Packing a punch. This morning, blizzard warnings across new england. Schools already closed across the region. A second storm is right behind it today, monday, february 8th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Its a monday morning. Double joy in the lauer household. All my kids were rooting for denver. They already got the call that school is closed because of snow. Might affect the voting in New Hampshire. Lets start with the game though. Its our top story. Dylan dreyer drew the lucky straw and was there to take us behind the scenes. Id normally say to tell us about the big storm, but today, eyes. Superman reverted back to clark kent, as the broncos defeated cam newton and his panthers. They say defense wins championships and thats what we saw at super bowl 50. Vaughn miller won the games mvp. From the star spangled banner to the starstudded halftime show to what people are speculating was Peyton Mannings last game, it was a huge night in santa clara. The ball is out. In the end zone the carolina touchdown. Reporter super bowl 50 is in the history books. If cam newton was superman, Peyton Manning and the broncos defense were his kryptonite. The broncos beat the panthers, 2410, making manning a twotime super bowl champ, giving him a record 200 career wins. Im happy to be a part of this team. The ending to the legends career in the nfl, it was insane. I have priorities in order. I want to kiss my wife, kiss my kids. Thatll close out the half. Reporter after losing to denver, carolinas 26yearold mvp quarterback who dabbed his way through the season, was clearly upset during the post game interview. They played better than us. I dont know what to say. Reporter when he had enough, he simply got up and walked out. While newtons performance ended a disappointment for carolina fans, lady gagas rendition of the star spangled banner at the start of the game lived up to the hype. Were walking out on the field for the super bowl halftime show. Itll be amazing. As for the muchanticipated reporter coldplay performed a medley of some of their biggest hits. But it was special guest bruno mars and beyonce who stole the show. Say my name, you know who i am reporter with formation, a surprise song she released on saturday, she performed it live for the first time in front of an estimated 189 million viewers. In the end, super bowl 50 had something for everyone. Celebrating a championship win in denver, carolina fans coping with defeat. Taking it all in at levis stadium in santa clara. The today show at the super bowl. Now, there wereas a lot leading up to the show. Left shark didnt make an appearance during the halftime show. The confetti was gold, and i took some as a souvenir. Were joined by Denver Broncos linebacker demarcus ware. Good morning. Good morning. I dont know if its a morning of continuation of your partying last night, but how does it feel to wake up super bowl champs . You know, its february the 8th right now at 3 45 a. M. , and i am still going right now. Its a good thing. Just having fun right now and celebrating with the guys. They always say that defense wins championships. Thats right. When you sat in the room the last couple weeks and you looked at tapes of cam newton and the panthers, what did you see in those tapes that made you think you can contain him and them . The speed of our defense, and having guys that can rush the pass. Like me and vaughn and malik. Weve been against so many running quarterbacks. With aaron rodgers, andrew luck. Those guys sort of got us ready for this point right now. We already had our rush package and things we needed to do to contain a guy like cam newton. We were comfortable. But we knew also who we were going against. Hes a great quarterback. Cam newton doesnt suffer from lack of confidence, but it seems like there was this key play early on with the sack, the fumble, the touchdown. Do you feel like that was a key moment in the game to kind of set the course . I think it was a key moment in the game. I think we needed that push, the motivation from vaughn getting the strip back, and then getting a touchdown. You can see it sort of put us over the top a bit. We were already stopping the run already. We can get to the passer a little bit. Let me ask you this, demarcus, so much talk after the game, even before the game, would this be Peyton Mannings last game. Did he say anything in the locker room privately to the players that leads you to believe hes leaning in one direction or another . I wouldnt think he i mean, from the speech that he gave all the way up to the game, i mean, i felt like he was in it 100 and not thinking about, you know, retiring or anything like that. But, you know, if this is or was his last game, you know, he went out on top. Im just glad to be able to got a little piece of history with him for the last two years with the Denver Broncos. Super bowl champion demarcus ware, congratulations. Feels so good. Sounds good. Get some sleep. You wear it well. All right. Thank you so much. Congratulations to him and all the broncos. By the way, were going to have manning live, and more on the halftime show. Those closely watched commercials, as well. Well do that throughout the show. Were not done talking about the super bowl but lets talk politics. The New Hampshire primary is tomorrow and the candidates are making their lastminute pushes. After a memorable Republican Debate over the weekend, marco rubio finds himself facing new attacks this morning. We have all of it covered. Lets start with peter alexander. Good morning. Good morning to you. After repeating himself repeatedly, the question this morning, can marco rubio rebound . It was the most dramatic and defining moment, most challenging moment of rubios campaign. It runs the risk of reinforcing the negative caricatures that rubio is too programmed, too robotic. Reporter here in the granite state, donald trump looking to seal his lead against jeb bush. Jeb bush brings out his mom, walk in the snow. Reporter the latest attack after trump barrelled through boos on saturday night. Property from an elderly woman. Let me talk, quiet. A lot of time reporter this morning, marco rubio is trying to silence critics after the freshman senator, already under fire for being too scripted, repeated the same rehearsed line four times. Lets stop with the fiction that barack obama doesnt know what hes doing. The fiction that barack obama doesnt know what hes doing. Reporter rubio seemingly rattled with Chris Christie delivering the pounding. There it is, the memorized speech. Reporter he could be branded as an untestedpi sideepi episoed takeepi episode taking on a life of its own. I would pay them to run the clip because its what i believe, passionately. Trying to put saturday nights backstage pile up in the rearview mirrors. Candidates missing their queue. Another forgotten entirely. Were going to introduce Ohio Governor john kasich. This morning, here are your standings. Right now, the daily tracking poll, courtesy of our friends in boston, you see donald trump in New Hampshire, fortifying his lead up 24 points over his competitors. Ted cruz and marco rubio behind him. John kasich and jeb bush behind them. Chris christie believes that four or perhaps five candidates may move on to South Carolina later this month. Peter, thank you so much. Over on the democratic side, Bernie Sanders holds a lead in into the New Hampshire primary. It didnt stop clinton from making a detour on sunday. Andrea mitchell is following that race. