Runway and crashing into a set. A young son on board. A quick thinking air Traffic Controller may have prevented something even worse. And great white quest the most feared in abcs thunder, nbcs Kerry Sanders is setting off to find one in the wild today. Today, thundershowers may 28 2015. Nouce this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, on a thursday morning, apparently at this table. In search of those wonderful creatures. We will watch in this case. Get to that in a couple of minutes. Lets start with our top story this morning. Problems with storm after storm in texas, rivers ridesing in houston and dallas. Some neighborhoods are being told to evacuate. There was a tornado outbreak. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in hard hit wimberley, texas. Good morning to you. Reporter matt good morning. The death stole now to 23. Rivers are swollen. Severe thunderstorms are expected in parts of the state. All this as we are hearing more
New this morning, Nuclear Threats from north korea against the United States. Well tell you what the defiant nation is saying now it will do. And today is the day former notre dame star manti teo speaking out about his fake girlfriend and why he didnt come forward sooner. This morning were going to bring you part of that interview. Plus a Soccer Player kicks the ball boy. It was all caught on camera. Cheap shot or cheap trick . And Super Bowl Ads now getting their own ads. Yes, you heard me right, ads for ads. Ill have the details on the sneak peeks starting to leak out. A lot to talk about this morning. Were also going to talk about women being allowed to join the infantry in the military. Well talk about ron johnson about that fiesty interchange he had with secretary of state Hillary Clinton yesterday. Its friday, january 24th. Starting point begins right now. Good morning, welcome, everybody. Our starting pointing this morning is the cold. So cold you might not believe it. The bitte
Starting point with Soledad Obrien starts right now. Welcome, everybody. Starting point this morning, making history. President obamas second inaugural address. A lot of firsts. Well take a look at the impact of his speech. And incredible moments from the day and the night, including the first ladys dresses. And the buzz on the obama girls, sasha and malia. She sparked the investigation that led David Petraeus to resign. Now jill kelly trying to cleey her name. And is 2013 the year of the house . Housing values expecting to go up. And well have the president ial poet, doug wiem. Howard kurtz with his exclusive interview on jill kelley and james spider marks. Starting point begins right now. Good morning, everyone. Our starting point, an emboldened president , obama playing encourager in chief. Telling the American People we are made for this moment. An 18minute long inaugural speech, coincided with Martin Luther king jr. Day. He talked about several pivotal civil rights moments, he lin
Reelected the president. Im steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. President obama never used the words democrat or republican in his second inaugural address, but his political message was crystal clear. A fullthroated embrace of progressive policies, along with a directive for our leaders to spear head the challenges that define us as individuals and as a country. The commitments we make to each other through medicare, medicaid and social security, these things do not sap our initiative. They strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers. They free us to take the risks that make this country great. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. We, the people, still believe enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized. The victims of prejudice. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and
Yes persistence pays off. Thats pretty good. Well have more on that in a little while. Meanwhile, a lot of people talking about the first lady last night at the inaugural ball in that stunning red gown. Beautiful red gown getting rave reviews. The designer is jason wu. This is what they call a threepeat. He did the gown at the 2009 inaugural. He will join us live exclusively in a few moments. Well have more highlights from that historical day, including how president obama is using his inaugural address as a call to action for a second term. Also ahead, what do you think about coworkers who show up even though they are sick . I dont do it that often. Its actually a serious story. Sometimes people dont have a choice. Sometimes they arent paid for their sick days, so they have to go to work or dont get paid. So were talking about more efforts to make sick pay mandatory. And rare interviews with prince harry in afghanistan that are getting a lot of attention. He talks rather candidly and