captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. it wasn t that long ago that if you talked about 2012 presidential politics you may have used the name donald trump as the punch line of a joke. but a lot of people not everyone, but a lot of people are saying he could be a player. he s never shy about expressing opinions but people say he s focused too much on the wrong issues. what is his reaction to being called an inconsequential candidate by karl rove? we ll hear from him ahead. and millions of americans have tried online dating services. they are very popular, but how much do the companies know about people who sign up to participate? this woman used match.com and claims she was sexually assaulted by a man she met at the site. she believes match is partly to blame. she ll share her story. and in ten short days england will have two queens in waiting. kate middleton and prince william
hospital after falling face first off the stage during a concert in australia. he s been released but is putting the tour on hold to recover today, january 27, putting the tour on hold to recover today, january 27, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. look at what happened overnight. my gosh. one month into this year we have had so much snow. this was a fast-moving, powerful storm. it brought al roker in. it dumped a lot of snow in a short period of time. it s a heavy, wet snow and we are getting word in massachusetts, the gehrlich dairy, the roof collapsed. oh, my gosh. 18 people are injured and there are people still trapped inside the creamery and the office complex. you said fast-moving. 10:00 in new york city last night it was sleeting, no snow. 4:00 in the morning, 14 inches of snow. that s how fast it came. very rough getting in. a lot of schools and businesses are closed. snowiest janu
just to drive a few miles in the snow, and t highways a still in gridlock this morning. there are also nearly 400,000 customers wiout power right now in this area. metro ains are running on a noal schedule, but metro buses will only be running on snow emergency rous until theide streets are clear. the feder government also operating on atwo-hour delayed arrival. employees can take unscheduled leave o unscheduled telework. pretty much ery school system in our region clod this morning. here s a breakdown for you. in virginia, alexandria arlington, clark, fairfax, falls church city, faulkier, fredericksburg, loudn, manassas, manassas parkcity, page, prince william, spotsylvan spotsylvania, statford, warren and winchester city hools all closed. in maryland, anne arunl, calvert, charles, frederick, howard, montgomery prince george s and s mary s county schools osed. all d.c. public schools are also osed this morning. and in west virginia, berkeley hampshire, hardy, jeffersonnd
but investigators say the whole thing was made up today, thursday, december 16, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning, i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer.the house of representatives set to vote on this tax compromise today, expected tbe closer in the senate, where it was 81-19. despite a new call from president obama to pass the bill without changes, house democrats say to expect a heated debate over at what point estates should be taxed and how much. going to get the latest from capitol hill straight ahead. also ahead, new details in the brutal murder of yeardley love, a lacrosse player at the he university of virginia. attorneys for her ex-boyfriend who also played lacrosse for uva and are charged in the case are casting doubts on how love died d they want her medical records to allegedly prove their case. we are going to have more on that coming up. plus, important news for parents. the government
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. the house of representatives set to vote on this tax cut promise today, expected to be a lot closer than it was in the senate, where it was 81-19. despite a new call from president obama to pass the bill without changes, house democrats say to expect a heated debate over at what point estates should be taxed and how much. we re going to get the latest from capitol hill straight ahead. also ahead, new details in the brutal murder of yeardley love, a lacrosse player at the university of virginia. attorneys for her ex-boyfriend who also played lacrosse for uva and is charged in the case are casting doubts about how love died, and they want her medical records to allegedly prove their case. we are going to have more on that coming up. plus, important news for parents. the government outlaws drop-side cribs that can be found in millions of h