working in and around the gardens of the white house. we will hear from doctor susan pell, deputy director science and program director for the u.s. botanic garden, jim adams, culture manager from the united states botanic garden and like our previous panel, we will hear three short presentations and our panelists will return to the stage for a conversation moderated by dr. susan pell. we will leave time at the end for an open q&a with the audience. please join me in welcoming our speakers. thank you so much, it s an honor to be here today, to speak at the white house gardens. both of the panelists are named jim, and they both work at the white house. i will open it up for your questions, i feel like it s a unique opportunity for you all to speak to and ask questions to people who work at the white house. the last panel of the day, we will finish out the discussion by talking about gardens that have been extended blushed and modified since the administration. from johnson
System but unfortunately it did not work so commanders commuters should expect more delaysthe North Concord bart station was pretty empty todaybut the tracks were busy. We watched bart run multiple test trains through the stationas engineers work to get this handicapt system healthy once again. But bart says these tests showed its is not ready to get back to normal. Its been more than two weeks of shuttles for commuters in the east bay. They have to get off here. Switch trains. To get to the end of the line. bottomline im irritated kate this week we rode bart with board member joel keller he takes the train from pittsburg to bart board meetings in oakland. And he says its been frustrating. Particularly when the weather is bad. it was cold, it was windy and it was so inconvenient for myself and other rides that evening. Kate sunday. Bart said engineers had found no problems with the tracksso now theyre looking at the train cars themselves. Wondering if something is wrong with the intern
Step out in venice for their civil ceremony. A final event to cap their star studded wedding celebration. Live there today monday, september 29, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, 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. 7 00 out on the west coast. Im matt lauer along with tamron hall, al roker and Natalie Morales. Can we talk about these images out of venice. Not only the backdrop of the city but look at these two people. George and amal. It looks like something out of a George Clooney movie. Hollywood elegance. George clooney normally private putting his love and affection for amal in front of the world in a classy way. Very nice. More on that coming up later on. Lets get to our top story. The president acknowledging in a new interview that u. S. Officials underestimated isis and overestimated the ability of the iraqi army to take on that terror group. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent
Out in venice as husband and wife for the first time after a starstudded ceremony. Were live in venice where theyll be again today, monday, september 29th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, 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 along with tamron hall, al roker, natalie morales. Savannah spending more time with baby vale. The pictures out of venice were stunning. Cruising in his water taxi. Everybody following. Im George Clooney. Floatilla of vintage boats. We havent seen the wedding gown but the three dresses she wore leading up to it, she upstaged, perhaps, the superstar. Vogue has the exclusive, theyre saying. I imagine. Theyll have the official ceremony today, dot the is, cross the ts. Got some big news to get to this morni morning. President obama acknowledging in a new interview that u. S. Officials underestimated isis and overestimated the ability of the iraqi arm
A showdown of success stories. The patriots quarterback comes and having won more games than any quarterback in nfl history. The ravens arrive with more playoff wins than any other team over the last five years. Something has to give on the road to new orleans as these to square off for a second year in a row. The loss last year still overshadows the return to foxboro. The coaches are focused on the message that winning this week is the only goal, but not the ultimate goal this season. Success is not measured by what happens in foxboro. A successful season includes a win against new england. It means a trip to the super bowl. To the afc championship, thats about as special as you can get except for one more. That is what it is all about. Its not new england, we are playing the championship game. This is what we worked hard to get here. Now we have to go out and execute. The second straight week, the reagans go in as the underdog. History has something positive to say about their chance