and welcome to this special edition of today. 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on this friday morning. i m ann curry along with david gregory, in for matt this morning. you re looking live at atlantic beach, north carolina, where you can see that the sea is already churning as hurricane irene is slowly creeping toward the u.s. shoreline. giving way to dark and stormy clouds. hurricane warnings in effect for north carolina to new jersey, but the impact of this storm will be felt on beau coasts. some airlines are already cancelling flights, as you might imagine, to many cities here in the east. that s right. we re expected to hear from president obama about the storm coming up at 8:30 pacific time. we can also tell you that irene did weaken slightly overnight but it is still a very powerful hurricane, and forecasters say this could be a weather event for the ages. take a look at the projected p.a. irene is expected to pound the whole eastern coastline you can see as it moves i
and welcome to this special edition of today on this friday morning. i m ann curry along with david gregory, who is in this morn for matt. you re looking live at atlantic beach, north carolina, where you can see that the sea is already churning as hurricane irene is slowly creeping toward the u.s. shoreline. ominous sight there. right now hurricane warnings are in effect for north carolina all of the way up to our neck of the woods here in new jersey. there is some good news this morning. the storm did weaken slightly overnight. we want to underline slightly. this is still a very powerful hurricane. the forecasters say this could be the weather event for the ages. projected pat irene is expected to pound the whole eastern coastline. and may feel the entire director of the national hurricane center says this track is one of his greatest nightmares, david. that track being up the eastern seaboard, is that nightmare. among the big cities that could feel the full force of t
question? this one interrupts me. he says he was hacked but many wonder why he s being so defensive. many wonder why he s being so defensive. today, wednesday, june 1, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today. i m meredith vieira. good morning. i m ann curry. lucky matt and al are on assignment in vatican city. matt had a rare audience with pope benedict xvi. i know you will tell us about that more later, but give us one sentence about what the experience was like, if you can. oh, my. it was very, very exciting, meredith. it followed an audience of 15,000, 20,000 people in st. peter s square. i walked up to greet the pope along with archbishop timothy dolan of new york. it was very exciting. i ll tell you more about the gift we presented and the experience later on. it was so thrilling. it really was. al, where were you for all of this? i was back a couple of rows sitting with some nuns. it was great. we started singing. it was fa
to a woman from his twitter account. do you want to ask a question? this one interrupts me. he says he was hacked but many wonder why he s being so defensive. many wonder why he s being so defensive. today, wednesday, june 1, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today. i m meredith vieira. good morning. i m ann curry. lucky matt and al are on assignment in vatican city. matt had a rare audience with pope benedict xvi. i know you will tell us abo that more later but give us one sentence about what the experience was like, if you can. oh, my. it was very, very exciting, an audience of 15,000, 20,000 people in st. peter s square. i walked up to greet the pope along with bishop timothy dolan of new york. i ll tell you more about the gift we presented and the experience later on. it was thrilling. al, where were you for all of this? i was back a couple of rows sitting with some nuns. it was great. we started singing. it was fantastic.
back now with more of today on this friday morning, february 26th, 2010. as you can see, a snowy day back on the east coast. nearly 17 inches in new york and it is still coming down. we re going to have the latest on the storm in al s forecast in just a moment. meanwhile, it is day 15 of the olympic winter games here in vancouver, actually, our last day at grouse mountain. i m meredith vieira along with ann curry, al roker and natalie morales. matt, lucky dog, off today. and he made it home, right? he did. i know. in the snow. and our executive producer jim bell got out as well. i know, but we are here and we re glad. very glad. just ahead this half hour, the breathtaking beauty, grace and artistry of the ladies figure skating final led by gold medal-winner kim yu-na of south korea and also canadian joannie rochette, who won bronze even though she mourned the death of her mother. we re going to have the highlights from a beautiful competition. we were lucky