And winters last gas . Heavy snow leading to accidents and Power Outages from the midwest to new england. While millions deal with a drastic blast of cold that has temperatures plunging by as much as 40 degrees today. Thursday, march 13th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. We welcome you to today on this thursday morning. Im matt lauer along with tamron hall. Savannah is off. Joined by Natalie Morales and al roker as well. Busy news day. Its so hard to believe so few answers related to that flight 370. Were almost at a week since this happened. Thats right. Well have much more on that story coming up. But our top story today is that tragedy at the south by southwest festival overnight. It was caused by an alleged drunk driver. Our nbc affiliate kxan is at the scene. Sophia, good morning to you. Reporter matt, police say a suspected drunk driver tried to escape police, but t
The stewards of our government gathered here today, those who are willing to serve under grueling public scrutiny. I pray that you would grant them wisdom and grace an fortitude to execute their responsibilities. Lord, you know as a nation, we are facing some of the Biggest Challenges in our young history. And we ask for your guiding hand, we seek your guiding hand to do what we cannot do. We acknowledge your ability to move us past our failures, our sins, and our humanity. I pray that this session would be a time of humility and healing and laying down differences to unite us even as your son, jesus christ, lay down his life for us, a greater purpose, help our government, help our government officials, to lay down their own agendas for the greater good, for providing for the underserved, for caring for the disenfranchised, and for fighting for those who cannot ight for themselves. Bless and protect these men and women and their families for those who would be unreasonable and those wh
Nasty world of government . Or did governor Chris Christie set the tone and create the culture that led to the scandal . Truth or betrayal . Some tough questions in washington as well. Robert gates book is raising doubts about president obama and Vice President bidens Foreign Policy leadership at a crucial time for the United States in the world. Is the former defense secretary right in speaking out while they are still in power . And the toll of poverty. Millions of women struggling with their dual roles as breadwinners and caregivers. My colleague Maria Shriver is here with her exclusive report on why so many women are on the economic brink. Groundbreaking work that shes done. And what are the unique pressures that women face and some possible solutions. Well get to that later in the program. First im here with our chief White House Correspondent and political director chuck todd, Time Magazines mark halperin, who wrote about the 2008 campaign and of course double down, the 2012 camp
Passengers cleared. The criminal investigation into Malaysia Flight 370 enters a new phase now focusing solely on the crew. This as one top official warns, we may never know what happened to that plane. And pass the salt. After years of being told to keep the salt intake down, a groundbreaking new study shows it may not be as bad for you after all today, wednesday, april 2nd, 2014. 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. And it looks like its going to be a busy news morning. Breaking news out of south america this morning to tell you about. Its that powerful earthquake in chile. The true scope of the damage probably wont be known for a while as people are beginning to assess the damage as daylight begins to break. Nbcs mark potter is in los angeles this morning. Mark, what can you tell us . Well, matt, good morning. Nothing terrifies chileans more tha
Robert gates on his new memoir and his criticism of president obama. Is it fair with u. S. Troops still in harms way . Well ask secretary gates in his first live interview about the book. And golden night. Big win for American Hustle and 12 years a slave, even a surprise award for one of the hosts. And the golden globe goes to amy poehler, parks and recreation. We have it all covered from the winners to the red carpet today, monday, january 13th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Golden Globes with matt lauer, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza, and Savannah Guthrie live from los angeles. And welcome to a special split edition of today on a monday morning, im matt lauer alongside Natalie Morales, Savannah Guthrie, al roker, and carson daly out in los angeles. Savannah, it seems just like hours ago i left you at table 212 at the golden globe awards. You know why, because it was just hours ago. Literally. And when you say good morning, matt. T