>>> WE'RE BACK NOW ON A SATURDAY
MORNING WITH AN ANNUAL
TRADITION.
A LOOK BACK AT THE MAJOR STORIES
THAT MADE HEADLINES OVER THE
LAST YEAR.
>> FROM TERROR ATTACKS TO
SENSELESS ACTS OF VIOLENCE,
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT CLAIMS THAT
ROCKED THE ENTERTAINMENT
INDUSTRY AND UPLIFTING STORIES
OF HOPE AND HEROISM.
2017 WAS CERTAINLY A YEAR TO
REMEMBER.
>>> THE DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING
IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> A GUNMAN OPENING FIRE ON AN
OUTDOOR COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL
AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
527 OTHERS WOUNDED.
VICTIMS OF YET ANOTHER MASS
SHOOTING, THIS TIME A LITTLE
CHURCH IN A SMALL TEXAS TOWN.
>> YOU NEVER THINK SOMETHING
LIKE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN
CLOSE TO HOME.
>> HALF OF THOSE MASSACRED WERE
CHILDREN.
>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS AT THIS
HOUR.
REPORTEDLY A MEMBER OF CONGRESS
HAS BEEN SHOT.
>> REPRESENTATIVE SCALISE TAKEN
OFF THE FIELD BY MEDICS.
>> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD COME
TO BASEBALL PRACTICE AND DODGE
BULLETS.
>> BREAKING NEWS COMING OUT OF
LONDON.
>> THIS CAR A WEAPON USED TO
KILL AND INJURE DOZENS ON
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.
>> THE BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT.
YET ANOTHER TERRORIST ATTACK IN
THE HEART OF LONDON.
>> THIS WHITE VAN ACCELERATED
TARGETING PEDESTRIANS.
THEN MEN JUMPING FROM THE VN
WIVAN
WITH KNIVES.
>> A VAN PLOWS INTO PEDESTRIANS
KILLING OVER A DOZEN IN A
POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION.
TERROR ATTACK IN NEW YORK CITY.
AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE ARE DEAD.
OVER A DOZEN MORE INJURED AS A
TRUCK BARELIRELS THROUGH THE BIKE
LANE.
>> THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING.
THERE'S SOMEONE THAT EVIL OUT
THERE.
>> TERROR IN MANCHESTER.
HORRIFIC BOMBING AT BRITAIN'S
LARGEST CONCERT ARENA.
MANY OF THE VICTIMS TEENAGERS
AND CHILDREN ATTENDING AN ARIANA
GRANDE CONCERT.
>> ARIANA GRANDE MADE AROUND
EMOTIONAL RETURN TO THE STAGE.
>> WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?
THEY'VE BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> UGLY DEADLY DAY IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA.
>> THIS CAR PLOWED INTO A CROWD
OF PEOPLE.
>> IT'S BARRELLING TOWARDS THE
PROTESTERS.
>> IT HAPPENED AFTER WHITE
NATIONALISTS CLASHED WITH
COUNTER PROTESTERS.
THE RALLY ORIGINALLY MEANT TO
PROTEST THE CITY'S DECISION TO
REMOVE THE STATUTE OF
CONFEDERATE GENERAL ROBERT E.
LEE BUT IT QUICKLY TURNED TO
CHAOS.
>> HATRED BIGOTRY AND VIOLENCE
ON MANY SIDES.
>> THIS MORNING A HOLLYWOOD
TITAN DETHRONED.
>> HASH TAG ME TOO BECOMING A
RALLYING CRY AGAINST SEXUAL
HARASSMENT.
>> WE ARE TRONSTRONG, WE ARE BRAVE
AND WE WILL FIGHT.
>> DUSTIN HOFFMAN.
>> MARIO BATALI.
>> CBS NEWS HAS SUSPENDED OUR CO
HOST CHARLIE ROSE.
>> THE LATEST TV PERSONALITY
TAKEN DOWN BY THE RECENT WAVE OF
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT CLAIMS, ONE OF
OUR OWN.
MATT LAUER FIRED AFTER A
COMPLAINT ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR.
>> WE ARE DEVASTATED.
HOW DO YOU RECONCILE YOUR LOVE
FOR SOMEONE WITH THE REVELATION
THAT THEY HAVE BEHAVED BADLY?
>> DONALD J. TRUMP SWORN IN AS
THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THESE
UNITED STATES.
>> AMERICA FIRST.
>> SATURDAY'S WOMEN MARCH MORE
THAN A MILLION DEMONSTRATORS
WORLDWIDE.
>> THE OUTRAGE OVER PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL
IMMIGRATION ORDER TO RESTRICT
TRAVEL FROM SEVEN
MUSLIM-MAJORITY NATIONS.
>> RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA.
>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FIRED FBI
DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY.
>> I KNOW I WAS FIRED BECAUSE OF
SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY I WAS
CONDUCTING THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION.
>> ROBERT MUELLER WAS APPOINTED
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR.
>> JERUSALEM IS ISREAL'S
CAPITAL.
>> THIS IS THEIR WAY OF SHOWING
THAT THEY DON'T ACCEPT THE
ISRAELI CLAIM TO JERUSALEM.
>> RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NORTH
KOREA CRISIS.
>> THE ROGUE NATION FIRING
ANOTHER BALLISTIC MISSILE.
