New york governor. And then there were two. A big upset in College Football as ohio state stunned topranked alabama at the sugar bowl. Not answered. Intercepted. Ohio states gonna win it. Oregon ducks trounce Florida State. And angelina and al. One of hollywoods biggest stars opens up about directing her new film her family and her battle with chicken pox. It was so absurd. The day before i was trying to do interviews and it was like what is happening . Well have that exclusive today, friday january 2nd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got al here willie in for matt. Sheinelle is in for natalie and, i dont know my new years day was fine but you sat down with Angelina Jolie . Wow after i did the rose parade with hoda sat down with angelina talked to her about her movie unbroken, which is just amazing. She also talked about acting versus directing, which one she likes. I almost get the feeling she likes directing more. What do we call the two of you, angelinal . Angelinal. Got t. Rough weather is once again hindering efforts. Searchers remained focused on finding the wreckage victims and, of course those black boxes. Katy tur has the latest now from indonesia. Reporter two more bodies flown into surabaya by u. S. Helicopter today. Three large parts of the plane were recovered. Officials say they will examine it as fast as they can. The focus is still on the sea bed and that large shadow which they think could be the fuselage. A team with specialized acoustic equipment is now on the way to listen to pings from black boxes, much like the search for mh 370. Meanwhile, a stream of friends and family comfort his grieving wife. She told us she is holding up as best she can. My condolences to you. Reporter they trained as military pilots together n 2013 they celebrated 30 years of friendship. What do you think went wrong . A pilot for 30 years. Youre a pilot. What do you think happened . I dont know. Reporter today, he and a few other pilot friends of the captain were at a loss as to what went wrong. Something very very bad. Reporter is it hard to fly around here sometimes . In the tropical area like indonesia, especially in rainy conditions like this its very serious for us, for the pilots. Reporter for today, katy tur, nbc news indonesia. Mario cuomo is being remembered as a dedicated public servant. He died at the age of 82 surrounded by his family. Harry smith is here with a look back at Governor Cuomos life. Good morning. Lie, good morning. Mario cuomo passed Many Political aspirations on to his son, andrew. The elder cuomos death came on the same day andrew was sworn in for his second term as governor of new york. Mario cuomo passed away on the same day his son andrew was sworn in for his second term as governor of new york. He spoke about his dying father. His inspiration, legacy and experience hases what has brought this state to this point. Reporter mario cuomo was a son of the american dream, born in queens new york to italian immigrant parents who came through ellis island with little more than the clothes on their backs. Always active in politics, he became new yorks secretary of state in 1975. Two years later he ran against ed koch who lost his bid for the position of mayor of new york. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1978 and with the help of his son, andrew as campaign manager, became governor in 1982. We won because people people and the passion of police are still more important tan money. Reporter a liberal lion, who electrified the crowd when he delivered the key note speech at the Democratic National convention in 1984. His words aimed at president ronald reagan. There is despair, mr. President , in the faces that you dont see, in the places that you dont visit in your shining city. Reporter the speech won him an instant following. Many a democrat yearned for a cuomo president ial run. The italian stallion of Democratic Political parties at the moment. Reporter unfortunate moniker, hamlet on the hudson. Second term as Governor Cuomo lost to george pataki. I surely made mistakes as governor but im as proud as i can be of what we have accomplished together. Reporter Governor Cuomo joined a law firm and remained a visible force of new york politics including support for his son, andrew who followed in his fathers footsteps, to become governor as well. Cuomo leaves behind his beloved wife of more than 50 years, matilda and children chris, Madeline Margaret maria and andrew. A documentary about 15 years ago for the History Channel called so you want to be president. We asked mario cuomo, did you want to be president . It was a question he almost couldnt answer. He certainly flirted with it. Were thinking about his family. Thank you so much. You bet. A deadly shooting inside a Police Chiefs home. Sheinelle has been following that for us. Good morning. Suburban police chief is on administrative leave after investigators say he he shot his wife in the bedroom of their georgia home. Could it have been a horrible accident . Gabe gutierrez reports. Reporter he is the top cop in Peachtree City georgia. This morning state