The announcement that could come today. Friday, july 11th, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. What a crowd of tweens we have outside today. Wow. You can just hear them. You can see theyre crying. Ive seen several crying. Theres crying, fainting already out there. People are very excited to hear these five young women sing. I cant wait to see them in just a few minutes coming up on today. Fifth harmony will take our plaza and some fans have been waiting for days out there. First lets get to todays top story and dylan, youve got it. Violent storms in our south. Lots to talk about out west with the wildfires as well. You know, both coasts seeing different sorts of weather. We are looking now at the cleanup of some of the crazy storms we had in Virginia Beach yesterday. It pretty much encompassed a fiveblock radius. We had wind gusts near 70 miles per h
Responsible around election time. What we want to know is what provokes legislators to vote to the other way. And the way we see it, a lot of times they get caught up in the politics and forget to they represent. Chicagos mayor is quick to recognize the law that applies to the rest of illinois could be problematic for the city. Gun control is essential. If they try to create a bill that represents the whole state, i think we need to make it clear chicago is different than downstate and we had a stark reminder of that this weekend. The new concealed carry law will take at least 6 months to go into effect. Some say it may take even longer. Illinois state police in charge of permits and regulating training, among other things. All of that still getting sorted out. While all eyes were on springfield today, next week city hall is going to be a pretty busy place. The mayor is calling for a special session to address an assault weapons ban. He did it when he worked under former president clin
Wrinkle to the speed dating. A component. They added a paper bag over your head so you are not distracted by someones looks. All you do is listen and hear them and you feel their karma and vibe. They said it made you not materialistic and not worried about looks. We decided we wanted to try but we couldnt find a bag to fit hodas head. My bag is too big. You can still see the person. What is the point of this. You can still see the person. I can already judge she has a huge head. I dont understand this. Do we decorate the bags . I put it on me, please. I see you. Turn it around. Now what is your sign . I cant believe im doing first of all i cant breathe in there. I feel claustrophobic now. You have a big mouth, too. They encourage people to use the hashtag say no to shallow. Someone can be hunky and you meet him and you are like he is great and he is not great but you are distracted and he is not nice. I dont care how hunky you are. If somebody is narcissistic im so out, the hunkiness d
The new crime targeting women. Thieves stealing purses inside your car as you fill up at the pump. How to protect yourself from socalled sliders today. Wednesday, august 7th, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast, on wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Take a look at this house. Michelle knight was there to watch it happen. She released several yellow balloons in the air, and we will have complete coverage of that in just a few minutes. And then we have a lot of news this morning, including a cautionary tale of addiction. Lets go to the story out of cleveland. Reporter good morning, matt. Dump trucks are lining up to take away the rubble of the house, not only to watch Michelle Knight here to watch it, but also dejesus aunt was here. It did not take long at all to erase the house, but it
Good evening. A lot of americans headed off for their Labor Day Holiday weekend, believing the United States was about to launch a military strike against syria. Tonight, however, and for the time being, those plans are still in place, but on hold until both houses of congress have their say. This is an unusual circumstance were in, an american president drawing the line at the use of chemical weapons. Telling the enemy what he plans to do, before then postponing those plans. And today, trying to make sure none of this intensity gets lost or wears off. Secretary of state john kerry said, not acting would turn all of us americans into spectators of slaughter. Its where we begin our broadcast tonight. In a moment, well hear from the president S National Security adviser. But first, our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell in our d. C. Newsroom with the stakes and the status of this debate. Andrea, good evening. Good evening, brian. Tonight the senate is trying to narrow th