announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to today on a monday morning, it s martin luther king day. good morning, i m savannah guthrie. and i m carson daly. alongside dylan dreyer and natalie morales. matt and al have the morning off. super bowl xlviii, the stage is set here in new york. and now that the polar vortex not come back. i know. hopefully we re in the clear from that. 49ers/broncos, everybody happy with the match-up? no. patriots lost, i m not happy at all. trying to make dylan cry. congratulations, seattle. rivalry. yeah. more on this big game coming up, today s top story. and it s a video that s surfaced from a terror group vowing to strike during the winter olympics in sochi. with 17 days to go now, is russian security ready? and why are u.s. officials complaining about a lack of cooperation? let s get right to nbc s chief foreign correspondent
Monarch High's marching band students were skeptical when Band Director Chuck Stephen first shared the "Autumn Sketches" concept for this year's show, featuring scarecrows, hale bales and a "hoedown" of dancing students.