her life was really sad and awful but i was bold and not afraid i let them give me this new haircut and i lost half my body weight but then they never did a wide shot a wide shot. give her the oscar. that was great. she s apparently an actress, but obviously a singer. she s got some chops on her. she went to usc. that is a i read that somewhere, but i might have made that up. well, guess who else is guess who is performing at the oscars? very excited about this. i wonder who is going to be an homage to the great great late marvin hamleisch. barbara streisand. she s going to be singing. the last time they say that she performed was the night when she sang the theme from a star is born, but she just had a concert because i went to it. no, on the oscars. last time she performed on the oscars. you know what, she always has a lot of milestones. she s retired several times, but so has cher. i think people have the best intentions to r
by and a sneak peek at 30 rock. we say good-bye, kind of an end of an era around here. major guest star on that program tonight, we ll save that for later. starting with the powerful storms, al roker is strtracking them. good morning. good morning, matt and savannah. massive tornado, may be rated an ef-4 when all is said and done. you can see how huge it looks on the ground. let s look live right now in adairsville, georgia. you can see some of the destruction that was left behind, at least one fatality in this system. we look at some of the aftermath now that went on as rescue workers got to the scene. there was one area where 100 people were trapped inside of a factory, causing big problems there. you can see cars tossed around like toys, and more damage throughout the rest of the south, as well. in fact, we had heavy rain, a lot of flooding from the carolinas, all the way into the southeast, where it was a real mess. now, as we go to the maps and show you exactly wha
the pilot and paramedics met the plane on the ramp and assisted before transporting him to a hospital. we don t have word on his condition but we are told he is a 28-year veteran pilot. the first officer an 11-year veteran. some of the passengers were rebooked on a shuttle flight to seattle while others had to wait until a replacement pilot arrived at about midnight or so. another incident forced an emergency landing in denver. we have some cell phone video of this incident. a flight scheduled to come into san diego from new york city was diverted due to an unruly passenger on board we re told. jet blue flight 185 landed in denver at 7:15. kusa reports it was a customer service issue between a flight attendant and female passenger. a federal air marshall got involved. once the individual was escorted off the plane the flight was back in the air. denver police, the tsa and fbi are now handling that investigation. back to youp. all right. tom costello, thank you so much. we
we are going to be heading out in about a week. yeah. we are going to southern hopefully sunny california. we will be doing two weeks of shows there. the first week of them doing at santa monica place down in santa monica near the third street promenade on saturday february 9th and sunday the 10th. we ll give you more details, but we want you to come out because we want a wild and raucus crowd. think of spring break. but dress appropriate. i don t know how chilly. i don t even care. i m wearing summer clothes because i feel like i want to be in summertime. no matter what the weather will be. it can be very chilly. don t say that, hoda. i don t care. i m doing it. it won t be. we re excited. we re going to have a fun two weeks in february. it s like our little sweeps thing, you know what i m saying? i think that starts soon. it does. what is this plea for an oscar winner? it s so funny. ann hathaway was in les mis she sang that song so beautiful
game. and we re getting set with al in san francisco and natalie live in baltimore today, friday, february 1st, 2013. 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 friday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning, everyone. i m savannah guthrie. you did not have to grow up in new york city to know the name ed koch, who served as mayor for three terms from 1978 to 1989 and used his sometimes combative style to help rescue the city from near financial ruin. i did grow up around here. he was a force. when you would come across a voter, he would always say, how am i doing? am i doing okay? he died overnight at new york presbyterian hospital here in the city where he made his mark with a larger than life personality. here is nbc s ron allen. hi! reporter: ed koch was a quintessential new yorker and one of the city s most popular and outspoken politicians, k