Footballs national championship. Tuesday, january 7, 2014. 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. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer. 41 states. Everyone, but hawaii will have freezing temperatures. Well have more on that in a couple of minutes. Lets get to todays top story. Lindsay vonn announcing she will not compete in the winter Olympic Games in sochi. Natalie, you have the latest on that. She had the injury since her bad crash last year. She suffered a setback last month and now vonn said shell be cheering on the olympian, sadly, from home. The most recognizable winter olympic superstar is out. Lindsay vonn announced shell not be competing next month in sochi saying in a statement, i did everything i possibly could to somehow get Strong Enough to overcome having no acl, but the reality has sunk in that my knee is just too unstable t
What was it . Take a guess, world news starts now. Good evening on this monday night in for diane and we begin with those normous twisters hitting the heartland, the warning and watches in effect as we come on the air. A rare moment caught on tape, twin tornados bearing down on barts of nebraska tonight, this driver capturing it all on camera, one of those twisters nearly a mile wide, officials warning residents to take precaution. You can see the storm system on the move and where its headed. All of this unfolding as firefighters battle that wildfire out west. Two quickly moving weather stories and thats where we start tonight. Heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter tornados breaking across the great plains tonight. This one in nebraska is massive, nearly a mile wide, tearing across the landscape. Storm chasers tracking it all, racing along with the storms. Very deadly and dangerous situation. Reporter when suddenly a second tornado forms out of the first and touches down, rarely seen b
I will Symone Sanders and House Majority whip James Clyburn next. Sore loser . President trump casting doubt on the legitimacy of the election with no evidence. This is an embarrassment to our country. Will the president concede and what is the future of the Republican Party . Two prominent republicans senator mitt romney and Maryland Governor larry hogan join me to discuss next. Plus, flipping blue. Joe biden takes the lead in georgia and wins other republicanheld states as both sides work to get out the vote, did progressives and black americans make the difference . We will talk exclusively with Voting Rights leader Stacey Abrams and democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez. Hello, im jake tapper in washington. The state of our union is turning the proverbial page. Joe biden will be the 46th president of the United States of america. At his side the very first woman Vice President , current senator Kamala Harris. Last night, the president elect addressed the nation saying he
Why do the deal . Who is really benefitting from this new relationship . Were going to report and you decide. I didnt know he was 80something. A fire station taking heat for this sign and youll never believe the atheist response. The chief of that fire station reacts live this morning. By the way, smile. Mornings are better with friends. Welcome aboard. Live from studio e here in the heart of midtown manhattan. One week till christmas and wed like to thank 1800flowers for all the floors that are festooning our facility. I love the flowers. I love the gradual improvement. It was a little tree on each side. Next thing you know this is officially christmas. They should put a huge tree at Rockefeller Plaza so everyone can come and stare at it. Not a bad idea. I actually like to stare at the Christmas Decorations and think about the time ticking away as we get closer. We have breaking news. Speaking of christmastime, not necessarily a good story to begin with. Breaking overnight, people lea
Republican senator bob corker who is often critical of the Trump White House is supportive of Brett Kavanaugh. He echoed that. For me, again, no corroboration of any allegation that has been made. Not any corroboration. Very clear. There are many unknowns at this dramatic hour. Amid all of this, the only unknown that matters in the shortterm is this. How will the new fbi background check that senators are reviewing affect the decisions of five key senators it. The doors that you see on the screen there, they lead to a secure room in the capitol. Inside is the key to judge kavanaughs confirmation. An fbi supplemental Background Investigation. The bureau interviewed nine more witnesses trying to get at a question. Is there any corroboration that proves or disproves accusations that kavanaugh committed Sexual Assault. I mentioned that senator jeff flake said he has seen no additional corroborating information. Another one of the key senators, republican Susan Collins said this just moment