and al roker. and we re looking forward to tomorrow. coming up in this half hour, we ll be head to peru to talk about a serious story, where joran van der sloot is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow, and after pleading guilty on wednesday to murdering a young peruvian woman there. the dutchman is also suspected in the disappearance of natalee holloway, as we all may remember back in aruba in 2005. so how much prison time he may be facing, we ll get the latest on that story, coming up. and later on in today s real estate, we ll take you on a tour of some of the great open houses all across our country, from vermont, to virginia, mississippi, barbara corcoran picked out gorgeous homes that are priced just right. and what s in a name? apparently quite a bit if you re a celebrity. the hot baby name this week is blue ivy. that is jay-z and beyonce s baby girl. what about suri or shiloh or harper? hollywood couples like to give unique names to their bundles of joy. how do you
we ll reveal the answer, live today, wednesday, december 14th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and ann curry. live, from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning, i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. good morning, everybody. is jerry sandusky s attorney is calling his decision to waive this right to a preliminary hearing a tactical one. well, it comes with a lot of other comments. it came as a shock to a lot of people, especially many of sandusky s tuesdayers prepared to share their stories in open court for the very first time. and after the brief court appearance, the former penn state assistant coach s attorney fond the flames even more when he suggested some of the accusers were only out to profit from this case. we ll talk about that with sandusky s attorney, joseph amendola, straight ahead. and new developments in this case that we have been fo
national park. and searchers are out looking for their bodies today wednesday, july 20th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television announcer: live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. as you see, it s 76 degrees already at 7:00 a.m. here in new york city. and new york is one of 32 states under a heat advisory warning today. i think you can see that shot from above, the haze that s hanging over the city. apparently a lot of the country is trapped inside what people are calling a heat dome. inside that dome temperatures in the 90s and 100s in areas that aren t used to getting that hot. now you throw humidity on top of that, and there is simply no way to escape. how long will all this last? we ll check in with al roker on that in just a moment. then we re going to talk about the woman who can really pack a punch. we re talking about wendy murdoch, the wi
for their bodies today wednesday, july 20th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. as you see, it s 76 degrees already at 7:00 a.m. here in new york city. and new york is one of 32 states under a heat advisory warning today. i think you can see that shot from above, the haze that s hanging over the city. apparently a lot of the country is trapped inside what people are calling a heat dome. inside that dome temperatures in the 90s and 100s in areas that aren t used to getting that hot. now you throw humidity on top of that, and there is simply no way to escape. how long will all this last? we ll check in with al roker on that in just a moment. then we re going to talk about wendy murdoch, the wife of rupert murdoch. she was the first person to leap to her husband s defense when a protester tried to hit him in the face with a pie as he was testifying i
captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m ann curry, in for meredith. and i m willie geist in for matt. the president has taken criticism for his handling of the crisis in libya, but the administration now says all options on the table when it comes to handling that violent uprising. that s true. there are fears that gadhafi s loyalists have already killed hundreds of resisters who want the ruler removed from power. that number is only expected to rise as protesters, many now armed, take over cities more cities in libya. and the unrest in the middle east has caused the price of crude oil to soar now to $100 a barrel for the first time in more than two years. we re already feeling the impact at the pumps. coming up, how high experts expect prices to rise just in time for the busy summer season. let s befwin with the latest on the situation in libya. we ve got richard engel in the eastern part of the country. hey, ri