you might have a little assist if you need a little help. i think i m going to need a little help, okay? but they woke up to some weather here that was crazy! you get up at 4:00 and go and walk blake because you live in the city. i get up a little bit after that and i take my dogs out. these are our two views. i woke up and cars, because that s my neighborhood. i was literally, like i almost wanted to write something in that snow with my finger. i ll bet you did. but i decided against it. i took a couple of pictures, too. i just could not believe it. look at the flowers. the daffodils desperately trying. i went over to i couldn t believe it. on the barbecue, i went to wipe off, because i m so mad at the snow. it was solid ice. it wasn t just falling snow. 34 degrees in new york city. the temperature dropped 50 degrees in 36 hours. they got snow in chicago, in the midwest, nebraska, michigan, wisconsin. i mean, it really got we were over this six we
way today, wednesday, april 16th, 2014. from nbc news, this is today. with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on wednesday morning. i m savannah guthrie. i m carson daly alongside natalie morales and dylan dreyer. matt and al are off. some v.i.p.s joining us in the studio, including some secret service. it s bigger than natalie s normal security detail. we ve got michael bloomberg here and the second lady of the united states, dr. jill biden. both have some news to announce this morning, so we ll check in with them separately a bit ahead. but we want to get right to our top story, and it s breaking news coming out of south korea this morning. rescuers are scrambling to locate survivors from that ferry disaster amid fears that the death toll could rise drastically. cnbc s eunice yoon has the latest. eunice, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, savannah. this could be sou