Manelli. There was a crazy red carpet. Then frank and your kids, anyway, you walked inside and the place was buzzing. And once sorry. Thank god for mary and laura. And the curtain went up and it was one of those things everybody kind of held their breath, this was happening. Got on that stage, you guys, and sang like you could not believe. In fact, the guy from variety came to me after the show and said give her the tony right now. Shes that kind of singer. And actress. Shes extraordinary. Look, there are lots of favorite moments during the night. One of my favorites had to be when liza manelli was my date. In the middle of the show, carol lee hits this crazy note, and out of nowhere, liza pops out of her seat, you guys, stands up. She gives her own standing ovation. All i could think of is carol lee is looking at liza manelli giving her a standing ovation in the middle of the show. It wasnt at the end. Middle of the song, happens a lot. Really does. First of all, as ive said before, i
Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. I am matt lauer. And i am Natalie Morales in for savannah. I thought gangnam style was bad enough, combine it with you cant touch this. We will get to the latest on the violence in the middle east from Richard Engel in a moment. Day six and no sign of it stopping any time soon. And Paula Broadwell, the woman that had an affair with general David Petraeus back at her North Carolina home this morning. Coming up, new details on her state of mind and the state of her marriage. And is it the end of the twinkie for all of those stockpiling it. Maybe not. We explain as hostess goes to court for an important hearing. Why this uproar over an item with no nutritional value, because it has emotional value. It does last forever, got to give them that. Were kicking off this holiday week with a live concert from one of our favorites. Low rider in the house. We begin with more deadly violence in the middle east overnight between israel and hamas. Nbc chie
Amazing. Also, well use it to do better education and put technology to use to help the poor as well. If you could be more specific, im going to call my investment guy about that. Well talk to bill gates about the future of technology. Also he talks about changing the world, the enormous generosity of his foundation, having given over 26 billion to date. Were happy to have you here. Well talk to you about that, mr. Bill gates. And the super bowl, the Volkswagen Ad that has a white man speaking with a jamaican accent. A lot of people felt it crossed the line. We asked you at home what you thought and those results were overwhelmingly one sided. We are going share those results with you later on. A story that touched a lot of people. The first soldier to survive after losing all four limbs in the iraq war. He is showing off his new arms after undergoing a double arm transplant. This is very rare, very complicated procedure. Coming up, well talk to two of the doctors that performed it. We
To move on with my life. So why did he do it . His answer, today, january 30th, 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 wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im savannah guthrie. Weather is the story again this morning. Severe storms moving east, packing heavy rain, high winds. Al is tracking this for us. Well get to him in just a moment from now. Also ahead, bill gates is considered one of the great visionaries of our time. For example, take a look at what he said to tom brokaw in 1992. One of the big things over the next couple of years will be getting the computer on enough desktops that well actually communicate through whats called electronic mail and its surprising to me its not happening a little faster. Ooh, electronic mail. I think we call this email. I guess he is a visionary. Any other crazy predictions you want to make . Its amazin