Today, saturday february 1st, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill along side jenna wolf and dylan dreyer. Big weekend here. Big weekend. We have the super bowl happening. Groundhog day. Thats tomorrow. Keeping us busy. Are you not going . Are you going . Ill be watching. Youll be there. Id rather watch it at home with the food and the commercials . Is that because i said im going . No, sorry. She had no shot at tickets. Or in other words. I couldnt go. Exactly. Were going to talk more about that coming up. Well, speaking of football, could its future be in trouble. More and more parents saying they dont want their kids to play the game at any age. That comes as super bowl great joe nammoth is speaking out about injuries that had lingering effects on his life. Now theyre on administrative leave after claims they refuse
Game are changing when parents are asked the question, would you let your kids play. Nightly news begins now. Good evening. A former appointee of governor Chris Christie of new jersey says he has evidence the governor knew of the forced slowdown on the George Washington bridge between new jersey and new york while it was going on and that he is prepared to prove it. Despite the governors repeated denial, tonight this scandal has again engulfed Chris Christie, embarrassingly on the eve of the super bowl, the first ever held in new jersey. Tonight, the states leading newspaper is saying if this is true, the governor must resign, and harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said tonight Chris Christie needs to hire a criminal lawyer if he has not already. Nbcs katy tur starts us off in the shadow of the gw bridge, which has been lit up for the game just 11 miles away. Reporter good evening, brian. The appointee is David Wildstein. It is important to note we dont know what the evidence is. Al
And destroy isis. Martha these are shocking numbers we are seeing from the cia. The. Reporter the sheer number, 31,500 is the top number. Also because the experts had such a different view a little while ago. Former members of the intelligence policy says president obamas current policy of dealing with isis is lack. General Michael Hayden said the reliance on air power has all the attraction of casual sex. It seems to offer gratification but with very little commitment. The had a military back and forth about the new american ally. Reporter how does the president make the case to Speaker Boehner when the president was mock the Free Syrian Army. Not warriors. They are not. Reporter the Administration Needs to sell the strategy can where secretary of state john kerry has become a traveling salesman. The secretary says its a model for addressing extremism. But that may be extreme, especially when finding partners for nato action. Turkey has not signed on. Germany says they are out. Saudis
Girls were told they are not allowed to turn boys down for the dance. Fox and friends first continues right now. Rob live look outside the studios there. The that building . Jillian we are. Shine on right now. Rob i dont know. Jillian the florida georgia line, get your shine on, in the north sometimes. Rob lets talk about some news. One minute after the hour, 5 01 on the east coast. Jillian thanks for starting your day with us. Dreaming the daca deal, the senate gripped by historic debate on immigration. Rob both 5 back at it first thing this morning but will anything come of this . Jillian Griff Jenkins live in the Nations Capital with what we can expect today. What can we expect today . Reporter we can expect a rare openended debate on immigration playing out. It is rare because there is no specific deal trying to craft out of the open, something they can all agree on on education as the president weizen. I did not want daca in the budget. I wanted daca separate so we could talk abou
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