Childs development. Plus, a local newspaper reporter uncovers what he believes to be the last ship to bring slaves to the u. S. We talk to two cousins who say their ancestor was onboard that snipe but we begin with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. My duty is to defend americans and their right to the American Dream because americans are dreamers too. The president calls for unity in a marathon state of the union. Many of the democrats looked like they had bitten a lemon. Joe kennedy. A government that struggles to keep itself open, russia, knee2k50e7 in our democracy, a Justice Department rolling back civilian rights by the day. A classified memo on the russia dwgs is now in the hands of President Trump. He was heard having this exchange. The worker who sent out that false missile alert in hawaii has been fired. He belie was imminent. The dow fell for a second straight day with declines. A helicopter crashed house in newport beach, trauma everybody in the neighborhood. All
Decisions on how to handle the epidemic. What every family needs to know. Those stories, plus asleep at the wheel. Shocking new numbers on the growing dangers of drowsy driving. Philly fanatics. Millions of eagles fans set to flood the streets in a super bowl victory parade for the ages. And let the games begin. The Winter Olympics get under way overnight as the flag bearer for team usa is revealed. To actually be that person is insane. From the Opening Ceremony to the athletes to watch, weve got it all covered for you, today, thursday, february 8, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today. Thank you for joining us this thursday morning. The olympics. Todays the day. Today is the day. You know when you have a date circled on your calendar for years, this is it. February 8, the olympics start. Well be heading there later. We will. Well catch up on all of it in a bit. Lets start with th
Have been win to become a light dusting of snow here. Through the rest of the afternoon the rain is going to ease away from the south east corner and well see sunny spells but it wont be very warm. Highest values through the afternoon around 5 7d and a brisk north westerly wind making it feel cool on exposed coasts. Through the evening train arrives to the west, a real west east to divide. As it bumps into cold air in scotland and Northern Ireland, a spell of snow for a time. Here and in sheltered eastern areas we will see the lowest values, blue tone suggesting temperatures will be below freezing first thing tomorrow morning. Snow could be an issue during the early hours of saturday. 5 10 centimetres, maybe nine. Icy stretches with the combination of rain and snow moving into the east. Snow showers across the Lake District, rain through wales and South West England, and thatis that is going to drift steadily east. For many across england and wales, not shaping up to be a particularly
Thomas from the olympics. Youre right, all about figure skating here at olympics today. Can be a very technical sport. Sometimes difficult to understand or anticipate how the judges see it. But tonights performances, even the most casual fans could understand, russian skaters in class by themselves. Top of the class is 15yearold, Alina Zagitova skated beautifully. Technically flawless. Second youngest figure skater ever to win a gold medal and first olympic athlete from russia to win gold at these games. Finished ahead of her teammate Yevgenia Medvedeva, also nearly perfect performance. Going into tonight, twotime champion had to be considered favorite but she must settle for silver. No medals for americans in this event, including fremonts karen chen. 18yearold stumbled more than once in free skate and fell from Short Program place to land in 11th position. After her skate karen told me she felt she let herself and family down, didnt show the world what she was capable of. But steppin
Gbs most successful Winter Olympics ever. Billy morgan bagged bronze in the big air snowboard event with the jump of his life. And coming until econ test thinking, im shooting for a medal, you are ready for it. But ijust didnt. And Great Britain could win, medal number six today, the Womens Curling Team, playjapan for the bronze medal, later this morning. Almost here this morning, taking a stand. Big Companies Cut ties with 5555 e5 25355555 541155 313 nra, after last weeks mass the nra, after last weeks mass shooting at a Florida School. Fresh revelations of misconduct by aid workers uk Charity Plan International admits to six cases of sexual abuse and exploitation of children by its staff and associates. As britain braces itself for an arctic blast, well be getting some top tips on how walkers can stay safe in the snow. And philip avery has the weather. And i morning. Y has the weather. And i morning. Dry 5 the weather. And i morning. Dry and 5 weather. And i morning. Dry and bright 1