weekend, the new and bigger storm brewing for midweek. and video game spending spree. the 6-year-old who racked up thousands, many thousands of dollars on mom s credit card playing his favorite games. good monday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i m kenneth moton. i m deidre bolton. mona is off. we begin with the historic delivery of the covid vaccine. the first doses are arriving at hospitals this morning and the first shots will be given today, the culmination of a record-breaking effort to help turn the tide against this pandemic. but this morning, new questions about who gets it first. reports claim senior u.s. government officials will be among those first in line. president trump responded overnight. those details in a moment, but first the delivery of the world s most precious cargo. this morning, a landmark day. the first american outside a trial setting will get the covid-19 vaccine. in kalamazoo, michigan, sunday pfizer employees celebrated a
leaders. stunning lawsuit, the man who shot and killed trayvon martin now suing martin s family and prosecutors for $100 million. this morning, the new outrage in a racially charged case that divided the nation. those stories, plus, unfiltered truth, nbc launches an investigation into america s got talent after a five-hour meeting with former star gabrielle union. the new american dream. an explosive look inside the mall of the future from thrill rides to ski slopes. how far they re going to win your business. and let there be light. 3, 2, 1. joy to the world the iconic rockefeller center christmas tree shining bright after we helped flip the switch on the holiday season. today thursday, december 5th, 2019. from nbc news, this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody, welcome to today, t today, thank you for joining us on this thursday overdrive now. certainly is, yeah. we re going to g
college basketball phenom zion williamson back in action last night putting on quite a show as duke faced off against syracuse in the acc quarter finals. you may recall, williamson s shoe broke apart and he hurt his knee forcing him to miss five games. nike made him a custom pair of replacement kicks where he scored 19 points, leading duke to win. nike is lucky williamson trusted him after that shoe explosion. here in new york, a beloved member of abc rern the whoopi goldberg. she had been off the air for a month involving a double healthe intervention is key, and they say if you suspect pneumonia go to a doctor. look how excited they were. i was watching television and i jumped up like they did. i wanted to hug the television. welcome back, whoopi. she was in the halls here at abc, and it was nice to see her so welcome back, whoopi. coming up, what you need to do if you really want to go all out this st. patrick s day. dance like you re irish. and our own will
oh, my god. okay, find the remote! find the remote! announcer: it s the late show with stephen colbert. tonight stephen welcomes teem teem and josh hutcherson, featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it s stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) stephen: whoo! eme soying ( cheers and applause ) welcome! please have a seat, everybody! welcome to the late show. i m stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) thank you very much. let s hear it for my warm up act tonight, donald trump. ( applause ) america s favorite funnyman addressed the nation on all the broadcast and cable news networks, explaining why he shut down the government for his border wall. so, by the time that this is broadcast, we re either in a brand-new state of emergency, or the same one we ve been in since november of 2016. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) was this a first? it was trump s first presidential address fro
good morning, the overnight rain has cleared out of the way and today is bright enough with a mixture of sunshine and showers in the forecast, i will tell you where the heaviest of the showers are expected to bea heaviest of the showers are expected to be a little later on. it s saturday the 10th of november, our top story, around 70 world leaders are gathering in paris for a weekend of special events to mark 100 years since the end of world war one. president trump arrived there late last night and will hold talks with president macron this morning. here, theresa may willjoin the queen for a festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall this evening. 0ur correspondent robert hall has spent the week travelling across the western front, from where he sent this report. last post plays echoing over a tiny village near the city of combres, the clear notes of a bugle found on the battlefield by wilfred 0wen, perhaps britain s most famous first world war poet. 0wen was killed in