Pulling families to safety. The walls collapsing on them in front of a crowd. The very latest this morning. Suddenly i see and coverup. The big change coming to playboy. The iconic mens magazine known for its sexy centerfolds covering up its models. Well tell you why now. And good morning, america. Stage is set for tonights big debate. Lets take a look at the wynn hotel in las vegas right now. Thats the outside. Inside the podiums are set up for all five candidates currently in the race. There you see it right there. Spotlight on the democrats. Big question, will they get the kind of huge audience weve seen for donald trump and the republicans. Hes weighing in saying he doesnt think that will be the case but former president bill clinton is in las vegas with the frontrunner. He is not expected to be in the room tonight. Abcs cecilia vega will be there and she begins our coverage this morning. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter i will be there, robin. Good morning to you. All eyes on las v
And good morning, america. We are live on the west coast with breaking news from france. It all began to unfold after midnight pacific time and right now, two major hostage stand offs one north of paris. Those brothers lynched to al qaeda who murdered 12 at the french magazine two days ago. Now barricaded. Police are communicating with them. They are holding one hostage. Everyone in that town is told to stay inside. Robin as you said children evacuated from schools. Its 28 miles away. Theres the other operation right now in paris. A man authorities think may be lynched to the terror attack Holding Hostages in a supermarketment s. W. A. T and antiterrorist forces on now. That man was in a cell perhaps was one of the brothers. They both stood trial for trying to get a convicted terrorist out of jail many years ago. Well have full Team Coverage of the breaking story. Abcs terry moran near the supermarket. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, im on the eastern outskirts of paris, 3
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. Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. Everybody is watching washington this morning. The u. S. Capitol open for business but for how long . A beautiful shot. Its not so beautiful inside. If you could be a fly on the wall. The big vote coming at 2 00 in the senate today. That will kick things off. A Chain Reaction following that. Well get a lot of perspective on this this morning. Including from bill oreilly. Hes here in our studio this morning. He has a new book called killing jesus. Well talk to him about that as well. That is our top story and its hours away now. Peter alexander has the latest on whats unfolding. Peter, good morning to you. Matt, good morning to you. Anything is possible, but it looks to be an almost uncertainty. That the government will shut down b
So we should be careful assuming were car reening toward the end. Well it seems to me this all comes down to who thinks they will get the blame for a shuttown. F shutdown. For 17 years its been that the republicans paid for the shutdown in the 90s but new republicans arent sure thats true. They say healthcare was more unpopular than anything debated in the mid 90s. They think this is a different time t. Way people get their information is different so it wont be just the big, bad Mainstream Media controlling the narrative. Theres a lot of reasons they think things will be different this time but theres one article of faith that i always put my analysis in when you see the show downs. Which party is united and which party isnt . Democrats are united and republicans are fighting so thats why you have to assume at some point boehner is going to blink. Is it today or does he allow the government to shutdown for a few days and then blink. Thank you. Special coverage all this week on air and
Tonight. Democratic and republican aids are predicting that much. The senate wont even begin considering the house bill until late this afternoon in what is as much a partisan crisis as a fiscal crisis the country is barrelling toward its first shutdown in 17 years. Its decision day. Congress has until midnight tonight to avoid a Government Shutdown but no one is getting their hopes up. House republicans are refusing to fund the government unless the president s healthcare law is delayed one year. The American People deserve to have time to see what this will do before its implemented. And the house plan is a nonstarter for Senate Democrats or the president who huddled with advisors insisting republicans agree to fund the government without conditions. Dont shut down the government and fail to pay the governments bill with the debt ceiling. Reporter the democratic controlled senate didnt even meet sunday. The halls silent. Instead, theyll wait until this afternoon to reject the house p