captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. happy friday, everybody. so this debate in sioux city was the last before the iowa caucuses, which are on january 3rd. while newt gingrich did face some criticism, surprisingly, none of it came from mitt romney. instead, he saved his harshest words for president obama. we ll have much more on the debate and where the republican race stands right now, straight ahead. an encouraging sign for one of the smallest babies ever born, delivered at 24 weeks and weighed 9.5 ounces and doctors gave her a 1% chance of surviving. now four months later doctors have wonderful news for this family. we ll talk to the parents coming up in just a few moments. and we re going to be hearing a lot from howard stern on the new season of america s got talent. the outspoken shock jock as some call him decided to join the judge s table and already promi
and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. happy friday, everybody. this debate in sioux city was the last before the iowa caucuses, january 3rd. while newt gingrich did face some criticism, surprisingly, none of it came from mitt romney. he saved his harshest words for president obama. we ll have much more on the debate and where the republican race stands right now, straight ahead. an encouraging sign for one of the smallest babies ever born, delivered at 24 weeks and weighed 9.5 ounces and doctors gave her a 1% chance of surviving. now four months later doctors have wonderful news for this family. we ll talk to the parents coming up in just a few moments. and we re going to be hearing a lot from how warde stern on the new season of mark s got talent. the outspoken shock jock as some call him, decided to join the judge s table and already promising feelings are going to be hurt. we ll have more on that story as