Of months. Do you have any regrets, or do you think its been successful so far . Guest oh, i think were in a very strong position and, of course, im thrilled that on june 12th the fccs order went into, went into place. So i think that were on strong legal ground. Of course, there was a challenge by opponents to delay the implementation, and the court denied that. And there is yet another challenge that will be heard, i believe, in december by the appeals court. But i think that were on very strong legal ground. And that first test, that first legal test and the passing of that, i think, was very important. And i also think that important that d that its important that senator markey and myself launched an amicus brief that was signed by 28 members and senators. And in that brief it was in many ways kind of a reminder. Both of us were there when the Telecommunications Act was written. We were both conferees on that huge legislation. And so we believe that, and stated so in the amicus br
Until noon of january 20, 2017. And jay john szob . Jeh johnson . Our book is on the Justice Department. Yeah. I cant really answer questions about him. [inaudible] i dont believe so. So those folks, i could tell you from experience with them and people we talked to, they dont make the transition to be government lawyers. When you leave private practice and you go to work for the Justice Department you have to transition into being a government lawyers whose job is to represent it public as a whole. I can tell you the people that come from those organizations, they just now think they are working for those organizations but they have the governments power and resources to do what they want. But Christian Adams and i, a couple years ago, we did a foyer request for the resumes of all the career people that have been hired in the Civil Rights Department since the start of the department and hundred percent of the people hired were clearly hired on the bases of their politics and their ide
And not so funny. We showed you the controversial Super Bowl Ad featuring a lost puppy. Viewers so outraged go daddy yanked it hours later. Will the company get out of the dog house today wednesday, january 28th, 2015. 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 on wednesday morning. Matts got the morning off. Got the shovel out. A lot of snow at his house. Check out marshfield, massachusetts. Weve seen images. Look at this. Storm surge, the waves froze on the homes and the trees. Waves coming over the homes and into the street ahead. Thats amazing. The storm and its aftermath our top story. The impact of what ended up being a record setting storm in parts of new england. To dylan dreyer, shes in marshfield about 30 miles south of boston along the coast. Dylan, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah and man, are we happy thats over. New england took it on the chin with
The elaborate proposal that had the wouldbe bride crying tears of joy. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. I am matt lauer. I am Savannah Guthrie. Everybody needs a personal fan today. If you look at the map its hard to believe, twothirds of the country with temperatures over 90 degrees, and isnt the heat wave getting longer now. Yeah, its into saturday. Its a heat wave we have not seen in about 16 years. And i was at the stadium last night, and it was an oven in the stadium. Lets get right to nbcs tom costello, who is sizzling away in washington. Good morning to you. Good morning. Already 81 degrees here in washington, and its 7 00 and we are headed to 97 degrees, and high humidity today, and orange air quality, and if you have asthma they suggest you stay inside. The heat wave has a huge grip on much of the country and its supposed to only get hotter. Summertime, and living is anything bu
Were keeping them honest tonight. We begin with breaking news. New details about the harm that this man might have been capable of. For starters, Omar Gonzalez did more than jump the fence at the white house. He made it through the front door of the white house. He was armed and had a troubling recent past that Authorities Say suggested he may have intended to harm the president. A whole lot of questions. More from jim acosta. Reporter investigators say they found 800 round of ammunition inside the car of alleged white house intruder 42yearold Omar Gonzalez friday night. In less than 20 seconds he jumped the fence that runs along pennsylvania avenue and raced inside the north portico entrance to the white house. He was armed with a small knife. Relatives say hes an iraq war veteran with posttraumatic stress disorder. In Court Prosecutors say gonzalez has had runins with Law Enforcement before. In july arrested in virginia with a sniper rifle and a map circling the white house. In augus