Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on this tuesday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. The president ial debates wrapped up with a highenergy performance from president obama. Meanwhile, governor romney criticized the president for his Foreign Policy record over the last four years, and it had a different feel from any of the other two. Yeah. We have had three very distinct debates. Debate season is over. Two weeks to election day, but heres how its all playing out this morning in the papers. The headline in usa today, obama, romney go on attack in sharp final debate. While the liberalleaning huffingtonpost. Com declared chief in command. The Los Angeles Times says obama reverses roles and comes out swinging at romney in the final debate and the miami herald, verbal punch esbut no outright knockout. Lets get right to nbcs chuck todd, political director and chief white house correspondent, in boca raton, site of last nights debate. Chuck, goo
But will the stars cover up today, thursday, february 7th, 2013. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on thursday morning. Im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer. Were starting to get a much clearer picture this morning of exactly where that powerful noreaster is headed and just how much snow were going to be seeing. A lot of people bracing themselves. Its expected to start tomorrow morning and could make travel an absolute nightmare. Some airlines are already waiving penalties for customers who have flights booked to the northeast in the coming days and want to make changes. Al has been monitoring all these different models and were going to get to him in a moment. When you look at that satellite image, its the two systems that come together that will create the problem. Also ahead a controversy raging over a Fraternity Party labeled racist by some students. Were going to let you decide and ask the question, should the fraternity that threw it be kicked off campus. Were all guilty
Moving along. No delays there and its going to take you 12 minutes to travel from elk ridge to downtown baltimore. And as we check in and look at the other abc2 timesaver traffic drive times notice the jfx nice and clear heading downtown. 11 minutes to travel southbound from 695 down to fayette street. And the beltway going to be nice and clear on the west side just 8 minutes right now on the outer he loop from 795 down to 70. Megan and charley over to you. Its going to be another heart breaking day in newtown connecticut as family and friends get ready to say final goodbyes to two innocent children. Today two 6yearold James Mattioli and Jessica Rekos will be laid to rest. James family says he loves baseball and basketball and swimming and wrestling. He and his big sister were the best of friends. And Jessica Rekos their parents have been talking about their angel and say its bringing them tiny moments of comfort. They say they are going to talk to her every day and make sure that her
It fool you. We have a system towards the north and west thats going to drop down in here as we go into 3 this afternoon. And its going to bringing us snow showers across the area. What you need to do this morning, dont forget to bring the heavy coat because we can see the temperatures coming in at 17 degrees right now. 1 in jessup monrovia at 13. And the winds are calm so we are not dealing with the wind chill right now. But its frigid out there. Dont forget the coat or the snow boots because you will need them and we are going to be dealing with the temperatures very cold as we go through remainder of the day. 17 degrees by 9 this morning. 22 degrees by lunchtime. And our high today in the mid 20s and i will tell you when the snow arrives coming up. Now lets check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. Reporter good morning. We are off to another cold start and we have a crash on 95 blocking three southbound lanes at route 175. Expect delays in the area. You can st
Will certainly come to fruition. In terms of what to expect, its the cold air. 19 in timonium. Down toward the airport at 19. 22 at annapolis. Anything that falls will stick quickly. Anything that melts will refreeze. Flurries through the course of the overnight. 18. Its a warming trend in that sevenday forecast. Well talk about that coming up. Now that we have a better idea of whats happening outside, we have to look ahead. We want to head over to lauren cook for the latest on what its doing to drivers. Reporter the roads are really wet. The highways are extremely congested. The secondary roads have enough snow to cause big problems. If youre traveling in baltimore city, youll want to watch out for an accident on loch raven boulevard. Were dealing with another accident on harford road and joppa road. Expect heavy, heavy delays as we take a live look at Dulaney Valley road. It will take you an extra 27 minutes to travel the inner loop and the outer loop is extremely congested. Here at