I dont know, im busy right now. I havent thought a lot about it. Thats today, wednesday, october 16th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Remember 24 hours ago when it seemed we might get a deal. There was optimism in the senate but that was so yesterday. Overnight everything came to a screeching halt. And the deadline is looming ever closer. Thats right. This race to end the shutdown is todays top story. Lets get right to Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning to you. Most americans are asking themselves is it over yet . I just spoke to a Top Republican senate aide that said optimism abounds. But this is crunch time for congress now facing intense pressure to come up with a senate deal and get it appro
Well talk to him. Today exclusive, brad pitt opens up about his new film, his family, and hitting the big 50. I dont know, im busy right now. I havent thought a lot about it. Thats today, wednesday, october 16th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Remember 24 hours ago when it seemed we might get a deal. There was optimism in the senate but that was so yesterday. Overnight everything came to a halt. And the deadline is looming ever closer. Thats right. This race to end the shutdown is todays top story. Lets get right to Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning to you. Most americans are asking themselves is it over yet . I just spoke to a Top Republican senate aid that said optimism abounds. But this is c
A very good morning to you. I am richard lui. Firefighters in big sur is where we start there in california. Theyre struggling to contain a wildfire that broke out on sunday night. The Big Sur Volunteer Fire Department was quickly overwhelmed by the blaze, prompting the aid of more than 400 other firefighters from around the area. As of last night, only 5 of the fire is contained mainly due to high winds and dry conditions. At least 15 homes have been destroyed by that blaze that now stretches over 550 acres, about 2 1 2 hours south of san francisco. A serious legal blow to one of the most controversial practices of the nsa, a bushappointed federal judge declaring the collection of phone metadata is likely unconstitutional. It comes ahead of president obamas meeting today with some top tech executives. They are worried about how the nsa fallout has impacted their businesses. Nbcs tracie potts is live in washington. Tracie, good morning to you. Theyre going what are the implications bas