This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. Well get to that severe flooding in northeast australia in a couple of minutes. More rescues there over the last 24 hours. Al will join us and tell us about a powerful storm system right here at home that could be spawning some tornados in the coming days. Also ahead, strong signals from the boy scouts that it will end its nationwide exclusion of gay scouts and leaders. At least one major group is saying that may force it to move its support to other boys organizations. New questions this morning about the death of Country Singer Mindy Mcreadys boyfriend as she opens up about what happened the night he died. Well hear from her. Its an emotional and candid interview. First to that deadly flooding in australia. Sarah james is in brisbane for us this morning. S sarah, good morning. Reporter good
But bewildereded drivers and tas resources to the breaking point. Rescue workers pushed patients on luggage carts to waiting squadrons of choppers, others plucked from rooftops by a team of civilian and military helicopters as the river rose and rose in massive flooding by cyclone oswald. A tiny avook wevacuee hoisted t safety. Around the clock, hundreds of men, will, and children rushed to safety. She slept throw the whole thing. Reporter this neighborhood, two miles outside the center of brisbane, flooded in 2011, a once in a century flood, but two years later, it happened again. Andrew brady just moved here. I feel how can it happen again . Reporter last flood, he volunteered to dig out others, now they are calling to return the favor. This is called flood proofing. Satellite phones in the desert this is our flood phone. Samsung flood phone. Reporter those friends, those volunteers worked so hard and got so dirty in the cleanup, they got nicknamed the mud army. You can bet blah toon
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. Well get to that severe flooding in northeast australia in a couple of minutes. More rescues there over the last 24 hours. Al will join us and tell us abt a powerful storm system right here at home that could be spawning some tornados in the coming days. Also ahead, strong signals from the boy scouts that it will end its nationwide exclusion of gay scouts and leaders. At least one major group is saying that may force it to move its support to other boys organizations. New questions this morning about the death of Country Singer Mindy Mcreadys boyfriend as she opens up about what happened the night he died. Well hear from her. Its an emotional and candid interview. First to that deadly flooding in australia. Sarah james is in brisbane for us this morning. S sarah, good
I am thomas robbeerts. Republicans are warning the white house to back off after the plan b was leaked. This draft bill which was obtained by usa today over the weekend allows for an eight year path to residency for the undocument already inside u. S. Borders and within hours of that plans release florida senator marco rubio fired back saying if proposed the bill will be dead on arrival in Congress Leaving Us with unsecured borders and a broken legal situation for years to come. The chief of staff defended the white house choice to be ready to go it alone. Were doing exactly what the president said we would do last month in las vegas which is were preparing. Were going to be ready. Lets make sure it doesnt have to be proposed. Lets make sure the group up there, the gang of eight, makes the Good Progress on these efforts as much as they say they want to. Republicans on the hill are upping the ante and accusing the administration of political games man ship that will backfire. Leaks dont
Now, thats no way to get it done. With both parties agreeing now is the moment to make this reform happen, will congress be open to obamas backup if the efforts fall short . It is a threat from the white house by saying, hey, if you dont do it, the politics get really bad for you very quickly, so hurry up and get something done. Say good morning to our president s day political power panel, contributor Jonathan Caphart and an opinion writer for the Washington Post and angela reid, principle of Impact Strategies and msnbc contributor susan dellpurseo. You come in on president a days. Lets dive in and get to work talking about this leaked proposal that came out. Angela, i want to start with you. We have the timeline here and if we look at it, the president was scheduled to go to las vegas on january 29th and give his first policy speech of the Second Administration but we see that on the 28th the Bipartisan Group of senators, they came out with their plan trying to trump the president to