college basketball game to try and distract a free-throw shooter. did the speedo do the trick? today, friday, january 29th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on a friday morning. willie geist, in for matt this morning. my remote control working overtime last night. my last button on the tv was used a lot last night. we ll see if this paid off for donald trump. that is our top story this morning. donald trump going through on his promise to skip the last night s presidential debate, but his presence was felt early and often. at his own event, trump admitted he wasn t sure how it would play over with voters. we have our own nbc s correspondent peter alexander. good morning. i think you hit it on the head right there. it was compelling counter-programming. it was also a big risk for donald trump. on stage, he said he didn t want to be at his own event, that he