But cook managed to escape. That same night he got into a shootout with a kentucky state trooper before disappearing again, this time on foot. The fbi and u. S. Marshalls joined the search as a School District was shut down for three days. Kind of weird of us to think that one person could terrorize a community thatt much, one person. O thursday Authorities Say cook approached a home in the berksville area and asked for a ride and residence called police and cook ran into the woods. Authorities shut down part of highway 61 and set up a perimeter tracking cook with canine units, night vision and heatsensing equipment. Earlier this week two of cooks known associates were arrested following a foot chase in whitehouse, tennessee and now after nearly a week on the run, police say the threat over. This is not just a Kentucky State Police problem. It was not just a tennessee Highway Patrol problem. This was a community problem, so it was a collective effort that brought it to a conclusion. Re
Snowing. I know. Well talk more with al about that in a minute and breaking news outut ofl. A. X. Inn a minute. But f fst lets stata with the escalatingar of words between republican president ial candidates donald trump and jeb bush. At issue, trumps controversial remarks about the 9 11 attacks and then president george w. Bush. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander has more on all of this. Peerkts good morning to you. Hey, matt, good monday morning to you. This line of attacks has clearly infuriated jeb bush, criticized trumps repeated jabs for much of this campaign. This time hes all in defending his brother and taking aim at the republican partys frontrunner. This morning a feed between donald trump and jeb bush is boiling over, this time a fight i dont want jeb bush to say my brother kept us safe because september 11th was one of the worst days in the history of this country. My brother responded to a crisis, and he did it as you would hope a president wouldldo. He uninid the
Matt. Im so happy the delorean is here. Were ready to reminisce about the future. Is that how it works . Something like thth, yeah. Fun to catch up with those stars of the move i, but, first, our top story. Major power moves in washington. Wisconsin congressman paul ryan taking steps to become the next House Speaker. Joe biden speaking out amid his flirtation with a president ial run, some saying hes trying to rewrite history. A lot of movinggparts. We have them all covered beginning on capitol hill with c National Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter hey, matt, good morning to you. House speaker is the third most powerful office in the land, and paul ryan initially said he wasnt interested in the job. Now he says hes willing to step up if the divided party will stand firmly behind him. As he privately tolol colleagues last night, im willing to tak arrows in the chest, not in the back. Running with reservations. This is not a job ive ever wanted, ever sou
Weve drawn all our resources together for a reveal to remember today, friday, october 30th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Woman to today on a friday morning, a day before the actual halloween, but halloween for our purposes, the day that my kids call me and go really, dad, ive got to go to s sool and deal with the fallout from this. Our last name is lauer, too, dad. Only half an hour more to keep this secret without blurting it out. I hope i can dot. A lot of fun and lots to talk about starting with our top story. Deadly end overnight for a manhunt for a dangerous fugitive. The suspect on the run for near lay week after he allegedly shot a police ofcer. He w w killed in a shootoutn kentucky. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has that story. Gabe, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Police said he was armed, dangerous and desperate. Two state troopers and a feferal marshall fo
And wrong turn. Take a look at this. A small plane zipping through a busy intersection stunning commuters. What sent it flying through the danger zone. And we do say good morning, america. The Nations Capital buzzing again this morning. Pope francis exciting so many people, hundreds of thousands coming out to see him and, george, youre in the center of it all again this morning. Right here in the capital and all of us here at the capitol just treated to the most gorgeous sunrise over the library of congress and Supreme Court. Thousands gathering already. 50,000 tickets given out to see the pope today. They are on the south lawn of the capitol. The pope will come out with the speaker and greet them after he makes history. Becoming the first pope ever to address a joint meeting of congress and, robin, hell be speaking as a head of state, the as you know, george, there have already been so many memorable moments. There will be more today but yesterday, the pope inside the white house also