This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on the thursday morning. This isnt even our halloween costm. Im matt lauer along with al roker. I am a yankee fan but you had to feel them good talking about all of what boston has been through and now they bring home the world championship. Good for them. Hard to take you seriously. With everything that boston has been through to. We are beard sox nation today. Can we get over it now . More on the win in a moment and, of course, this is halloween and we all know that. We have a lot in store for you. Two surprise concerts and our big costume reveal which might be our best yet. Let us begin with todays top story the severe storms that are impacting halloween plans for a big section of the country. Al, what do you have . We have a gotogepen well start in kansas. Massive thunderstorms, hail, damaging winds, it is really a mess there. Were going to take a l
It goes against all of your Core Principles to back president obama. Stuart by the way, thank you liz. Now it is time to give it to connell. Connell you did look like you are getting along very, very well. I am connell mcshane. Has housing finally turned a corner . That will be our big debate and discussion this morning. Jamie dimon says, yes, it is going back up. It will not get better in spite of the economy. Supply and demand. For household formation. Connell wait a minute, a drop in sales came in. We will sort all this out coming up. And flipping houses and fixing them up. Vanilla ice, of all people, is with us during this hour. Republicans need to get tougher and cut federal programs. 58 of americans oppose anything happening. We are going to start with the stock market. We have been talking about this. We are up again today with Nicole Petallides covering it from the New York Stock Exchange. Nicole it shows you what we are just 300 points away from the alltime high. That is on th
Charged with the murder of his model girlfriend. As cops hold what may be the gun he used to shoot her. Were going to have a baby. And special delivery. The street buried in two feet of snow after the massive storm. The mom who couldnt wait for the plows. Her whole neighborhood pulling her on a sled to get to the hospital. Get ready to meet the miracle blizzard baby. And good morning, america. Happy friday to robin, heading into her last weekend before its back to work. Just five more days. A long weekend. Great to have Elizabeth Vargas here. And a whole lot happened while all of you were sleeping. Three, big, breaking stories. You see the pictures. Right there, from the massive meteorite, just terrifying some there in eastern russia, thought the world was ending. And look at that streak. That streak of light in the sky. People did think the world was ending. Explosions, sounded like bombs were going off. And right before impact, it was all caught on a dash cam. Look at this. It looks
Olympic hero, Oscar Pistorius, holds his head in his hands, weeping in court. Charged with the murder of his model girlfriend. As cops hold what may be the gun he used to shoot her. Were going to have a baby. And special delivery. The street buried in two feet of snow after the massive storm. The mom who couldnt wait for the plows. Her whole neighborhood pulling her on a sled to get to the hospital. Get ready to meet the miracle blizzard baby. And good morning, america. Happy friday to robin, heading into her last weekend before its back to work. Just five more days. A long weekend. Great to have Elizabeth Vargas here. And a whole lot happened while all of you were sleeping. Three, big, breaking stories. You see the pictures. Right there, from the massive meteorite, just terrifying some there in eastern russia, thought the world was ending. And look at that streak. That streak of light in the sky. People did think the world was ending. Explosions, sounded like bombs were going off. And
And then, a sonic boom so loud that witnesses say they thought a war had broken out. Yeah. Reporter theyre bombing, this man says. 2,500 square meters of window glass reportedly shattered. Chaos inside buildings and panic on the streets, as glass and other debris comes raining down. Dash cams and cell phones capture the amazing sights. And from inside a building, this witness. It was ultrasonic. It was an asteroid. Officials report over 725 people injured, mostly from broken glass. Just look at the destruction. The blast obliterates part of this zinc factory. Taking down this outer wall. Schools were closed after windows were blown out. Temperatures in this region below zero today. 20,000 Russian Troops headed to the scene, including aircraft to survey the damage from the sky. Scientists say the meteor, which could have weighed ten tons, was not connected to the asteroid that will fly dangerously close to earth today. And Television Networks here are going walltowall with coverage of w