But not without controversy. The battle over who carries the American Flag and the figuring skating flop overnight kicking off the games, were live in south korea for all the action. Right here on gma. Good morning, america. And so much excitement this morning, just moments ago team usa arriving at the olympic Opening Ceremony. And amy is there in south korea. We cant wait to talk to her in a little while. There she is waving back at you, amy. A lot of drama there and back here at home as well starting on capitol hill overnight. The government shut down for the second time in three weeks over a funding bill. It was forced by senator rand paul making a point about the deficit but lawmakers were able to scramble, strike a deal just moments ago. Mary bruce coming off an allnighter. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Weve never seen anything quite like this. Two Government Shutdowns in three weeks and there was a Government Spending bill on the table ready to go that could
The battle over who carries the american flag. And the figure skating flop overnight kicking off the games. Were live in south korea for all the action, right here on gma. Good morning, america. And so much excitement this morning, just moments ago team usa arriving at the olympic Opening Ceremony. And amy is there in south korea. We cant wait to talk to her in a little while. There she is waving back at you, amy. A lot of drama there. And a lot of drama back here at home, as well. Starting on capitol hill overnight. The government shut down for the second time in three weeks over a funding bill. It was forced by senator rand paul making a point about the deficit but lawmakers were able to scramble, strike a deal just moments ago. Mary bruce coming off an allnighter. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Weve never seen anything quite like this before. Two Government Shutdowns in just three weeks. And this time, there was a Government Spending bill on the table ready to go
And the victory lap here at home tonight. A heros welcome in philly. And omarosa, who met the president on his reality show, then hired in the west wing. Tonight, what shes about to reveal on national television, and what the white house is now saying about that. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. And we begin with that shakeup at the white house. A top aide to the president is now gone tonight, after multiple allegations of Domestic Abuse from two exwives. Staff secretary rob porter, often at the president s side, was defended by chief of staff john kelly as a, quote, man of true integrity and honor. Hes now resigned. These photos of porters first wife who claims that black eye was just one case of physical abuse. Tonight, abc news has learned that both of those women were interviewed by the fbi for his security clearance months ago. So, what did the white house know . Abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega leading us off. R
Pressure mounting on white house chief of staff john kelly over his defense of rob porter, accused of Domestic Violence. I think its fair to say that we all could have done better over the last few hours, last new days in dealing with this situation. This morning porters former wife joins us live in studio 1a. The massive snowstorm racing across the country, canceling more than a thousand flights. One step closer to an arrest. The move by the lapd against Harvey Weinstein that could lead to capitol hill charges. And twinning, the recordbreaking high school that has people seeing double today. Friday, february 9th, 2018. From nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on a friday morning. Opening ceremony tonight. It is all happening. We have an interesting interview coming up in our next half hour. A woman who was married to rob porter. He is the white ho
Schools and the concern for the commute. Later, omarosa opens up explaining why america should be worried. And a shot of bad news. The city is getting the blame for a looming tequila shortage. Just in time for friday as we do say good morning, everybody. Were going to start with the drama thats unfolding this morning in washington, the federal government shutting down once again. The midnight deadline came and went and the government ran out of money as senator rand paul refused to support a bill calling for billions of dollars in new deficit spending. But with a new day dawning in washington comes a new path to an agreement. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest from d. C. Good morning, kenneth. Reporter busy morning here in washington, diane and kendis, yes. There was lastminute political maneuvering but congress was just too late to meet that midnight deadline. Overnight highwire drama on capitol hill. Congress failed to fund the government by midnight sparking the second shutdown in le