welcome to today on a snow city. it s february the 5th, 2016. two days before the super bowl. great crowd outside in this weather. i m willie inside with natalie and al. tamron is on assignment again this morning in new hampshire. our morning jam is september by earth, wind and fire. we re playing it in memory of maurice white, who died wednesday at his home in los angeles at the age of 74. one of the founding members of this great band. he suffered from parkinson s the last two decades. they are our they were our first plaza performance in 1995. they played a number of times. this is them in 2001. they were like our house band here for a long time. i remember every time they came in, they d play september and the crowd would always go crazy. terrific. what a great legacy. as you listen to the song, you ll probably never go to another wedding where they don t play this. he had parken inson s and stopped performing in 1994. but he was behind the scenes working wi
super bowl 50 two days away. the security, unprecedented. the anticipation, reaching a fever pitch. the stars of the halftime show trying to get in the spirit. we definitely are beautiful, okay? america gets ready for some football today, friday, february 5th, 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 friday morning. yesterday morning, we were standing out there with no coats. it was warm. nice. al roker said, change was coming. that s right. if this were a football play, take the snap and hand the ball to al. thanks so much, guys. we told you, if the system makes its way a little closer, in snow along the eastern seaboard. ports portsmouth, new york city, we have snow. portland to washington, d.c., even raleigh, looking at snow. as this system develops, it ll be pushing in a lot of heavy, wet snow. power lines could come down
that s my challenge. especially with the tostitos. you need a drill, taking out a core sample. that s what we have to do. desemiable ble it to get into it. we ll work on it, al. i ll eat more of your dip. we have a lot of weather to talk about this weekend, too. we do. by the way, we, of course, want you to go to facebook.com/today s take. we have a great prize. 25 days of prizes. this is, i believe, day seven, correct? i think. something like that. we have an electrolux steam kettle. i actually have one of those. it is terrific. we want to get to 1 million likes eventually. we re at 173,000. please go to register for a prize and like us. again, as we mentioned, take your time walking up there, my friend. didn t want you to trip. electrolux steam kettle is fantastic. a lot of snow. had that. it is a mess. from atlantic city all the way up into portland, maine, we have winter storm warnings and advisories. 41 million people affected by them. we re going to wa
studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a friday morning. yesterday morning, we e re standing out there with no coats. it was warm. nice. al roker said, change was coming. that s right. if this were a football play, take the snap and hand the ball to al. thanks so much, guys. we told you, if the system makes its way a little closer, in fact, we would see snow more snow along the eastern seaboard. ports portsmouth, new york city, we have snow. portland to washington, d.c., even raleigh, looking at snow. as this system develops, it ll be pushing in a lot of heavy, wet snow. power lines could come down. tree branchs coming down. 41 million people under some winter storm warning or advisory. here we are. 7:00 a.m. from norfolk to snow falling at rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. it becomes windy. with the heavy, wet snow, we could be looking at power outages. around noon from portland, boston, warwick, new york city on the wester
the security, unprecedented. the anticipation, reaching a fever pitch. the stars of the halftime show trying to get in the spirit. we definitely are beautiful, okay? america gets ready for some football today, friday, february 5th, 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 friday morning. yesterday morning, we were standing out there with no coats. it was warm. nice. al roker said, change was coming. that s right. if this were a football play, take the snap and hand the ball to al. thanks so much, guys. we told you, if the system makes its way a little closer, in snow along the eastern seaboard. ports portsmouth, new york city, we have snow. portland to washington, d.c., even raleigh, looking at snow. as this system develops, it ll be pushing in a lot of heavy, wet snow. power lines could come down. tree branchs coming down. 4