Good morning, dan and bianna. Were on a side street here. This is andrew. Weve been helping him dig out this morning from the snowfall totals. This is his car. Were going to get it out for him this morning. We have the eight inches of snow. Andrew, ill step on the other side of this. And you keep going. We got about that eight inches of snow in new york city. Take a look at the snowfall totals weve got on the boards for you this morning. With some places in connecticut coming in about 34 inches of snow. St. James, new york, almost 30 inches of snow. Boston right now remember, this is a blowing, blowing, driving snow. Its been very difficult to measure. In the entire overnight event of this storm, with 50mileperhour, 60mileperhour winds. We have boston at a preliminary number of about 18 inches. Gingers been out measuring that this morning. And new york city, because its almost impossible, everythings in drifts and everything was blowing around. Eight to ten inches of snow there. Quick
Officials. Reading a statement in latin saying that hell resign effective february 28th at 8 00 p. M. Local time. He said in the last few months, that his mind and body, have quote, deteriorated. Im shocked and startled as of all of you. Reporter this morning, reaction from new yorks cardinal dolan. Theres a somberness there. Theres a sadness there. Reporter benedict, whos 85 years old, has been pope since april 2005 who took over for the immensely popular Pope John Paul ii. His papacy has been marked by controversy. The pope criticized for how he handled the situation in his prior jobs when he was archbishop in germany and later a top vatican official. On a visit to america in 2008, he became the first pope to meet with the victims themselves. On a lighter note, benedict has become known as his personal idiosyncracies like his bright red shoes. Hes been using a moveable platform to carry him down the aisle of st. Peters basilica. This morning after he made his announcement, he was hel
He was our friend, our confidant. He was just an allaround good guy. Darryl cox sang alongside a. B. For 20 years. Hed seen the freshfaced young pastor grow into an accomplished and devoted preacher. All of the things that he helped my family with over the years, he was always there. He watched his frerngsd the pastor, raise his musicloving family. A. B. And his wife jewel even performed together. They sang together many, many times. They were quite the duo. Duets were a concern in the church. It seemed like the allamerican couple. The couples daughters, julie and amy. My mom and dad were people who loved each other, took care of each other and just a very close family. A deep sadness fell over the shermers in 1999 when a. B. s wife of 30 years suddenly died. His daughter recalls their father being overcome with grief. He was very lonely. It was a hard year after. He was a sad guy, huh . Uhhuh. Very lonely. But life goes on and their father did in time meet someone who would become the
If they turn that up just a little bit, my head is going to explode. Keep us warm. It will warm you all up. Who had the most fun last night . Who the least sleep of anyone . We did the one on one and i took Giada De Laurentiis out for some partying. And then what about work . It happened to be a camera crew. We got to attend the ceremony. That was a first for me. Like real people we sat at one of the tables surrounded by all the stars as they were winning and not winning. We were there to watch the reactions. I did a little behind the scenes. It was great how they got out there on the stage and the presenters. I had some great access, unprecedented. It was a lot of fun. We learned something very interesting. When you attend the ceremony, dinner is served at 3 30 in the afternoon. Matt and i were waiting and waiting. They gave some chocolates. I thought surely theyre going to serve it at this point. Then they brought along this little plate at finger sandwiches and then realized there w
February 14, 2013. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer. This news coming out of south africa is hard to believe. Weve been shaking our heads the last hour or so. Oscar pistorius, one of the bright e brightest from the london games and inspiration to all. He was been charged with murder. They found 30yearold model reeva steenkemp suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and Oscar Pistorius was taken into custody. We have a reporter in pretoria. Good morning to you. What can you tell us . Hello. Rohit, can you hear me . Apparently he is having trouble hearing us. He was taken into custody and in court and taken for medical examination. According to the police in pretoria, we learned there had perhaps other incidents of violence at that home and called for domestic violence. I want to bring in our nbc sports analyst. First of all,