investigators are trying to find out what happened in his home near atlanta hours into the new year. A lot of things that we dont know yet about what took place that we need to know before we can make any decisions. Reporter chief mccollum called 911 just after 4 00 am thursday saying he accidentally shot his wife in their bedroom with his departmentissued handgun similar to this one. Margaret mccollum was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The initial reports we got from the 911 call were that the chief had shot his wife accidentally twice. As a result of our preliminary interview, we had found that he only shot her one time. Reporter police arent revealing what led to the shooting or how the gun could have accidentally fired. William mccolllum has not been charged with a crime but is on administrative leave. He has been the chief less than a year. Were very concerned for, obviously, his wife. Were concerned for the chief. Reporter neighbors are in disbelief. A lot of people are praying for her. Reporter and theyre hoping that what happened here was nothing more than a freak accident. Gabe gutierrez nbc news atlanta. Activist groups say areas in northeastern syria are taking a pounding from u. S. Led coalition airplanes. Aircraft carried out more than a dozen air strikes overnight in and around the defacto capital. Heavy bombing on targets in both syria and iraq. Largest population of immigrants in the country illegally will be able to apply for drivers licenses starting today. California department and Motor Vehicles says it expects more than 1 Million People will apply for a license in the first three years of the program. California is one of ten states that now provides licenses to immigrants who are in the country illegally. The stage is set for this seasons College FootballNational Championship game. Oregon and ohio state will play. Big win over Florida State in the rose bowl. Heisman trophy winner Marcus Mariota threw two touchdown pass and ran one in himself. In the sugar bowl approximate buckeyes upset the number one seed alabama. Ohio state was down by eight in the second quarter, but came storming back. They won it 3235. My entire family spent the day on the couch yesterday. I took a nap i woke up. My husband was still on the couch. He said what else am i supposed to do today . By the way, didnt it go well into the night . Like 12 30, 1 00. But the playoff is so great. Ohio state and oregon who previously might not have even been in the National Title game. So good for College Football. What are the odds . Two schools that begin with o playing each other. Your sports analysis is so good. Thats why im called biff roker. Yes, sir. Weve got really severe Winter Weather this morning through the southwest into the midwest. Weve got winter storm warnings ice storm warnings and Winter Weather advisories from texas into oklahoma. This is the area were really concerned about over the next 24 hours from northern texas into oklahoma. Weve got ice storm warnings out. We could be looking at anywhere from an inch to half an inch of ice, which could be for some parts of this area catastrophic. The roads will be a mess. Power lines coming down. Well be watching this very closely. We have another area of Severe Weather developing along the southern gulf coast. For tomorrow we look at this area down through the gulf coast. We may be seeing some Severe Weather, dangerous lightning, wind gusts, possibility of tornadoes from new orleans on into mobile and into central mississippi. Heavy rain anywhere from three to four inches of rain down through the gulf. During the day tomorrow into saturday evening it spreads into the northeast. Look at this. Even into the northeast, we could be looking at anywhere from two to three inches of rain. Well get to you good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. A cold start but temperatures in the 40s with the wind picking up to 18 miles per hour. Clouds and sunshine today. Clouds take over for tomorrow. Wintery mix to start with north and west. Then just rain with temperatures in the 40s on saturday. Rain and 60s for sunday. The temperatures come right back down starting monday. Cold tuesday and wednesday. Then into the teens thursday morning. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. Savannah . Thank you so much. Only two days into 2015 and flu outbreak concern. 