A final ruling bonds dozens of russian athletes from the competition. This is a little bit brings the first ever visit to south korea by a member of the norths ruling dinnerstein kim jong un sister was behind her diplomatic trip across the border. Plus the five to one of nigerias most precious commodities farmland models between cattle herders and crops grew as claimed five hundred lives last year we report on the deadly feud. Holloed of a warm welcome to you. Theres been another twist today in the long road to forming a new government in germany the leader of the social democrats martin shows says he nor longest seek the post of foreign minister in a future grand coalition or. Any of the post in the new cabinet on wednesday schultz is spotty struck a deal with chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives should give up the s. P. D. Leadership and nonces intention to take the post of foreign minister but that ambition grew strong criticism from s. P. D. Members who lost ratify the Coalition
Plus, a mysterious dell luge of amazon deliveries that wont stop. Youll meet one family that keeps getting packages it didnt order. How it could be part of an online scam to get positive product reviews. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. A late night, isnt it, guys . It was important that we got our work done. Congress votes to end an overnight shutdown. A night and an Early Morning drama. The massive budget deal went to the president s desk and he signed it. We all could have done better. The white house struggling to explain why a top aide rob porter was allowed to stay on the job despite Domestic Violence allegations. Should chief of staff john kelly keep his job . Absolutely not, absolutely not. Investors are bracing for another possible rocky day on wall street following the dows 1,000point plunge. A fierce snowstorm blew into the upper midwest. Chicago and detroit are expected to be the hardest hit. I was haunted by tweets every
But not without controversy. The battle over who carries the American Flag and the figuring skating flop overnight kicking off the games, were live in south korea for all the action. Right here on gma. Good morning, america. And so much excitement this morning, just moments ago team usa arriving at the olympic Opening Ceremony. And amy is there in south korea. We cant wait to talk to her in a little while. There she is waving back at you, amy. A lot of drama there and back here at home as well starting on capitol hill overnight. The government shut down for the second time in three weeks over a funding bill. It was forced by senator rand paul making a point about the deficit but lawmakers were able to scramble, strike a deal just moments ago. Mary bruce coming off an allnighter. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Weve never seen anything quite like this. Two Government Shutdowns in three weeks and there was a Government Spending bill on the table ready to go that could
Chief of staff john kelly, over his defense of rob porter, accused of Domestic Violence. We call could haall could ha better in this situation. Porters former wife joins us in studio 1a. And the snowstorm racing across the country, cancels more than 1,000 flights. One step closer to an arrest. The move by the lapd against Harvey Weinstein that could lead to capitol hill charges. And winning. Well have people seeing double today, friday, february 9th, 2018. From nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on a friday morning. Opening ceremony tonight. It is all happening. We have an interesting interview coming up in our next half hour. A woman who was hmarried to rob porter. He is the white house aide who resigned this week, amid allegations of dmomestic abuse. His second wife is here. And we will speak to jennifer willoughby. The government shut down and
The battle over who carries the american flag. And the figure skating flop overnight kicking off the games. Were live in south korea for all the action, right here on gma. Good morning, america. And so much excitement this morning, just moments ago team usa arriving at the olympic Opening Ceremony. And amy is there in south korea. We cant wait to talk to her in a little while. There she is waving back at you, amy. A lot of drama there. And a lot of drama back here at home, as well. Starting on capitol hill overnight. The government shut down for the second time in three weeks over a funding bill. It was forced by senator rand paul making a point about the deficit but lawmakers were able to scramble, strike a deal just moments ago. Mary bruce coming off an allnighter. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Weve never seen anything quite like this before. Two Government Shutdowns in just three weeks. And this time, there was a Government Spending bill on the table ready to go