And rift over the riff. Its one of the most recognizable rock songs of all time, but did led zeppelin steal stairway to heavens famous melody from another band . The case thats now heading to court today, tuesday, may 20th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Never has so much air guitar been played by so many dorks on one set. Wow. Possibly stolen merchandise. My entire High School Prom was a fraud. By the way, this band spirit, way to get right on it. How many decades has it been . 1969 they toured together. Its crazy. Were going to have a little more on that coming up. Also ahead, were going to take an emotional trip back. It was one year ago today, we were all in moore, oklahoma, after that devastating ef5 tornado. I recently went back to moore to find out how the people there are doing a year later, how the town is doing, and well take you there
With your plans . Our dream team has all the answers in this secret weatherman handshake today today may 22nd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning him welcome to today on a thursday morning. Sorry. Something nerve racking having the two of you here for the weekend. It will not go well. Exactly. Anyway, sam, nice to have you here. Al, we will get to you in just a couple of minutes. Lets jump into our top story, a dangerous wildfire threatening hundreds of homes out in arizona. Nbc is with that fire. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter at base camp, the smell of thick heavy smoke, a clear indication the fire is growing. The blaze has destroyed some 5,000 acres. The containment is at zero percent. Overnight, feeding on dry forest land in whipped by winds, crews cannot keep the fire in check. Flames swept up steep canyons, hop scotching across ridges. The terrain here, a perfect funn
Us, but we do have oscar winner Charlize Theron. Great actress. Plus amy breneman. Two movies coming out that could not be more different and i loved them both. And Dierks Bentley will be singing a song for us. And matthew will answer all your relationship questions. But first, breaking news. Breaking news yesterday. California chrome, our favorite horse in the world, gets to run with his breathe right nasal strip. That was decided by the powers that be. He always ran with the nasal strip so he could open up his breathing passages. There was a question about whether he could wear it during the belmont stakes. And the answer is yes, he can. So excited. I hope he wins. Been a long time. 30 plus years. It will be good for the sport obviously. Okay. Sandra bullock, whom we all adore, surprised the seniors at warren eastern high school, they got a big surprise at their graduation. It was her. And she gave some advice. She told the graduates advice that she tells her 4yearold son, louis. Tak
Russian troops are taking control. Groundldiers on the working together with the militia. Yesterday, surrounded military bases there. Many people expect more will be deployed. Addressing business leaders, about 25 minutes away from me, in a conference here. He has said russias are refusing to recognition. Direct negotiation. No bullets have really been fired yet. It is possible this could all deescalate at some point. It does not look like that is very likely right now. Go, tell melet you about the people in the ukraine. How nervous are they these tensions can affect escalation military action . Are you less people on the streets . People are anxious. They are very worried. Most are resigned to the possibility they may have lost their country. They do not see it is realistic to fight against ukraine. Country spent 4 million the Russian Military spent 7 billion. There is still a revolutionary spirit here. There is not a lot of anxiety. Everyone is celebrating. A tad bit anxious it could
That interview to continue the conversation. This company is well under its way to try to fix some of the issues that led to that data breach. Now, mulligan says he has three priorities. Trafficking sales here in the anded states, fix canada, transform to an on the channel retailer. Drive more sales off line. He acknowledged that target has lost their mojo. Fixing that is the question of what he calls an shackling ourselves, allowing ourselves to take risks in the stores. When we are at the best, we are driving newness into the stores. We have a great high plane of innovation that were going to bring over the next several months. We need to expand that and get more to the guests. Target is trying to revamp their baby department. Theyre trying more partnerships with sustainable radix vendors. Product vendors. What do the customers want . See what works. That is very difficult to do when youre struggling with other issues. Like an target do about canada . Canada has been a challenge for