This as russia prepares to host the winter Olympic Games in just three days. We are live in sochi. And troubled soul. Fans and fellow stars paying tribute to oscar winning actor Philip Seymour hoffman after he was found dead in his new york city home. A great actor on screen, but a personal life fraught with addiction and heartache. Well remember him today, monday, february 3rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, countdown to the olympic winter games with matt lauer live from olympic park in sochi, russia. And Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer live from the olympic park in sochi, russia. Savannah, good morning to you. Good morning. Looks like a Beautiful Day there. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside al roker and Natalie Morales. Were in studio 1a. Did you watch the game last night . Wasnt it 3 00 in the morning there . It started at 3 30 in the morning he
We will start off with the temperatures this morning, guys. Will we will go right to it. It is cold out there. 32 degrees in mount pocono. Now we have gone below freezing in pottstown. Thirtythree in allentown, lancaster. Coldest weekday morning especially that we have seen probably in about six months. 41 degrees in philadelphia but only 38 in wilmington. Thirtyone in millville we have gone below freezing and right in freezing in Atlantic City. Weather by the the numbers today is a seven out of ten. Because of the frosty morning but we will recover nicely this afternoon with some sunshine. I will show you high in a second. Bundle will up if you are outside for a while maybe waiting if are that september bus or school bus, it is even a good idea to have a hat on today. So freeze warning, it does continue for the counties you see highlighted in purple there and our frost advisory for other counties, philadelphia, not included today, we will get our chance coming up aim he sure. Fiftytwo
What is interesting is you have heard a lot of talk in the last week about whether donald trump may not run as a republican, maybe an independent. A majority of people want to see him stay in the race. You can see the numbers there. They want him to stay in the race whether its as a republican or independent. One last interesting number thats coming up here we know donald trump has focused a great deal on the issue of illegal immigration. Thats the drum hes beating. Thats the beginning of his controversial remarks. If you look at the poll the economy ranks first, whether you are a democrat or republican it is the economy that is top of mind. Illegal immigration is further down. A lot of interesting numbers here in this poll. We are going to look at it all morning and talk about it all day. Chris . Very interesting. Immigration, 10 and 11 respectively between democrats and republicans. Its not such a big issue. This poll is shouting a challenge to the gop and will they rise to it is the
Reacting and raising new questions about the corrupt russian investigation. We have a deep dive on the dirty dossier you will not see anywhere else. 60 minutes correspondent lara log an here with a preview of the story on the war on afghanistan. First the opening monologue with a lot of breaking news. The evidence of corruption and bias inside of special counsellor muellers team keeps piling up. It gets complicated and well break it down to up. Sarah carter is now telling us that the top investigator and the guy we told you aboutan drew we iszmanm met with apto discuss Paul Manafort. And the next day ap published a major expose about Paul Manafort and sources tell sarah carter that they were promising to share document and other information about manafort with the department of justice. There will be a lot of information on the role of the media. The a p is kemying it. Weissman went on to join muellers team the following man. Weissman notify offed his superior about the sit down with t
duties at least under the oath and the take care clause. whether you think he was right or wrong, he could have been completely wrong. he was still as part of an official act within his authority. when i say limited inquiry the court in nixon vs. fitzgerald there s a constitutional balance the court has to determine and way the official actions. i think these were official actions. it s interesting that s not the argument the attorneys said in court. we do expect to get a decision. when we hear from him we ll invite you back. thank you for your time tonight. now to another story that hits close to home here. joe nameth is going to join us next. yes, i said joe nameth. we have very, very big to talk about. once lucky enough to meet him and also try out a few of the championship rings. we ll look back at his remarkable legacy coming up right t after thisis.