Now dating his younger brother. This morning, what the couple and the biden family are saying about that relationship. And triplethreat. Movie, music and tv superstar Jennifer Lopez, live in our studio. Today, thursday, march 2nd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. And welcome to today on this thursday morning. Were looking forward to having Jennifer Lopez with us later on. Between now and then, a lot to get to. A lot happening overnight. The Trump Administration facing a new controversy over russia. Nbc news confirming attorney general Jeff Sessions met with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Twice last year. And thats raising some questions now about whether sessions misled lawmakers during his confirmation hearing. Now, weve got all of this covered. Well start with nbcs Peter Alexander at the white house this morning. Hi, peter. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. What a busy night
Why the white house is calling it a glovesoff approach to defeating al qaeda. Oh, snap. An even betterthanexpected debut on wall street, for snapchats Parent Company, making its founder 5 billion in a single day. This morning, real tips on how you can cash in on the markets record run. And soaked. You guys had anything to drink tonight . A trooper making a traffic stop for speeding and potential dui, when suddenly, this happens. Yes, thats beer. Oh, the irony. Today, friday, march 3rd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning. End of the week. Is it just me or did the political news cycle get a lot faster when i was gone . It is cruising. Hard to keep up with. We have a story that involves it today. Our top story. President trump coming to defense of attorney general Jeff Sessions, amid a legal and political firestorm over his meetings with russias am
Hurricane laura. There is heavy damage along the gulf coast, where the storm made landfall as a category 4. But search and rescue operations have just been suspended. The halt was caused by a plant fire that has spawned a chemical cloud right along interstate 10. Youre looking at that image. Were going to go live to louisiana in just a moment. We expect to see President Trump this afternoon as well. He will visit fema headquarters to be briefed on the storm response. And later, he is going to blur the lines between campaigning and governing again as he accepts his partys nomination for another term from the lawn of the white house. If you believe Jared Kushner, mr. Trump will offer a hopeful vision of america. But leaked excerpts of the speech sound less hopeful. Politico reports the president will unload on joe biden in a blistering convention speech. He will claim that he has spent his first term reversing joe bidens damage. All of this against the backdrop of extreme unrest that is
Trump has condemned the shooting on twitter. Were following this story. Andrew, lets get to the latest. I knew that it is scary times for the sheriffs deputies but do we have any information about who pulled the trigger. As the deputies are recovering from the critical injuries, dozens of Law Enforcement agents from several agencies are fanned out across the area trying to get all kinds of information from getting videotape, canvassing the neighborhood to see if there were any witds. Anything to get them closer to the suspect. At this point there is no arrest that weve heard or anything like that. This is really an allout manhunt at this point. So tell me about the status of the deputies. You said that one was described as a young mother and also a young deputy. They hadnt been on the job too long . According to the los angeles sheriff alex villanueva, they were only on the job for 14 months. So there is a lot that asked of young deputies as they come on. And if we think about this sum
Harsh reality. Elections have consequences. Both president ial candidates head to battleground state s today. President trump wants to move quickly on filling the open seat, despite the fact that republicans blocked president obamas pick in march of 2016, about six months earlier than where we are in this cycle. Joe biden accusing the president and republicans of trying to engage in, quote, constitutional abuse. Right now though, what happens next ultimately in republican hands. They have control of the white house. They have control of the senate. But democrats say nothing is off the table when it comes to delaying a vote. Lets go right to our reporters who are following the latest developments in this fight. Shannon pettypiece is covering the white house. Garrett haake is on capitol hill. Ms. Pettypiece, well start with you. Lets talk timeline for an announcement, and lets talk about the top names on that short list to fill the seat. Reporter yeah, a lot of political jockeying going