Uhhuh. Jeff garland is with us. Hes one of hoda and my favorite guests. We had so much fun last time he was on our show. He vowed to never come on our hour. I reminded him thats the only hour that wants him. I said, whats taken you so long . I said, l. A. Is not lithuania. He should be here often. We have a story of pro players that teamed up with kids that have been bullied. These Football Players know what it feels like. Theyve been bullied too. Its an interesting union with this group. Were going to talk to the four of them. Which is going to be lovely. Jimmy fallon is about to embark on the tonight show. Isnt he too busy for this hoda . Every now and then we make it into one of his sketches. Lets listen. Tonight well be taking a look at the pros and cons of the super bowl coming to new york. Pros seeing Peyton Manning get blitzed. Con, while premiering on the today show with kathie lee and hoda. So funny. Theres a tragedy in the making. It is. Epic proportions. Everybody knows how
Life to somebody. Dunn said he grabbed his gun to protect himself. And fired at the suv. He then fled the scene. Authorities never found a weapon in the teens vehicle. Davis parents were pleased with the verdict. We are so grateful that the jurors were able to understand the common sense of it all. Dunn faces a minimum of 20 years in prison for each of the attempted murder charges. Prosecutors plan to retry the murder charge. Marley hall for cbs news. A sentencing date will be set at a hearing sometime next month. Tomorrow would have been jordan davis 19th birthday. A disturbing discovery out of Dulles International airport. Body of a man was found in the well of a South African air waves plane. The air bus a340 was sitting in a remote parking area. Bruce, still more questions than answers here at Dulles Airport tonight. Who was this man hiding in the wheel well of the plane . How did he get there and why was he there in the first place . I was kind of shocked. Seeing that a guy hid in
And Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Happy friday, everybody. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im carson daly along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Matt is on assignment. Welcome to today, or as carson calls it, escape from the orange room. Good to have you here. Im a loyalist. I sat with my friends in the orange room. We tried to add orange accents so you feel at home. I appreciate that. Our top story, the frightening accident at the North Carolina state fair. Chris is in raleigh this morning with the story. Chris, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. Authorities here on this investigation are saying they have few details stressing that its too early to say why, a vortex, a brandnew ride here at the North Carolina state fair, just as people were getting off the ride, suddenly jolted back to a start. It sounded like a bunch of stuff hitting medal. Reporter scary moments for riders on the vortex in North Carolina. Police sa
Stuart check out the market. I am going to call it but a much dead flat. No deal for astrazeneca peered that company has rejected a final 121 bid from pfizer. Astrazeneca taking the hit. Down. Pfizer up just a fraction. Pfizer could go back in six months with another bid. The market is telling us that that is not going to happen. At t will try to buy direct tv for nearly 49 billion. Right now, both of those stocks are down. Here is the reason that i think at t wants to go for direct tv. That is the value of live sport events. Nfl sunday ticket, and ill be extra innings, nba league pass, international soccer. I say this proposal is all about live sporting events. Protecting people. Am i right push her mark. You are right in part. I think this is a direct response to the comcast time warner deal. Stuart okay. Both stocks are down. Why is that . I do not know exactly about that. Stuart mark lanier, the trial lawyer, the guy you hate to love we often say. He is here for the entire hour. Ar
The white house coming out today with some strong words in response to an attack on the Obama Administration from former defense secretary robert gates. In gates new book he slams president obama for things of how it handled the war in afghanistan, and a particularly harsh attack against Vice President joe biden. Gates writes i think he has been wrong on every Foreign Policy and National Policy in the last four decades. This line on biden, as you know, has been used by republicans before. But how surprised are you to hear this coming from the former secretary of defense. Reporter its surprising for a number of reasons. First of all, robert gates never struck a person that he would write a memoir to write about someone he worked for while they are still in office and while still directing the troops. Robert gates was always known at a lowkey, quiet, getitdone kind of individual. In his book titled duty writes about his di disdain of washing. You wrote of the individuals in the white hou