Show and she sacheted into our studio this wednesday, february 18th 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a wednesday. Matt and natalie have the morning off. We do not. The Westminster Dog Show maybe a little Love Connection with wrangler. Look at the wrangler. Look at that. He said i wish i fixed my hair this morning if i had known. Mrs. Robinson is playing. We will check in with miss p in a moment. The bitter cold is the top story. Temperatures plunging across the country. They have power lost in the area. We are not seeing an end in sight. The bad stuff gets in even sooner. In fact we take a look and before we get to the siberian express, let me show you what we have been dealing with. Frozen trees and power lines and a real mess. Kids enjoy it but nobody else. Crops being damaged and folks trying to get through all of this in the south. Heres where our misery is going to start.
Kathmandu. Nepal locates the remains of a missing u. S. Helicopter. Military teams on the ground inspecting that crash site. The American Chopper vanished tuesday while carrying six marines. The thrill is gone the king of blues b. B. King died at his home in las vegas. The blues was the devils music as far as the church was concerned and my mother head a left hook that rifled mike tyson. The eighth victim of amtrak 188 was discovered yesterday. And the first funeral is being held today for Justin Zemser. Flash flood watches in southern california. A virtual river floeing in hollywood. Possible heavy tornados from nebraska down to the southern plain states. As suspected, tom bradys appealing his fourgame suspension for will hear that appeal. At the white house, a california man was flying a small drone. The suspect is being charged with violating a federal order. And United Airlines flight made an Emergency Landing at l. A. X. After reports of smoke in the cockpit. All that a tennessee
Greece. Some of the other headlines this morning, a surge in healthcare coverage signups innups, 1. 1 million enroll this initial period. The Washington Times reports report bybenghazi the New York Times may be to benefit Hillary Clinton for president. And the New York Times reports about the democrats and how theyre look at the 2014 elections. They are turning to the minimum wage as a strategy to help win elections. The question for you these first nexttolast this day of 2013 who was the biggest political loser this year . Who had a rough year in your view . Who lost ground or lost support . To hear some names from you and some explanations as to why you think someone was the loser politically this year. Youll remember we did the winners a short while ago. The phone numbers. Over 1,500 facebook postings at this point just 7 00 in the morning eastern time. A few about the biggest political loser of 2013. Thats have i i cant facebook. And if not by phone, you can via facebook, also twit
Good morning. Im frances rivera. After days of deadly violence, ukraine is ready to move on to its next chapter. Ousted president Viktor Yanukovych is on the run while a new government forms in kiev. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports from the capital. Reporter sunday mass at kievs st. Michael cathedral was dedicated to the nearly 100 protesters who died to oust ukraines president. The cathedral became a Field Hospital this week when riot police opened fire on demonstrators. Medic reporter and just as fast as the government was overturned for that massacre. A new government is now being formed. In a series of rapid fire votes, Parliament Today made its speaker interim president and issued an arrest warrant for Viktor Yanukovych. Security camera footage appears to show the moment yanukovych fled kiev two nights ago with suitcases, realizing perhaps it might be a oneway trip. By night fall, independence square, once filled with bonfires and molotov cocktails, glowed w
The deal that has been cut provides no relief to the millions of americans who are hurting because of obamacare. To party House Republicans conceded defeat this time. Anytime you stand up for the American People it is worth it. If the teajim jordan party would threaten to fall the robot care in february when todays debt ceiling deal runs out. Wrecks we could do this fight again. That is unlikely but what i do think were going to do is make those arguments. All caps did not gloat. There and there are no winners. Ahead to theoked next round. Ballot overnother i the budget. Here is a factoid for you. Republican majorities have raised the debt ceiling 40 times and the regrets 24 times. See more history on our website. The longstanding lawsuit against Baltimore City is finished 10 years after a protest against the iraq war. City officials signed off on the 100,000 settlement filed by the aclu in 2003. It was filed on behalf of a group called women in black targeted by police while demonstra