Live in havana. And is she or isnt she . The National Zoos most popular resident showing signs of being pregnant. Let the great panda watch begin today, friday, august 14, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. That poor panda will get no privacy from now on. We are sending natalie on panda watch. We have the live feed. Is it a hard and fast rule, never ask a panda if shes pregnant. It never ends well. Exactly. Well tell you more in a little why. First todays top story. Just when you thought the president ial race couldnt get more chaotic, speculation growing that al gore may jump into the race, this as confirmed candidates head to iowa for a time honored campaign tradition. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. The buzz about al gore comes as the ap rep
Do you think the clinton e il issue provides an opening . Think people are hungry for an al rnative. Reporter meanwhile the republicans wasted in time capitalizing on speculation, the democratic field could get bigger. There is disarray in the Democratic Party. Im sure people like joe biden and al gore are seriously considering it. Reporter for her part clinton will try to turn the page in iowa and shell have plenty of company as most re expected to turn out to court key voters and of course ry some signature treats. The Clinton Campaign says ey have no way of confirming if the report is accurate. An official said, quote, clinton did not transmit the Sensitive Information herself and nothing in the emails she received marks clear reference to confidential or other sensitive sourcing. Put the al gore speculation in context his name has been floated as a possible candidate since he lost in 2000. Savannah, back to you. All right, kristen, thank you so much. Lets turn to chuck todd, modera
Indicted on federal criminal charges according to court documents. Hastert is accused of covering up big cash withdrawals he was making allegedly to be used as hush money the pay off someone he had wronged. Congressional correspondent nancy cordes has the latest. Reporter hastert served as speaker for eight years from 1999 to 2007, but its what hes done since that caught the attention of the f. B. I. According to the federal indictment, back in 2010, John Dennis Hastert agreed to provide someone referred to only as individual a, 3. 5 million in order to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against individual a. The indictment doesnt say what that misconduct was but it notes that the two have known each other for most of individual as life and that the individual is from the same illinois town where hastert was a High School Teacher and wrestling coach from 1965 to 1981. From 2010 to 2012, hastert made 15 50,000 withdrawals of cash from his local bank in illinois and gave the
Representatives, has been indicted on federal criminal charges according to court documents. Hastert is accused of covering up big cash withdrawals he was making allegedly to be used as hush money the pay off someone he had wronged. Congressional correspondent nancy cordes has the latest. Reporter hastert served as speaker for eight years from 1999 to 2007, but its what hes done since that caught the attention of the f. B. I. According to the federal indictment, back in 2010, John Dennis Hastert agreed to provide someone referred to only as individual a, 3. 5 million in order to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against individual a. The indictment doesnt say what that misconduct was but it notes that the two have known each other for most of individual as life and that the individual is from the same illinois town where hastert was a High School Teacher and wrestling coach from 1965 to 1981. From 2010 to 2012, hastert made 15 50,000 withdrawals of cash from his local ban
Denis has tert the was indicted today on federal criminal charges. According to Court Documents republican from illinois is accused of covering up big cash withdrawals he was making allegedly to be used as hush money to pay off someone he had wronged. Congressional correspondent nancy cordes has the latest. Dennis hastert served as speaker for eight years from 1999 to 2007 but its what he has done since that caught the attention of the fb,. Arding to the federal indictment, back in 2010 John Dennis Hastert agreed to provide someone referred to only as individual a 3. 5 million in order to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against individual a. The indictment the indictment doesnt say what that misconduct was, but it notes that the two have known each other for most of individual as life and that the individual is from the same illinois town where hastert was a High School Teacher and wrestling coach from 1965 to 1981. From 2010 to 2012, hastert made 15 50,000 withdrawals