More. And hot superstars maroon 5 gets ready to play the packed plaza with their big hits. Today, september 1st, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And a good morning. Welcome to today on this rocking monday labor day monday. Im natalie alongside willie geist. Matt is off, savannah is on maternity leave. Look at that crowd outside. You thought Ariana Grande was a huge crowd, this is as big im told. Weve been hearing adam levine echoing through midtown. This crowd is huge. And dylan dreyer is giving her official guarantee the skies will hold and it looks good. There might be one drop. Dont let that fool you. Were going to be just fine. Great showing coming up later. First lets get to todays top stories. Severe storms continue to threaten large parts of the country. Dylan does have more on that. The last unofficial weekend of summertime and we saw crazy storms through the midwest. The rain came down
Make no mistake about President Trump wanting American Forces out of afghanistan. Just how and when that might happen is still up for debate. That was a purpose of yesterdays important pivotal meeting here. A briefing given by u. S. Negotiators to the president. The president afterwards tweeted about it. He said this on social media. He talked about the conclusion of it. Just completed a very good meeting on afghanistan. Many on the opposite side of this 19 year war. Looking to make a deal if possible. After thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars, a deal, that is a big f, key negotiators can agree on a withdrawal plan. Experts, as you pointed out, insist and all too quick exit would be a huge mistake especially when you consider the uncertainty of crafting a lasting deal with the taliban. I think the biggest risk for President Trump is that he would be downsizing the number of American Forces while the taliban has not actually done in response. We have not gone the tali
Make no mistake about President Trump wanting American Forces out of afghanistan. Just how and when that might happen is still up for debate. That was a purpose of yesterdays important pivotal meeting here. A briefing given by u. S. Negotiators to the president. The president afterwards tweeted about it. He said this on social media. He talked about the conclusion of it. Just completed a very good meeting on afghanistan. Many on the opposite side of this 19 year war. Looking to make a deal if possible. After thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars, a deal, that is a big f, key negotiators can agree on a withdrawal plan. Experts, as you pointed out, insist and all too quick exit would be a huge mistake especially when you consider the uncertainty of crafting a lasting deal with the taliban. I think the biggest risk for President Trump is that he would be downsizing the number of American Forces while the taliban has not actually done in response. We have not gone the tali