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Woman that im friends with, inside of that google drive, was really what sent it home for me. And outbreak alert. 20 Million People facing Severe Weather, including damaging winds, hail and possible tornadoes from arkansas to minnesota, today. Monday, march 6th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a monday morning. Im salve ya guthrie. And look who is up early. Lester holt. How are you doing . I came back. Asked me to stick around. Everybody works around here. Coming up, our top story, the firestorm sparked by a tweet from President Trump over the weekend, accusing his predecessor, president obama, of tapping his phone at trump tower. In is a claim that the director of the fbi wants the Justice Department to publicly reject as false. Our Political Team is ready to go with complete coverage this morning. And were going to talk to Trumps Deputy press secretary in
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Inside of that google drive was what sent it home for me. And outbreak alert. 20 Million People facing Severe Weather including damaging winds, hail and possibly tornadoes from arkansas to minute today monday, march 6, 2017. Narrator from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Its a monday morning. Look who is up bright and early . Lester holt. How are you doing . I just came by to welcome you back and they asked me to stick around. Could you please . Everybody works around here. Coming up, our top story, the new firestorm sparked by a tweet from President Trump accusing president obama of tapping his phone at trump tower. This is the claim that the director of the fbi wants the Justice Department to reject as false. Our Political Team is ready to go with complete coverage this morning and we will talk trd President Trumps deputy press secretary. But we start with Peter Alexander. Reporter President Trump