Appearance afternoon. A man with a bike ride unexpectedly gets a surprise. A deer leaping out of no, where directly into his path, what he says saved him from serious injury, today, thursday, december 18ing, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on that thursday morning. Watch tack video, no one is cringeing more than the guy sitting next to me. Right . Been deer done that. We will talk about that experience in a little while. That does not look good. Including the guy in the car. Lets get to our top story, the u. S. Is now confirming it was north korea behind the hacking of Sony Pictures. While the studio has decided to can sell the release of that controversial movie. The interview and reaction in a moment. Lets go to justice correspondent pete williams. What can you tell us . Reporter matt, good morning, u. S. Officials say they are satisfied north korea was behind t
Both sides of the aisle who have gone out of their way to make me feel welcome, to help me navigate the sometimes confusing rules and traditions of the senate, and for assisting me in making the most of my time here. One thing that i did note for certain when i arrived here in june was that i wanted to use my time as effectively as possible. To the extent that i have, i have so many of my colleagues to thank. The senior senator from new jersey, who will soon have to break in another new senator from our state, has been a very supportive colleague, and i truly appreciate his willingness to assist me throughout my time in the senate. Thank you, senator. The republican leader has gone above and beyond to give me this opportunity to work to make a difference during my tenure here, and for that, i want to thank him very much. I also want to thank the senior senator from delaware and the junior senator from oklahoma for agreeing to my request to hold a hearing on Human Trafficking in the Hom
Ban willt may stay on the nsa story and get your thoughts, should congress endorse or stop using intelligence efforts . The phone lines send us a tweet as well or post your comments on facebook. Com c span. You can also email us, journal cspan. Org. The may begin with the front page of the Financial Times this morning. This is their headline here is part of her statement that she put out wall street journal also with a story on their front page the New York Times closed code this morning the New York Times this morning. Then there is this in the Washington Post this morning we turn to you, should congress endorse or stop these programs . Caller. Is democratic i think the congress should take some kind of action to tighten the reins on the nsa since 9 11 and the passing of the patriot act. It has grown exponentially. Its out of control. I am hoping the congress will tighten the reins on the nsa, cut their budget. While i am on the phone, with all the controversy about spying on allies a
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Way. Bill karins, secret santa just given away. Great to have you with us this morning. A lot to get to. We want to start off the top of the show with the weather and that super soak over the west coast. That is our top story this morning. According to the National Weather service, its going to be the strongest storm to hit california since 09. Flood watches, highwind warnings and blizzard warnings in effect for parts of the west coast. Msnbc meteorologist bill karins, a noreaster on the east coast, this storm system out west. The one out west is dangerous in the fact that we could have falling trees, a lot of Power Outages to deal with. The one in the northeast is more an inconvenience dealing with slippery roads this morning. Mother nature is now putting on her show. Again, this is typical of maybe what youd expect in a california winter. You get these big storms like this. But its been so dry for so long we havent had many of these storms. Thats why youre hearing the biggest storm i