an ecigarette explodes in the pocket of a california man who s riding a bus. once again calling the safety of those devices into question today, thursday, december 22nd, 2016. 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 thursday morning. i m matt lauer, alongside hoda kotb here while savannah continues on maternity leave. if i were an ecigarette user, i might be considering a new year s resolution. no kidding. those are the ones that are caught on tape. we were talking about how many happened that have not been captured on tape. el wwe ll tell you more aboue circumstances surrounding that little bit. but breaking news, overnight raids tied to the international manhunt for a suspect in that truck attack in berlin. nbc s anne thompson has been covering this story. anne, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, matt. german authoritie
an ecigarette explodes in the pocket of a california man who s riding a bus. once again calling the safety of those devices into question today, thursday, december 22nd, 2016. 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 thursday morning. i m matt lauer, alongside hoda kotb here while savannah continues on maternity leave. if i were an ecigarette user, i might be considering a new year s resolution. no kidding. those are the ones that are caught on tape. we were talking about how many happened that have not been captured on tape. el wwe ll tell you more aboue circumstances surrounding that little bit. but breaking news, overnight raids tied to the international manhunt for a suspect in that truck attack in berlin. nbc s anne thompson has been covering this story. anne, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, matt. german authoritie
seniors, trying to figure out how to pay for their prescription drugs or put oil in their tank, so there is certainly quite the range as far as interest around the district. host: you are also the only jewish republican member of the house. is that significant, in your opinion, and how? rep. lee zeldin: there are issues that i care very deeply about. you speak up, and you talk about who are america s friends, and who our enemies are, what our foreign policy should be as relates to defeating isis. isis happens to be about 18 miles from the syrian border with israel. how is our approach with syria and iraq and afghanistan, and, of course, the nuclear talks the rising tide of anti-semitism around the world, including right here in the united states, and this is starting to become more prevalent on college campuses, and around the world where some cemeteries are being converted to all muslim cemeteries without even any indication as to what they will do with jewish remains. maybe