Justin timberlake is going to be on the album. Its his first album since 2006. Hey, quick thank you to the l. A. Bureau and Golden Globes crew for hosting me here in los angeles. Im back in atlanta tomorrow. To washington, joe johns at the helm of the situation room. Happening now, president obama draws a line, which republicans already insist theyre going to ignore. Welcome to a new year of washington gridlock. Lance armstrong is apologizing. But what exactly is he admitting hes done wrong . And suzy ormans joining us to explain why youll have to spend less money this year, and what you need to do to make up for it. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im joe johns. Youre in the situation room. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com we begin with washingtons latest standoff. During a white house News Conference today, president obama told Congressional Republicans they will not, in his words, collect a ransom by demanding spending cuts as a condition for raising the debt ceiling. The house of repres
Sweeping gun control efforts. The National Rifle association is vowing the fight of the century to block that. Well talk to the nras president coming up. An inside look at scientology. An exclusive interview with oscar winning director and former scientology member paul hagut says he thinks the religion is a cult. The church dismisses him as the hypocrite of hollywood. Well speak with him and talk to the author of a new book that explores the link between scientology and hollywood. We want to get to breaking news. Nbcs nichelle cokosinkski liven london. Reporter this has been changing by the moment. First, the report that a number of hostages has escaped. Now that algerians have raided the facility and a number of have been killed, including hostages. 41 people held, among them americans, british, norwegians, and they called this retribution for french intervention in neighboring mali against militant there. At this hour scattered reports out of the algerian desert. That large bp gas f
He is just lit from inside, this guy, and its just such a treat to go on. You tape it early, so its not as late at night, but can i just say . Just look at you, i just want to say a couple of things. Number one, you look great with your haircut. You just got it done. Number two, thank you for a really great lunch yesterday. Kath threw this terrific lunch yesterday at michaels, and i have to tell you, it meant so much. We had a lot of fun. We did. Look at the cake. There were about 20 people. That was christines doing. Im telling you. She found a place that would make it look exactly like the cover of your book. Meredith came. She sure did. Look at the table full of crazies. At michaels they do a beautiful job. Al, savannah, and everybody that wasnt there couldnt be there because they were all working. You did it was so great. That was britneys wine in front of britney. Boozers at the end. Tammy and sara. Can i give a shoutout, a thank you mark. Jen millers husband. Jen millers husband,
75 said yes. I could give it up. Im not a big drinker. 20 said no, i need to have at least a glass of wine once a day. 5 said does the red wine at church count . We dont have real wine at our communion. Its grape juice. So if anybody has some sort of a drinking issue, they can take communion. Yeah but some do. You know whats funny. I went on our friend jimmy fall lops show last night. How were you, hodie . I was all excited to talk about the book and stuff, but i think jimmy had Something Else in mind that he wanted to talk about, so lets take a listen. You guys are looking fantastic on the cover of this magazine. [ cheers and applause ] you are going through a rough time. Youre going through a rough time right now on the fourth hour of the today show. This came at a price, this cover. It really did. It was bad. Youre not drinking the whole month. The worst decision no we have ever made. Ever. Im watching your drinking segment before this, and im feeling parched. That includes our firs
But now, its revealed she never existed. It was all an elaborate and unthinkable hoax. But was he the victim or was he involved . Big questions today thursday, january 17, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And morning, everyone, welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer. This story out of notre dame is astonishing. We are talking about one of the Top College Football players in the country, manti teo. He was the runner up for the Heisman Trophy. We talked about what happened here. He had been using his girlfriends death as inspiration throughout the season, he said. But now, after she was exposed as a fictional person in an online article, teo claims he was the victim of somebodys sick joke. Others arent so sure. Just ahead, we are going to talk to the reporter who broke this story coming up. Then president obama set to launch a campaignstyle push to gain public