Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Happy monday. Welcome to today. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist with Natalie Morales and dylan dreyer. Matt and al have the morning off. Weather outside is frightful here. Warm and rainy. Warm and rainy is the key. I cant believe how long it was. I said i put the jorts up on a shelf and could bring them down. I know. Guys. Its insane. We have ryan oneal live in our los angeles studio this morning. He just won a huge verdict and that Farrah Fawcett portrait is in his hands now legally. But the weather is the top story this morning. The impact it is having on the holiday rush. At least nine deaths blamed on storms that produced everything from tornadoes to a dangerous ice storm. Half a Million People without power nationwide. By late last night, more than 700 flights had been cancelled. Another 11,000 delayed. Just in time for the Christmas H
And flashed everywhere. And wild weather from tornadoes to snow and dangerous ice. The massive storm thats affecting millions of people and what it means for us. Here we go. Storm team 4 is tracking a line of rain and heavy wind right now. And on top of that, record breaking High Temperatures this morning. But changes are on the way. Certainly a wild day out there this morning. And good morning, youre not going to need the coat out there this morning, but you will need the umbrella. Thats right. Could be a bumpy morning for some of us. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joining us now with whats happening. Hey, chuck. Good morning to both of you and good morning, everybody. A record breaker already today. When i was coming to work at about 4 00 this morning, it was 71 degrees outside which was already within one degree of the alltime record for the day. One of the warmest nights weve ever seen in the month of december here in the Washington Area, temperatures even as of the 9 00 hou
Report accusing congress of disarming the dea and helping to fuel the Opioid Epidemic in the country. Did the president s nominee for drug czar help push through that law . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The Republican Party has never been more unified, President Trump said today, except for a few hours earlier maybe when the president was blaming Senate Republicans for, quote, not getting the job done legislatively. He was backing former white house chief strategist steve bannon who declared a, quote, bloody civil war against republican members of congress up for reelection next year. Bannon blamed them for stalling the president s agenda and President Trump said today, quote, i can understand fully how steve bannon feels. Which is a funny way to express unity and support for congressional republicans. Cnns senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny starts us off today from greenville, South Carolina, where President Trump will be this evening to fund
His son, marine lieutenant robert kelly, was killed in action in afghanistan in 2010. It was a devastating loss for him and his wife karen. Of a parents loss of a child, shakespeare once wrote, grief feels the room up, lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, unquote. And i know its clear to all who know john kelly and karen kelly that a robert is a constant presence in their lives, john kerry has been reluctant to speak publicly about the very personal and distressing loss i had suffered, but given the political fights about President Trumps false charge that president obama never called the familys of the fallen, and then later in the week, the charge by a democratic congresswoman that trump himself was insensitive when he called a grieving widow earlier this week, kelly obviously felt he needed to explain his behind the scenes conversations with President Trump. Lending advice to the president that someone who knew best how those families were feeling from both ends of that phone
Brian didnt he win two years of the row . Ainsley not entertainer of the year. This is the first time he has won. Brian the red, white, and blue suits that Tyler Hubbard wore how do you think they are selling today . Steve whats the number . Brian i would buy that suit. I think that would be great. If you have an extra red, white, and blue suit i would like to wear it or if Tyler Hubbard is done with it. Steve uncle sam, put down that phone. Thank you very much. We will be playing some of the highlights from the show throughout todays program. This monday morning we lead with a fox news alert. Kirstjen nielsen is staying on at the department of Homeland Security for a couple more days after she suddenly decided last night to resign. Brian depending on how its portrayed. She says she wants a clean transition to new acting secretary kevin mclean than and that happened last night. Griff jenkins is in washington as the Trump Administration is heading now in a new direction. Hey, griff. Gri