Garage. Saying goodbye to two fan favorites. Actor bill paxton gone at just 61. The judge who helped give reality tv its start, the Peoples Court judge wapner. Early today starts now. Im francis riviera. A night of glitz, glamor and emotional moments at the 89th academy awards. Its being overshadowed by a major screwup. It happened in the final moments of the ceremony when the oscar for best picture was mistakenly given to la la land instead of moonlight. Were live outside the theater in hollywood with those details. Jennifer, how could all this happen . Reporter well, it was just a mixup of the envelope. Thats what Price Waterhouse cooper said in a statement they just released. It was the best argument though for watching all the way to the very end. It was a twist that nobody saw coming and its all anybodys talking about. La la land. Reporter for several minutes it appeared a best picture win had capped a magical seven oscar night for la la land. Only it didnt. Theres a mistake. Moon
Finding love again. The widow of former Vice President joe bidens son beau now dating his younger brother. This morning what the couple and the biden family are saying about that relationship. And triple threat. Music, movie and tv superstar Jennifer Lopez live in our studio today thursday, march 2nd, 2017. 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. 7 00 on the west coast on a thursday morning. Looking forward to having Jennifer Lopez here. Between now and then a lot of news. A lot of developments this morning. Our top story the Trump Administration facing a controversy over russia. Nbc news confirming that attorney general Jeff Sessions met facetoface with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Twice last year, that is raising questions about whether sessions intentionally misled lawmakers during his confirmation hearing. Got all of it covered. We start with Peter Alexander
Now dating his younger brother. This morning, what the couple and the biden family are saying about that relationship. And triplethreat. Movie, music and tv superstar Jennifer Lopez, live in our studio. Today, thursday, march 2nd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. And welcome to today on this thursday morning. Were looking forward to having Jennifer Lopez with us later on. Between now and then, a lot to get to. A lot happening overnight. The Trump Administration facing a new controversy over russia. Nbc news confirming attorney general Jeff Sessions met with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Twice last year. And thats raising some questions now about whether sessions misled lawmakers during his confirmation hearing. Now, weve got all of this covered. Well start with nbcs Peter Alexander at the white house this morning. Hi, peter. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. What a busy night
President joe bidens son bo now dating his younger brother. This morning what the couple and the biden family are saying about that relationship. And triple threat. Superstar Jennifer Lopez live in our studio today thursday, march 2, 2017. This is today liver fr from studio 1a. Good morning and welcome to today on in thursday morning. Were looking forward to having Jennifer Lopez with us later, but we have a lot of news to get to. A lot happening overnight. The top story, the Trump Administration facing a new controversy over russia. Nbc news confirming that Jeff Sessions met with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Twice last year and that is raising some questions now about whether sessions misled lawmakers during his we start with Peter Alexander at the white house for us this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. What a busy night. White house officials this morning are dismissing this as another partisan attack by democrats. But it is a serious issue that could have
A total witch hunt. Thats how the president of the United States is describing it this morning. Attorney general Jeff Sessions recusing himself of any federal probe of the Trump Campaign which could include an investigation of russian meddling. There was a conversation with the Russian Ambassador in july. While speaking to a group of ambassadors at the Republican Convention and again in september, a oneonone conversation in Sessions Senate office, at a time when allegations of russian influence were in the headlines. Overnight, questions of another discussion with russias ambassador during an interview with fox news. I dont recall any discussion of the campaign in any significant way. It was in no way some sort of coordinating of an effort or doing anything improper. According to a news report, you met twice with the Russian Ambassador in person and one phone conversation. Is that the extent of the contact . I dont remember whether i had a phone call conversation or not. We just receiv