captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning, i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. it s been an interesting 48 hours for shirley sherrod. she s accepted apologies from the white house, and the secretary of agriculture. but, is she ready to take a new job within the same administration that demanded her resignation just three days ago? it is a decision that she is mulling over this morning after agriculture secretary tom vilsack admitted he should have done a better job of investigating the video that started the controversy. so is she ready to put it all behind her? does the president himself owe her a personal apology? well, she s sitting right over there. i m going to talk with shirley sherrod right ahead. also a storm brewing in the caribbean has brought efforts to permanently plug the busted oil well in the gulf to a near standstill. we re going to get the latest on that story and a rare view of the disaster as
they narrowly escaped. we ll hear from them exclusively today, thursday, july 22nd, we ll hear from them exclusively today, thursday, july 22nd, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning, i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. it s been an interesting 48 hours for shirley sherrod. she s accepted apologies from the white house, and the secretary of agriculture. but, is she ready to take a new job within the same administration that demanded her resignation just three days ago? it is a decision that she is mulling over this morning after agriculture secretary tom vilsack admitted he should have done a better job of investigating the video that started the controversy. so is she ready to put it all behind her? does the president himself owe her a personal apology? well, she s sitting right over there. i m going to talk with shirley sherrod right ahead. also a storm brewing in the caribbean has brought effort
today, thursday, july 22nd, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning, i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. it s been an interesting 48 hours for shirley sherrod. she s accepted apologies from the without and the secretary of agriculture, but is she ready to take a new job within the same administration that demanded her resignation just three days ago? it is a decision that she is mulling over this morning after agriculture secretary tom vilsack admitted he should have done a better job of investigating the video that started the controversy. so is she ready to put it all behind her? does the president himself owe her a personal apology? well, she s sitting right over there. i m going to talk with shirley sherrod right ahead. also a storm brewing in the caribbean has brought efforts to permanently plug the busted oil well in the gulf to a near standstill. we re going to get the latest on that story and a