Troubled soul who did not deserve to die in a hail of bullets. She didnt have any political agenda, she didnt hate her country or anything like that. She wasnt a terrorist. And a crazy kayaker teetering on the edge of insanity looking for glory. As he shoots down a terrifying and steep mountainside. So, what was he thinking . Im on the edge of glory and im hanging on a moment of truth im on the edge of glory and im hanging on a moment of truth i think we found gingers next stunt. Yeah. You mean that wasnt ginger . No, it wasnt ginger. But we do have her out in the field this morning. Shes going to cover an extraordinary confluence of weather events. Also this morning take a look at the cover of new york post. Theyre taking a crack at Alex Rodriguez. The headline this morning, theres no whining in baseball. This comes after rodriguez filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball for allegedly ruining his reputation, he says. Well have the full story coming up. He had some harsh words fo
This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie along side natalie morales. Where has al roker gone to . Two words. Miley cyrus. He is out on the plaza along with a few thousand of his dearest friends. Theyre here to see one of the biggest and most controversial stars in the world making headlines every day. Al, can you hear us . How is it going . Whats interesting is today kicks off nbc newss education nation. A lot of these kids are missing school but theyll get an education on miley cyrus. She is here as part of our Concert Series. Mileytoday if you want to be part of all of it. Guys, back inside. Thank you. That comes up in the 8 30 half hour but we want to begin on this monday morning with the top story. The daring u. S. Raids and what we know about the suspect in custody. Chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engle is here in n
Good to see you. Good to see you. U. S. Special forces had a busy weekend. Two high profile operations. Theyre conducted in secret but once you do them everybody knows. In one of the operations they managed to capture one of the United States most wanted terror suspects. Reporter retribution. They took over a Shopping Mall in the kenya capitol and killed more than 60 hostages. On saturday, the navy s. E. A. L. S paid the group a visit attacking one of the hide outs on the somali coast. A haven for terrorists and pirates. There was a heavy gun fight. They called in helicopters for extra power and then with drew. They killed at least two militants but missed their target, the leader of al shabaab. But in a simultaneous operation also in africa, u. S. Special Operation Forces did get their man, app touring abu annas abu annas al libi indicted for the bombings in kenya and tanzania. They can literally run but they cant hide. U. S. Commandos approached al libi in a car in libya. They smashe
Should have beening maul attempt two weeks ago. The seals treat, not sure if their target is dead. U. S. Changedos have been conducting under surveillance for weeks on their target. In the war on terror, u. S. Officials say expect to see more of these secret lightning raids. Kate. Barbara, thank you so much for starting us off this morning. First, a special Interrogation Group will talk with al libi, ultimately, hes, pected to face a federal trial in new york. For more, lets go to joe johns in washington this morning. What are you learn income. Abu al libi is expected to be interrogated from several days to several weeks from something called the high value detainee Interrogation Group. This is a group made up of fbi acts, Intelligence Community officials. It is actually led out of the white house by the National Security council, this is a situation where the target does not get reed read his rights. Basically, he is pressed for any information about plans for future attack, names and