Too. Guys . Thanks doug. Crews in our area say theyre ready for whatever comes. Dozens of trucks already out this evening. Theyre pretreating the roads across d. C. Maryland and virginia. Theyre using more than salt as well. Well tell you what else theyre using to keep the pavement from freezing coming up in a report just a few minutes from now. Potential jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial got their first look at suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev today. Some of them seem transfixed by the sight of him. As Nbcs Jay Gray reports now, this is likely to be the nations most closely watched terror trial since the Oklahoma City bombings two decades ago. Reporter the marathon bombing trial began under heavy security this morning. Officers on the ground and in the harbor surrounding the federal courthouse. Throughout the day, as many as 500 prospective jurors shared an Assembly Room with the suspect in the case 21yearold Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Dressed in a dark shirt and khaki pants, tsarnaev seem
Adam verizon. Pretty good road there. I read one analyst who said the new connection is good, but not as good as it could be. The mac that was kind of surprising. I agree with you. It sounded like a positive number when i first read it. Adam there was another positive there with verizon as well. 50 of their wireless base is now smart phones. Smartphones are taking over. Adam i am sitting next to a woman who just got her 5s. Lori i have not even told my husband yet. I think you just busted me but i was entitled to an upgrade, though. Shares of ibm are plunging to a two year low. Ibm chief Financial Officer says the company will be dealing with the impact of the china slowdown for another couple quarters. Adam president obama says no shutdown caused completely unnecessary damage to the u. S. Economy. Peter barnes is live for us outside the white house where we go next. Peter we got a little bit of a preview of the future budget and debt ceiling battle to come. The president thinking demo
A an i hop talking constituty fruity. Laughs for a good cause. From nbc news, this is today. Matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1 a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning, im matt lauer. And im maria with natalie and al roker. And i dont want to sit next to natalie. Because everybody said she looked like a young version of me. I want to sit next to al. Oh, lord. Were not sisters. Shes a young version. We have done digging. We went back and looked at the last time, to see the last time you cohosted the today show. Did i look like natalie . The top song was by the bee gees, carter in the white house, laverne and shirley was on tv. Thats so mean. It was july 15th, 1998. Welcome back. Good to be here. Thrilled to have you. Thank you so much. First to the top story which were looking at. We have a lot going on. Its a man hunt for two dangerous inmates mistakenly released from prison. Mark potter is in orlando. Reporter good morning. Paper
Radioactive polonium. That is, according to his wife, who made the claim after the result of a forensic test. A Reuters News Agency that it was a political assassination. I spoke to our correspondent in ramallah a short, go. Yasser arafat possum or Yasser Arafats widow said it was murder. The report has been called unreliable. Which is it . Arehe scientists themselves extremely cautious about their findings. Theyre coming out only saying that they moderately support a colony him poisoning as the. Ause of Yasser Arafats death his remains were exhumed last year here in ramallah. And it was up to 20 times higher than expected levels of polonium 210. What made it very clear that after eight years in the ground, the samples were not as good as they would have wanted. Really, they cannot be conclusive. How sensitive is this to the region . Time when theya are trying to get hes talks restarted. There are indications that they may have put some fresh momentum into them. The circumstances of Ya
This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, im katty kay. A new arafat poisoned, report says polonium could have caused his death. Accused of smoking crack will hear from the people of toronto. And president kennedy was assassinated half a century ago, but he is still the subject of books, films, and documentaries. As the anniversary approaches, get ready for more of them. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. Former Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat was poison in 2004 with radioactive polonium. That is, according to his wife, who made the claim after the result of a forensic test. A Reuters News Agency that it was a political assassination. I spoke to our correspondent in ramallah a short, go. Yasser arafat possum or Yasser Arafats widow said it was murder. The report has been called unreliable. Which is it . Arehe scientists themselves extremely cautious about their findings. Theyre coming out only saying that they moderately