Putting all other cliff hangers to shame today thursday july 23rd 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 thursday morning. Remember the time we got eaten by a flying shark . Did we survive . They survived. Its a movie. Its not over. I believed you in the role of matt lauer. Thank you. Well have fun with sharknado 3 a little bit on. We start with a serious news. Troubling comments from fbi director james comb my on threats from isis facing the United States. At the groups ability to inspire americans to extremism. Kristin welker is at the white house with more. Reporter officials here have long signalled the terrorist group isis also known as isil poses a risk to the u. S. The fbi director was asked if the group is a bigger threat to the u. S. Than al qaeda. His answer is question underscoring the level of concern here. Isil is not your parents al qaeda. Its a very di
Show exit. Rather than saying goodbye or good night, im just going to say, im going to go get a drink. With help from some of the politicians he skewered and correspondents he made stars. Becoming an International Superstar is just something i did while waiting for my next assignment. And going urban. A huge crowd packs the plaza for a live concert from country superstar keith urban as our long, hot summer continues on friday, august 7, 2015. 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. It is a great morning for a great concert. Weve got keith urban here live and several thousand of his closest friends here to watch the concert in our 8 30 half hour. Well be outside in a little while. I dont have to ask you if you watched the debate. We were texting at times. It was fascinating at times, exhausting at times and it is the subject of our top story. We have the big moments,
Much stronger position on tackles. There are strict rules about tackles that prevent a lot of injuries, particularly at the international level. Also, the absence of helmets , ironically, might be a cause cause for fewer concussions. Could you please talk about the difference between rugby union and American Union and american football, whether or not you have looked at that . And if you have not looked at that, take a look at the new Zealand Rugby union seem and maybe open up a dialogue with the National Rugby team to see whether or not you could learn something from new zealand and maybe they could play more games of the year. Thank you very much. Its interesting. I have heard from a number of folks. This issue is raised repeatedly. The biggest. Is the one you hit on about helmets, the absence certainly changes the way players tackle in the game. We we address this in the book. In many ways, the helmet has made the concussion issue worse. It is overpriced piece of plastic that has em
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