What has this guy worked up . Something that will bring back great memories for all of us today, january 23rd, 2015. 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 friday morning. That lit boil reminded me of a young willie geist in some ways. Really. Same reaction still. It goes to my brain. It goes to my heart. Well tell you what he is talking about later on. Meanwhile, everybody is still talking about deflategate. We heard from brady and belichick yesterday trying to take the air out of the scandal. Come on. Wait a minute. Think of what i could have made. Theyre online. You dont have to look far. Our top story, the ongoing deflategate scandal. New questions are being raised after both new England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and Quarterback Tom Brady spoke out and denied knowing anything about underinflated footballs. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander is outside Gill
Among them sarah palin, who says she is ready to throw her hat in the ring. And remembering mr. Cub. Baseball fans in mourning with the death of ernie banks. We will look back at his life today, saturday january 24th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. Tough news overnight. You spent a long time in chicago. He is mr. Cub. Ernie banks. We woke up to the news overnight. What an incredible optimistic guy. I had a chance to meet him. He had the enthusiasm. The Chicago Sun Times with lets play two. That got the fans to go to the wrigley field. I was rushing around and started reading articles about him. Every word approachable and optimistic and all the positive words. He got the medal of freedom from president obama. Lets get to the top story. The huge storm making a big mess on the
Its east coast office in new york. This could be revolutionary. You see the pay phones all over the city. Yeah. 7,000. And they would be hot spots. Theres 7,000 pay phones across the 5 bureroughs in new york city. I wonder what they have running into them right now, if theyre able to communicate to them right now. The question i have, is whats the cost going to be . Google has, for a long time, pushed for Free Internet for everyone, everywhere. It would be interesting to see if they offered that and got the contract. Sales at chipotle restaurants are sizzling. Secondquarter sales up more than 17 , compared to last year. Income and revenue were up by more than 25 . And chipotle actually opened 45 new restaurants last quarter. All this with a price increase. And without new menu items. Chipotle says millennials just like healthier food and modest prices. As a millennial, i kind of agree. Me, too. The forecast, look for more storms today in the midatlantic and approaching cold front bring
Before the u. S. Government decided to send a president to the country, we first decided we were ready to send a rock band to that country. The state department under a brand new president obama in 2009 authorized the great l. A. Latin fusion band to go tour burma. A sort of ambassadors for u. S. Culture in that part of the world. Burma has only finally ended military rule there as of last year. After president obama makes his visit there this weekend, we have now learned were going to be sending another american musical act to follow up the president s trip. This time its jason mraz. Hes scheduled to play a gig december 16th. Hes going to be playing outdoors free of charge. Even though we expect democrats and republicans to fight over everything these days, the Associated Press notes that Mitch Mcconnell has for a long time taken a special interest in burma as a senator. He has not held back in praising president obama for taking this big historic trip to that once totallyclosed count
Were ready to send a rock band to that comprehend. Specifically the band ozo motley. The state department under a brand new president obama in 2009 authorized the great l. A. Latin fusion band to go tour burma. A sort of ambassadors for u. S. Culture in that notoriously closed off authoritarian part of the world. Burma has only finally ended military rule there as of last year. After president obama makes his visit there this weekend, we have now learned were going to be sending another american musical act to follow up the president s trip. This time its going to be singer songwriter jason mraz. Thats how you say it, right . Mraz. Hes scheduled to play a gig december 16 . In rangoon. Hes going to be playing outdoors free of charge. Only the second time after ozo motley that any western musical act has been there in decades. Even though we expect democrats and republicans to fight over everything these days, the Associated Press notes that Republican Senate leader Mitch Mcconnell has f