lead. and his position on climate change putting a dark cloud over his nomination. and deep freeze. the brutal cold gripping much of the country intensifies as a new storm develops that will impact people from seattle all the way to boston. millions of americans bracing for snow and bitter temperatures. today thursday, december 8, 2016. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on thursday morning, tamron s here for savannah. good morning unless you re living in casper, wyoming. it s brutal. look at al s map. it s minus 28 degrees. that s the air temperature. that s a 24 degree drop from this time yesterday. we kept asking, that was a real number? don t make it enough. al s going to talk about this polar plunge in a little while. let us begin with some overnight developments in that shooting two of officers near a college campus in georgia. the alleged shooter is on the