The dramatic increase in flu cases around the country. 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. 2016 coverage this morning with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning. Good morning t
Race tightening. 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. Moment of impact. A sightseeing helicopter crashes near pearl harbor. Why the pilots actions saved lives. An alarming surge. The dramatic increase in flu cases around the country. What you can do to ward off the virus. Today, friday, february 19th, 2016. Announcer from nbc brks krrks bc 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. 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 Caucu
Detainees to the u. S. But the white house didnt rule out the president acting on his own. Its a really simple question. If those barriers remain in place, can you still close that facility, yes or no . We are now asking for congress to give it fair consideration. And im not going to speculate at this point, if congress refuses to do that. Reporter if the president tries to defy congress and close guantanamo 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. He was found guilty of murdering Martha Moxley in 2002 but was grant aid new trial in 2013. Hes been free on bond ever since. And Johnson Johnson as penalty in the first of what may be a string of la
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. Moment of impact. A sightseeing helicopter crashes near pearl harbor. Why the pilots actions saved lives. An alarming surge. The dramatic increase in flu cases around the country. What you can do to ward off the virus. Today, friday, february 19th, 2016. Announcer from nbc brks krrks bc 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 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 willi
Antonin scalia. Mitch mcconnell with his strongest words yet ruling out any set action on whoever president obama nominates. Hold hearings or a full senate vote until after the next president is sworn in. President obama is expected to name his nominee in the next few weeks. The deadline past approaching, were getting a look how apple plans to defend itself against the fbi. There were rallies nationwide yesterday to support and. The tech giant will say the court order violates its free speech rights and apple will argue that konging gres should decide the issue, not the courts or the justice department. A major storm system is bringing in Severe Weather to the south particularly the gulf coast. At least three people are dead, two of them in louisiana. Trailer park home exactly where a tornado also critically injured more than half a dozen people. Not far away that, or another twister badly damaged a golds gym that was filled with people. I starred screaming everybody get down. Take cov