Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Welcome to day nine of the Government Shutdown. No end in sight. Embarrassing for lawmakers in washington. We want to report some furloughed workers are back on the job. They are with the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Theyre back on the job. Theyre still not being paid but theyre brought back in because of a salmonella outbreak linked to chicken. First, todays top story that Andrea Mitchell broke. It is a story of military families caught in the middle of the political infighting. This is the live look at Dover Air Force base where behind those gates, family members are gathering for a somber ceremony as they collect their loved ones remains. It is happening about 100 miles way from washington where
Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Retired pro Football Players are again accusing the nfl of putting profits ahead of their health. More than 500 joined a lawsuit against the league today, claiming it illegally supplied them with painkilling narcotics so they could continue to play, despite injuries. Some say they were never told they had injuries. All of this, they say, led to serious, longterm health problems, including drug addiction. The suit comes less than a year after the nfl agreed to pay 765 million to settle suits accuse the league of concealing the risk of head injuries. Jim axelrod has details of the new accusations. Reporter Jeremy Newberry played eight years at center for the San Francisco 49ers. According to the lawsuit, the 38 yearold suffers from renal failure, high Blood Pressure, and violent headaches because of the all the pain medication he was given by team doctors and trainers to get him on the field. Some games, im taking two or three vicodin bef