mia cerillo covered herself in her friend s blood, pretended to be dead so that she could survive. the hearing comes as pressure mounts on u.s. lawmakers to address a recent string of mass shootings. this afternoon the house will vote on a set of bills that would raise the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21, ban high capacity magazines and crack down on ghost gun purchases or guns that are not traceable. the bill is unlikely to garner republican support, but a different story is unfolding in the senate where the top democratic negotiator of a bipartisan package of gun bills says a deal could be reached by the end of this week. some issues on the table include addressing mental health, expanding background checks, providing incentives for states to implement red flag laws and strengthening school security. the calls for lawmakers to act got a boost on tuesday afternoon when actor matthew mcconaughey a uvalde native made an emotional plea from the white hou
Look across the pond its a mixed pictures over there. The tenyear note yield. We have some employment data, there is the 232 our road map starts with wall streets record run. U. S. Stock futures pointing to a higher open, the s p at its longe streak of records now in 20 years. Plus delivery wars u. P. S. And fedex shares are following on reports that amazon is testing its own Delivery Service. And bill ackman rumphing up his push for changes at adp, well hear why he thinking that company could be more productive making history after the three indices closed at record highs. Jobs fell by 12,000. Earlier President Trump treated stock market hits a record high, business and manufacturing enthusiasm at the highest level in decades a reason for him to be optimistic so too for the gulls industrials, transports, small caps, mid caps, almost everywhere you look. I think it will be interests to see what happens with the transcripts after this news for amazon thats been gravy. We are in an absen
Allegedly groping her. Did her testimony hurt or help . Plus the driver behind the wheel in this sevenstory plunge. The Police Officer caught on camera. And the scholarship surprise you wont want to miss. Today, friday, august 11th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. And that scholarship story is just what the doctor ordered for this friday. Cant wait to tell you about that. It certainly is. Lets tell you about our top story. New developments in the north korea crisis, while President Trump toughened his message to kim jongun, his defense secretary seems to be stepping back from trumps dire warnings. We have coverage starting with peter alexander. Good morning. Reporter one week into his working vacation, President Trump is clearly in a talkative mood. Yesterday, when his press secretary held up a sign that said one more question, the presid
Are you surprised sanders is doing this well. Yes. I am surprised. Sunday. Hello again from washington. We begin with the results from doubleheader. South carolina, donald trump scored a big victory, winning almost 33 of the vote. It was a close race for second with marco rubio edging out ted cruz. The bottom three were far back with jeb bush suspending his campaign. In the Nevada Democratic caucuses, Hillary Clinton narrowly defeated Bernie Sanders with 53 of the vote. Well talk with the two republicans who had the best nights, donald trump and marco rubio, in a moment. First, Fox Team Coverage starting with chief Political Correspondent carl cameron in rockhill, South Carolina. Carl . Reporter thanks, chris. Donald trump has now won the first two primaries, new carolina, back to back. And he is looking to make good on his prediction to run the table. Lets have a big win in nevada. Lets have a big win tse krat the sec. This has become a threeperson race flea market and we will win the
Its south of fort belvoir a very small enclave of homes. Es very unusual that something seti like this would happen here. N h you see where the brighthe brigh lights are. Ligh theres a home on the lefts home side of the road here, this isei river drive, and it borders the potomac itself and that is i where police say they received a 911 call from someone insidem a residence there about thehe man who was found deceased inead the backyard. Bacar now, police used thehe terminology trauma to theolog upper body but we also know k that they heard gun shots and ad people in the area reported ror gun shots and so we can only o draw conclusions that perhaps that trauma to the upper bodytop was indeed a gunshot wound. Ou the man was taken out of here in an ambulance. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Spal neighbors tells they believes that he is elderly probably intn his 80s and certainly nothingoi that they can imagine and nobody thinks at this pointhis o that it was some kind of a of a r