Live in the big easy today, sunday, february 3rd, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt. It is that time, isnt it . Super bowl time everybody is ready for the super bowl, whether it is the game or the ads or eating like a pig, we have you covered. Cant you do all . I think you can. I think you are encouraged to. Jenna is in new orleans in the thick of it all. Reporter it is the calm before the proverbal storm. Downtown new orleans, things are good, a uple more hours of sleeps for the fans and the coaches and anyone except for the media. Before tonights big game, we are going to talk about some interesting things. What is it like for the starting quarterbacks . They have to rally the team up, calm the team back down. They have a lot of responsibilities. We spoke to last years super bowl mvp, eli manning and caught up with one of this years startin
School, but at college. Todays saturday, august 31st, school, but at college. Todays saturday, august 31st, 2013. Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television live from rockefeller plaza. Good saturday morning. Welcome to today. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside dylan dreyer and tom laum mass in for jenna. This morning, usair strikes in syria seem all but certain. One thing that is not clear is when they could happen. A lot of folks thought it would be timed to those United Nations inspectors who were in the country. Theyve left syria now. They have made their way to lebanon about three hours earlier than originally planned. It was the last hurdle remaining before any kind of u. S. Strike which could come in a matter of hours. That means tensions it ratcheting up at this point. Validity mir putin this morning saying if it happens, it will be extremely sad. We have a team of correspondences covering it for us from the United States plan of attack to the potential risks and fallout
I dont think you can see that enough times. Definitely. Talk about taking one for the team, jenna. Im sure. You dont know what the drycleaning bill was. Youre expensing it, though, right, so its fine . Of course. Talk to you again in a little bit. This is maybe one of the few times during the year when people want to see the commercials during what theyre watching. The ads are such a big draw for people. We have a sneak peek at some of the commercials you may not have seen already despite some of them already being out there. A lot more to get to, including very serious news. The death of the militarys most lethal sniper. He was shot and killed at a gun range in texas. Coming up, my conversations with him about his actions in iraq. I sat down with him last year. Incredibly payment on theic man of faith who is known as taking a lot of lives as sniper but saved countless american lives. On a number of tours. Four tours in total. Mourners turning out for another hero, the bus driver shot
And new term, new do. First Lady Michelle obama changes up her hairstyle with a bang as the final preparations are being made in washington to host the president s second inaugural today, friday, january 18th, 2013. Announcer 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 friday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie. This is a confession years in the making. Did you watch Lance Armstrong interview . I have to say i did. And even though we all expected, we all thought we knew what we were going to hear, when you heard those blunt answers to direct questions, it was still somewhat starting. A lot of people had been waiting to hear what armstrong would say, the disgraced cyclist using everything from Human Growth Hormone to testosterone. Maybe not the answer some people wanted to hear. For years, cyclist Tyler Hamilton, that man right there, accused armstrong
Just a minute. Also ahead, the president hitting the road trying to do an end around past congress. Hes pushing his proposal to stall the dispute over the fiscal cliff. Will his Newest Campaign of taking it to the people work . Were live in washington with the latest. Also ahead, two words everyone seems to love. Myself included. Designer and discount. Well have a look at what happens when target joins forces with high end retailer Neiman Marcus. Its a brandnew collection that hits stores. Today its already available online. Target, Neiman Marcus, cats and dogs living to the . I think it can be done in harmony. Plus a fond walk down memory lane for catherine, the duchess of cambridge. She went back to her old school to play a little field hockey and even revealed her childhood nickname. Lets begin with that Stormy Weather out on the west coast. Miguel almaguer has the latest. Reporter this week, much of the west hammered by wicked winter weather. In california, snow, lightning and rive