At least 14 passengers injured after severe turbulence rocks a flight from seoul to dallas. Tense moments in the cabin caught on camera. And the winner is Craig Wayne Boyd. The country star from team blake crowned the voice and he flew across the country to celebrate with us today, wednesday, december 17th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with matt lauer live from studio 1a and Savannah Guthrie live from washington, d. C. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. 7 00 out on the west coast. Weve got a gang here in new york city, savannah is in washington where we expect to hear from the president on the surprise release of alan gross. Good morning to you. Good morning. This is a big story. Cuba has agreed to the 65yearolds release on what it calls humanitarian grounds. Gross was arrested in 2009, and accused of being a spy. Was sentenced to 15 years in prison three years ago. While he is on a plane home right now as we speak, Andrea Mitche
Flight from seoul to dallas, the crew forced to make an Emergency Landing. This morning, those tense homes in the cabin caught on camera. And the winner is Craig Wayne Boyd the country star from team blake crowned the voice and he flew across the country to celebrate with us today wednesday, december 17, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, with matt lauer live from studio 1a. And savannah guthrie, live from washington, d. C. And good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a split edition wednesday. Im matt lawer in new york, we have natalie, tamron and al here with us and savannahs down in the nations capital. Hi, savannah. Hey. Good morning to you guys, a lot going on here. Of course, jeb bush yesterday dipping his toe in the 2016 president ial waters, we have a new poll and talk to chuck todd in a few minutes. See you in a few minutes. Get to our top story on a wednesday morning, police on alert, theater owners on edge a that is massive hack against Son
Can you feel the excitement . Were just an hour and a half away from the Oscar Nominations, so whos in, who got snubbed . Were going to bring it to you all live. The action is right here coming up. Among our guests this morning, connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal will be joining us, new york congressman joseph crowley, dr. Sanjay gupta is with us, the dog whisperer, cesar milan and comedian jay thomas joins us as well. Its thursday, january 10th. Starting point begins right now. Good morning, welcome, everybody. Our starting point this morning, the majority of the United States now dealing with a severe and deadly bout of the flu. The cdc reporting that influenza cases are widespread across 41 states. More than 2200 people reported hospitalized. Here are the hardesthit states. Pennsylvania, south carolina. Each reporting 22 flurelated deaths. Massachusetts declaring a medical emergency. 700 confirmed cases in boston since october. Rates ten times higher than what they saw last year
But lets get right to the breaking news on the Oscar Nominations. Lincoln snagging the most. Life of pi right behind. Chris connelly is here. Lets start with is the snubs. Les miserables directed itself, Katherine Bigelow doesnt have to wear heels. The story was rebellion, rebellion in fans, in the house of philadelphia. A movie started life in a log cabin and just kept on going. Oh, wow. Impressive. Fantastic. Right there, lot more coming up. Well turn now to the deadly flu outbreak. Lets take a look. 12 nominations in all including best actor for daniel daylewis. Supporting actress for sally field. Best director for Steven Spielberg. Hugh jackman, best actress. Anne hathaway for best supporting actress. Thanks. Reporter the biggest shock came in best director, argos ben affleck and Kathryn Bigelo were were passed over. Life of pi still sliced 11 nominations. Alan arkin and Phillip Seymour hoffman. Best actress includes the youngest actress, ever. And its oldest ever em manuelle. Turn
Facetoface with members of the nra today. Were at the white house with details. Distracted drivers in deadly accidents. Why some sentences are so light. Were going to break down this mornings Oscar Nominations. Very excited. We want to start with the outbreak of the flu virus thats happening across the country right now. We have two reports this morning, beginning with dr. Nancy snyderman, shes in boston this morning. Nancy, good morning, i know theres some serious cases there. Reporter good morning, savannah, yes, a state of emergency has been declared in boston at Brigham Womens hospital where they were seeing patients yesterday in the hallway. Representative of the stranglehold of influenza is hitting across communities. Ive been now in two Major Hospital Emergency Departments in the last two days and have never seen anything like this in the united states. I am declaring a Public Health emergency in the city of boston. Reporter with 18 flurelated deaths in the state of massachusett