Doing to me . And florida senator marco rue bio gets dealt a tough blow from one of his states ne6wspapers. Green strike. A green laser hit. Another passenger plane hit by a laser, this time over san diegos airport. The second incident there in recent weeks. And they are kind of hot. One of pop musics biggest acts, 5 seconds of summer heating up th we fall and we have a huge crowd counting down to a live concert on our plaza today, wednesday, october 28th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. 5 seconds of summer, or as we might say in an hour 5 seconds the band is here, a huge crowd out on our plaza, they will play rain or shine in just a little bit. No umbrellas out there right now. Thats a good sign. Meanwhile, big debate tonight. Well talk more about that, but well start with our top story. Plenty of drama during the opening game
Formally initiated the transition, providing the biden team with access to money and materials. Today, the president has had his busiest public schedule in three weeks since the election with two appearances. Minutes ago, took part in the annual thanksgiving turkey pardoning at the white house. And made a surprise one minute visit to the Briefing Room to celebrate the dowjones hitting a record 30,000 points which analysts are attributing to the gsa moving forward with the biden transition. Now, the president once again left the podium while ignoring questions about formal concession. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. And that is where we begin this hour with the latest on the transfer of power. Joining us, nbc news political reporter ali vitale with the team in wilmington, delaware, and correspondent kara lee outside the white house. Ali, let me begin with you. Whats the message joe biden was sending about how Foreign Policy and National Security would work under his administr
This. I waspposed to the appointment of a special unsel. However, if you are going to have a special counsel, you cannot have a better person than bob mueller. His choice was the right choice for the job. Im very happy with the selection of bob mueller. I think he brings a recovered integrity and independence and i think bipartisan support. I think everybody is really, whether openly or secretly, that Robert Mueller has been appointed. Mueller is a great appointment. Is this a big deal . Yes. I think it really does have the possibility of hampering the Senate Intelligence committee will be doing. I believe the professionals of the Justice Department need to do their jobs independently, objectively and thoroughly and i believe the special counsel, which is rob mueller now, helps them do that. Wow, a little bipartisanship on capitol hill. Meanwhile, senators are participating in a closed door briefing right now with Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein on the james comey firing. Were h
Down the barrel behind it. Just in no particular order today, today the head of the National Security agency has not been authorized to disrupt russian Cyber Attacks targeting our elections. The head of the nsa said were absolutely not doing enough. Russia is encouraged to do more by the success their efforts thus far, but his hands are basically tied because the president hasnt given him or his agency the daytoday authority to disrupt russias ongoing Cyber Attacks against us. Thats a big story. Also today, the president announced his Reelection Campaign which is strange enough since hes only been in office for a year but then he also chose to name his Campaign Manager for his reelection effort in 2020. Cant use the old Campaign Chairman obviously. Hes got 23 felony counts pending against him, so no, not him. The new campaign chief instead will be the guy that served as trumps Digital Media guru Brad Parscale. As we await word from the special counsel as to whether there will be furthe