We catch up with return host Ricky Gervais. His biting humor has more in hollywood a little bit nervous. Why he says he couldnt resist coming back for more jokes and jabs today, friday, january 8, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer live from los angeles and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer in los angeles. Savannah is back in new york, and savannah, the people in this town are getting ready for the big event this weekend. Yeah, absolutely. Hopefully it will be a dry red carpet. I see Ricky Gervais is sharpening his knives. I bet we will gasp as he put it. Exactly. I was not talking about the globes. I was talking about your arrival here. Excited about. Please have the lavender tealights ready for me, matt. We will. Look forward to it. Lots to get to this morning. Lets start with the top story. Two terrorismrelated arrests, one rig
Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Yesterday morning, we e re standing out there with no coats. It was warm. Nice. Al roker said, change was coming. Thats right. If this were a football play, take the snap and hand the ball to al. Thanks so much, guys. We told you, if the system makes its way a little closer, in fact, we would see snow more snow along the eastern seaboard. Ports portsmouth, new york city, we have snow. Portland to washington, d. C. , even raleigh, looking at snow. As this system develops, itll be pushing in a lot of heavy, wet snow. Power lines could come down. Tree branchs coming down. 41 Million People under some winter storm warning or advisory. Here we are. 7 00 a. M. From norfolk to snow falling at rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. It becomes windy. With the heavy, wet snow, we could be looking at power outages. Around noon from portland, boston, warwick, new york city on the western edge of the system. Int
We also have a big show. Where he. Who is here . Oscar winner lets say it again. Oscar winner griffey laudi is here. Shes starring in a movie thats very personal to her. Shes going to talk to us about that and how she looks so good. She looks really good. If you arent familiar with her name just yet i wasnt, but then look at her. Shes awesome. Youre about to join eight Million People thats a country. The youtube star around the world. If you have a daughter, youll want to know all about her. Shes funny. Unicorns came. These are her fans who showed up in the snow dressed as unicorns, and were going to explain why they have those outfits on in a little bit. They probably stayed warmer in that little thing. That onesy. What was going on . Im sure that al told us about it, but we werent paying i might as well have been wag sandals. I was wearing flats. If your pantry is luterred with mess and bags, madeline is here to sort through all that junk and make it nice and neat and tidy. It is the
A shooting in hopkins last night. The Richland County Sheriffs Department says it happened around 8 oclock last night. And the person shot was a passenger inside a white honda found at the scene with the back windshield shattered. Were working to find out the latest on the victims condition. And well have a live report on this developing story coming up on sunrise at 5 am. Meanwhile, if you have information on this shooting call crimestoppers at 1888 crimesc. The family of a columbia man shot and killed more than 6 months ago may finally have some justice. Columbia police have arrested and charged a man for the murder of 32 yearold timothy gentry. He was killed on beaufort street back in july. Police say investigators were able to trace a by the suspect, ibin patterson, to gentrys murder. Investigators say the connection was made as part of a collaborative effort between multiple agencies. A man remains in jail this morning in connection to the murder of a midlands motorcyclist. Last m