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january 31, 2013. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m savannah guthrie. i m matt lauer. we didn t have anywhere near the weather they had in the south. here in the north, it was howling last night. the wind and rain were crazy. some intense downpours and whipping winds. we will have more on this weather system with al in a couple minutes. now to newdown, connecticut where it was an emotional scene last night. parents of the young victims spoke out at meeting on gun violence. we will hear from some of them and also from capitol hill coming up. on a much different note. remember when the blackberry was the cool device to have. after years of falling behind the iphone and the droid, blackberry is unveiling two new smartphones, including the ones we have here. a lot of reviews of these devices are very good but people are asking whether this can be cool enough to get blackberry into the smartphone game. we have the company s ceo l ....
behind it today, thursday january 31, 2013. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m savannah guthrie. i m matt lauer. we didn t have anywhere near the weather they had in the south. here in the north, it was howling last night. the wind and rain were crazy. some intense downpours and whipping winds. we will have more on this weather system with al in a couple minutes. now to newdown, connecticut where it was an emotional scene last night. parents of the young victims spoke out at meeting on gun violence. we will hear from some of them and also from capitol hill coming up. on a much different note. remember when the blackberry was the cool device to have. after years of falling behind the iphone and the droid, blackberry is unveiling two new smartphones, including the ones we have here. a lot of reviews of these good but people are asking whether this can be cool enough to get blackberry into the smartphone game. we have the compan ....
oism that s all the time we have left. greta s staning by to go record roar. greta? have they made a connection with this man in this bunker? reporter: they have made a connection with the suspect. they are going to be doing so throughout the night. they are beefing up their resources. we saw four or five u-haul truck arrive. we saw a helicopter arrive, just hours ago, beefing up local and federal efforts to get in touch with this suspect. the sheriff s department telling us not to use live crime scene video, showing tactical plan, such as s.w.a.t. teams arriving at the house. they didn t explain why. but we did learn, there was at least one television inside the bunker. we do know they are in constant communication with the suspect, where he is holding the six-year-old boy captive. police however, do say he is safe. listen. i can assure, the negotiators continue to negotiate with the suspect. at this time, we have no reason to believe. that the child has been har ....