and they re what? remember that break in at the so-called largest closet in the country? a man who claims to be the burglar now says the jewels, bags and furs he stole are fake. both the victim and the thief are telling their side of the story today, monday, august 18th, 2014. announcer: from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt with tamron, natalie, and dylan. good to see yowl you all. good morning. unfortunately we start the week with images nobody wanted to see especially the people in ferguson, missouri. violence protests overnight. images like this being seen everywhere this morning. tear gas used, some of the people protesting using milk, pouring it over their face to get rid of the stinging in their eyes from that tear gas. it was an emotional roller coaster when you compare those images to the ones from the inspirational
and they re what? remember that break in at the so-called largest closet in the country? a man claiming to be the burglar says the items he stole are fake. both the victim and the thief are telling their sides of the story today. monday, august 18, 2014. announcer: from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt with tamron, natalie, and dylan. unfortunately we start the week with images nobody wanted to see especially the people in ferguson, missouri. violence protests overnight. images like this being seen everywhere this morning. tear gas used, some of the people gassed pouring milk over their face trying to get rid of the stinging in their eyes. it was an emotional roller coaster when you compare those images to the ones from the church service after the clashes resumed. this is our top story this morning. it comes after a private a
times square, tuesday, december 31st, 2013. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. i m erica hill. savannah, al and natalie have the morning off. did you see that sign, happy new year? it s tomorrow. but we re getting ready. good to be prepared. carson daly getting the iron man award. he s up early with us today. he will be hosting a big new year s eve celebration this morning. he s already there. carson? matt, erica, good morning. on the first i m the first journalist out here. my show starts in 17 hours. but i wanted to get a jump on things. this is a tradition over 100 years odd. times square. it s the calm before the storm. nearly a million will be here behind us. we have a great show on nbc. i ll tell you more about it in a little bit. you re right, today is the longest day of my year. you do that show so well, as you do this
that hopefully we can book. big surprise. we don t know. going to be fun. we want you to join us. starts at 8:00 a.m. get there first come, first serve. our live show begins at 10:00 a.m. this is important. we ll host a creative sign contest. we want you guys to do your best artwork, show up on the plaza out there with a sign. we ll pick you and you ll get another surprise that we don t know we don t know what it is either. it s going to be great. don t yeah. don t study this weekend. spend all your time wasting your time. there is news in the tipping department. okay. here s the thing i used to think it was 15% unless you re out to dinner at a nice place and it s 20%. it s 20% 20 across the board. that s what i think. now some people do that weird thing where they double the tax. i don t understand that situation. so 20% is what it s supposed to be. now a the new york post study says the new normal is 25% to 30%. that s 1/3 of your meal.