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Trailing Bernie Sanders badly here in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton left the state sunday to go to flint for a while. A signal to many that shes already focusing on the primaries to come. But bill clinton was all about trying to change the outcome here in New Hampshire. Reporter for bill clinton, the gloves are off in New Hampshire. When youre making a revolution, you cant be too careful about the facts. Reporter the former president criticizing sanders policy proposals and his behavior in the campaign. Is he good for america . I dont think so. Good for New Hampshire . I dont think so. Reporter called president clintons words, quote, disappointing. Saying the campaign will continue to focus on the issues. Clinton is also going after sanders supporters for using what he calls sexist language. Attacks that are literally too profane, often, not to reporter behind by double digits, Hillary Clinton was back in New Hampshire sunday night. Appealing for votes, insisting she is not giving up on the granite state. Im going to work for every vote i can get before the polls close on tuesday. Reporter but the polls show her losing support among women, especially young women. Facing an uphill battle in New Hampshire, she spent most of sunday in flint. What happened in flint is im immoral. Reporter the water crisis is an issue the campaign feels is resonating. I will stand with you every step of the way. I will not for one minute forget about you. Reporter and she is also escalating her attacks on sanders Foreign Policy credentials. There really isnt any kind of Foreign Policy network that is supporting and advising senator sanders. Reporter sanders fired back. Lately, i have been lectured on Foreign Policy. Reporter and hammered i was right on that issue. Hillary clinton was wrong. Hold on reporter sanders showed his lighter side when hisith his double, larry david, on snl. We need to unite and Work Together to get through this. Sounds like socialism to me. Democratic socialism. Whats the difference . Huge difference. Huge . Huge. Bernie sanders calls himself an underdog against the clinton machine. In New Hampshire, he has outspent her 2 1 in television ads. Another reason the Clinton Campaign is not optimistic about closing the gap here. This race is getting nastier. Sanders has denounced the supporters who have been engaging in online harassment. Andrea, thank you very much. Lets bring in our experts. Nicolle wallace served as an campaign, and chuck todd, moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Chuck, big moment, big stakes. Chris christie absolutely eviscerated marco rubio. Its like a game of threedimensional chess. Where does it fall out . I think the consequence of what happened saturday night is, i think no matter what happens here, barring one of the candidates sort of skyrocketing or an upset over trump, i think it means now nobody gets out. I think it means New Hampshire doesnt win out the field. Marco rubio had an opportunity to take control of the race on saturday night. He knew everybody was going to come after him. Thats what makes saturday night so perplexing. He knew they were coming after him and he wasnt ready. He ended up blowing an opportunity that i think could have been meaning securing the nomination, believe it or not. As he had as bad of a night. Lets go further on that. Chris christie spent the whole week saying exactly what he was going to say to attack marco rubio on that stage on saturday night. Like you said, here comes the punch. Im going to hit you right in the nose. Marco rubio didnt prepare for it and had no answer for it. Heres a dirty little secret. Marco rubio is polarizing in the republican party. From the outside, he looks like a pleasant, rising star in our ranks. Inside the party and the field of candidates, he has thin skin on policy matters, and Chris Christie saw an opening. He telegraphed and, man, did he take it. He absolutely did. I guess thats the question, chuck. Again on the fallout, where it all comes, does it lift christie . Does this have the effect of helping christie . What about donald trump . No one goes after donald trump. Hes the one who looks to be about to win New Hampshire, if you believe the polls. By a lot. Christie at all. I dont know if christie looked good in the moment. He looked tough in the moment, made rubio look terrible in the moment. But nobody i talked to believes christie has been helped here. The candidate that may have been helped the most by this, john kasich. He has been sort of the guy that doesnt attack anybody. In New Hampshire, that could get rewarded. Hes the guy that every other campaign quietly thinks could end up in second place or surging in the last minute. Funny how things end up. Ill ask you about the democrats here. You have bill clinton out there, really standing up for his wife, Hillary Clinton, saying the tactics being used by the Bernie Sanders campaign are off the charts wrong. You have bill clinton there looking really desperate. Then you have Hillary Clintons most prominent female surrogates unload on young women who are drawn to Bernie Sanders. I have thought all along Hillary Clinton was in a Strong Enough position to glide through the she struggled in iowa eight years ago. Bernie sanders is from the neighboring state. The fact she cant be more placid when hes challenged is, to me, the greatest threat to her eventual ability to be the nominee. These are hurdles like marco rubio she should have seen coming. Its more concerning for her supporters to see bill clinton and Gloria Steinham become unhinged. Playing the sexism card, because thats what it is. Is that a winner . They want to rally women. It hasnt happened. Everything has been generational, not grend erender. The Clinton Campaign knows itll be a long february before they get to South Carolina. Chuck, im coming your way. Live in New Hampshire tomorrow. Complete coverage of the primary tomorrow morning on today, weather permitting. Chuck, you have been forewarned. Something else that could impact voting in New Hampshire, we have a strong winter storm beginning to hit new england. This morning, another one behind that one. Al, whats going on . Were watching a parade of storms make their way to the northeast. Heres the first one. Right now, snow already in long island, connecticut, and just about ready to move into boston. As it does, its going to be dumping a fairly good amount of snow from new england, long island, all the way up to manchester. The snow will be heavier later this morning. 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