is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a apparently law enforcement officials intercepted some cell phone calls that led them to that ranch in mexico, and it seems they may have just missed el chapo. >> can you imagine their feeling when they realized how close and how hot on the trail they are? we'll continue to follow that and have the latest on that story come up. >> we will. let's start with our top story, the democratic debate. clinton and sanders trading jabs and three other candidates getting their first chance to make a first impression. we've got it all covered this morning from the debate to the latest on vice president joe biden, and we'll talk to msnbc contributor nicolle wallace, but let's begin with nbc national correspondent peter alexander in las vegas. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning to you. hillary clinton's debate experience, her debate preparation paid off last night. estatic. they insist she was on, that she looked poised and passionate in what was the first democra

, you're all losers. >> hillary clinton joins savannah live from new hampshire for a special ten houn hall meeting today, monday, october 5th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is special edition of "today," a town hall meeting with hillary clinton. with matt lauer live from studio 1a and savannah guthrie live from new hampshire. >>> good evening, everyone. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. savannah, i'll take my pancakes with syrup and my politics straightforward. >> that's great, math. i've been flipping flap jacks all morning long. you'll have people come in and get up this early you have to feed them so we'll give them a few pancakes and politics straight ahead. >> i don't know what the weather is up there. i hope it's okay but as you can see the rain is still coming down in the carolinas. this is being called a once in 1,000-year event, that's columbia, south carolina as the light starts to shine there, water everywhere. it's been a devastating weekend. al has made his way down there. we'll check with him in a bit. meanwhile, savannah, let's get more on this spec

hampshire and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. it's a special split edition of our program. we're here in atkinson, new hampshire on a chilly morning. savannah is back in studio 1a in new york city. savannah, good morning to you. you had a town hall meeting with the front-runner on the democratic side, hillary clinton, just a few weeks ago. here we go again, this time on republican side, and that man right there, you're watching, he's just arrived here at the atkinson resort and country club in new hampshire and is greeting the club, and he'll be joining us in about an hour to sit down questions for him, savannah. >> that's right. good for democracy, bad for your waistline, matt. thereios your low-carb diet, the pancakes and politics town hall and looking forward to catching up with mr. trump in just a few moments. >> that's right. he is obviously the front-runner on the republican side doing very well in polling here in new hampshire and other key states, doing well nationally, but there a

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lawyer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. matt has the morning off. i'm going to quote dobbie and marie. i'm a little bit country. you're a little bit rock 'n' roll. >> rock 'n' roll. >> and carrie underwood is here and a little bit for everybody. >> seven grammys, a new mom. she's got a new album. her fans are just so -- they love her. they are passionate, as you see there, and so are we. thrilled to have her on the plaza. >> right to our top story this morning. we've got breaking news, a deadly collision between a tour bus and a truck in france's popular wine country. nbc's keir response simmons is with us. this is all of. what can you tell us about it. >> reporter: good morning. the french are waking up to a tragedy here, a head-on collision between a bus and a truck that became a gigantic blaze, according to witnesses, and on board the bus was a group of retirees. it happened at 7:30 this morning french time overnight your time, an

, thursday, october 8th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everyone. morning. i'm savannah guthrie. we have willie in for matt. >> you have hillary clinton on some issues having the run against the record of the president. >> that's the team of rifle s vals. >> it's our top story this morning. hillary clinton's tough talk, as she breaks from president obama on his trade deal with asia. this is a move critics are calling a flip-flop on her part. nbc's andrea mitchell has more on all of it. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, savannah. excuse me, savannah. this is the biggest split yet. the biggest split from the -- excuse me -- from president obama, on one of the critical priorities. an issue guaranteed to win the support of a key group. she's also unveiling new proposals to tighten regulations on wall street. >> reporter: with the nomination in the balance, what happened to the team of rivals? president obama's former secretary of state has opposed his high priority

