News al hunt. Who better to go to for a sense we are at this moment . Have you put this old thing in context . Al context is very elusive these days, charlie. I think what you said is absolutely right. The race has tightened more than many of us thought. If it is a really close race, she, being hillary clinton, has an advantage with the electoral map, which only matters if it is a close race. If trump or clinton win by three or four points, the map wont matter. The polls are all over the place. Cbs is a good poll, nbc is good, bloomberg is good. A lot of them are not good polls. I am looking at the early voting patterns. There are a couple who follow it very closely. A guy named Mike Mcdonald at the university of florida. There is a huge surge in early voting. Some states you can say with near certainty, it is almost clear who is going to win. Nevada and colorado, hillary is as close to certain as she can be. Trump is doing better in iowa and ohio. Florida, big surprise, is a tossup, w
Have made no Significant Impact on their decisions. Joining me is Bloomberg News al hunt. Who better to go to for a sense we are at this moment . Have you put this old thing in context . Al context is very elusive these days, charlie. I think what you said is absolutely right. The race has tightened more than many of us thought. If it is a really close a a oneoint onepoint race, say, she, clinton has an advantage with the electoral map, which only matters if it is a close race. If trump or clinton win by three or four points, the map wont matter. The polls are all over the place. Cbs is a good poll, nbc is good, bloomberg is good. A lot of them are not good polls. I am looking at the early voting patterns. There are a couple who follow it very closely. A guy named Mike Mcdonald at the university of florida. There is a huge surge in early voting. Some states you can say with near certainty, it is almost clear who is going to win. Nevada and colorado, hillary is as close to certain as sh
Jimmy hendrix. One of his biggest hits made the lyric lets party like its 1999 ingrained in pop culture. As recently as 2014, he turned in a show stopping eightminute performance on saturday night live. We would think of someone whose ageless. He seems so youthful even now. Reporter prince brought an energy and innovation to his sound that made a man standing just 52 a giant in popular music. Mark barger, nbc news. Reaction came quickly from the streets to the radio stations. People were sharing their thoughts on the loss of a music icon. Our coverage continues tonight with the impact on fans here. Lets begin with tracee wilkins. She is live in reporter this was such an amazing opportunity to hear prince. I had the opportunity to do that several yiears ago. I remember the entire Verizon Center being mez msmerizmesmeri. Theres definitely a hole felt for those who were fans of his. Today we had the opportunity to talk with Donnie Simpson, a man who interviewed him and actually went to hi
In peace, your music lives on. This sound of prince is on repeat in berkeley. This is great. Listening to this. We had it sold out. And sold out with the last cassette tape. I was hoping to find a cassette. This is bringing me back to my childhood days listening to prince. Word of his passing stunned fans and when the letters changed on the marquis sign at the paramount in oakland more hearts were broken. It is like he is gone. It is like Michael Jackson and whitney houston. These were people that mattered and music is icon. Prince performed at the paramount in january with a piano and microphone. Many stopped to take a picture to remind them of the music icon. Person after person keeps stopping by to take a picture of the sign as they remember the icon prince. People say it is hard to find the music online and hard to get the music in person and they are sold out in berkeley and hope to have the records on saturday. He was so talented on many different levels. Christina thank you. Pri
Said to be years away. A storm dumping snow from kansas to michigan. Another 31 million bracing for severe storms in the south. Al is tracking both systems. Well get the longerrange forecast live from Punxsutawney Phil today on groundhogs day, tuesday, february 2nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. We got out of dodge in time. Sioux city, iowa. The snow came in after the caucuses ended last night. We had a wonderful time out in iowa yesterday with the good people there. As you can see, theyre dealing with a big snowstorm. Al is going to tell us more about that in a second. The political results didnt disappoint. On the republican side, it was record turnout. The texas senator topped donald trump. Marco rubio hard on their heels, just 1 behind trump. In the democratic race, a historically close contact. Hillary clinton the apparent wi