>> THEY WILL BE MET WITH FIRE
AND FURY.
>> A TWO STAGE THERMO NUCLEAR
BOMB.
>> ROCKET MAN IS ON A SUICIDE
MISSION.
>> KIM JONG-UN CALLING HIM A
MENTALLY DERANGED DOTARD.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARGETING
OF NFL PLAYERS FOR KNEELING
DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
>> WOULDN'T YOU LOVE TO SEE ONE
OF THESE NFL OWNERS SAYING GET
HIM OFF THE FIELD RIGHT NOW,
HE'S FIRED.
>> A FIRESTORM OF RESISTANCE.
PLAYERS TOOK A KNEE, SAT DOWN,
RAISED FISTS.
OTHERS LOCKED ARMS IN
SOLIDARITY.
>> OUT OF CONTROL WILDFIRES RAF
RAVAGI
RAVAGING CALIFORNIA INCLUDING
WINE COUNTRY.
>> NEARLY 300,000 ACRES NOW
BURNING OUT OF CONTROL IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
>> EVERY HILLSIDE ALONG THE
COAST ON FIRE.
>> THIS HAS INTENSIFIED EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
>> UNPRECEDENTED DISASTER.
HOUSTON, THE NATION'S FOURTH
LARGEST CITY UNDER WATER IN THE
WAKE OF HURRICANE HARVEY.
>> HERE IN ROCK PORT, THIS IS
WHERE HARVEY SLAMMED INTO TEXAS
FOR A SECOND TIME.
>> I THOUGHT YOU ALL WERE GOING
TO PASS US UP.
GOD HAS ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS.
>> IRMA'S FURY.
FLORIDA UNDER ASSAULT.
>> THIS THING IS SO BIG IT'S
GOING TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE STATE
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
>> TOUGHEST WIND I'VE EVER
EXPERIENCED.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE A NUCLEAR BOMB
WENT OFF.
>> HURRICANE MARIA HAMMERING
PUERTO RICO.
POWER REPORTEDLY KNOCKED DOWN TO
100% OF THE ISLAND.
>> DON'T FORGET US.
JUST DON'T FORGET US.
>> THE HOUSTON ASTROS ARE WORLD
CHAMPIONS!
>> A WORLD SERIES WIN THAT
BROUGHT TRIUMPH TO THE CITY OF
HOUSTON AFTER HEART BREAK FROM
HURRICANE HARVEY.
THE ASTROS WINNING THEIR FIRST
CHAMPIONSHIP IN FRANCHISE
HISTORY.
>> IT IS A BIG DAY ACROSS THE
POND FOR THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS
BRIDESMAID.
>> TYING THE KNOT WITH HER OWN
PRINCE CHARMING JAMES MATTHEWS.
>> PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE ARE
EXPECTING BABY NUMBER THREE.
>> ROYAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
PR
PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE
ARE ENGAGED.
>> THE TWO SET TO MARRY IN MAY.
>> THE SUPERSTAR NEARLY BROKE
THE INTERNET ANNOUNCING SHE WAS
PREGNANT WITH TWINS.
>> SHE HAS OFFICIALLY POSTED THE
FIRST PHOTO OF HER NEW TWINS AND
PEOPLE ARE FREAKING OUT.
>> THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST OF
THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE.
>> THIS IS LIKE A ONCE IN A
LIFETIME THING.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS A
SPIRITUAL MOMENT.
IT IS CERTAINLY THAT.
>> ONE OF THOSE RARE EVENTS THAT
SEEM TO BRING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
TOGETHER.
>> HOPEFULLY THERE ARE EVENTS IN
TRO
2018 THAT BRING US ALL TOGETHER.
>> NEXT SATURDAY WE'RE GOING TO
DO THE HIGHLIGHT REEL.
>> THE MOMENTS THAT MADE US
SMALL.
>> THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GOOD NEWS.
WE NEED TO DO MORE TO MAKE THE
NEWS BETTER.
>> I AGREE.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, I
ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO.
FOR YEARS I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED
FORWARD TO THE YEAR END REVIEWS.
IT ALMOST GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO
SIT BACK AND LOOK AT THE YEAR.
THE GOOD, THE BAD.
>> 2017 WAS THE YEAR THAT MADE
ME ANXIOUS.
>> COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU.
>> I TOLD CRAIG MY THEME FOR
NEXT YEAR FOR ME IS TO CARVE OUT
CALM.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHY I MADE THAT --
I SAID THAT FOR MYSELF.
AFTER WATCHING THAT, I'M LIKE NO
WONDER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
>> WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS TO
THANK FOR PUTTING THAT ALL
TOGETHER.
SCOTT GOLDBERG, TONY, DAVID
EMMANUEL.
>> ALSO I'M GOING TO READ MY
PAPER.
JUSTIN, ERIC, WILLIAM, AND ANDY
AND JOANNE .
THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT PIECE.
WE KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME.
COMING UP NEXT, WE'RE ROLLING UP
OUR SLEEVES FOR A LITTLE ANCHOR
GIFT WRAPPING COMPETITION.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO WIPE THE
FLOOR WITH US.
>> YOU'RE GOING DOWN.
FIRST THIS IS "TODAY".
>> TALKING TRASH.
>> THAT'S WHAT I DO.
>> UNREAL.
>>> WE ARE BACK ON A SATURDAY