welcome to today on a tuesday morning. november 3rd, she s coming on november 25th, yes. yeah. sitting here, just wait. a lot of people into that song around you ve been singing all morning. i think some would agree, you re kind of crushing it already, not in the same way though. we ll wait for adele. we ll let her sing that one. absolutely. our day s top story, one year to go to the 2016 presidential election and the new poll has ben carson and hillary clinton surging and president obama is weighing in on the way. we ll get to the lester holt s exclusive interview with the president in a moment, but we ll start in washington with nbc national correspondent peter alexander. peter, good morning to you. reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you. this race is now just getting good. the big headline this morning, that ben carson has shot up seven points in less than two weeks. that drops donald trump to second. 50% of republicans pick carson as either their first o
ohio voters legalize marijuana today, that is, if another measure boonlt doesn t kill his buzz. and hello record books. hello from the other side that s adele s new single. she is crushing it. more downloads in its first week than any other song in history. and the countdown to her appearance in our studio is already on today, tuesday, november 3rd, 2015. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. november 3rd, she s coming on november 25th, yes. yeah. sitting here, just wait. a lot of people into that song around you ve been singing all morning. i think some would agree, you re kind of crushing it already, not in the same way though. we ll wait for adele. we ll let her sing that one. absolutely. our day s top story, one year to go to the 2016 presidential election and the new poll has ben carson and hillary cl
and natalie. tamron is on assignment. my morning jam, let s listen tore a second. this is my shot from the hamilton, the musical. if you haven t seen it yet, i know it s a tough ticket, try to get some. come sometime to new york city and see it. talked about this. finally got to see it a couple weeks ago, and i ve got to say, it s one of those shows everybody bulked it up so much, so much hype and i said can it really be and it really is as good as everybody says it is. just incredible. you can download the album now to get ready for when you come see it on itunes. that s probably the best way because when you actually first see it it takes almost five minutes i think to kind of acclimate your ears to the rhythm and everything that s going on because you are not ready for it. that s how uneekt show is. it s genius. recall berets way you watch musicals. a great song. it is election day. one year, 52 weeks from today, we will elect a new president of we ve got new
shay stands to make millions if ohio voters legalize marijuana today, that is, if another measure boonlt doesn t kill his buzz. and hello record books. hello from the other side that s adele s new single. she is crushing it. more downloads in its first week than any other song in history. and the countdown to her appearance in our studio is already on today, tuesday, november 3rd, 2015. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. november 3rd, she s coming on november 25th, yes. yeah. sitting here, just wait. a lot of people into that song around you ve been singing all morning. kind of crushing it already, not in the same way though. we ll wait for adele. we ll let her sing that one. absolutely. our day s top story, one year to go to the 2016 presidential election and the new poll has ben carson and hillary clinton
dictate how we feel. we are focusing on the wrong thing here. reporter: confederate flag images prominent in a few states across the country may soon be no mor. people use the flag as a symbol of hatred. reporter: the battle flag is part of the official flag the speaker of mississippi statehouse is calling for it to be removed. georgia weighing a redesign of sons of confederate veteran s license plate featuring the flag. governors in tennessee north carolina and virginia are already saying they will support pulling the plates from production entirely. today, i m calling for actions to be taken from the removal of the confederate flag. reporter: this as ebay amazon and walmart are banning the flag from their shelves. it s unclear when the legislature is going to take up this legislation regarding removing the flag. we did speak with one republican and they are likely to focus on it after fourth of july. today, it is all about the victims. alisyn as you know clement