and this good samaritan puts his life on the line. we hear from both of them this morning. and, the ultimate heart-stopping moment has arrived. years of preparation, nerves of steel, 200 feet in the air. living on the edge the ultimate walk on such a slender wire across the raging wild of niagara falls. could it be the most daring stunt ever? tonight, the king of the high-wire, live. and it all starts now, on gma. we have a beautiful rainbow over niagara falls right now that we want to show you. yes. that is live. that is live, george. the excitement, building, as we are just hours away from that high-wire walk of 1,500 feet across the falls, all playing out live on abc. josh and sam are there. over his shoulder. does josh have an extreme team weather thing? no? oh. they re going to join with nik wallenda in the final hours before the stunt. that rainbow s a good omen. beautiful. political news this morning, president obama here in manhattan last night f
captions paid for by nbc-universal television announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and ann curry, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. as everyone can say bieber mania has invade rockefeller plaza. between 7 and 8,000 people so far are here for this concert. i don t think we re in kansas anymore. arriving tuesday morning and tuesday afternoon, sleeping out in nasty weather, which of course has gotten a lot better for this concert. justin is going to be here in our 8:30 half our. we ll talk to him before 8:00. he has brought not one but two special guests with him. a little later on justin and i are going to do something that i have never done before. all right. we ll find out what that is. he s smiling so it s a good thing. we have a lot of news to get to first, so we ll head inside. we ve got tamron hall. good morning, tamron. good morning. a nationwid
who are for a concert today pop star on the planet and he s who are for a concert today friday 15th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and ann curry, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. as everyone can say bieber mania has invade rockefeller plaza. between 7 and 8,000 people so far are here for this concert. i don t think we re in kansas anymore. arriving tuesday morning and tuesday afternoon, sleeping out in nasty weather, which of course has gotten a lot better for this concert. justin is going to be here in our 8:30 half our. we ll talk to him before 8:00. he has brought not one but two special guests with him. a little later on justin and i are going to do something that i have never done before. all right. we ll find out what that is. he s smiling so it s a good thing. we have a lot of news to g
two of them were former auburn university football players. it is not a good day for cyclist lance armstrong who is fighting a uphill battle, accusations he is a blood doper. today the world body that controls the races say he cannot compete in the race this month. but that is not the issue, because the administration may find a way to take away the seven world titles, which is a world record. and casey winans has more into new evidence of what lance armstrong is cited in the story as well. el ewell, fredricka, that is correct. the world anti-doping agency sent a letter to lance armstrong and in what is called a conspiracy to not only use enhanced performing drugs, but to traffic performance enhancing drugs. according to lance armstrong, he took to twitter as many people do these days and called it a witch hunt. he also released a for mall statement that said unlike many of my accusers, i have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance. als
and take a look at this. the hockey mom who goes on to the rink with her purse, breaking up a brawl. did she embarrass her son? or do the right thing? do not mess with my son. she made my day. seeing that hockey mom just brings me up. what a way to start a thursday morning. good morning, everyone. we have a lot to get to, including the latest on the brand-new doping charges against lance armstrong. federal officials saying the seven-time champ from the tour de france used performance-enhancing drugs. and we ve just learned that lance has been banned from the main ironman france competition he s been training for until the investigation is resolved. he s always maintained he did not take those drugs. tested 500 times. never been positive. also, air rage this morning. the passengers on the jetblue flight when the pilot went crazy, are suing the airline for emotional trauma. they argue that jetblue should have never let the pilot fly. this comes a day before the pilot