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Tomorrow, things heat up in a big way. New scandal for spitzer . Elliott spitzer has been accused of choking a woman inside a new York City Hotel room. He says there is no truth to the allegation. Police are investigating. And trapped dozens of people, including a baby, stuck in a train car for hours in sub zero temperatures. The riders finally lowered to safety by rope and glad to be back on solid ground today, monday, february 15th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its president s day, monday morning. Carson daly is in for matt. We have a lot to talk about. We do. So much has changed with the death of Justice Scalia. The flag outside the Supreme Court at halfstaff this morning after this weekends sudden and unexpected death of justice s t Antonin Scalia. Replacing him, of course, will tilt the balance of the Supreme Court. That has ignited a new Elect
Its snowing its snowing thats the principal . Thats the principal at pickens elementary school. He was super excited. He went window to window telling the kids to look out here. It was a great piece of video. Thank you for sending that in. This is katy whittakers kindergarten class at Carlyle Foster grove elementary. They look so excited. You can see their tongues out trying to catch the flurries. Its a kid thing to do. Snow like that that was so beautiful and fluffy its kind of rare in the upstate. Sure. What a treat. If you have pictures like that you can post them on our facebook page. We have the app too. If you dont have this app you definitely what about to consider that. We have a lot we updated the app. You can get the latest on School Closings and delays. Right now every Law Enforcement agency is struggling to fill open jobs. That puts strain on veteran officers. Cops are being hired with a checkered past. One officer on every shift here. If one of those cops leaves town thats
[inaudible] im delighted to be able to introduce Jane Hampton Cook to you. She makes biographies and history relevant to todays news, current events, issues of [inaudible] and modern day life. Jane is the author of about eight books, including american phoenix which we have up for sale here and which she will be happy to sign. Its about John Quincy Adams and the war of 1812. And she also has a soft cover book here called the starspangled story, which is celebrating 200 year t of our National Years of our national anthem. Jane has authored several books from the revolutionary war, the faith of americas first ladies, and she coauthored stories of faith and courage from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. And as an aside, shes also a former white house [inaudible] so, jane, were lucky to have you today. Thank you. [applause] well, thank you so much for coming, and thank you to fall for the book for hosting today and to the Lifelong Learning institute at george mason. I just really appreciat
Interest. Sobering new warning comes as an International Manhunt is under way for the militants who murdered journalist james foley. The second night of calm there in ferguson missouri. Governor jay nixon orderin National Guard troops to withdraw from the town. Were here to secure a sense of peace for our community. Chicago dealing with serious Flooding Issues right now. This after thunderstorms and heavy rain. More is expected there. A patient in sacramento has tested negative for ebola. This news comes as two americans who contracted the virus in west africa have beaten the odds. I am thrilled to be alive. Game over chicago to the United States championship game. Jackie robinson west wins it 65 to spell the end to mone davis and philadelphia. Im speechless im just overjoyed right now. The United Airlines jet reported smoke in the cockpit and made an Emergency Landing in indianapolis. No one was injured. Australian fire crews gave a koala hit by a car mouthtomouth resuscitation. Bless