As the president and Vice President take up the first lady on her call to get moving. And here comes oscar. Preparations under way in hollywood with the 86th Academy Awards just two days away. The race to the top prize is open today, february 28th, 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 today on a friday morning. Friday here. Carsons in for matt this morning. I hope that all those stars in hollywood are waterproof. Take a look at the dolby theatre right now where the oscars will be. Its all wrapped up in plastic. And if youre in charge of the oscars, youre thinking, weve had no rain in the state of california, and sure enough on the big night, is it going to rain . Yeah, it will rain, but the big question is will it get out of here in time for the oscars . Theres a good chance it may not. By the way, the rough weather out west is todays top story. The rain is, o
Want to congratulate you on a terrific 10 Year Anniversary. A lot of great work. At the work is far from over and i know you will continue to be major contributors to the security of this country, to the Economic Health of this country, into the values that all of us hold dear as americans. Thank you very much. [applause] from a recent forum on the changing face of terrorism. A panel of experts looks up threats to the power grid, Nuclear Programs in iran and korea, and Information Available online it can be used by terrorists. [inaudible] [applause] good morning. I want to ask, are there any fo es in here . Errol. Of there you go. I understand you had to be an foe to get in here. The man we are about to meet on be panel today i will brief in terms of explaining who they are. More time for questions. First up we have the Research Director for International Security studies at uc san diego. He earnedchurch his phd in economics at harvard. He has way too many publications to list, but i t
Republicans say the obama been moretion has not forthcoming and more questions need to be answered that it we will ask for your thoughts on this. Send us a tweet or join the conversation on facebook. Com cspan. You can also email us. Just aa thoughts here in minute. This is the story inside the wall street journal this morning. Power ofublicans flex the pro. It says that House Republicans named a special panel. Speaker john boehner celebrated on twitter, a graphic with smiling head shots of the committee seven gop lawmakers and was quickly posted. Minority democrats meanwhile were fretting behind closed doors over how to respond. Ended upf the caucus leaving for a weeklong recess without deciding whether to participate on the republicans terms or boycott all thing. Heres a picture that was tweeted out that the chairman of the select committee, trey gow dy. Seven republicans and five democrats is the makeup. Democrats are not sure yet if they will participate. What are your thoughts on
Is interesting. Most experiences you run through a fairly narrow spectrum of scenarios. They can involve weapons of mass destruction. Those are pretty well known. Occasionally, you do come across some others. Usually the results of these exercises are classified that would be less technologically challenging, but really would cause just tremendous psychological reactions on the part of the people. It is not so much that they are weapons of mass destruction, but they could set off forces in this country, set off fear and alarm. Are you talking about things like we saw last year with the Boston Marathon bombings . Something as big as 9 11 . It does not have to be as big as a 9 11. One of the worst incidents that hit russia was a terrorist takeover of a school. We have had incidents like that in this country with shooters. You can get deeply emotional events. Beyond the immediate tragedy, it is going to set off a series of reactions. I think the United States is a pretty tough country. I
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