Today, decision 2012 with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome a special split edition of today on this monday morning, debate day, im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist in this morning for matt. More on those new poll numbers and tonights final president ial debate here at Lynn University in boca raton. They will do that on the stage behind me here, that in just a moment. First, savannah, your heart goes out to the victims of the mass shooting in suburban milwy. The alleged shooter now identified as 45yearold Radcliffe Haughton. Police say he opened fire at a busy salon on sunday morning, killing three people and wounding four others. He then turned the gun on himself. Haughtons wife worked at the spa and had just recently been granted a restraining order against her husband. We are going to get the very latest on this investigation straight ahead. Also this morning, a little encouraging news for drivers. Gas prices starti
Each one of them had good evening. Now that the president ial debates are over, it is clear each one of them had a plot line. The president underperformed against governor romney. Both men were amped up. Last nights plot line appears to be the president s Foreign Policy attack and mitt romneys movement to the center on a number of issues. Decreasing the policy distance between the two men as 60 million americans watched on live television. Starting today, there was a new sense of urgency out on the trail. Now, the travel becomes urgent and frenetic every second counts. So does every state. We have it all covered and we begin with nbcs Peter Alexander traveling with the Romney Campaign in henderson, nevada. Peter, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening to you. As you just noted, nearly 60 million americans watched last night. That was the smallest number of the three president ial debates. Over the next two weeks as they bounce across the country, effectively hop scotching one anoth
We have to be prepared for the worst. This storm is forecasted to be slow moving it could turn into a super storm. Heavy flooding. Fierce winds. Power outages. Damages expected in the billions. You are stuck sandbagging. In anticipation. We want to make sure we are prepared other residents are stocking up on generators, flashlights. Both president ial candidates have had to change Campaign Stops on the east coast chicagoans are already feeling the effects of Hurricane Sandy things arent bad right now. Many passengers had to make lastminute adjustments to their travel plans airlines are preparing for serious cancellations. Many changed their flights i was supposed to come home tomorrow. She flew in from washington d. C. This afternoon they are preparing for and taking it seriously panthers fans flew in today for game against the bears we are here 600 workers are heading to the east coast to help out with the future damage all of our crews are trained to do restoration. Were going to hel
Transit. Bloomberg and Chris Christie is reiterating why its like nothing weve seen before. This is a massive storm. When it comes in tonight, we cant come in and rescue you. Its going to be dark, electricity most likely will be out if its not already. Im krystal ball. Its not just mere in the tristate area. Capitol hill is shut down as washington weathers the storm. President obama is tracking developments from the white house where he spoke this afternoon. Please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. When they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. Do not delay. Dont pause. Dont question the instructions that are being given, because this is a serious storm and it could potentially have fatal consequences. This storm is so massive, so unlike anything weve seen before that parts of the country like here in West Virginia are bracing for blizzard conditions. We begin our breaking coverage with nbcs ron allen. Hes along the jersey shore. Ron, describe the conditi
At his First Press Conference today, he talked about the scandal that took down the head of the cia, the looming fiscal crisis that could raise taxes for everyone on january 1st and then, he came out swinging in defense of one member of his team. And Abcs Jonathan Karl was right there in that room asking questions. Jon . Reporter diane, this was a confident president today, eager to lay out his agenda for the coming months, but first, he had to face questions on that scandal that has shaken his National Security team. In his first comments on the sex scandal that brought down his cia director, the president said petraeus failed to meet his own standards, but he also praised him. We are safer because of the work that Dave Petraeus has done. And my main hope right now is that this ends up being a single side note on what has otherwise been an extraordinary career. Reporter he also addressed the central question. Did the scandal put National Security at risk . I have no evidence at this p