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 wednesday morning. i m matt lauer, and savannah just asked me if that 17-year-old is single. i m just doing you don t think the teenage girls of america want to know? you were asking for others, okay. fine. well, yeah. i think so. good morning, everyone. we ll move on to weightier matters, and the question before the supreme court this morning. can the government deny benefits to same-sex couples who are married in states where it is legal? the historic arguments are sparking some intense debate and passion on both sides. at one point on tuesday, police had to separate demonstrators. nbc s justice correspondent, pete williams, is outside the court this morning. pete, good morning to you. reporter: matt, good morning on a blustery morning here. it s a lawyer for house republicans who will be here at t
together i hope so. when will we have answers? america wants to know, and who will walk away with emmy statues this weekend. fierce competition among us. all have different opinions. yes, we do. talk about that in different minutes. and the great escape. fall is here as al said. if you want to go out and look at leaves, maybe that s your thing. easy weekend getaways, head to a sunny beach before it gets too cold. some affordable ideas for you. and some parenthood frustrations. your kids may have annoying or even embarrassing habits. how to break them before they become a little too engrained. of course, kids probably think we have some embarrassing habits. tell al about what happened with your daughter. sure. back-to-school night last night, kindergartner. every morning they go up to the board, a smart board where can you touch the screen. sure. to learn the day s weather what. comes up, a huge picture of al roker. wow. the little kid and touch the
but never like this. an entire chorus and orchestra giving a musical makeover on the plaza, friday, september 21st, 2012. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on friday morning, i m savannah guthrie. i am willie geist in for matt. i am struck on the progression from cookie monster to classical orchestra. the conductor is over there. we have al. doesn t he put you in elevated mood? calling for more strings. they can t see you, al, but that s okay. they can t? later maybe we ll let you conduct. we will see it live, the whole performance. things are getting testy on the campaign trail. at a forum in miami, president obama acknowledged he couldn t change washington from the inside, and mitt romney was quick to pounce saying the president was throwing in the white flag of surrender on getting things done. we will get reaction from senior adviser to the pre
together i hope so. when will we have answers? america wants to know, and who will walk away with emmy statues this weekend. fierce competition among us. all have different opinions. yes, we do. talk about that in different minutes. and the great escape. fall is here as al said. if you want to go out and look at leaves, maybe that s your thing. easy weekend getaways, head to a sunny beach before it gets too cold. some affordable ideas for you. and some parenthood frustrations. your kids may have annoying or even embarrassing habits. how to break them before they become a little too engrained. of course, kids probably think we have some embarrassing habits. tell al about what happened with your daughter. sure. back-to-school night last night, kindergartner. every morning they go up to the board, a smart board where can you touch the screen. sure. to learn the day s weather what. comes up, a huge picture of al roker. wow. the little kid and touch the
thankfully, no one was hurt, but they won t be skating there today, thursday, january 26th, they won t be skating there today, thursday, january 26th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome today on this thursday morning. i m ann curry. i m matt lauer. let s go back to this picture of arizona governor jan brewer and president obama on that tarmac in arizona. not exactly the kind of picture you expect to see what a governor greets a president. we ll have more on what happened between the two of them coming up in just a couple of minutes. i know, intriguing there, right? meanwhile, speaking of tension, we ll get the latest on what seems to be an ongoing feud between newt gingrich and house democratic leader nancy pelosi. on wednesday pelosi backed down after claiming she knows something that would keep gingrich from becoming president. why did she say that in the first place? we ll talk about that with tom brokaw coming up straight ahead. the na