Introduces you to the athletes who are set to shine today, tuesday, february 4, 2014. From nbc news this is a special edition of today, countdown to the olympic winter games with matt lauer live from olympic park in sochi, russia, and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today. Its a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside matt roker and Natalie Morales. Matt is holding down the fort in sochi, russia. Dare i say it looks balmy. Reporter it is decidedly warmer and it looks like a huge cloud bank is about to hit the sun, but for the moment were very happy here, day two in the olympic park in sochi russia. As you mentioned Vladimir Putin arrived today and ill have more about that. I have u. S. Athlete and members of the skating seem and the u. S. Speed skating team blowing off some team. Ive gotten tweets and emails about people asking about that beige people in the bedroom with the red roof. They call that, the nickname for it is putin world he
Have on that case . And more with our rare interview with Supreme Court Justice Sonia sotomayor. Its a candid interview. She talks about greets from her childhood. Author of da vinci code and angels and demons, hundreds of millions of books in circulation around the world has a new book coming out this spring. What will it be called . Thats where you come in. We have some mystery. This is dan brown, after all. Using the danbrowntoday, tweet us your guess. You can also do this on facebook, by the way. Logon to today. Com for details. As these messages come in, well put the image outside on our plaza. It will begin to appear, kind of like puzzle pieces. By the time the appointed time arrives, we will be able to reveal the title of his new book in full on that monitor you see right there. Again, the hash tag to use danbrowntoday. Go over that one more time for me. I know, a little complicated. Fine print. Lance armstrongs confession that he used performanceenhancing drugs during his cycli
The thing about Lance Armstrong is for 15 years he said he wasnt. He sat in interviews over and over and said he didnt. He demonized the people that accused him of doing it. Not sort of, he did. He sued newspapers that accused him of doing it, and he won. Took millions of dollars. One of the things for some reason i dont know why this stuck in my craw so much, but it did. There was a nike commercial, okay, of reporters asking him what he was on. This was during the thick of it. Just watch this commercial and tell us what you think. This is my body, and i can do whatever i want to it. I can push it, study it, tweak it, listen to it. Everybody wants to know what im on. What am i on . Im on my bike busting my [ bleep ] six hours a day. What are you on . See . I mean, look at that. You think about that ad. What are you on . Im sure he wants to take back every bit of this stuff. You wonder if he hadnt have been on if he admits that he was, and now we know that he was, you wonder how good of
From nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaz. Za. Welcome to today. Im erica hill. Im lester hold. Well have more on the dangerous weather in just a moment just one week into president obamas second term, we should let the 2016 talk begin. There ace question of whether the number two men on the 2012 tickets, jo e biden and paul ryan, could be facing off for president in four years. David gregory will weigh in. I thought we would get a few weeks rest. No rest for the weary. Continuous campaign another reversal of fortune for Casey Anthony to tell you about. Two years ago her murder trial riveted the country ending in a dramatic acquittal. A new twist for the 20yearold involving her finances the countdown to super bowl sunday, we have a sneak peek at some of the commercials. Is it a smart way to build up anticipation or sometimes too much too soon . Well get into that the controversy over the subway foot long sandwiches that werent
That werent a footlong. Some people even filed lawsuits. Has the company made good. Well take a very scientific love. And hoda kotb is back with a bestselling book about people overcoming adversity. Shes reading while were doing the news . Hey looking forward to chatting with hoda coming up. First, the latest on the Winter Weather about to hit the midwest. Stephanie abrams is tracking the storm. Stephanie, good morning. Good to see. You good morning to you. Good morning to you at home. What i want to do first is take us back to the weekend to show you all the problems we had in the south with our last storm. Look at the snow that fell into western portions of West Virginia and on into north carolina. There were cars that were coated in snow. And of course a lot of accidents here. And thats just due to the snow. The reason i wanted to show you this video is because right now were dealing with ice. And ice is a lot harder to drive than snow. Right now central, into southern iowa, the roa