Billionaire steve wynn resigns as the ceo of company overnight following multiple allegations of misconduct. What he is saying about the scandal. All that plus kim jonguns surprise announcement about the Winter Olympics as cheer squad overnight. Robbed gronk robbed. Hello. This isnt an emergency. This is Rob Gronkowski calling. And out of this world, elon musk pulls off historic rocket launch. As his sports car becomes the newest star in the sky. Wednesday, february 7, 2018. From nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a. Thanks for being with us on a wednesday morning. I wish you could see al roker dancing when i said there was a big winter storm coming. He loves it. He cant help it. A lot to get to this morning. Start with the massive winter storm. Thats right. Another brutal round of snow sleet, freezing rain and make a mess of the morning commute this morning. Heres a look at conditions in pennsylvania. This is just north of pittsburg. Were goin
Security officer died at the border. Plus a promising new treatment that could help children suffering from peanut allergies. How capsules containing peanut powder could be a life changer for millions. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We cannot merely take actions that make us feel like we are making a difference. The president voices support for stricter gun control measures. I think that should be the first step as we start limiting the ability of certain people to get these things. We have a voice and were going to be using it. Survivors of the Florida School shooting plan to hold a rally today. But the state house refused to consider a bill to ban assault weapons. They held rebelled parts of damascus. The deadliest violence there in three years. Flooding in the midwest. Herb rain combined with a melting snow pack. Its just overwhelming. In los angeles, a driver of a stolen truck. He slams into all that lindsey vonn won a bronze m
Mexico border. Only on cbs this morning, why his fiance doesnt buy the fbi theory that it was a tragic mistake. Plus a promising new treatment that could help children suffering from peanut allergies. How capsules containing peanut powder could be a life changer for millions. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. The problems of america stem from the fact that we as a human race have sinned against almighty god. The reverend billy graham dice at the age of 99. I look forward to this with great anticipation. Im looking forward to seeing god facetoface. 6. President trump is signaling an openness to modest gun control measures. We u. S. Has do more to protect our children. Survivors of last weeks Florida Shooting held a rally in the State Capitol today. In syria, pro government hair strikes triggered the deadliest violence in three years. In los angeles, the driver of a stolen truck led police on a high speed chase. All that. Lindsey vonn w
Drlly fanatics. Millions of eagles fans set to flood the streets super bowl victory parade for the ages. And let the games begin. The Winter Olympics get under way overnight as the for team is to actually be that person is insane. From the Opening Ceremony to the athletes to watch, weve got it all covered for you, today, thursday, february 8, 2018. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie andkotb. Live from studio n plaidsza. Thank you for joining us this thursday morning. The olympics. Todays the day. Today is the day. You know when you have a date circle calendar for years, this is it. February 8, the olympics start. Well be heading there later. We will. Well catch up on all of it in a bit. Lets start with the big headline out of washington this morninof the president s closest aides. Staff secretary rob porter stepping down amid abuse allegations fro exwives. This morning the white house is trying to contain the fallout after initially defending his character. We
Effects of Hurricane Irma lots of rain and winds have been picking up. Irma is expect to come close to the island. Let s bring in kari hall shes tracking where irma is now and when its expected to make landfall in the us. Is lets bring in kari hall as shes tracking irma right now and when we can expect it to make landfall in the u. S. Well, as we get a look at this storm, just wanted to analyze a few things with you as we look at how this storm continues to change as it moves off towards the west. Right now as it interacts with some of these islands, the convection around that hurricane not as symmetrical as it was. That shows that there may be a little bit of weakening that will work its way into the eye of the storm. It may go through an eyewall replacement cycle within the next several hours, which would then cause it to temporarily weaken before it does move back over to some of the waters, very warm water, and then it could strengthen once again. It is moving very closely to the V