Tuesday, january 12th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the white house with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from washington, d. C. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special edition of today on this Tuesday Morning. Were on the steps of the white house. I have to say that qualifies as special. We are on the north portico, a moment of history for us, for this show and where so much history has been made. On the cool scale this one is off the charts. We want to luis alicea thank you to the obamas and everyone here at the white house for the access they have granted us. Its unbelievable. They have rolled out the red carpet, the blue carpet and green carpet and so much to show you. Shall we go inside, shall we knock. Just for you, ladies, its cold out. Im going to knock loudly. Hope they are n n late sleepers. Welcome to the white house. The obamas have so graciously stomping grounds. Jenna bush hager. Seems like a time warp here. Im goingo
Clemson fans gathered around the state and here in the midlands to watch the big game last night. But, in the end, it was fans of the crimson tide celebrating a National Championship. This was the scene at Hickory Tavern in the vista. Dozens of clemson fans who are part of the Columbia Clemson Club showed up to watch. A handful of loud and proud bama fans did too. Clemsons a really good team. Theres nothing to take away from that. Youve got two really good teams here. Its not about the conferences. This is about two good teams, and alabama turned out to be the better team. I didnt know if wed be able it was phenomenal. It was all you could ask for. Great game. Both teams did an unbelievable job. One of the alabama fans said he hopes they dont see clemson again next season, because he expects the tigers will be just as good if not better. We will have much more coverage wrapping up clemsons run for the national including postgame reaction from coaches and the players ahead in our next h
Look forornother day with lots of sunshine however, a cold front will be moving through the state by tonight, winds will start to pick and even though the temperature will reach the middle 50s, with a stiff northwest wind, it will feel chilly much of the day. Tonight, clear , breezy andnd cold, lows in the upper 20s wednesday, sunny and cold. Highs middle to upper 40s. Forecast gets tricky by friday as low pressure is expected to develop in the gulf and track off our coast. Position o othe low and its track will determine how much rain we receive, thinking bulk of the rain remains to our south and east. 50s. Give his last state of the Union Address from washington, dc. The white house says the message will be upbeatand the focus likely on generating support for issues Like Fighting climate change, tightening gun control and immigration reform. Nbcs tracie potts is in washington dc and has a preview of tonights speech. 34 37 42 50 1 00 1 12 heres president obama. Working on tonights sta
1 151 24 i want to identify three or four big ideas. It is the final time president obama will perform this washington ritual. As such, it will be different than years past. He wants to talk about the future of this country. Hes very optimistic about the future of the country. But republicans are not as optimistic as seen on the president ial campaign trail. And getting much done with a gop controlled congress is unlikely. House speaker i dont think the president has brought us in the right direction. I think hes put us down a and we need to get on the other aimed less at congress, and more at those watching at home. Theres no doubt that politics in washington are so much more divided than the American People are. The president will likely highlight economic recovery, and seek to calm fears about isis and the threat of domestic terrorist acts like san last week the president outlined executive gun control. And he may act alone to fulfill longtime goal closing the military prison at gua