This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on the thursday morning. This isnt even our halloween costm. Im matt lauer along with al roker. I am a yankee fan but you had to feel them good talking about all of what boston has been through and now they bring home the world championship. Good for them. Hard to take you seriously. With everything that boston has been through to. We are beard sox nation today. Can we get over it now . More on the win in a moment and, of course, this is halloween and we all know that. We have a lot in store for you. Two surprise concerts and our big costume reveal which might be our best yet. Let us begin with todays top story the severe storms that are impacting halloween plans for a big section of the country. Al, what do you have . We have a gotogepen well start in kansas. Massive thunderstorms, hail, damaging winds, it is really a mess there. Were going to take a l
The elaborate proposal that had the wouldbe bride crying tears of joy. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. I am matt lauer. I am Savannah Guthrie. Everybody needs a personal fan today. If you look at the map its hard to believe, twothirds of the country with temperatures over 90 degrees, and isnt the heat wave getting longer now. Yeah, its into saturday. Its a heat wave we have not seen in about 16 years. And i was at the stadium last night, and it was an oven in the stadium. Lets get right to nbcs tom costello, who is sizzling away in washington. Good morning to you. Good morning. Already 81 degrees here in washington, and its 7 00 and we are headed to 97 degrees, and high humidity today, and orange air quality, and if you have asthma they suggest you stay inside. The heat wave has a huge grip on much of the country and its supposed to only get hotter. Summertime, and living is anything bu
2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im savannah guthrie. I am carl along with al roebgroebg and nationally morales. Matt has the morning off. Good to see you carl. We are going to start with syria this morning. Pretty disturbing reports coming out of that country. Richard engle is there. I know you have been talking to representatives from the rebel group there. What are you hearing about an alleged gas attack by the government . Reporter good morning, savannah. If this is confirmed it would be one of the worst atrocities of the war in syria. Rebels tell us, there was a series of chemical weapons attack this morning starting around 2 00 a. M. At least 10 different towns and villages to the east and north of damascus were hit by surface to surface rockets fired by the regime and they were tipped with chemical weapons. The death toll acc
Washington to honor the civil rights leader and reflect on how far weve come today, wednesday, august 28th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a wednesday. Im matt lauer. Good morning everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie along with tamron hall. This is where dr. King said those iconic words back in 1963 where president obama will deliver a speech of his own in a few hours and take a look at that very spot 50 years ago today where Martin Luther king had that poignant statement thats been a call to action so many generations afterwards. When you read about the history of this and think of the preparation, a quarter of a Million People gathered on that day 50 years ago in a violencefree protest against a lack of civil rights and jobs. A moment that means so much to so many. Al is there. Hes in washington. Hell speak
And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist along with tamron and al. Matts been kind enough to yank himself away from the black jack table to join us. I was on a losing streak anyway. The press conference mike tyson had last week was exceptional. He was supposed to talk about his career as a boxing promoter. Instead he started talking about his demons. He said he was a vicious alcoholic, that he hated himself and was trying to kill him. It was a stunning public moment even for a guy whos had a number of stunning public moments. I sat down to talk about what appears to be the fight of his life. Well have that in the next halfhour. Back to you. We will look forward to that. Well begin with the breaking news tied to possible military action against syria. We have more from the pentagon. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This is clearly a new twist over the tensions between the u. S. And russia over potential u. S. Military a