On the rise here in berlin and officials announce new curfews and restrictions on gatherings. Also on the program a legendary guitarist and songwriter Eddie Van Halen has died after a long battle with cancer. He cofounded a van halen which became a one of the worlds a top selling bands with Eddie Van Halen it considered one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show we begin here in berlin where belarus is exiled Opposition Leader has been holding talks with the german political leaders including chancellor Angela Merkel scotland and chicken is calling for european help to force new elections in belarus followed. A disputed poll in august since then and the country has been gripped by mass opposition protests and the violence a government crackdown now to cannot scale once germany to take a leading role in ending the unrest. This meeting at the german chancellor and berlin is crucial for us from atlanta to. She has High Expectations of angle
2015 will be a busy one in politics. The race to the white house will intensify. Well also look and get predictions about the world of medicine and the economy from jim cramer. Cool. Were going to take a moment to look back at the fun we have had in 2014 from sochi to the big halloween show and so much more. Also we are going to start your new year with a song from Carrie Underwood. Lets check on the stop stories from sheinelle jones. Good morning, happy new year to you. Happy new year. Bad wet wither is hampering efforts to recover victims from flight 8501. Katy tur has more. Reporter the weather hamper ing the search effort. They were able to bring the bodies they already recovered back to surabaya today including the first one to be identified. Received with civic honors by Indonesian Military air force and naval officers victims three, four, five and six landed in surabaya today, followed by the remains of the first identified body hayati lafaya was handed over to her relatives. Jo
Whoever writes checks. Thats still me. Thats still me. How long is it going to take you . You dont ever write a check . Yes, i do. Big checks for your dog walker. Dog walker and dog trainer. Yes. Hoda had no idea how much that was going to cost. Yes, it is. But hoda just signed a good, new, longterm deal here at nbc news. So, that dog walker will be putting her kids through college. Yes. Later on, you are the busiest girl in the world, hosting along with al roker, the hardest working man in show business, the 125th annual roses parade. Are you excited . Yes. Ive never done a parade. Al is the perfect person to do it with. Ive never seen al discouraged or down or cynical. Always in a great mood. Hes always, hey, hey sometimes its annoying. But mostly we just love the guy. Have fun, sweetheart. Thank you. Its hangover time. And you might be nursing one. They say that the number one choice for a hangover is in america. In america is more alcohol, apparently, a bloody mary. Were stupid. Th
October 17th, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today, im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer. I love to paddle board. My whole body freezes up when ipad l over a jellyfish. Can you imagine what you would feel. Meantime, we show you a live shot from washington. Here is something we havent seen. Federal workers coming out of the metro center, returning to work. 400,000 of them will now that the shutdown is over. At least one guy. Last night, after midnight, now, obviously, this cost so much money. We have 400,000 people going back. National parks going to open up again. Some will take longer than others. This has been a huge political fight, what its cost the u. S. Economy. Experts say it is in the billions. The reopening of the government is the top story. Lets get to Peter Alexander, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. The countdown clock is finally off the screen. This is the message sent o
Where it happened and why. Today, thursday, august 22nd, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. Im alongside al roker and natalie morales. Youre on the cell phone at the beach and saying, wait a second theres a military hovercraft, youre probably going to get told to lay off the beer and get into the shade. Exactly. Its to say the least unexpected. People were wondering what the heck is that about. Well tell you about it in a few moments. We have a lot of news to get to. Were hearing for the first time, the 911 calls from that brave bookkeeper who talked the gunman into giving up, this as students return to the school for the First Time Since the incident. Today well be there live. Lets begin with 16yearold Hannah Anderson talking for the First Time Since her kidnapping ordeal, as she prepares to bury her mother and brother this weekend. N