August 25, 2024

Israeli officials say they've launched a preemptive strike across southern Lebanon bombing Hezbollah rocket launchers embedded in civilian areas. Hezbollah rejects this version of events and said they used rockets to knock down Israeli infrastructure. NBC's Daniele Hamamdjian reports for TODAY. NASA says the two astronauts who were scheduled to spend only eight days on the International Space Station from Boeing's Starliner space capsule are now set to return home on a SpaceX capsule in February 2025. NBC's Marissa Parra reports for TODAY. Ruth Johnson Colvin, the extraordinary woman who started a literacy organization in her basement that turned into the global movement called Literacy Volunteers of America, has died at 107. Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist remembers a life well lived. Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist runs through the highs and lows of the week including a new twist to a routine bureaucratic tradition at national political conventions, Coldplay honoring Taylor Swift fans in Vienna and more.
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