Would draw more attention than last nights republican debate. While we await the overnight ratings this morning, tracie potts is in washington with social media reaction. Candidate so did you, so did you marco. With trump gone, cruz accused the moderators of targeting him sot ted cruz r president ial candidate gosh if you guys say ask one more mean question, i may have to leave the stage. sot marco rubio r president ial candidate dont worry, im not leaving the stage no matter what you ask me. The last debate. Before iowa makes its choice. Tracie potts nbc news washington. Trump claims he raised nearly six Million Dollars in a single day, and that 100 percent of it will go directly to vets. Iraq and afghanistan veterans of america founder Paul Rieckhoff slammed the event. Calling it a Political Group wouldnt accept any of the money if offered. Some iowa vets strongly disagreed with that groups position and supported trumps efforts. 00 11 ray ford vietnam veteran i find it kind of offens
Tomorrow with some limited sun. We might squeeze out a few showers saturday evening that could transition to some light snow by sunday morning. Once that moves out early sunday, well have another decent day in the 30s and 40s, and caucus day on monday looks good too with highs in the 30s. Its monday night through wednesday morning that will bring some accumulating snow and high winds to the area, so you have the entire weekend to stay up to date on future updates and prepare for next weeks storm. But in the meantime, enjoy the nice weather see graphics. Wx timer 40 a morning walk turned deadly for a man from South Sioux City, nebraska. Ktivs tiffany lane was on the scene of the accident and has the details. By a car going in the same direction. It wouldve been dark out when pedestrian in the street, said nebraska state trooper eric walking kind of in the middle of the northbound lane when he got struck. As the pedestrian got ditch. Su Authorities Say the suv traveled in the direction t
Joining us. We have a lot of news to get to, so lets start with tonights top story. The oj miniseries is coming under fire as the victims families speak out to dr. Phil. Thf this was a major event in american history. This only happened because my brother was stabbed to death and nicole was nearly decapitated. We wouldnt be here if this never happened. They have never healed from these words. Its still very raw because have never gotten to the point of justice. Hes in jail, but hes never been held accountable for what he did to their loved ones. This is not drama. Two people brutally chopped up. Everybody pretty much saw my sisters body at the bottom of the shares covered with a white sheet. T showed rons body and dr. Phil, when i saw that, i was like that is just the epit me of shame onyou, those are the words don goldmans sister tanya said about the actors in the movie. Theyre very upset. Theyre very concerned about this because nobody involved be the series reached out to nib involv
College basketball game to try and distract a freethrow shooter. Did the speedo do the trick . Today, friday, january 29th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Willie geist, in for matt this morning. My Remote Control working overtime last night. My last button on the tv was used a lot last night. Well see if this paid off for donald trump. That is our top story this morning. Donald trump going through on his promise to skip the last nights president ial debate, but his presence was felt early and often. At his own event, trump admitted he wasnt sure how it would play over with voters. We have our own nbcs correspondent peter alexander. Good morning. I think you hit it on the head right there. It was compelling counterprogramming. It was also a big risk for donald trump. On stage, he said he didnt want to be at his own event, that he likes debates. But without
Breen, reporting. Saturday, another milestone. The christening. A ceremonial breaking of a champagne bottle on the ships bow. The champagne bottle gets broken, but this day is about the bonding. The bonding between the sponsor of the ship and the crew, howard said. For the United States of america, i christen thee sioux city, said mary winnefeld, uss sioux city sponsor. May god bless this ship and all who sail on her. Mary winnefeld is the ships sponsor, and now considered an honorary crew member. It was up to her to send the sioux city on its way. With one swing. Nats of launch now in the water, work will begin to finish the ship, which is about 80percent complete. The sioux citys executive officer, ken lieberman, says the crew cant wait to get aboard. To be here since the beginning, since it was born, and see it being built the last yearandhalf, and to now see it go into the water sitting in its natural habitat to start its trials is truly and honor and an amazing experience, said cd