And rift over the riff. Its one of the most recognizable rock songs of all time, but did led zeppelin steal stairway to heavens famous melody from another band . The case thats now heading to court today, tuesday, may 20th, 2014. 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 Tuesday Morning. Never has so much air guitar been played by so many dorks on one set. Wow. Possibly stolen merchandise. My entire High School Prom was a fraud. By the way, this band spirit, way to get right on it. How many decades has it been . 1969 they toured together. Its crazy. Were going to have a little more on that coming up. Also ahead, were going to take an emotional trip back. It was one year ago today, we were all in moore, oklahoma, after that devastating ef5 tornado. I recently went back to moore to find out how the people there are doing a year later, how the town is doing, and well take you there
A [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] a. Stephen welcome to the report. Thank you so much for joining us. What are we doing . [audience chanting stephen] [cheering and applause] welcome to the report. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for joining us, ladies and gentlemen. What an evening. Now, folks. Folks, i got to thank you for being here. Its been great show so far, but before we go, i want to update you on my ongoing war with amazon. Last week i broke the story of something about me. You see, amazon is in heated contract negotiations with my publisher hachette. Theyre delaying shipment of amazons most popular author, including me. [audience booing] oh, dont make me unleash these dosmtion folks, this is terrible. I am one of my favorite authors. Its not just me. Because of amazons scorchedearth tactics, more people are getting screwed than in fifty shades of grey. So i told amazon c. E. O. Jeff bezos, its go time, lex loser. Before i knew it, my courageous stand created
Wearing a mask, im not afraid. Well, be afraid for your husband, your wife. I view. The British Government says an investigation has begun into why nearly 16,000 coronavirus cases went unreported last week. Stairway t0 heaven plays all our own work the rock band led zeppelin win their copyright battle over accusations they plagiarised the opening of their iconic track, stairway to heaven. In a highly choreographed departure President Trump left the walter reed Military Hospital in washington where he was being treated for coronavirus and has returned to the white house. Wearing a mask, he walked unaided down the Hospital Steps before boarding the president ial helicopter for the short flight home. Moments after returning to the white house, donald trump climbed the stairs to the balcony, took off his mask and posed for photographs. He appeared to downplay his infection, posting the words dont be afraid of covid. Dont let it dominate your life, a message repeated in a video released sho
Morning times that. I aint dead. Along with myself and joe and willie we have Steve Rattner, professor at Princeton University eddie glaude jr. And from the super tuesday earthquake that rocked the race for the democratic nomination are still being felt this morning. Joe biden added a tenth state to his list of super victories after nbc news declared him the apparent winner of maine. Wow. The only race we havent been able to call is california. Nbc deems that race still too early to call. Sanders holds a ninepoint lead right now. Of the states massive 415 delegates, sanders has been awarded 161 so far. Biden 100. The former Vice President still leads the overall delegate count, a difference of 52. Meanwhile, Mike Bloombergs decision yesterday to end his campaign means biden now has the room to charge ahead in the moderate lane all by himself. As the race now moves to next tuesdays contests in idaho, michigan, mississippi, missouri, north dakota and Washington State. Heres some of what
Who loved being who she was. Anna nicole smith had fought all her life to escape her troubled past, recreate herself, and put her name in lights. And, for a brief time, she managed to do just that. [ theme music ] bill good morning, everybody, what do you say . It is the full court press here on a wednesday february 20th. Welcome to the prom on current tv, coming to you live all the way across this great country of ours, coasttocoast. Bringing you the big stories of the day and giving you a chance to sound off about them. 86655press is our toll free number. Lots to cover today. President obama warning of the disastrous impact if the sequester kicking in on march 1st, which it looks like it is going to do because the republicans are saying we dont give a damn. And down in south africa oscar pistoria says he thought his girlfriend was an intrueder who he shot her four times. But first todays current news update. Good morning, lisa. Hey, bill. Good morning, everyone. A pretty lowkey sched