Rowdiest party of the year. And were so ready were already here in l. A. Today, friday, january 10th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie up here in los angeles. And im willie geist along with al roker and kate snow here in studio 1a. Matt and natalie on assignment. You mentioned Chris Christie, savannah, i think he was hoping that press conference would put some of this story to bed. Not the case here in new york. Here are the front pages of the New York Daily News calling the performance pathetic and the New York Post saying ignorance is chris. This is a long way from over. And that is todays top story this morning. The political payback scandal that is raising questions about Chris Christies political future. He says he played no role in shutting down traffic as a means of political re