Political benefits. He also frequently attended comedies at fords theater and he was known for telling jokes, for his witty stories and selfdeprecation. The ability for a leader or politician to laugh at oneself and at politics more broadly is a hallmark of our democracy. In humor we not only have a to callvalve but a way attention to ideological differences while still maintaining the balance of democratic discourse. Today in these polarized times and as we head toward a president ial election we bring together a panel known for their ability to laugh about the business of leadership and politics. I am pleased to welcome our distinguished guest today. Log before Stephen Colbert and jon stewart mark russell dared to joke and sing about the often absurd political process. Though he actually knew little about politics when he first began performing russells ability to find humor in anything made him an immediate hit. His career spanned from a piano is mark0 years working russell comedy s
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Wintry mess moving our way. Lobby. Relatives say the suspect was defending his family after good evening. On maurice dubois. Im kristine johnson. Tracee carrasco has the exclusive story live in Washington Heights where she spoke to the suspected shooters father tonight. Tracy . Reporter the suspect claims he was protecting his mother when he shot a man inside the lobby of his Apartment Building here. The suspect says his family his family says he is actually the victim. Surveillance video shows the moment david polanco, seen in the dark hoodie, reached his boiling point when he shot 50 yearold Francisco Davila are inside his apartment polancos father, ralph polanco, sr. Says saturday nights shooting is the result of taunting for the past five years. This is an accumulation of all that harassment. These people want us out. Reporter he says his 31 yearold son went to the lobby to check the mail. When he encountered the 50year old victim drinking and cursing. What he was doing is calling
Breaking news tonight, severe storms slammed the south. Deadly tornadoes rip up homes and businesses and the threat isnt over. Plus tracking snow, wind and rain in the tristate area this week. Good evening. Im kristine johnson. Im maurice dubois. First, lonnie quinn keeping an eye on the storm here in the weather center, getting ready for round two. Still catching a little bit of round one out there. Take a look right now at current radar picture, youve got a little bit of pink, shows you where the sleet is, dutchess county, Litchfield County as well. A snowflake around kingston, a light little rain shower, also the jersey shore. But everything very light. We want to get the word out a much bigger system moving into our area. That is 1000 miles across. Its going to make its way into our area tomorrow. Whats interesting is this has had a lot of volatile activity associated with it. Youve got to remember, its february. A hardcore winter months. February is not a hardcore tornado month, y
Please try to be impartial here. Who do you think is the most qualified to hold office in 2016 . The lady i saw singing on saturday night live. And speaking of late night, tonight show takeover. I think i pulled a hammy on that one. I think i have to tag out on that one. A surprise appearance for jay leno jumping in on fallons monologue. This morning jay is live with us from tonight to today, today, wednesday, october 7th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Weve got willie in this morning for matt and some breaking news at the top this morning, a startling revelation. The Associated Press is reporting this morning that the fbi has helped foil several attempts by russianlinked smugglers to sell Nuclear Materials to muslim extremists, including isis. Lets get right to nbcs key simmons in london reporter implications are chilling, an