15 children have died as the especially dem epidemic spreads to 36 states and it could get a lot worse before the season is over. Lets go to dr. Natalie azar with that. Wish there were happier news on the flu front. In 36 states. Thats more than there were last week. Were really seeing a severe epidemic. Tell us about it. We are. One thing thats important for people to understand we do see a flu epidemic every year. Its just when in the season it occur. Its earlier this year. A few years ago, it was determined in october that we had an didepidemic. At least were ahead of that. One thing that makes this particularly concerning is the strain is the h3n2 strain which always historically is more virulent violent. So its severe in terms of how soon were seeing it the quality of the illness. Correct. Also adding to it weve got a vaccine that the doctors are saying is not a Perfect Match. Not a Perfect Match. For this strain. Correct. Roughly 50 of the h3n2 strain that is circulating right now is a variant of the strain that was made for the vaccine. That means if you got vaccinated and you get the h3n2 you have a 50 chance of being covered. I want to point out this is really important to reinforce. Even though it may not be a Perfect Match youre still going to get partial protection. And half of you who do get it are still probably going to be protected and having the vaccine should reduce the severity and duration of your flu illness. Which leads me to my last question. Is it too late . If you have not gotten your flu shot yet, is it worth getting it now . 100 . You develop immunity in two weeks. The flu season has not peaked yet. January and february is probably more severe than now. Its not too late. We encourage everybody to get the flu shot to reduce the flu burden within the community. Something tells me that is not our last conversation about it. No. Thank you for being here. Security around the queen looking a bit different. The royal guards who are famous of course for protecting the queen, tourists around the world come to see them. They are no longer standing directly outside Buckingham Palace for fear they may be a target for terrorists. Keir simmons explains. Reporter the royals always prefer to get close to their public but concern is growing over the hfrn present threat of isis or al qaedainspired attack. We have to be vigilant. Reporter the queen was surrounded by plain clothes security. Even so one member of the public almost collided with her. Now the largely ceremonial royal guard whose stand duty outside palaces and historic landmarks have pulled back. The guards are armed only with swords. Theyve been moved behind the palace gates or are now accompanied by armed Police Protection for the guards who traditionally protect the queen. The fear is that a lone wolf jihadist may seize an opportunity to target them. In 2013 a british soldier was killed with a knife in just such an attack on londons streets. Obviously, its been taken to protect particularly vulnerable individuals who are close to the public and close to tourists. Reporter there have been a string of terrorist arrests across the uk and intelligence sources say a number of plots have been stopped. What isis is particularly good at is making sure they get the maximum publicity. And what better way, of course to do that than to attack the establishment, the monarchy . Reporter but the royals have continued to appear in public. William and kate meeting crowds outside church after the familys traditional christmas service. A family with a long history of facing down threats and the knowledge that if they withdraw from the public too much the terrorists win. For today, keir simmons, nbc news london. All right. Other news now u2 frontman bono is speaking out after the bike accident he had here in new york city. Dylan is here this morning. This is a lot more serious accident than much of us suspected. We havent heard much about it. It happened in november. We havent heard much about his condition until now. He posted a 6,000word essay that went to u2s website. He was reflecting on the past year and the day of the crash. I blanked out on impact and have no memory of how i ended up in new york presbyterian with my humerus bone sticking through my leather jacket. Very punk rock as injuries go. I guess you could be light hearted about it. The doctors had to go through a lot to get his arm back and functioning. He basically has a titanium elbow now, three metal plates and 18 screws. He goes on to say recovery has been more difficult than i thought. As i write this it is not clear that i will ever be able to play the guitar again which, of course is sad news. He says the band reminds him that neither they nor western civilization is depending on him playing the guitar again. Ann writes in speedy recovery bono. Thank you for pouring your heart out to us. Weve been wondering how you are. Bono sats he will be canceling his appearances for the beginning of the year because the kickoff for the may tour starts in may and he needs to skenconcentrate on Getting Better before that tour kicks off. Nice of him to share with everybody who has been wonder zblth humerus through the leather jacket. Oh my gosh serious accident. After a rough 2014 hollywood has high hopes for 2015. Will some big franchises help bring audiences back to the theater . And starting over. As olympic skier lindsey vonn recovers from injury she opens up about how shes making it back to the top. And she tells us how boyfriend, tiger woods, is helping her. First this is today on nbc. Thank you cable. For the slower internet upload speeds. For making me wait longer to share my photo albums. Thank you cable, because if we never had you. We wouldnt know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. The numbers dont lie. 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