Williams 6 month suspension from nightly news. This morning how his comments about an experience covering the war in iraq led to williams temporary removal. And stewart stunner. John stewart says he plans to leave the daily show after 16 years. In my heart i know its time for someone else. The announcement rocking hollywood, washington and his millions of fans today wednesday, february 11, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Apparently when jon stewart made that announcement there were kind of gasps. Its hard to imagine the late night landscape without jon stewart. He has done so much. He should be proud of those 16 years. Well have more on that stunner. We start with our top story, a sad one. A tribute to american aid worker Kayla Mueller who died in the hands of isis. Tributes are growing. President obama is vowing to bring her captors to just
Militant group asking congress to authorize the use for more u. S. Military force. Now, the president s request to congress would clear the way for the u. S. Of u. S. Special forces to fight isis but only if there was intelligence suggesting they were posing a threat to the u. S. However, president obama does not make a specific commitment to the ground war. He says this campaign would last no more than three years. Im optimistic we can get strong bipartisan support. We can show our troops and the world that americans are united in this mission. Theres no timetable for congress to act on president obamas request. But a House Committee hearing is set for tomorrow. House Speaker John Boehner says changes are likely before it comes to a vote. Tonight local military families are reacting to the president s promise to defeat and destroy isis. Nbc10s jim rosen joins us. The thought of another military ak in and around joint base mcguire, local families and veterans are talking about the pres
A good monday morning. We begin with the major sweep at the the oscars. A bit of an upset birdman scooped up four trophies and the parties raging on at this hour. Thats right. Our brandyondy joins us now. Reporter the celebration is on here in hollywood. You can see the stars walking behind me on the oscar red carpet and celebrating at the governors ball where there are 1,600 guests drinking 1,300 bottles of champagne. The big award, best picture going to birdman. Best actress went to julianne moore. And best actor one of the best acceptance speeches of the night went to eddie redmayne. I am fully aware that i am a lucky, lucky man. Eddie redmayne winning in the theory of everything. Best supporting actor went to j. K. Simmons and best supporting actress to Patricia Arquette for boyhood. Lets talk about Neil Patrick Harris. There are a lot of mixed reviews for his role as host. The opening number was spectacular. There was a sort of holographic image that went along with him on stage a
Potentially damaging winds. Future feels like temperature. Heres saturday afternoon. Feeling like the mid20s. Watch what happens into sunday morning. Could be feeling like anywhere from minus 15 to minus 20 degrees to minus 30 up near the poconos. This is going to be some dangerous cold. Aside from this were talking about winds gusting near 60 miles an hour. So we have a high wind watch through the area. Sunday is going to be the day you want to watch for these type of conditions. You really want to make sure that you kind of strap down anything you have around your front yard that could fly around. Just like every weekend, this weekend is valentines day. Well see lots of snow coming in. As we head into your late morning hours, the first snow will start to fall closer to the poconos, stretching down to allentown and then into reading as we head into your Late Afternoon hours, really 2 00 3 00, thats when well start to see a little more snow transitioning near philadelphia wilmington pu
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