Today about the nuclear deal with iran with the u. S. And five other world powers and tie ran a few weeks ago and go straight to libby casey on capitol hill what is the atmosphere leading to this hearing . A build up not just in the past week as we watched news of the nuclear deal come up but for months because congress knew this day was likely to come and this is the first public opportunity for members of the Obama Administration to talk directly to Congress Members who they really want to win over to their perspective and so there is a lot of build up to this very moment. Now the administration has been Briefing Members behind closed doors and also tried to make some public pushes and saw president obama himself come out last week and talk about the deal but this is where the rubber meets the road stephanie and members of Congress Want the opportunity to ask genuine questions and also to show constituents back home they are pushing the administration to get details, to make sure tha
How people there feel about the threats, President Trump and the possibility of war. All that plus Los Angeles Police open a new Harvey Weinstein investigation. O. J. Allsmiles for his new drivers license. And california draem. The catch is a touchdown. The Oakland Raiders pull off a stunning win on the last play of the game. While the Los Angeles Dodgers crush the cubs to reach their first world series in nearly three decades. Today, friday, october 20th, 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. We thank you for joining us. This weekend in houston, well find out who the dodgers will face in the world series. And youre officially neutral. Exactly. I go right down the middle on this one. Well talk about that in a little while. Its a busy morning. Lets start with john kellys deeply pe lly personal defense donald trump and the call to that widow. We
Live, local news. Join us for the news at 11 00. Head to napa. Rejuvenate the economy fl. There. Good morning. Stunned and brokenhearted. White house chief of staff john kellys emotional defense of the president s condolence call to a soldiers widow. If youve never worn the uniform, if you have never been in combat, you cant imagine how to make that call. How will the generals deeply personal words change the conversation . The government urging airlines to ban laptops in checked baggage. New tests showing batteries can overheat, explode and trigger potentially catastrophic fires. Rare access. Nbc news inside north korea, on the same day the rogue nation vows an unimaginable strike on the u. S. How people there feel about the threats, President Trump and the possibility of war. All that plus Los Angeles Police open a new Harvey Weinstein investigation. O. J. Allsmiles for his new drivers license. And california dream. The catch is a touchdown. The Oakland Raiders pull off a stunning wi
The dinner will also include the announcement of several journalism awards as well as College Scholarships but by the association. President trump will not be attending the dinner. He will be holding a rally in pennsylvania. Now fcc chair by talks about the future of internet regulation. Freedom works and the Small Business Partnership Council hosted the event at the museum. Good afternoon everyone. My name is adamant. Adam. Im the president of Freedom Works and what welcome everyone here. A lot of people are talking today about President Trumps first 100 days. I would suggest that yes, the Supreme Court is a big deal but the things that chairman pai are working on right now potentially have the longest impact of anything coming out of this administration. That is definitely debatable. So ive been a Freedom Works fr 12 years. In 12 years ago when i started, visit one of the first issues we worked on. And last year i was very nervous that we were going in the wrong direction. President
Extremism. The citys third terror attack in as many months. President sending a message of his own. John harwood is back in washington watching that. Reporter its a message that gives you a glimpse into this president s state of mind and does not appear to be particularly calm this morning. He started tweeting in the 6 00 a. M. Hour saying that contrary to what his aides and lawyers have said as they try to advance his travel ban he put in all caps that its a travel ban and said thats what his strategy ought to be. He criticized his own Justice Department for watering down the initial travel ban. He said the courts are slow and political. And then finally later in the morning he tweeted that the london mayor had made a pathetic excuse for his statement that londoners should not be alarmed which, of course, the mayor said in the context of noting the heightened Police Presence on the street. This agitated president clearly off his balance in the wake of this terrorist attack led Kellyan