leadership, and the speaker was given an opportunity to be the leader of our party in 1994. at the end of four years, he had to resign? disgrace. i think the american public deserves a discussion about how to beat the barack obama, it is america deserves a discussion. i m going to oint out things people need to know. you ought to look the facts. reporter: ron paul is not contending florida. rick santorum warned al qaeda could be active in cuba, but in a state hard-lit by the housing crisis, freddie mac is a big issue. the lender blamed by some for the mortgage mess. newt gingrich worked for freddie. tonight released his contract. you could have spoken to a way to say this is wrong and ends. instead you were paid by them. you were making over a million dollars at the same time people in florida were hurt by millions of dollars. romney made millions in business but paid a 15% tax rate. i m proud of the fact i pay a lot of taxes. i d like to bring everybody else
agony of defeat. all roads lead to indianapolis agony of defeat. all roads lead to indianapolis today, monday, january 23, 2012. n good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning. i m savannah guthrie. i ll pass the coffee. i know you were up late watching the pats. didn t you hear me yell? the thrill of victory for you. the giants game ended late but it was thrilling. i felt terrible for the kicker on baltimore. i m crying for the ravens kicker. imagine the plane ride heeome. something else fans are talking about this morning. steven tyler s national anthem. can i say it? i love steven tyler. he s a buddy, but people are questioning this performance. dogs were barking there at the pats game. a dangerous start from mississippi to ohio as severe storms batter the region. we are hearing dramatic reports of widespread damage in paradise valley, alabama. we ll get to al roker with the latest on that coming up straight ahead.
but tom s here to tell us if that s gone, and whether things are melting because it was a little ice oh my front porch this morning when i walked out. yeah. that ice and snow we had on saturday has stayed frozen all weekend. and it s still frozen this morning. okay. in fact, because of some of the weather, we before you get started, let me tell you about school delays and closings we are hearing about so far this morning. the federal government has announced that it will have an 11:00 a.m. late arrival, and employees have the option of unscheduled leave and telework, taking unscheduled work and working from home. d.c. government and public schools will open on time. in virginia, alexandria and prince william county schools will open two hours late. stafford county schools will also open two hours late. and there s no morning kindergarten. in west virginia, schools in jefferson and morgan counties will also open two hours late. you can find a full list of delays at
all roads lead to indianapolis agony of defeat. all roads lead to indianapolis today, monday, january 23, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning. i m savannah guthrie. i ll pass the coffee. i know you were up late watching the pats. didn t you hear me yell? the thrill of victory for you. the giants game ended late but it was thrilling. i felt terrible for the kicker on baltimore. i m crying for the ravens kicker. imagine the plane ride heeome. something else fans are talking about this morning. steven tyler s national anthem. can i say it? i love steven tyler. he s a buddy, but people are questioning this performance. dogs were barking there at the pats game. a dangerous start from mississippi to ohio as severe storms batter the region. we are hearing dramatic reports of widespread damage in paradise valley, alabama. we ll get to al roker with the latest on that c
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