Friday, january 17th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im carson daly alongside al roker, Natalie Morales. Matt has the morning off. You have a problem with the new 50 . I think 60 is the new 50. Im glad we have something to look forward to. Its far off in the distance. Oh. Very far. Coming for you. Before we know it. Well, lets get right to our top story this morning, the dangerous wildfire in california thats damaged or destroyed two dozen buildings and forced some 3,700 people to evacuate. This morning, nearly 700 firefighters are working to contain those flames. Lets get to nbcs miguel almaguer, who is in irwindale, east of los angeles. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. Fire season here in Southern California is year round, but a blaze in the middle of january this size is u
With us senior political analyst Mark Halperin. I was going to do a three thumb fight but willie wasnt up for it. Ill beat you that on any day. Msnbc analyst and visiting professor harold ford junior. Good morning. It was funny stuff last night. It was funny except its not fun funny. I guess he had to address all of David Lettermans jokes. I interviewed Chris Christie for my book coming up in may very seriously about his weight and about how much those jokes hurt him. I guess he felt he had to do that to sort of, you know, break the ice with letterman. What do you mean those jokes hurt him . They hurt his feelings. I want to see another clip and see how hurt he is . He handles it very well. Do you have family members who are also heavy . No. Im the guy. You are the guy. Im the guy. How is your health sxwlmpt if you went to a doctor today, what would the doctor say . Startlingly good. How is your cholesterol . My cholesterol is normal, believe it or not. Thats pretty good. What about yo
Ill start it and well go again. But im not im not going to be overly selfconsumed about this. And nor should the people of the state be all that concerned about whether i can do my job. I can get out of bed every morning. All right. Okay. Good morning, everyone. How about that . They keep on asking him that. What do you think about that . Welcome to morning joe. What do you think about that . I think its a little late to be asking him about his weight as if its a big, huge issue that we dont know anything about. No, they have a former white house doctor commenting on his weight saying hes going to drop dead in office. Ridiculous. You know what, though, his own doctor, he admitted yesterday in this press conference said that he was worried about Chris Christies weight and said that his luck was going to run out soon. So whats breaking news about this . I dont know. Why do you have to be such a scold . Im not a scold. I like him a lot. I think he represents a problem millions upon millio
If food gets mentioned within the first hour of the show, it appears magically by the last few seconds. What have you learned . Its National Pancake day. Stop. Its not worth it. Seconds. Pat ridge family. Come on, get happy. If its way too early, its morning joe. Now its time for chuck todd the daily rundown. Confidential killing. An nbc news exclusive. A Justice Department memo says the government can kill americans believed to be top al qaeda leaders, even if theres no active plot to attack the United States. This controversial document also has new details on the legal justification behind more drone strikes against al qaeda subjects. Red rover, karl roves new push to score some winners is getting pushback from powerful conservative groups. This morning, a debate between one of roves point men and one of his top critics. And who do you know . And do you know who this guy is . You should. He just might be the most powerful person in israeli politics not named netanyahu right now. Fin
i you were on the twitter. i was on the twitter. i don t like the twitter. it s fun. i think it s fun. you d be good on twitter. sort of pithy. people are so mean. jon, beloved national figure. ruben kinkade. oh, my god. that picture, that was hilarious. i thought that was actually what show was it? who s calling me? what show was he on? the partridge family. ruben. where were you in the 70s, man? i was watching watergate hearings. why can t i be sam irvin? uh-oh. ian s calling. to talk about one of my favorites band like the spoon. i love the radiohead. how about the sun herald. national signing day. the top high school athletes officially declare where they will play college football next year. the nation s top prospect, defensive end robert has