Retires unexpectedly walks away from a 13 million after being told to dial back his sons time with the team. A boy such a fixture he had his own locker. How much is too much when it comes to bringing your kids to work . And the chairmans son. Frank sinatra jr. Dies hours after cancelling a concert and the touching tribute his sister nancy is giving, today, thursday, march 17th, 2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everybody. Welcome to today. Its thursday morning. St. Patricks day. I saw that crowd on the plaza. I went with the traditional stick on shamrock on the lapel. Luckily you had the shamrock handy. Exactly. Top story is the showdown over president obamas nominees for Supreme Court. Judge Merrick Garland to meet with lawmakers. Some republicans saying it is a lost cause. Lets get straight to nbcs andrea mitchell. Good morning, andrea. When judge garland goes to capitol hill he will meet wit
Rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. It is st. Patricks day. Oh, yeah. Glitter. Madness. We have until noon. Who are you going with . Whoever the pin hits. Dont pick vanderbilt. How far did you have them going . My theory is the al roker school of thought on these. Just go. Today is the perfect storm where you get st. Paddys day. Donot go to an irish bar in new york city. Today every bar is an irish bar. We are already eating. That was delicious. This is a cupcake deal. We will explain that. By the way, new yorks parade is the largest st. Patricks day parade in the world first held march 17, 1762. 14 years before the signing of the declaration of independence. There are parades going on today. Chicago already had theirs. Boston, new york, savannah and mobile, alabama has a huge parade. I love when chicago dyes the river green. You have to love this picture. Utah dad of six dressed up his 6monthold son as a leprechaun. That is fantastic. Blog. It is adorable. Unbelievable. Spray paintin
That is row pa bottle journalism. Advertising agencies saying no. First you pay then you eat when that Russian Airliner came apart 33,000 feet killing all 224 on board what followed was a war of interpretation fought through the global news media. With no access to the site the investigation has been challenging for reporters to cover. Various governments have big geopolitical stakes in this story over what happened and what did not. For egypts president sisi this disaster needed to be something about Something Else other than a bomb on board and a Security Breach at Sharm Elsheikh airport so as to protect juryism. For russias president , putin, it needed to be something other than the work of i. S. I. L. And the russian bombing in syria. And for the u. K. And u. S. , this was an opportunity to underline the risks of russian involvement in the syrian war, burr ultimatelily this is a story about governments finding what they want to find. Feeding the media machine with what they want sa
Examining the coverage of the russian air disaster over egypt. Pakistan is leaning on the media telling them not to cover certain groups. We look at the growth injury that is row pa bottle journalism. Advertising agencies saying no. First you pay then you eat when that Russian Airliner came apart 33,000 feet killing all 224 on board what followed was a war of interpretation fought through the global news media. With no access to the site the investigation has been challenging for reporters to cover. Various governments have big geopolitical stakes in this story over what happened and what did not. For egypts president sisi this disaster needed to be something about Something Else other than a bomb on board and a Security Breach at Sharm Elsheikh airport so as to protect juryism. For russias president , putin, it needed to be something other than the work of i. S. I. L. And the russian bombing in syria. And for the u. K. And u. S. , this was an opportunity to underline the risks of russ
Dropped 2 feet of snow here in the nations capital. Baltimore saw the most snow ever. New york city and philadelphia also under feet of snow. Hundreds of thousands of homes are without power, as this part of the country begins to dig out, lets bring in elizabeth streets. We got snow and more, what we do know is the northeast is waking up to clearer conditions, but those in the midatlantic can attest its a long road to cleaning up. Tens of millions can say they experienced the blizzard of 2016. Many folks were caught offguard while tens of thousands were without power for an extended period of time. The norm did not underbhaum us as we wanted. They began bracing family po harsher conditions. In pennsylvania, the National Guard responded to stranded motorists on the pennsylvania turnpike, some for as long as 16 hours. In new york, a travel ban began at 2 30 eastern, essentially shut down. In new Jersey Governor Chris Christie jumping off the campaign trails just days before iowa. This is