Michael jackson, absolutely. Theres controversy. You know, about who they selected for this role. Kind of interesting, yeah. One of the oscar controversies weve been talking about is there are no good roles for black actors. Oh, kendis. And apparently, this is a good role for a black actor. Interesting story though. Well get to that in a bit. But another controversy surrounding tonights gop debate on fox news. Donald trump insisting he will not take part in tonights debate, pushing senator ted cruz into center stage surrounded by the six other republicans. Trump spoke out again last night. Heres abcs david wright. In iowa, a high stakes game of chicken. Donald trump insists hes ducking the last gop debate before the caucuses reasons he outlined to bill oreilly. I was not treated well by fox. They came out with this is ridiculous pr statement. The donald apparently not in your christian faith, there is a very significant tenet, and thats of forgiveness. Its called an eye for an eye also
Everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly, and ben, youre a terrible surgeon. Now that weve gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. Hes the greatest show on earth. I kind of miss donald trump. He was a little teddy bear to me. We always had such a loving relationship in these debates and been tween in the tweets. I wish he was here. Pretty gentle considering. Now, trump speaking at his events just three miles away. I didnt want to be here. I have to be honest. I wanted to be about five minutes away. You have to stick up for your rights. When youre treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights. I have to go a little step further and say that fox has been extremely nice the last number of hours, actually. And theyve wanted me there and said how about now . And i said hasnt it already started . They wanted me to go appallologize and once this started, there was nothing i could do. Its for our vets. And is it for me personally a good thing . A bad thing . Less votes, mor
Defects infects thousands and is in 23 countries. Im an maniac and everyone on the stage is stupid, fat and ugly and then you are a terrible surgeon and now we got the donald trump portion out of the way. Reporter president ial rivals talk about donald trump for boycotting the Republican Debate in iowa. But first syrias opposition insists it wont be attending talks at ending the war despite the u. N. Saying the talks will indeed go ahead on friday. Opposition leaders say representatives will not travel to geneva unless certain conditions are met and these include a lifting of sieges, a halt to air strikes and the release of what they describe as wrongfully detained prisoners of conscience, a syrian delegate led by the foreign minister had already said that it would attend. We can go live now to geneva, our diplomatic ed tore james base is there for us and james who is there and who is not . Well, no one is actually here yet. The United Nations for talks that were supposed to take place
Make their case. Unusual because the frontrunner donond trump did not takak center stage because, well, he just wasnnthere at all. No, trump was a few miles away holding his own event after a standoff with the debate host fox news, he insisted megyn kelly be removed as moderator after she called him out at the first debate. The tru held his own show right around the corner. David wright has that story. Before we get to the issues, lets address the elephant not in the room tonight. Reporter at this last iowa debate. Its not about t t donald trump. Reporter donalaltrump for once was not center the is taken. I kind of miss donald trump. He was a little teddy bear to me. We always had such a loving relationship. Reporter but he was still very much the center of attention. Let me say im a maniac. And everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly. And ben, youre a terrible surgeon. Trump portion out of the way reporter trump went rogue, holding his own event for veterans ten minutes away in
The zika virus. And cheap check . A hockey player slams into an official sending him into the ice. The player claims it was accidental. The league may see things differently. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Its a thursdaymorning. Do we need an instant replay. This is the calgary flames. I think that accident might earn him a couple of days off. We will have more on that in just a moment. Our top story on a thursday morning, the donald trumpless so far trump isnt budging. It is add ag new wringal to the already wild race. We have it covered with peter alexander. Reporter this will be the venue for tonights debate with or without donald trump. A source familiar with the situation tellsls nbc news that fox news ceo reached out to trump through the women in his life trying to see whether his decision to skip the debate is a done deal indonald trump betting he is bigger than fox nene. The republic