"today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. another morning, another sick feeling about having to cover a story like the one we saw in oregon yesterday. the president spoke at the white house and used words like routine and numb. this little town in oregon it is so raw. their hearts are broken this morning, and i think everybody in this country is asking themselves why does this keep happening and what can we do about it? >> we're going to talk about that discussion, of course. this is our top story. tears and heartache the day after yet another mass shooting in this country. this time at a community college in oregon. natalie morales is there. natalie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning two, matt. umpqua community college just up the road here, the road behind me still closed and the campus will remain closed through the weekend the it's still an active crime scene t.start off as an ordinary day here. it was the first week of school at umpqua community college, stude

headed. savannah. >> thank you very much, kerry. >>> natalie is on assignment. tamron is here with a look at an escalating violence situation in the middle east. >>> israel on high alert taking action against an escalating wave of deadly violence by palestinians. nbc chief global correspondent bill neely is in jerusalem. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tamron. from the spot at jerusalem's old city where two of the attacks took place this is now a city gripped by fear and suspicion. israel has hit back not just with more police and checkpoints but with threats of collective punishment for palestinians. and a warning, some may find the pictures in this report disturbing. israeli police got the go-ahead to close off arab areas. they are struggling to contain this violence. the police say they can't stop these attacks through intelligence because most of them are carried out by people they don't know. often teenagers with no links to terrorist groups acting spontaneously and often at random. israelis are scared. so scared gun sales are up and shooting ranges are booming. in the

, october 6th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. morning. no one that likes a hot cake like matt lauer so i know you are excited. >> people united can never be defeated and the next thing they need to do for hangover sufferers is big macs at 7:00 a.m. >> our top story this morning is the weather in south carolina. there's flooding and it's continuing to get worse. at least 11 people have died and disaster. president obama has said so. al is monitoring the situation from here, but we'll begin with nbc's kerry sanders on the ground in columbia, south carolina. kerry, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning, savannah. they haven't seen the sun here in a week so today there will be sunny skies which will give folks better weather to continue their salvage operation, but state officials fear it will also send a false sense of security that this disaster is over. 181 dams have already breached, and this morning they are watching several others that are weakened that they fear could give ou

"today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today." it is a tuesday morning. nice to have you along. >> yeah. it's nice to look across our studio and see senator bernie sanders in the house this morning, the first time we've had a chance to welcome him during this presidential campaign. we'll get a chance to talk to him in just a couple of minutes. >> the first time we've been able to say we're feeling the bern inside studio 1a. >> that's right. >> drench rain and what's left of hurricane patricia taking aim at new targets this morning several days. nbc's janet shamlian is in pensacola against for us today. janet, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. this is the storm that doesn't want to quit, pummeling the south for days, and it's been setting rainfall records as it marches to the east. no letup this morning to the heavy rains, pounding winds and floods brutalizing the gulf coast, from pascagoula to pensacola, red flag warnings. the wind and rain unrelenting. the rain is punishing,

savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> ah, good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. you don't get to see many of those on the streets anymore. there's the delorean from "back to the future," and it is a good opportunity for me to look at you, savannah, and say you are my density. >> you are my density, too, matt. i'm so happy the delorean is here. we're ready to reminisce about the future. is that how it works? something like that, yeah. >> fun to catch up with those stars of the move i, but, first, our top story. major power moves in washington. wisconsin congressman paul ryan taking steps to become the next house speaker. flirtation with a presidential run, some saying he's trying to rewrite history. a lot of moving parts. we have them all covered beginning on capitol hill with nbc national correspondent peter alexander. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning to you. house speaker is the third most powerful office in the land, and paul ryan initially said he wasn't interested in the job. now he says he's willing to ste

, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. woman to "today" on a friday morning, a day before the actual halloween, but halloween for our purposes, the day that my kids call me and go really, dad, i've got to go to s sool and deal with the fallout from this. >> our last name is lauer, too, dad. only half an hour more to keep this secret without blurting it out. i hope i can dot. >> a lot of fun and lots to talk about starting with our top story. deadly end overnight for a manhunt for a dangerous fugitive. the suspect on the run for near lay week after he allegedly shot a police ofcer. he w w killed in a shootoutn kentucky. nbc's gabe gutierrez has that story. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. police said he was armed, dangerous and desperate. two state troopers and a feferal marshall found himovernight. he had a gun. there was a shootout no officers were hurt, and now a community is breathing a sigh of relief. this morni the man month for 62-year-o

"today," with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> morning, everyone. welcome to "today." we'll be the first to admit we story about the aunt who sued her own nephew. >> the tabloid headlines were not kind to jennifer connell. we weighed in on trending facts we knew at the time. jennifer connell is here this morning and says there is a different side to the story. >> look who is with her, her nephew sean, who adores her. >> interesting to hear what they have to say. story. president obama set to announce this morning he's going to keep a larger than expected force in afghanistan by the end of next year. nbc's pentagon correspondent has the latest on this. what's behind it? >> matt, the president's call to keep more american forces on the ground in afghanistan reflects the new reality there. the fact that the taliban and terrorist threat is once more on the rise. there are currently 9,800 american forces in afghanistan. the president wanted to cut that number to 1,000 by the end of next year. because of the increased threat from the cal ban ta

news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. we've had a dramatic change in the weather. it's 38 degrees in the studio today. >> yes, it is. >> brisk in here. >> not snowing, but it's snowing in other parts of the country. this is the time of year where you say oh, it's snowing and in january it's like oh, it's snowing. >> i know. we'll talk more with al about that in a minute and breaking news out of l.a.x. in a minute but first let's start with the escalating war of words between candidates donald trump and jeb bush. at issue, trump's controversial remarks about the 9/11 attacks and then president george w. bush. nbc national correspondent peter alexander has more on all of this. peter, 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 trump's repeated jabs for much of this campaign. this time he's all in defending his brother and taking aim at republican party's

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dollars in the past decade to modernize and to compete with ports to the north, like savannah, georgia, and charleston, south carolina. in 2009, the port completed a high-tech terminal with 275-foot tall cranes to reach across the decks of the largest ships that dock here. it installed state-of-the art technology to provide ships entering the port better navigational information. and to speed up cargo delivery, the port is now building a facility to transfer containers directly from ships onto freight trains. and the port's jumping into the business of servicing new ships powered by liquefied natural gas, a cleaner burning fuel than the fuel oil used by most cargo ships. but all of these innovations might not be enough for jaxport to stay competitive, according jaxport c.e.o. brian taylor, who says the port now needs to be deepened by seven feet. >> deepening the port is to allow us to compete and handle the ships of the future that are going to be carrying the cargo to the east coast ports. >> reporter: in the last two decades, the shipping industry has built bigger and bigge

authorities to tighten their perimeter. right now, matt and savannah, investigators here are still processing the scene. >> gabe gutierrez covering that story for us. gabe, thank you very much. >>> another closely watched manhunt, this one in california, came to a peaceful end overnight. kern county deputy edward tuckerr was recorded two days ago escaping from the back of a patrol car after being arrested on drug and weapons charges. >> the 44-year-old managed to slip out of his handcuffs and then carefully open and close the door, all while officers doing paperwork. he was recaptured late last night at home of an acquaintance. >>> moving now to the presidential race and new fallout from week's heated republican debate. the campaigns are planning to meet this weekend to discuss possible changes to future debates, this as jeb bush is insisting his campaign is far from over. nbc national correspondents have all the headlines from washington the peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. this morning the republican campaigns appear to be in full revolt against th

"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. we've got willie in for matt this morning. >> exciting news for air travelers we didn't mention in that open. boeing is developing a plane next week that actually has overhead space. your bags will fit. >> ahh! we will show you that and tell you all about it coming up in just a few. first today's top story. this washington whiplash. congressional republicans in turmoil this morning after the man expected to be the next house speaker, congressman kevin mccarthy dropped out of the running, shocking everyone. could one congressman speaker be angling for the job now. peter, good morning. >> we want to talk about chaos at the capitol. right now, it is still unclear which republican will emerge as a unifying figure for the party. this morning, several high-profile republican members are strongly urging the former vice presidential candidate, paul ryan to reconsider by throwing his hat in the ring. it's the question now consuming the

