Refuses to do that. Reporter if the president tries to defy congress and close Guantanamo Bay on his own, through executive order, Congressional Republicans say they are prepared to fight him in court. In fact, they have already retained counsel to help make the case. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. This morning the kennedy cousin once convicted of murdering his 15yearold neighbor is back in court. Prosecutors are trying to reinstate the conviction of Michael Skakel for the 1974 killing. He was found guilty of murdering Martha Moxley back in 2002 but was granted a new trial in 2013. Hes been free on bond ever since. And Johnson Johnson has been hit with a major penalty in the first of what may be a string of lawsuits over talcum powder. A jury has ordered the company to pay 72 million to the family of an alabama woman who blamed her Ovarian Cancer on the talc products. She said she used Johnson Johnson baby powder and shower to shower for 35 years. Several top figures of a po
Moment of impact. A sight seeing helicopter crashes near pearl harbor. Five people injured. One critically. One person says it is the pilots actions that saved lives. Paying respects. The body of Justice Antonin Scalia set to lie in repose at the Supreme Court today. President obama scheduled to be there, but facing growing criticism over his decision not to attend tomorrows funeral. An alarming surge. The dramatic increase in flu cases nationwide. What you can do to ward off the virus. Today, friday, february 19th, 2016. Announcer this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live in studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Its friday morning. Im savannah alongside willie geist. Matt will be back on monday. We talked earlier about how remarkable it is we had george w. Bush, president obama and the race. Enter the pope. Dont mix religion and politics, not applying to this race. It is a big story this morning. The president ial candidates are making their final pitches ahead
Paying respects. The body of Justice Antonin Scalia set to lie in repose at the Supreme Court today. President obama scheduled to be there, but facing growing criticism over his decision not to attend tomorrows funeral. An alarming surge. The dramatic increase in flu cases nationwide. What you can do to ward off the virus. Today, friday, february 19th, 2016. Announcer this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live in studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Its friday morning. Im savannah alongside willie geist. Matt will be back on monday. We talked earlier about how remarkable it is we had george w. Bush, president obama and president clinton entering in on the race. Enter the pope. Dont mix religion and politics, not applying to this race. It is a big story this morning. The president ial candidates are making their final pitches ahead of tomorrows Democratic Caucus in nevada, and the republican as willie mentioned, this election has taken another strange twist, with
From the gorgeous Foxwood Hotel villas, im sonia isabelle. Thanks so much for watching. Well see you next time. Ok trying to reach out to the black community in a state where africanamericans make up more than half of the democratic vote. We must sustain and strengthen the historically black colleges and universities. Racism along with economic issues, educational issues and all the rest have to be addressed. Otherwise, you know, we are never going to be the nation we should be. Sanders went after clinton over wealthy donors abwall street speeches. Clinton said the real issue was having the best plan to crack down on wall street. Hillary clinton is also efforts to close the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. She says the prison is a continuing recruitment advertisement for terrorists. And that president obama is right to try to close it. But republicans in congress dont see it that way. Heres abcs jon karl. Reporter it holds some of the worlds most notorious terrorists, including 9 11 mas
What you can do to ward off the virus. Today, friday, february 19th, 2016. Announcer from nbc brks krrksbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Its friday morning. Im savannah alongside willie geist. We talked earlier about how remarkable it is we had george w bush, president obama and president clinton entering in on the race. Enter the pope. Dont miss religion and politics, not applying to this race. It is a big story this morning. The president ial candidates are making their final pitches ahead of tomorrows Democratic Caucus in nevada, and the republican primary in South Carolina. As willie mentioned, this election has taken another strange twist, with this back and forth between donald trump and the pope. We will talk to mr. Trump live in a moment. We want to begin our decision 2016 coverage this morning with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning. South carolina, of course, famous for a