the least of taxpayer s worries. wait until you hear about the party going on right now. if you like green energy, you will love this place. an entire town turning to the chevy volt. gas up. faction and friends starts right now. good morning, everyone. you are not on the couch, both of you. you need to be laying down. doctor keith ablow is here. he s already registered on fox and friends first and he will be weighing in later. because we are just taking off for the day we are supposed in our full up right position. that s true. i love the fact ainsley just said it like it is. ainsley thinks brian is nuts. actually of it was crazy. a major victory for the tea party in texas. ted cruz with a win against david dewhurst to capture the senate nomination for the republicans. dewhurst was considered the establishment gop candidate. cruz, the state s former solicitor general, calling his victory a win for many groups. tonight is a victory for the grass roots. [cheer
pocket of the back side of a seat. all 150 passengers had to be taken off the seat and key screened. turns out the camera belonged to a person on the previous flight. and despite people fighting for their religion freedom, president obama controversial contra acceptive man date goes into effect today. it forces all insurance companies to cover contra acceptive services. but many say it force them to go against their religion believes. some are planning to mark the day by holding a day called the day religion freedom died. those of your red lines. and mitt romney, three nations. never heard much about it. it ended by calling for endorsement from a union leader. peter has more. mitt romney s foreign trip certainly ended on a high note in poland because he picked up the endorsement of a person who ronald reagan called one of the world s greatest labor leaders. in england and israel public figures kept quiet in public who they would like to win here in november, but he sa
those pictures and that sound give you a very good idea of just what people in japan are dealing with this morning. those shots, of course, of the magnitude 8.9 quake which hit just about 2:46 local time. the images, as you can see, are devastating. and that quake triggered a tsunami. some waves reported as high as 30 feet high, and that wall of mud just sweeping away everything in its path right now. the death toll in the area is on the rise. buildings in tokyo, which are currently on fire right now, 4 million buildings in the region without power. so this is a devastating situation that we re watching unfold minute by minute right now. indeed we are. you imagine tokyo is about 230 miles south of the city closest to where this earthquake hit. that is really making its way through japan. we want to get youed very latest this morning. we do want to start in japan where the country is in chaos. this is the biggest earthquake to hit there in at least 140 years. as chris ment
good morning. tonight s the night, the finals of ladies figure skating, the most popular event of the winter games. two american skaters and canada s joannie rochette are very much in the hunt for a medal, but can anyone stop south korea s kim yu-na from winning the gold? today, thursday, february 25th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this boisterous thursday morning, day 14 of the winter games here in vancouver. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. and we have more inclement weather, as ann curry joins us as well here at grouse mountain, our home away from home. it has started to sleet after a night of snow here, but it s kind of fun. we ve got a good crowd. speaking of figure skating, south korea s kim yu-na was pretty much the odds-on favorite to win the gold coming into the competition. she is still in great shape to win the gold tonight. we re going to have more on that. meanwhile, it was a wild night for the usa on we
good morning. tonight s the night, the finals of ladies figure skating, the most popular event of the winter games. two american skaters and canada s joannie rochette are very much in the hunt for a medal, but can anyone stop south korea s kim yu-na from winning the gold? today, thursday, february 25th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this boisterous thursday morning, day 14 of the winter games here in vancouver. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. and we have more inclement weather, as ann curry joins us as well here at grouse mountain, our home away from home. it has started to sleet after a night of snow here, but it s kind of fun. we ve got a good crowd. speaking of figure skating, south korea s kim yu-na was pretty much the odds-on favorite to win the gold coming into the competition. she is still in great shape to win the gold tonight. we re going to have more on that. meanwhile, it was a wild night for the usa on we