outrageo outrageous? 26 million people have gone online to watch a father rant against his daughter after she posted a rude letter about him on facebook. you want a new phone, camera, ipod but you won t get off your lazy [ bleep ] to even look for a job. we ask, is this justifiable tough love or parenting gone wrong? 120,000 of you answered the question on our website. we ll have the results today, question on our website. we ll have the results today, friday, february 17th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning. i m savannah guthrie. boy, do we have a story a lot of people are talking about. 120,000 people took part in our today show poll about whether or not the laptop dad should have shot the laptop. 73% of the viewers went in one direction. coming up, we ll have the results and we think the results will spark even more conversation. first to politics. rick sa
and boasts a dream lineup of corporate customers. but with tech so hot that even the ipo market has come back, a good economy helps small businesses, too. san jose s opportunity fund loans money to an expanding client base, and things are looking up for them as well. this is the typical neighborhood. this is like the hairdresser, the auto mechanic and all of this is people we serve through your small business lending. things that turn small businesses into big ones thanks to new jobs. lots of people, and it s really fun, especially coming over the last few years where it s been difficult. the economy has grown slyly if not flat and gone their own way so we re doubling. reporter: along with an increase in venture capital dollars and new hires comes a rise in consumer confidence which means people will spend more money dining out and shopping in the new year, further stimulating the economy. in mountainview scott budman, nbc bay area news. okay. let s burst that good
resort in mexico. beresford-redman is expected to be extradited to mexico to stand trial now. it sounds like the kind of hollywood blockbuster that ronnie sue would have promoted, the well known hollywood publicist shot to death last night. they found her in a mercedes-benz off sunset boulevard. investigators have no suspects or motive as of yet. they are looking through computers seized from her office. high school principal in san jose under fire for refusing to let an ambulance drive on to the football field to help an injured player. her reason? she said she didn t want to mess up the grass on the school s brand new football field. the player s mother is demanding an apology from del mar high school after her son suffered a concussion. he had to wait for emergency workers to hall a gurney 75 yards down field. it s not known if the school district will take any action against the principal. that s crazy. all right. meanwhile, let s take a look right now, we have live
federal authorities busted at his home in california seven months ago. his wife s body was found at a sewer in a resort in mexico. beresford-redman is expected to be extradited to mexico to stand trial. it would have been her 11th birthday and instead of a big party, hundreds of people attended a vigil for zahra baker in north carolina last night. her remains were identified earlier this week. why are they not prosecuting anybody? this girl shouldn t have i would have took her. anybody would have took her and raised her if they didn t want her. and police say the girl s stepmother who is behind bars led them to zahra s remains but no one has been charged in the case yet. meanwhile, ahead of tomorrow s trading, general motors increased its size of its initial public offering. its ipo and common stocks. it could be one of the largest in u.s. history. it will now offer 478 million shares at $32 to $33 a piece.
killing his wife during a mexican vacation, is due in court today. his lawyer says he s inept, but court documents seem to tell a different story. and where does most of your seafood actually come from and how healthy is it in a new investigation could have you ordering steak today, wednesday, investigation could have you ordering steak today, wednesday, november 17, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. matt s been giggling nonstop since the announcement of the engagement. i can barely contain myself. this is going to be the biggest event in britain in 30 years. how do william and kate feel about sharing their news with the world. we re going to hear from him straight ahead. of course everyone is talking about that ring, an 18 caret sapphire surrounded by diamonds and it was princess dianas. we re going to talk to one of kate s friends who knew about the engagement long before the rest of th