Flying, turbulence hospitalizes people. Did facebook revolutionize the robot revolution. And the split that nobody saw coming. Today, monday, august 7th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us. Monday morning. We have willie in for matt. Good to have you back. Tan, and rested. Vitamin d. A lot to get to, including escalating with north korea. Defining the sune ing thing heinous plot. And Rex Tillerson condemned north korea and its missile launches. Lets start with andrea mitchell. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. At the asianpacific summit in the philippines, a rare display of unity, the u. S. On the same page as china and russia, taking a stand against north korea and its threatening missile lunches. But the rogue nation, not taking it well. Lashing out. Kim jongunregime, saying it will launch thousands fold revenge again
Old chancellor pay. What do you guys think about it . The purpose it says in the article is to allow top line academics before diving in and teaching again. You should get the salary that youre back as a teacher not as the chancellors salary. How top flight do they consider him . Are they afraid of losing him. Right. That could be, you know weve heard that argument before. Were afraid of losing these top people. Sure. That we need to run this top it is the Top Public University in the country. One teacher, half a Million Dollars. Seems like a lot. Yeah. Because it is. Because it is. 400 million is quite a lot. If it is the contract that he signed going in, we cant take it away. Might there be a review for the future . I think there might be. Students are being told their tuition is going up, paying more for books. On the very bottom end, students would say thats not right. Yeah much thats a good debate. Busy newscast this morning. I see Council Woman Rebecca Kaplan is behind the camera
Day of school she is in the pool and the kids are looking sad. Do you know what this reminds me of . Remember that commercial when they play it is the most wonderful time of the year . And the father is really happy and the kids are said it is Like Office Depot or something. It makes a big difference having the kids home all day rather than having them away for a good purpose so what is your best memory from summer 2017 . I would say watching my daughter right her bike on two wheels. Good for her. I would say when we spend that time in the pool and my daughter learn how to swim going from not being able to swim to doing freestyle. We worked on side breathing so we are getting there. We will be talking about back to school all next week so we hope you are there with us on monday. Today the first day of the outside lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park tens of thousands of people will be descending on the area today all the way through sunday. Leigh martinez is live with a sneak peak.
This morning, its impact up and down the east coast. All that and the notorious el chapo heads back to court. Tom cruise proves he is in a risky business. And usain bolt electrici fo the crowd with one more lap. Today, monday, august 14th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So good to have you on a monday morning. We have craig in for matt. Good morning. We have a lot to get to. Including fallout from the clashes with White Nationalists and protesters in charlottesville, virginia. A suspect accused of ramming his car into a crowd, will be arraigned on murder and other charges. The fbi and federal prosecutors have opened up civil rights investigations into that crash. Vigils across the country to honor the life of Heather Heyer and other victims. Overnight, mike pence spoke out telling nbc news, dangerous Fringe Groups like White Supremacists and the kkk has no pla
Warns of dire consequences. If they do that, then its game on. This morning, where the showdown could be headed. Breaking his silence. Scott peterson, speaking out for the first time in nearly 15 years, claiming he did not kill his wife, laci, and their unborn child. I was the last one to see laci that day. This morning one of the nations most notorious convicted murderers in his own words from death row. Those stories, plus gert strengthens into a hurricane overnight. Swift justice for taylor. And the silent song thats racing up the charts. [ silence ] today, tuesday, august 15th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us on this Tuesday Morning. When you have a chance, you have to explain that silence of music thing to me. Thats over my head. Well explain it, i promise. Its a busy morning. A lot of news to get to. We want to start with the protest