Hey a Christmas Morning surprise brings a grandfather to tears. So what was in that hat . The answer today, wednesday, december 26th, 2012. 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 sav annah guthrie. And im willie geist in this morning for matt. Interestingly enough that reaction we just saw from that man, the same reaction you had when you opened that set of one direction dolls. Funny, i was going to say that was your reaction when i gave you that fruitcake. Little tough but nice nonetheless. Record number of Christmas Day tornadoes. Part of the system thats being blamed for at least three deaths. Now its heading our way. Well have the latest straight ahead. Also this morning president obama cutting short his vacation in hawaii, heading back to washington that. Will happen tonight to work on a fiscal cliff deal. Dont wait for washington to re
morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. we re all pretty excited because meredith is in our studio once again. hi, meredith. we want to begin with this major story about this man accused in the terror plot. it s the type officials fear the most, the home grown lone wolf man. police say 27-year-old jose pimentel had been on their radar for some time but investigators acting swiftly to arrest him on sunday because, they say, he was in the process of putting at least one bomb together. we ll get the latest on that story ahead. disturbing video, two police officers placed on administrative leave for using pepper spray on an occupy movement of the campus university. now the school s president is getting pressure to resign. and we have a holiday week of concerts, justin bieber is coming up on wednesday. we ll kick the week of music off with one of the biggest acts in country music, rascal flatts, live on the plaza. matt, some of these people have been here since 6:0
guys, that was fantastic. thank you, thank you, thank you. it s a little chilly, we re all bundled up. just to recap what we were talking about in the last half hour, they picked up the phone, they called you because they wanted to sing this song. clearly your caller i.d. wasn t working because you picked up. what was the experience like for you? it was amazing. as soon as they played me the song i fell in love with it, the whole message behind the song. i love them as well, i m a big fan. we saw you off camera bebopping. i love it. the band, it s like real music, real songs. i really respect especially getting to know the rascal flatts. i really respect them. it sounds great to have you guys together. by the way something else, it s your birthday this week. yes t is. happy birthday! saturday. congratulations. thank you. thank you guys for getting up early, braving the chilly temperatures. rascal flatts and natasha bedingfield, ladies and gentlemen. we
a new face. now charla nash is ready to reveal it to the world. meredith vieira is back with the exclusive interview, today, monday, november 21st, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. we re all pretty excited because meredith is in our studio once again. hi, meredith. we want to begin with this major story about this man accused in the terror plot. it s the type officials fear the most, the home grown lone wolf man. police say 27-year-old jose pimentel had been on their radar for some time but investigators acting swiftly to arrest him on sunday because, they say, he was in the process of putting at least one bomb together. we ll get the latest on that story ahead. disturbing video, two police officers placed on administrative leave for using pepper spray on seated protesters of an occupy movement of the campus university. now the school s president is gettin
i thank you for what you re saying, and i take it in, and i m listening to every word of it and feeling it, too. is he now reconsidering joining the gop field? and too hot. rihanna turns a video shoot in ireland into an r-rated affair running afoul with the farmer who owns the property. what she did to get the boot. today, wednesday, september 28th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. that s right, nice to have you back. good to be back, thank you. i m ann curry. even seasoned court watchers were surprised how fast the trial started. several members of the jackson family were in the courtroom to hear opening arguments. his mother brought to tears by some of the evidence brought to to bear by prosecutors including a photo of the dead pop star. much more coming up straight ahead. that s right. plus also this morning that high-profile trial, as it s getting under way,