And if he stays there long enough, it could be his. Why its all perfectly legal, today, january 25th, 2013. Announcer 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 a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im willie geist in for matt this morning. Before we get to the weather, savannah will be conducting a legal seminar this morning on the squatter in the mansion called adverse possession. Yes, the legal concept of adverse possession. It has a long and storied history. Its so good we have this threehour show. Ill be able to explain all of it. Our legal analyst, Savannah Guthrie, will be with us in a moment. A winter storm stretches over a broad part of this country. Hovering around zero with the windchill here in new york city. Were the lucky ones. Well get to als forecast straight ahead. Very important if youre traveling today. A dramatic rescue of a young boy pulled to safety af
About details for the first time of her daughters death and the questions she still wrestles with every day. A candid conversation with Cissy Houston today, monday, january 28th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie. Just a terrible story out of brazil. That country is declaring three days of National Mourning now for the victims of that deadly nightclub fire as the investigation gets under way. Its a huge tragedy. Consider the loss of life. It was apparently started, that fire, by some kind of an onstage stunt. Some kind of pyrotechnic device, many victims under the age of 206789 this morning we have new details on that tragedy, including reports that the bar was well above its legal capacity at the time of the fire. Well get a live report on that, straight ahead. Also ahead, a cia off
And give him my moral support. Reporter the press here has been overflowing with every detail they can find, newspapers quote Police Sources now, saying they believe reeva steencamp was first shot in pistorius bedroom, then through the bathroom door, that he then apparently broke through to try to help her, that a cricket bat is now considered a key piece of evidence. There is an interview with someone identified as his best friend, saying he got a frantic call from pistorious at 3 55 that morning. I said to him, what are you talking about . He then repeated himself, there has been a terrible accident. I shot reeva. Another publication refers to a sworn Police Affidavit reportedly given by a woman who says she was also called by pistorius at 3 20 a. M. The report claims she arrived to see pistorius carrying a gravely injured steenkamp down the stairs and that both of them tried to save her life. Police say the call for paramedics was not made by picer toious. But his family strongly de
Secretary prepares to leave office, he is leaving behind, with the bosss permission, a huge change to the u. S. Military. The announcement officially today from the pentagon, women will soon be able to serve in direct combat units. While its been happening slowly in the field on its own for years during our dual wars of this last decade, and while it will open a huge number of jobs and Career Pathways for the women who volunteer to serve this country in uniform, it is a huge change in military tradition. A change in the tanks and in the trenches. A change announced at the highest levels today. Its where we begin tonight with our pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski. Jim, good evening. Reporter president obama praised the pentagons decision to open combat roles to women. And of the 152 u. S. Service women who died in iraq and afghanistan, he called them patriots, whose sacrifices show that valor knows no gender. With the stroke of a pen, defense secretary leon panetta and joint chie
Will shoot up as competition disapears. But take a look at this. Just after Airline Deregulation came into effect, there were 20 Major Airlines in the United States. By 1990, there were only 12 Major Airlines in operation. Today just seven and with uss usair and american merging well be down six. Usair and american dont have a lot of overlapping routes or hubs. In the end, there will only be about out routes out of the 9,000 or so that will be served by one airline. They may see fares go up. But look at this. Since 1979, prices for an average domestic economy airfare have dropped from 579 then to 365 now, though they have started to tick up a little bit lately. So much for that myth that merging airlines causes prices to go up. Thanks for watching this week. Find me on facebook at facebook. Com ali velshi. See you monday at 3 30 p. M. For your money daily. Have great weekend. Hello, everyone, it is 4 p. M. In the east, 1 p. M. On the west. Im Deborah Feyerick in for fredricks whitfield