room. who is alex trebek? we re going to hear from him about his heroic day, today, thursday, july 28, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m ann curry. i m matt lauer. alex trebek did the captain america routine. didn t end that well. we ll talk about that later. for weeks, month, the bitter fight raging on capitol hill. the house is expected to vote on one proposal to cut spending and raise that debt ceiling. house speaker john bohner s plan is facing stiff competition from the democrats and his own party. duh it have a chance to pass? we ll talk to the house members ahead. the murder case against drew peterson in jail accused of killing hi third wife. but now experts say the case may never make it to trial. we ll explain why. also, a single mother pulled over and thrown in jail and she would remain there for seven months faced with a mountain of evidence that seemed to prove that she committed a seri
who is alex trebek? we re going to hear from him about his heroic effort, today, thursday, july 28, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television this is today with matt lauer and ann curry. live from studio 1a in rockefeller mraz. welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m ann curry. i m matt lauer. how about alex trebek did doing his captain america routine, huh? didn t end that well. we ll talk about that later. for weeks, even months, this bitter fight raging on capitol hill. fight raging on capitol hill. the house is expected to vote on one proposal to cut spending and raise that debt ceiling. house speaker john boehner s plan is facing stiff competition from the democrats and his own party. is it have any real chance of passing? we ll have a chance to talk to the speaker just ahead. the murder case against drew peterson in jail accused of killing his third wife, but now experts say the case may never make it to trial. we ll explain why. also, a s
until this point had really not been in step with john boehner. now, apparently, eric cantor, the house majority leader who many people thought was at odds with john boehner from time to time during these discussions, he also told republicans yesterday to stop grumbling and whining and rally around this bill. i mean, i guess their whole point here is they believe this is the last chance to hold the president s feet to the fire because if they pass this thing in the house, it then goes to the senate. it s going to be amended but then it goes back to the house and ultimately ends up on the president s desk. so what would he ultimately do at the last hour? veto it? you know what? that s going to be interesting because i don t know if it s going to get to the senate. they voted together to not like it and what else is new? so the speaker came out and came out with this plan and essentially we ll cut $917 billion over the next 10 years but in six months, they sit down and figure
news nation. post traumatic stress is an age old problem facing soldiers, now the pentagon has a new method to treat it and it involves your smart phone. also i m going the talk to a 61-year-old woman who has done nothing another athlete has done before. and today s gut check makeup ads featuring christie turlington and julia roberts in britain are under fire. now britain has pulled theç ad. all that and much more ahead on news nation. what is happening behind the scenes to try to avoid default. if anyone would know it s kent conrad. senator thanks so much. when you were behind the scenes, we had our own behind the scenes inside washington shoot today. i think we were talking to my leader, at least, brian williams at one point earlier today. what are you seeing behind the scenes? are there negotiations going on that we don t know about? well, certainly there are.
news nation. post traumatic stress is an age old problem facing soldiers, now the pentagon has a new method to treat it and it involves your smart phone. also i m going the talk to a 61-year-old woman who has done nothing another athlete has done before. and today s gut check makeup ads featuring christie turlington and julia roberts in britain are under fire. now britain has pulled theç ad. all that and much more ahead on news nation. what is happening behind the scenes to try to avoid default. if anyone would know it s kent conrad. senator thanks so much. when you were behind the scenes, we had our own behind the scenes inside washington shoot today. i think we were talking to my leader, at least, brian williams at one point earlier today. what are you seeing behind the scenes? are there negotiations going on that we don t know about? well, certainly there are. you know the situation here,