Friday, january 17th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im carson daly alongside al roker, Natalie Morales. Matt has the morning off. You have a problem with the new 50 . I think 60 is the new 50. Im glad we have something to look forward to. Its far off in the distance. Oh. Very far. Coming for you. Before we know it. Well, lets get right to our top story this morning, the dangerous wildfire in california thats damaged or destroyed two dozen buildings and forced some 3,700 people to evacuate. This morning, nearly 700 firefighters are working to contain those flames. Lets get to nbcs miguel almaguer, who is in irwindale, east of los angeles. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. Fire season here in Southern California is year round, but a blaze in the middle of january this size is u
Have to did online. It has to be the truth. No, it doesnt. It doesnt . Okay. Thats going to be fun. And a performance by Jennifer Nettles of sugarland, love her. A big one. Okay, so, Michelle Obama is turning 50. Happy birthday. And she is among many, many wonderful people turning 50 this year. 50 is the new 22. Yes, it is. President obama is throwing her a dance party. I would love a dance party. A funky dance party. Thats what i would like. Please dont invite me. Sandra bullock turning 50. Courteney cox, sarah palin and Trisha Yearwood all turning 50 this year. Courtney love, elle mcpherson, terry hatcher. Hank azaria. And Blair Underwood and rob lowe. Thats a lot of folks. A big milestone. Fermenting nicely in the wine world. They are fermenting. 50 is a little and hodawoman is not on that list, the most important one of all. 50 is funny. Sometimes it is something kind of cool, hey, im 50, yea, then suddenly you start thinking about, did you feel that way when you turned 50 wasnt th