Of power the news . Well, thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the point where my guest in the studio and a job is a professional Musician And Church activist who says instead of a structural reform, we need to re focus on the actual aim of the christian faith. Which faith is eternal life . Also Witnesses Max Cap at the anchor, dominican priest, and for many years church journalist, he believes that the church should not be afraid of change and it wont come through to mathias catch from the abuse survivors. Organization tish, who wants that. Its high time for the church to really listen to the voices of the victims. Interesting stuff so much to talk about. Thank you all 3 for being with me today. And id like to begin with you, Father Max and the letter of resignation from cardinal remarks to pope francis. It was fascinating that he used the language that he said a dead end had been reached in the catholic church in germany. What do you think he meant there . I, when i hear
announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. happy monday. welcome to today. i m savannah guthrie. i m willie geist with natalie morales and dylan dreyer. matt and al have the morning off. weather outside is frightful here. warm and rainy. warm and rainy is the key. i can t believe how long it was. i said i put the jorts up on a shelf and could bring them down. i know. guys. it s insane. we have ryan o neal live in our los angeles studio this morning. he just won a huge verdict and that farrah fawcett portrait is in his hands now legally. but the weather is the top story this morning. the impact it is having on the holiday rush. at least nine deaths blamed on storms that produced everything from tornadoes to a dangerous ice storm. half a million people without power nationwide. by late last night, more than 700 flights had been cancelled. another 11,000 de
this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m savannah guthrie. i m willie geist in for matt along side natalie morales and dylan dreyer. our lead story this morning, despite everything you saw there, savannah guthrie turns 29 years old. happy birthday savannah, again. thank you so much. turned 29, oh, 13 years ago i think. 29 and holding. natalie just mentioned i m the oldest person sitting at this table. by six months. you re right on my trail. meanwhile, willie has the gift that keeps on giving. willie has the stomach flu this morning. i do. a lot of leaning in all directions this morning. we have the bucket and the purel right here. i would watch the full show this morning. there s no telling what s going to happen. let s get to today s top story. the effort to rescue dozens of people stranded on a ship to antarctica. they have been
times square, tuesday, december 31st, 2013. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. i m erica hill. savannah, al and natalie have the morning off. did you see that sign, happy new year? it s tomorrow. but we re getting ready. good to be prepared. carson daly getting the iron man award. he s up early with us today. he will be hosting a big new year s eve celebration this morning. he s already there. carson? matt, erica, good morning. on the first i m the first journalist out here. my show starts in 17 hours. but i wanted to get a jump on things. this is a tradition over 100 years odd. times square. it s the calm before the storm. nearly a million will be here behind us. we have a great show on nbc. i ll tell you more about it in a little bit. you re right, today is the longest day of my year. you do that show so well, as you do this
studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone, welcome to today on this tuesday. i m savannah guthrie. i m matt lauer along side al roker and tamron hall. did we do something with the set? did i miss something? we changed something. sorry i missed the house warming party but it looks good. it looks good. we are excited. good. we are going to start in washington at the scene of the deadly shooting at the navy yard. after conflicting reports on monday, confusing information, investigators now believe the gunman acted alone. natalie morales is there with the latest. natalie, good morning to you. good morning to you, matt. we are starting to learn more about the alleged gunman and possibly aa motive here. according to officials, the man identified as the alleged shooter, 34-year-old aaron alexis had been experiencing mental problems and had a checkered past. he was a computer contractor, a former navy reservist who was honorably discharged in 2011. alexis