And a good evening to you on this tuesday night. We are here in washington, d. C. For the president s state of the union address. And one thing is certain, tonight, this union is in the grip of a deep freeze. More than 140 million americans in 24 states with a big chill. The slick ice and a scramble for help. As tonight, we take you down south, where the palm trees are frozen and the fountains are icicles. Abcs Steve Osunsami standing by in greenville, north carolina. Reporter first, a blizzard. And now, brutal cold for parts of the midwest. Windchills as low as 40 below. The first time in years the south is really feeling it, too. Governors sending in the National Guard to deal with a rare snow and ice storm. As soon as the first snowflakes fell, School Officials across nine Southern States started cancelling classes. The icy roads no place for a school bus. Outside asheville, north carolina, six teenagers were on the bus ride home when they flipped the on the ice. And one of them had
Anthems that got all of us singing along. A tribute to pete seeger this morning on gma. From the redwood forests we were finish it out. We were just listening to such powerful simple lyrics but so powerful. What a sweet voice. Oh, absolutely. What an american genre of music. Yeah, exactly. Ah, pete, youre going to be missed. Were going to share a little bit of that later. As we say good morning, america. This tuesday morning. We are live on super bowl boulevard this morning. Yeah, cue the band. The big game now just six days away. Well tell you why we have look at this, a clydesdale. Oh, why not. And a frog. Were on. Both bundled up this morning. Youre right, lara, why not . Its cold. Its so cold. Stay warm. Kermit is staying warm. But theres also a big security concern with the super bowl right now. Counterfeiters developed fake tickets. Those are real ones right there. But the fake ones look real. Arrests have already been made. Investigators now think it could be an inside job. Yeah
July 11th, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Good morning everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer with natalie morales. I am not a child of the video digital generation, but i can tell you right now, if my car were being swept away by a mud slide my first instinct would not be to take up my camera and Start Recording the entire episode. You wouldnt be instagraming it . No, i would be screaming and trying to steer out of it. Remarkable video though. Scary. Well have a little more on that in a moment. Meantime it is a busy morning around here. We expect closing arguments today in the George Zimmerman trial, and the judge has a key decision before her. Should the jury be given the option of convicting zimmerman on a lesser charge than murder . We will have that story and be live at the courthouse. We want to begin on this thursday morning with the overnight release
Trayvon martin, but that charge became an issue in court today. The jury now allowed to consider a lesser charge of manslaughter. The parents of the defendant and the dead teenager were all in court together for the First Time Since Opening Statements as final moments are getting close. The jury could have this case as soon as tomorrow. Ron mott starts us off tonight from sanford, florida. Good evening. Brian, good evening to you. A hush fell over the courtroom as the prosecutor began the Closing Arguments that went on for more than two hours. At one point it looked as though he got a real reaction from George Zimmerman himself. A teenager is dead. He is dead through no fault of his own. He is dead because another man made assumptions. Reporter the state started its closing today in a less explosive fashion than it opened 17 days ago. [ bleep ] punks. These [ bleep ]s, they always get away. Reporter but made the same argument about Trayvon Martins killing to the allwoman jury. The man
And a good evening to you on this tuesday night. We are here in washington, d. C. For the president s state of the Union Address. And one thing is certain, tonight, this union is in the grip of a deep freeze. More than 140 million americans in 24 states with a big chill, the slick ice and a scramble for help. As tonight, we take you down south, where the palm trees are frozen and the fountains are icicles. Abcs Steve Osunsami standing by in greenville, north carolina. Reporter first, a blizzard. And now, brutal cold for parts of the midwest. Windchills as low as 40 below. The first time in years the south is really feeling it, too. Governors sending in the National Guard to deal with a rare snow and ice storm. As soon as the first snowflakes fell, School Officials across nine Southern States started cancelling classes. The icy roads here, no place for a school bus. Outside asheville, north carolina, six teenagers were on the bus ride home when they flipped the on the ice. And one of th