Good evening. Im mi in for chris matthews. Leading off tonight, it was a big day for the defense in the George Zimmerman trial with a key medical expert backing up zimmermans account of the shooting. Vincent di maio is a forensic pathologist hired by the defense. Today he testified that the physical evidence was consistent with zimmermans account that martin was leaning over him when the shot was fired. Thats important, since zimmerman said he shot the unarmed teenager in selfdefense, and the selfdefense has argued that zimmermans wounds mean he could have sustained head trauma. The defense may be winding down its case. How important was todays testimony in establishing reasonable doubt. Msnbcs craig melvin has been keeping an eye on all of todays proceedings and he joins us live from the florida courthouse. Craig . Michael, good evening to you. Two to four inches, two to four inches. Thats the dast distance that di maio was from martin. That was one of his highlights from the testimon
Flips and slams into a truck. Eight people are dead and dozens others injured. What the driver said moments before the crash. And search for answers. What happened to the new york city mother found murdered in turkey . Well talk to her mother today, monday, february 4th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im willie geist in this morning for matt. We have the backup generators all gassed up just in case. Super bowl xlvii will be remembered for a long time. Yes, for the games dramatic finish but perhaps more so for that power outage. If the ravens had not held on to win that game we would be talking conspiracy theories. Apparently the game got very exciting toward the end of it. When the lights went out etook it as a personal hint and went straight to bed. Ive been briefing uhuh on the outcome of the game all m
Lawmakers have been trying to convince the naub they are willing to compromise. They return to capitol hill today. Everything should be on the table. Bring entitlement reform into the conversation. A group of Corporate Executives are calling on congress to rise above partisan politics to try to find some sort of a solution. We have a lot to talk about with gleg brown and well start that in just a moment, but first over to andrew. Finance ministers are trying to unfreeze the second bailout package for greece, but first they must agree on how to cut massive debt to a more sustainable level. Well head to london for details on that. And playing down a deal talk, tom joyce saying his countrys currently if talks with at least two firms on a possible sale of its largest business unit. But would only pursue a deal if it created value to shareholders and clients. And mexicos anticorruption body says it has found no irregularities in its probe of permits given to walmart. Two audits still under
Dramatic images of a 40 million gas platform, sinking into the sea. The crew was forced to hang on for dear life. Were going to have the story behind that accident. And on a much lighter note, were starting our yearlong countdown to the winter Olympic Games in sochi, russia. Check out whats going out on the plaza this morning. We have explaining to do, that is freestyle skiing. Some of the guys practicing wild aerials on trampolines. Hope you brought your trampoline shoes, willie. Start with the wild night at the super bowl. Jenna wolffe is in new orleans for us this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. What a game last night, complete tale of two halves. The guys in back of me were diehard ravens fans. They couldnt stop screaming the whole first half. The guys in front of me, diehard 49er fans. They couldnt stop screaming the whole second half. Me, in the middle, i enjoyed a little beyonce, a little blackout and a little football. It will forever be kn
Gusts has caused a construction crane to collapse at a luxury highrise building in midtown manhattan where it is now hanging on by a thread. No injuries had been reported, and residents have been evacuated. Bridges, tunnels, trains also shut down in the manhattan area. The hurricane combined with a noreaster is expected to stretch into the great lakes with up to 3 feet of snow forecast in the mountains. The appellation reason especially west virginia. Airlines have canceled dozens of flights in the northeast, and air travel could be halted for days, if not a week. Boston is the latest major city to shut down its Transit System following the york, washington d. C. , and philadelphia. Complete coverage tonight from the impact on the markets to president ial election and most importantly, you and your family. Accuweather meteorologist joining me now. He has been tracking the path. What are you seeing . Well, it looks like we are just upon landfall within the next 2830 minutes, like you sa