Vote. The families of newtown deserve a vote. As House Speaker john boehner explains in an exclusive interview why he feels the president doesnt have the guts to stand up to his own party. And rough landing. A small plane carrying a family, including a 7monthold baby, crash lands in a field of snow and its caught on camera. And, incredibly, everyone escaped without serious injury, today, wednesday, february 13th, 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 a special edition of today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie in washington, d. C. We will, of course, matt, have complete coverage of the president s state of the Union Address and the republican response in a moment. But first i know that scene in big bear lake, california, remains very active this morning, matt. Yeah. Its been very busy there. Investigators spent the night at what
Reporter in the first state of the Union Address of his second term the state of our union is strong. Reporter president obama made a direct challenge to congress. Lets get this done. Reporter as he laid out his vision for the country, the president repeatedly called on democrats and republicans to act. The American People dont expect government to solve every problem. But they do expect us to put the nations interests before party. Reporter it all came on the same day Speaker John Boehner called the president out for not having the courage or guts to make tough choices on the budget. The president used the power of the podium to push back. Some in congress have proposed preventing only the defense cuts. By making even bigger cuts to things like education and job training. Medicare and Social Security benefits. That idea is even worse. Reporter as is typical of most state of the Union Addresses, the president covered lots of ground. Our First Priority is making america a magnet for new
And if you wanted to walk several miles to get supplies, you better get back before dark or you might not get home at all. This is so laced with racial overtones. The Republican Party, if they were smart, their leaders today with condemn it, but theyre not smart. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. A busy valentines day, indeed, with the president traveling to georgia just as Senate Republicans back in washington threatened to derail and deny his nomination of chuck hagel. Were looking live at the senate where moments from now theyre going to take a vote thats likely to delay the confirmation of a muchneeded secretary of defense for this country, a country, by the way, thats still at war, and well bring you that live. But first, we take you on an exclusive tour of Wayne Lapierres new york. Thats right. This is how the nras chief executive describes the city of new york today in an opinion piece published on the daily caller beb site. After Hurricane
Good evening. It was a day of reckoning. The end of ten days of terror. And Police Believe a killer once on the loose is now dead. These images tell the story. The charred foundation, all thats left of a cabin in the woods, set ablaze. About Police Believe that Christopher Dorner was inside. While in another part of southern california, Police Gather to lay one of his victims to rest, one of their own. His widow, in a moving embrace by his casket, covered with a flag. We begin tonights coverage with Abcs Cecilia Vega now. Cecilia . Reporter diane, good evening. Im standing at the onetime Police Command post, the heart of that manhunt for Christopher Dorner. Right over my shoulder, those houses right there, we now know thats where dorner was holed up just as of yesterday. Neighbors telling us he very well may have been hiding in plain sight. From a barrage of gun fire to a rush of flame [ gun fire ] to that shell of a house now nothing left by rubble. Shut down the freeway for the subje
Why not . What doesnt go with bacon . Bacon and omelettes, why not . Bacon and chocolate. Well have a little bacon breakfast. Im all for that. Take three with our state of the union last night. Up on capitol hill, congress talked about jobs, immigration, he talked about gun control. He gave out bacon. He should have given out bacon. He gives the address. Getting beyond the substance and policy is the response from senator marco rubio from florida. A tenminute address talking about high taxes, spending, speaking in both english and spanish. And then he did this. Slow motion now for the water graph. Couldnt they put the water a little bit closer to him . You know . That was during the live address. Listen, weve been there. You get something in your throat. Little dry. I think it was the way he did it. He kind of made a dive for it. So far. You wonder if he could have said excuse me and then i need a sip of water. Otherwise it looked like he was ducking and running. Look, its live. What a