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 wednesday morning. 5 seconds of summer, or as we might say in an hour 5 seconds of soggy. crowd out on our plaza, they will play rain or shine in just a little bit. >> no umbrellas out there right now. that's a good sign. meanwhile, big debate tonight. we'll talk more about that, but we'll start with our top story. plenty of drama during the opening game of the world series between the kansas city royals and the new york mets, both on the field and in homes all across the country. that >> you said, it matt. it was a long night filled with because of the game. millions of fans were watching the royals take on the mets last night when technical difficulties brought the opener of the fall classic to a halt. >> we have lost -- we have lost our picture. hi. we're having some technical difficulties. >> in the middle of the fourth inning for mets and royals fans it seemed like it was game over. >> i don't think it was a weather p

thursday, october 8, 2015. >> 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." we've got willie in for matt. >> you've got hillary clinton on some issues having to run against the record of the president who appointed her. >> that's the team of rivals. we see what it's looking like in 2015. it's our top story this morning, hillary clinton's tough talk as she breaks with president obama on his talk with asia and a move critics are calling a major flip-flop on her part. andrea, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. hillary clinton has split from the president, coming out against his new deal on asia. and today clinton is also proposing tough new wall street regulation, putting her closer to bernie sanders and going far beyond anything that the white house has supported. with the nomination in the balance, what's happened to the team of rivals? barack obama's former secretary of state has now broken with her former boss, opposing his high priority trade treaty wi

savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everyone, welcome to "today" on a friday morning, we've got willie in for matt. >> the most exciting news for air travelers we didn't mention in the open, boeing is developing a plane going to be ready next week that has overhead space, can you fit your bag in the overhead. >> there it is, where's the angelic music? bigger overhead space. we'll show you that coming up. but first the day's top story, the washington whiplash, congressional republicans if turmoil after the man expected to be the next house speaker, congressman kevin mccarthy dropped out of the running, shocking everyone. could one former speaker be angling for the job now? nbc national correspondent peter alexander has the latest from capitol hill. peter, good morning. >> good morning to you, you said it -- congress is in chaos now, it's still entirely unclear which republican will emerge the unifying figure in the party. several high-profile members are now pushing for the former vice presidential nominee, paul ryan, to reconsider and th

, 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. we're in the middle of a beautiful stretch of fall river here in the east. not so much out west. >> they have not been so lucky. these rains that seemed to come out of nowhere and really made a mess. >> that's right. it's our top story this morning. the wild weather that came in suddenly and virtually without flash flooding triggering mudslides trapping drivers and then destroying homes. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is in hard hit lake hughes, california. miguel, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning. the rain is gone, but mud certainly isn't. we're about an hour outside of los angeles, and take a look at this neighborhood. it was hit by a day luge. the mud here is stacked four, places. just down the road from here, 20 school. a good samaritan had to go in and save them. it was a wild day of extreme weather. it hit with fury, pounding rain, relentless marble-sized hail and then -

. >> 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 this monday morning. trying to think of something to say about "playboy" that won't get us in trouble. >> let me speak for husbands and say, there were naked photos in that magazine? really? >> that's the only safe thing to say. that's a shocking decision. >>> first tonight's much anticipated democratic debate as hillary clinton and bernie sanders look to avoid mistakes. lincoln chaff, and jim webb hoping to have a break out performance. we'll talk to nicole wallace. let's start with peter alexander. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morningle to you. welcome to las vegas. she is already in a league of her own. tonight the only democrat on stage who's been in a debate before. she's been on debate stages since high school. analysts say a strong showingle could solidify her performance or give more ammunition to the enemies and opponents who say the campaign wheels are come off the bus. tonight she'll debate