good afternoon everybody. happy friday. i thought i would take some questions but first let me say a few words. this morning we learned that our economy created over 200,000 new jobs in july. that s on top of about 300,000 new jobs in june. so we are now in a six-month streak with at least 200,000 new jobs each month. that s the first time that has happened since 1997. over the past year we have had more jobs than any year since 2006 and all told our businesses have created 9.9 million new jobs over the past 53 months. that s the longest streak of private-sector job creation in our history. and as we saw in wednesday the economy grew at a strong pace in the spring. companies are investing, consumers are spending, american manufacturing energy, technology autos all are booming. thanks to the decisions we have made and the grid and resilience of the american people we have recovered faster and come farther from the recession than almost any other advanced country on earth. so
their powerful and moving story today, wednesday, november 6th, 2013. and good morning, welcome to today on wednesday morning. i m mattlauer. i m savannah guthrie. we have breaking news out of china. one of the most sophisticated bomb ago tacks there in years. seven simultaneous explosions. we begin on this wednesday morning with the top story. that is those election results across the country. the take away for both parties. chuck todd is nbc s political director and our white house correspondent. good morning to you. good morning, matt. the first test of the political climate is decidedly mixed this morning in this day after with the dust settled. republicans are crowing about the big chris christie landslide in new jersey as he becomes the front-runner for the 2016 presidential race. the tea party is feeling no less embolden. today, finger pointing. tea party activists what might have been in virginia and democrats in a panic about how health care almost cost t
florida. snakes like this not snakes. this is gigantic things. i don t like snakes. they can grow up to 17 feet long. they are destroying the wildlife. officials have come up with a unique way to come up with a way to eliminate. a snake hunt. i was thinking bomb. we wish luck to everyone in on it. the golden globes at this point just hours away where the worldings of tvs and movies come together in beverly hills to laugh a lot, drink even more and enjoy the best party of the year. these awards predict what happens at the oscars? we ll look into our crystal ball. if you watch the show regularly you know we re all pretty serious about fitness. a recently became a certified personal trainer. i m quite serious about it. i ve started working with others helping them get in shape as well. three of those people are lester, dylan and erica. we will try new things. new tips. give you some new tips. you were good on this but now you are certified, on both. across the boar
officers are off the street and another behind bars in allegations officers were having inappropriate contact with underage girls. it was two days ago when a d.c. police officer was charged with taking nude pictures of a 15-year-old girl. multiple sources say another officer is being charged for his actions after the mother called the police. the second officer is not charged with wrong doing but placed on desk duty pending the investigation. he tried to alert officer washington that he was about to be arrested. another officer has been placed on desk duty as his allegations are being investigated. a judge ordered him held until a future court date. he did not enter a plea. coming up at 5:00, see what happens when we try to talk to the officer whose home was searched. mark segraves, news 4. one of the world s richest women won t have to serve jail time for causing a deadly crash. 74-year-old jacqueline mars is co-owner of the mars candy company. she pled guilty to reckless
2013. good morning, everyone. welcome to today 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on a thursday. i m savannah guthrie. and i m matt lauer. tamron hall and al roker are here. i think a lot of people will have something to say especially in los angeles where there have been a lot of violent protests. but we want to get to the so-called mountain fire. it is raging in southern california. right now emergency officials ordering mandatory evacuation for the resort town of idlewild. miguel, good morning to you. reporter: savannah, good morning. 6,000 people have been ordered out of this area, some 2200 homes are threatened. this is a fast-moving fire fueled by those explosive dry conditions. it s moving in the direction towards homes. yesterday afternoon the winds had shifted, light winds pushing it toward the desert. today we have the winds shifted pushing these flames towards home. we know at least 35 square miles have been charred. this area is a tinderbox. many of these mou
july 20th, 2013. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on this saturday morning. we are here with jenna wolfe. lester is on assignment and erika is off. i m the lucky one. where was it warmer, california or new york? it s been so hot here. i don t know how you have been dealing with the heat. no problem. i had a softball game yesterday at noon. it was unbelievable. i never thought we would make it through, but we won. at the airport, 101 degrees the pilot announced t. waves came through the airplane. i was walking here and it was 87 already. we are going to have more on the heat and coming up, why firefighters outside palm springs are dealing with high temperatures themselves. the somber anniversary. it s been one year since a gunman went on a rampage. we ll remember the victims and the one couple turning this day into one of the happiest of their lives. if
been that i had a hiccup about. 60s. 60. a sneak peek at our one-on-one with the o today. tuesday, august 6th, 2013. from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. i m savannah guthrie. i m matt lauer along with natalie morales and al roker. we re hearing witness accounts of the chaotic scene that unfolded inside that building north of philadelphia. the alleged shooter is now in police custody. we want to get to matt from our sister station wcau. he s got the latest. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, savannah. police say the alleged shooter, had a long-term dispute with town officials about his property. authorities say the shooting happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. monday during a monthly municipal meeting in ross township, a rural community in northeastern pennsylvania. the alleged gunman who held a long time grudge agains
in your life, you don t hope to find something that good, but we did. and it s still unbelievable to me. it was time for sue s unveiling, finally, which, of course, you can imagine, pete s most exciting moment to be able to be reunited with sue. he wasn t invited. we go through what happened and the negative of that, but there s another negative. it s the negative of what never happened and what could have
happened. and it s a damn shame. chicago has a wonderful dinosaur, they love it, but they don t love it the way south dakotans would have loved that dinosaur. hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m zain asher. and i m errol barnett. thanks for joining pus .the top stories right now, the cia director admits some agents went rogue in their use of torture tactics on detainee, but he still stood by the program. reaction ahead from his former counterpart and the u.n. official who wants to see cia officials in handcuffs. yeah. plus u
himself for possible investigation. he was saying he survived this, but we did see gop lawmakers say that jeff sessions should recuse himself. let me ask you this. how much of a wedge will this drive between the white house and the gop? do you see that down the road? it has potential to. this is scandal after scandal. russia, we need a full independent investigation as to what degree russia was involved in influencing or attempting to influence our elections here in the united states. they are doing it in france and around the world and have been doing it for a long time. it s shocking that republicans would be refusing to investigate that. i don t care if it s a democrat or republican. when a foreign power is attempting to influence our elections. i want you to to follow-up on shawn a point. jeff sessions made a mistake and
owned up to it. nothing to see here. it is not a mistake. this is a man who has been live and breathing and speaking the language of law since he graduate
the state department. putting iran on notice, is this trump s new red line? hi, erin. definitely being presented as a hard line on iran. maybe somewhat blurry one at this point. but the white house is saying that it is dedicated to holding iran accountable after this latest missile launch. and it is considering a whole range of options in a response and, yes, that does include a military one. a tough line on iran at the white house today. as to have day, we are officially putting iran on notice. reporter: national security adviser michael flynn offering a cryptic warning after iran tested another ballistic missile sunday. the obama administration failed to respond adequately to tehran s malign actions including weapons transfers, support for terrorism, and other violations of international norms. reporter: the new administration making its clear it believes the missile launch violated a u.n. resolution. flynn s comments today follow
its missile program. but prior tests h