among them sarah palin, who says she is ready to throw her hat in the ring. and remembering mr. cub. baseball fans in mourning with the death of ernie banks. we will look back at his life today, saturday january 24th 2015. announcer: from nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on a saturday morning. i m lester holt. i m erica hill alongside sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer. tough news overnight. you spent a long time in chicago. he is mr. cub. ernie banks. we woke up to the news overnight. what an incredible optimistic guy. i had a chance to meet him. he had the enthusiasm. the chicago sun times with let s play two. that got the fans to go to the wrigley field. i was rushing around and started reading articles about him. every word approachable and optimistic and all the positive words. he got the medal of freedom from president obama. let s get to the top story. the
opener. your world is 90 seconds. just absolutely decimated. a monster storm rips through the south pacific. cyclone pam slammed the island. the storm hit 168-mile-per-hour winds, equivalent to a category 5 hurricane exhibition the manhunt goes on for whoever shot two weeks in ferguson missouri during a protest. i cannot tell you at this point that an arrest is imminent. certainly nobody is in custody. new video from a man who helped rescue baby river after she and her mother crashed into a river. he wishes he could go out for pizza. doesn t he know he can get it delivered. for mom and dad you have to wire money to power toe vallarta. a suspect on a motorcycle tries to outrun police. did he drive-through walmart? yes. and now vice president joe biden. i have to do a million of these a day. and all that matters. i could have taken you down. the first lady got her uptown funk on during an appearance on the ellen show. on cbs this morning sat
nothing else. but we begin this morning with today s eye opener in 90 seconds. some areas have been absolutely decimated. a monster storm rips through the south pacific. widespread destruction after cyclone pam slammed the island nation saturday. dozens may have been killed. the storm hit with 168-mile-per-hour wind, equivalent to a category 5 hurricane. the manhunt goes on this weekend for whoever shot two cop this week in ferguson missouri, during a protest. i cannot tell you at this point there s an arrest that s imminent. certainly nobody is in custody. the body cam of a police officer after a rescue of baby. she was in her car seat after her mother and her crashed into the river. he wishes he could just go out for pizza. doesn t he know he can get it delivered? this is the final weekend of winter. yeah, that s what i m talking about. for mom and dad it s the time of year you have to send bail money. a suspect tries to run through police.