but he had changed places with his twin brother who was actually supposed to be on the ice. their dad made them come clean, and it could cost them big bucks today, tuesday, august 16th, and it could cost them big bucks today, tuesday, august 16th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning. i m savannah guthrie in for ann who is on assignment. we ll check in with her. but meanwhile, matt, the white house says president obama three-day bus trip through the midwest is not a campaign trip but it kind of had that feel on monday. they red ament about that. during his first stop in minnesota the president says he s working on a new plan to fix the economy that will be ready when congress returns from summer break. he also took a few shots at the gop field for the 2012 presidential race. also ahead, the suspect in the disappearance of a maryland woman in aruba appeared in court o
but he had changed places with his twin brother who was actually supposed to be on the ice. their dad made them come clean, and it could cost them big bucks today, tuesday, august 16th, and it could cost them big bucks today, tuesday, august 16th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning. i m savannah guthrie in for ann who is on assignment. we ll check in with her. but meanwhile, matt, the white house says president obama three-day bus trip through the midwest is not a campaign trip but it kind of had that feel on monday. they red ament about that. during his first stop in minnesota the president says he s working on a new plan to fix the economy that will be ready when congress returns from summer break. he also took a few shots at the gop field for the 2012 presidential race. also ahead, the suspect in the disappearance of a maryland woman in aruba appeared in court o
crossed paths with the world s largest animal a blue whale. what is it like to be up close and personal with this large creature? we ll find out when we talk to him, this real-life jonah. today, saturday, august 13, 2011. good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a saturday. i m lester holt. and i m amy robach. and i have to say blue whales apparently aren t a threat when they re in the water with you. but that would, i think, provide little comfort for me if i were that guy staring one in the face. it s not going to attack you, but it s a big creature. to get up close and perhaps to be hit as it s flipping through the ocean this is incredible video. was it a week ago, two weeks ago, we had the guy who jumped on a shark? let the animals alone, folks. how about just stay in the boat? stay in the boat. incredible picture. we ll find out how this came about later. also, here we go, 14 months until the presidential election, but the gloves are off in this firs
and personal with this large creature? we ll find out when we talk to him, this real-life jonah. today, saturday, august 13, 2011. good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a saturday. i m lester holt. and i m amy robach. and i have to say blue whales apparently aren t a threat when they re in the water with you. but that would, i think, provide little comfort for me if i were that guy staring one in the face. it s not going to attack you, but it s a big creature. to get up close and perhaps to be hit as it s flipping through the ocean this is incredible video. was it a week ago, two weeks ago, we had the guy who jumped on a shark? let the animals alone, folks. how about just stay in the boat? stay in the boat. incredible picture. we ll find out how this came about later. also, here we go, 14 months until the presidential election, but the gloves are off in this first test of the 2012 season. that s right. today is the ames straw poll. nine republicans are
wish from an 8-year-old girl turning 9 from her parents and grandparents. extraordinary gift she will give the world. good evening. we begin this sunday night with an emerging portrait of the loss, the brothers, fathers, husbanan and sons lost in the deadliest attack yet in for u.s. forces in afghanistan. 30 american troops were killed when an chinook helicopter was shot down this weekend. 22 of them navy s.e.a.l.s. tonight we have learned the u.s. military has sent forces in the battle zone to hunt down the taliban fighters responsible. this as we begin to hear from the families of these men, many of the members of the s.e.a.l.s elite team six. that team is based in virginia beach, virginia. this is where yunji de nies is tonight. reporter: they are the military s elite, the identities kept so secret. now in death, we re learning more about these heroes. 25-year-old michael strange, served in iraq, africa and afghanistan and had just gotten engaged. he got deployed aga