics and naysayers while also vowing to build the border wall. The president more resemble the candidate who barn stormed his way to the white house than the commander in chief we saw the other now announcing a troop surge in afghanistan and he used the opportunity to reiterate his own response after charlottesville going after the media once again. What happened in charlottesville strikes at the core of america. And tonight, this entire arena stands united in forceful condemnation of the thugs who perpetrate hatred and violence. They ask me, what about Race Relations in the Uni
God, youre just not helping me at all. Everybodys excited about it. Youre not supposed to look up. I got goggles. Amazon. How do you know those goggle also actually work, because what if you get cheap goggles and you look up and zzzt. Where do you get them from . Theyre like gold, you cant get them. So were all just going to burn our eyes. Halperin, there was that fantastic scene in oliver norths hearings where Brendan Sullivan says i am not a potted plant, sir. Let me just say, youve been off too long. Youre sitting there like a potted plant. I care so little about this. Solar eclipse . So little about it. Ill watch it on the internet. Willie would have picked that right up. Anyway, im obviously here 99 years. 99 years, right, but it is going to happen again very soon. I reckon theyll get to 1 15 and suddenly youll get excited. The sky will go dark, it will be mystical. Ill be napping. Kids dont look up at the sky, its just not worth it. Few things rarely are. With us senior political
The u. S. S. John s. Mccain was navigating under the freedom of operations. Reports tonight indicate the vessel sustained damage to its left rear side. A Family Assistance Center has been established fear family members of those on board the u. S. S. John s. Mccain. Those family members of those sailors on board the u. S. S. John s. Mccain can call that number. President trump tweeting thoughts and prayers are with our u. S. Navy sailors on board the u. S. S. John s. Mccain where search and rescue efforts are under way. Anybody who follows the president of the United States, we know how much he cares about the members of the military. He has the highest and utmost respect for them. We should point out before we talk about senator john mccain since its on the screen. Senator john mccain tweet being the collusion, saying earlier cindy and i are keeping the sailors on board u. S. S. John k. Mccain in you are prayers tonight. Appreciate the work of search and rescue crews. The ship was nam