good morning. state of the union, state of the presidency. as barack obama prepares to address the nation, a new nbc news/ wall street journal poll finds 61% of americans lack confidence in his policies. what does he need to say tonight to convince them otherwise? we ll ask white house press secretary robert gibbs. sticking situation. toyota suspends the sale of eight of its most popular models in the u.s. while engineers try to fix a dangerous problem with gas pedals. and this morning the company says it doesn t know how long that will take. and not so fast. students blindfold their girls basketball coach and set him up for an impossible shot to win tickets to the final four. two problems he makes the shot [ cheers and applause ] and they never had the tickets. the story of the prank gone wrong today, wednesday, january 27th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m m