As the Nuclear Option, also known as a push to get nominees cleared with a simple 51vote majority. Democrats are reconsidering that measure because of the gops unprecedented and historic intransigence on, well, everything but especially on president ial nominations. As the New York Times reports, republican objections to miss millet had nothing to do with her political leanings. They wanted to refuse president obama any more appointments to appeals court. Thats because the Court Oversees most agencies, health care, financial reform to the irs and epa. Underscoring the importance of the d. C. Circuit court, four of the Nine Supreme Court justices served on it. But rather than than admit to their fear obama appointee might shift the balance away from them, republicans have cooked up a sketchy, mostly absurd argument that filling an empty seat amounts to Court Packing. Because you know, the second most Important Court in the land is not busy. Why do they need all those judges anyway. Pres
Or the condition of the three. This happened at 9 30 in the morning at one of the Busiest Airports in the country. Right now you can see a situation where access has been restricted or shut down as main access roads in the terminal itself has been sealed off. Andrea. Mike, so far what we know is one suspect, a male, an eyewitness saw a rifle at a checkpoint to Virgin America. Is that correct . Thats correct. We dont know if the individual allegedly with the rifle got past the checkpoint. Many, many times. Where he was near the checkpoint when the shooting started. Among those who were injured reportedly is a tsa agent themselves. We dont know what the situation is or any reports. Youre right. Thats what happened and when it happened as far as we can tell at this point. Mike, stand by with me, Pete Williams our justice correspondent here. Pete, what do we know from tsa or fbi. Without saying where the information comes from at this point, talking to a variety of authorities, a large num
Now back together. Thanks to a little help from the next generation. Good evening, much of the worlds attention today was focused on a horrific tragedy in brazil, the death toll tonight at least 230 after a fastmoving fire broke out in a crowded nightclub. Officials say too many people and too few exits turned the club into a death trap after a rock bands pyrotechnics apparently ignited the ceiling. Many patrons were left unable to get out, overwhelmed by the smoke, and in some cases, the flames themselves much the circumstances are eerily similar to some other deadly nightclub fires the past several years, including one in this country. Todays tragedy happened in the southern brazilen University Town of santa maria. Nbcs mike taibbi reports. Reporter the kiss nightclub was packed with the usual saturday night crowd when at 2 00 in the morning, a disaster. The ground floor was filled with smoke. Club security initially blocked several emergency exits, thinking patrons were leaving with
2013. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning im Savannah Guthrie along side Natalie Morales. Tell us it cant happen. A shark and tornado cant come down and eat us. This is the movie thats made godzilla look like an art film. This is absolutely everywhere trending today. Therell be oscars, by the way, for the guy that takes on the shark. I think they should bring godzilla and attack of the killer tomatoes versus sharks and see who wins. Well find out why its so popular later on. And ed sheeran is our live guest this morning. You see so many people in orange in honor of him and his orange hair. But lets start this morning with the closely watched trial of George Zimmerman. The jury could have this case as early as today. Kerry sanders is at the courthouse in sanford, florida. Good morning. Good morning. The defense team is now pre
Game. And were getting set with al in San Francisco and natalie live in baltimore today, friday, february 1st, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im savannah guthrie. You did not have to grow up in new york city to know the name ed koch, who served as mayor for three terms from 1978 to 1989 and used his sometimes combative style to help rescue the city from near financial ruin. I did grow up around here. He was a force. When you would come across a voter, he would always say, how am i doing . Am i doing okay . He died overnight at New York Presbyterian Hospital here in the city where he made his mark with a larger than life personality. Here is nbcs ron allen. Hi reporter ed koch was a quintessential new yorker and one of the citys most popular and outspoken politicians, known for his no nonsense in your fac