His 10yearold daughter by a tsa agent. Did it go on too long . Did it get too personal . Gigantic jackpot. Tonights powerball now up to 450 million, one of the largest ever. The frenzy to buy more tickets could make it even bigger when those six numbers are drawn today, wednesday, january 6th, 2016. And weve got some breaking news out in california. An earthquake, it happened east of los angeles. Happened about 20 minutes ago. Centered north of banning, thats about 85 miles outside of los angeles. Magnitude 4. 5. No immediate calls or reports of significant damage or injury. Well keep an eye on this. Have a lot more as the developments warrant throughout the morning. You can see the map if youre not all that familiar with california. Its east of the San Bernardino area. Again, 4. 5 magnitude and luckily at the moment as you mentioned no major injuries reported. Breaking news out of north korea this morning. Its government claiming a tremor detected there overnight was the result of Hyd
Powerball jackpot now worth 700 million. This morning how you can actually improve your chances of winning the big one. And hes back as hollywood gears up for the Golden Globes, we catch up with return host Ricky Gervais. His biting humor has more in hollywood a little bit nervous. Why he says he couldnt resist coming back for more jokes and jabs today, friday, january 8, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer live from los angeles and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer in los angeles. Savannah is back in new york, and savannah, the people in this town are getting ready for the big event this weekend. Yeah, absolutely. I see Ricky Gervais is sharpening his knives. I bet we will gasp as he put it. Exactly. I was not talking about the globes. I was talking about your arrival here. Thats what people are getting excited about. Please have
We catch up with return host Ricky Gervais. His biting humor has more in hollywood a little bit nervous. Why he says he couldnt resist coming back for more jokes and jabs today, friday, january 8, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer live from los angeles and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer in los angeles. Savannah is back in new york, and savannah, the people in this town are getting ready for the big event this weekend. Yeah, absolutely. Hopefully it will be a dry red carpet. I see Ricky Gervais is sharpening his knives. I bet we will gasp as he put it. Exactly. I was not talking about the globes. I was talking about your arrival here. Excited about. Please have the lavender tealights ready for me, matt. We will. Look forward to it. Lots to get to this morning. Lets start with the top story. Two terrorismrelated arrests, one rig
This is the time of year where you say, oh, its snowing where in january, you say, ugh, its snowing. I know. Well talk more with al about that in a minute and breaking news out of l. A. X. In a minute. But first lets start with the escalating war of words between republican president ial candidates donald trump and jeb bush. At issue, trumps controversial remarks about the 9 11 attacks and then president george w. Bush. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander has more on all of this. Peerkts good morning to you. Hey, matt, good monday morning to you. This line of attacks has clearly infuriated jeb bush, criticized for being too passive and trumps repeated jabs for much of this campaign. This time hes all in defending his brother and taking aim at the republican partys frontrunner. This morning a feed between donald trump and jeb bush is boiling over, this time a fight over bushs brother and 9 11. I dont want jeb bush to say my brother kept us safe because september 11th was one of t
That are exciting. As you know, were going to head to the Golden Globes coming up this weekend. After that were not coming back to new york, at least not immediately. Well tell you about it coming up. Yeah, the whole show is headed somewhere. More on that in a minute. First, lets get right to our breaking news. North korea claiming it has Hydrogen Bomb. If true, it would mark a significant and dangerous advance for north koreas military and a disturbing threat to the region. Lets get right to nbcs chief global correspondent bill neely. Good morning, savannah. No question this was a surprise especially for north koreas neighbors. The worlds most closed country announcing what would be a dramatic escalation in its Nuclear Capability if that is is to be believed. There was a test, bomb . A north korean tv announcer clclms the countrys firir Hydrogen Bomb test and calls it a success. We wont stop our nuclear program, she says, because of what she calls american aggression. [ cheers ] repor