This morning we have never seen before. Whats behind a 370 increase in the number of spam phone calls made to landlines and cell phones . And whats being done about it . Plus, the nun who has done it again . Sister mary joe sobiak. With a big pitch. And a big surprise for the simpsons. Good friday morning, everyone. Im kenneth moton. And im Stephanie Ramos in for janai norman. We begin with the fight for Julian Assange. He was tossed in jail on a u. S. Warrant accusing him of conspiring to hack into pentagon computers. Overnight, Hillary Clinton weighed in on his arrest. Mona kosar abdi has our top story. Reporter good morning, kenneth. Good morning, stephanie. Hours after his arrest, Julian Assange went before a british judge and was found guilty for failing to appear in court in 2012. That is just the beginning of assanges pending legal troubles. With a long beard and his hair tied back, he was carried out of the ek what doer yan embassy. No one is above the law. Reporter they announ
his biting humor has more in hollywood a little bit nervous. why he says he couldn t resist coming back for more jokes and jabs today, friday, january 8, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer live from los angeles and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to a special split edition of today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer in los angeles. savannah is back in new york, and savannah, the people in this town are getting ready for the big event this weekend. yeah, absolutely. hopefully it will be a dry red carpet. i see ricky gervais is sharpening his knives. i bet we will gasp as he put it. exactly. i was not talking about the globes. i was talking about your arrival here. excited about. please have the lavender tealights ready for me, matt. we will. lots to get to this morning. let s start with the top story. two terrorism-related arrests, one right here in california. this is
give us justice! or quit your job! this is a tragic event. tragic for the family, the marshall family, tragic for the deputies and our staff that have been involved with this. we re anxious to have some closure to this. we re continuing to be committed to a thorough investigation. reporter: the six deputies involved with the incident are still on the job. but we re told in a restricted manner. they are not allowed to have any contact with inmates. in the meantime, it is the denver police department and the denver district attorney s office that is reviewing this case. but the family and their attorney feels a special prosecutor should be appointed to take a look at this. kim, back to you. they certainly had strong words today, jeremy. i know they said they really want to see that video. as for those of us that really don t understand, can you explain what a spit mask is? reporter: a spit mask is placed upon a person, a detainee or an inmate if they are starting to spi
i see ricky gervais is sharpening his knives. i bet we will gasp as he put it. exactly. i was not talking about the globes. i was talking about your arrival here. that s what people are getting excited about. please have the lavender tealights ready for me, matt. we will. look forward to it. lots to get to this morning. let s start with the top story. two terrorism-related arrests, one right here in california. this is sure to intensify that debate going on about refugees from the middle east. nbc s justice correspondent pete williams is looking into that. pete, what can you tell us? reporter: matt, good morning. both of these men will appear in court later today to be formally charged. officials say this is a case about fighting overseas, not about plotting attacks here at home. the justice department says a 22-year-old man from iraq aws mohammed younis al jayab was arrested while he was living in sacramento accused of lying to immigration authorities. the fbi says w
powerball jackpot now worth $700 million. this morning how you can actually improve your chances of winning the big one. and he s back as hollywood gears up for the golden globes, we catch up with return host ricky gervais. his biting humor has more in hollywood a little bit nervous. why he says he couldn t resist coming back for more jokes and jabs today, friday, january 8, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer live from los angeles and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to a special split edition of today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer in los angeles. savannah is back in new york, and savannah, the people in this town are getting ready for the big event this weekend. yeah, absolutely. i see ricky gervais is sharpening his knives. i bet we will gasp as he put it. exactly. i was not talking about the globes. i was talking about your arrival here. that s what people are get