>> john yang starting us off in chicago tonight. john, thanks. >>> these gains in the stock market have come despite a big-ticket name having a rough time. apple announced some rough earnings numbers earlier this week. their stock has now taken a punishing blow. in fact, today apple lost its spot as the world's most valuable company. title goes back to exxon now. since apple has lost 37% of its value from its high point of more than $700 a share back in september. >>> across the country, as if thislu season wasn't bad enough already, it's now widespread in 47 out of the 50 states, remember. the cdc confirms what a lot of us already know from the workplace and the world around us. this other virus, the stomach bug that is making victims really miserable and they're dropping fast. more from our chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman. >> tonight, the cdc is warning about a new outbreak, norovirus, which causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. what has health officials so alarmed, the strength of the virus and how quickl

nbc's john yang is with us from south bend, indiana tonight. john, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. today manti te'o was out of sight, he's at a florida sports center, preparing for what he hopes is an nfl career. that as the story that is the centerpiece of his fairy tale final college year has collapsed around him. >> manti te'o! >> reporter: manti te'o was a college football hero, not just to the home crowd here at notre dame, but to fans across the country. hailed on the cover of "sports illustrated" as a star player who had triumphed over personal tragedy. in a single september day, he said, he lost both his grandmother and his girlfriend, recently diagnosed with leukemia. in an interview posted in november on notre dame's youtube channel, he talked about the pain. >> when i lost my girlfriend and my grandma, that was possibly the hardest time of my life. >> reporter: the legend grew as te'o led notre dame over michigan, the day he says his girlfriend was buried. now it turns out his girlfriend never existed. as the website d

>> john yang in chicago. chuck todd before that starting us off from the white house. thank you both. >>> as we heard, the national rifle association came out with a video attacking the white house gun proposals this morning. and they're taking heat tonight for using the president's daughters as part of their argument. that part of this story tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: they've long been the most feared lobbyists in washington, spending millions to defeat gun laws and candidates they oppose. >> i want to say those fighting words. from my cold, dead hands! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: even as america was shaken by the horror of newtown, the nra escalated its rhetoric, claiming to add more than 100,000 new members, and taking a no-compromise stand. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> reporter: but did the nra go too far with this new web video today, focusing on the president's school-age daughters? >> are the president's kids more important than yours? then why is he skeptical about putting armed se

john yang, nbc news, chicago. >>> on another front, our weather remains in the news tonight. what we're witnessing is florida-style warm air banging up against winter in the north and it is a violent collision all along that line. the line is so distinct, it's visible from space. and the map shows the damage done. the blue icons here, reports of high winds. the red funnels confirm tornadoes. just today. this is rare. violent weather for january. weather channel meteorologist julie martin is in hard-hit adaresville, georgia. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this 18-wheeler, one of dozens flipped in this fast-moving storm that's left destruction across several states and killed two, ending the nation's longest break in tornado fatalities since records began back in 1950. the picture says it all. a massive funnel cloud tearing through downtown adairsville, georgia. >> right across the line. >> reporter: destroying dozens of homes and businesses, killing at least one person. as the fast-moving storm swept across georgia, authorities were forced to shut down nearly

our report tonight from nbc's john yang on the notre dame campus. >> reporter: manti te'o says he grewre deeply about his girlfriend, developing an emotional bond. at various interviews, he told of how she endured cancer treatments. >> can we say a prayer. >> reporter: how she comforted him after his grandmother died. >> the last thing she said was i love you. >> reporter: he told reporters they had known each other about two years before making it official. all through online and phone conversations. the only face he saw was online. it now appears that face had nothing to do with the person he was communicating with. ever since the story of te'o's imaginary girlfriend broke, there is one big question. how could anyone have a close relationship with a person they never met in person and never really exited. >> it could be incredible. it could be a letdown. >> reporter: it's called catfishing, a social media phenomenon where people create false identities and lure others into a relationship, many of them serious and long-lasting. >> how come you've been pretending to be someone else. >>

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nbc's john yang live in south alabama for us. by playing a game in the days after the actual death of his grandmother and the supposed death of his girlfriend, basically dying within hours of each other. dead spin.com breaking the story on this. do we know more information from te'o himself about the interaction with this alleged woman? >> reporter: well, te'o and the statement released yesterday said that they met online and communicated by telephone. that's not according to the notre dame athletic director jack swartzer who had a press conference last night. te'o says he never met this woman face to face, that all their communications was online and by telephone. this is one of the sort of the questions that only te'o himself can answer and we are sort of waiting to hear. there are many things that notre dame officials are saying they can't answer or that they feel are manti te'o's story to tell, not their story to tell so they're deferring to him. when we're going to hear more from te'o we don't know, there was some suggestion

john yang is trying to unravel this mystery. john, what have you learned?, it's one thing we have learned within the past hour, actually, is that we've learned that manti te'o is not here in south bend. is he in florida in bradenton, florida, at an nfl combine camp. this is where nfl prospects are being schooled in life in the nfl. ironically, including media relations. something he is going to get a real test in now. this whole story has really exploded on the internet yesterday when dead spin reported that they had looked for traces of his girlfriend, of this famous story that really define him and define the notre dame team this year in their undefeated season about his ill fated relationship with this young woman who had a car accident last year, who was diagnosed soon after with leukemia, and then died many september, we were told, the same day that his grandmother died. but now, it turns out that that isn't true. that this young woman never existed. and te'0 say that he was a victim of a krux hocruel hoax. there's questions that only he can answer. no

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nbc's john yang is following this story. he's in south bend, indiana. john, we know we're going to hear from manti te'o tonight. that was quite the press conference last night with the athletic director of notre dame. what's amazing here is notre dame seems to be 100% convinced that te'o is a victim and not part of this scheme. >> reporter: that's right, chuck. here's this morning's south bend tribune. "cruel hoax" the big headline. notre dame is standing behind te'o, saying he is the victim of this hoax. there are a lot of unanswered questions, questions that in many ways can only be answered by te'o himself. for instance, inconsistencies. jack swarbrick said that te'o told him he had never met this young woman, this alleged young woman, face-to-face. but his father is quoted in an october story in the "south bend tribune" saying they did meet face-to-face, at least a couple times in hawaii, where te'o lived. another big question that swarbrick addressed last night, is what's the possible motivation for this hoax? >> we had no idea as to motive. and th

john yang has the story from south bend, indiana. morning to you, john. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. not only are people asking how someone like manti te'o could be in a long-term relationship and never meet the person face to face, some are asking how could the people around him not know his girlfriend never existed? it's another day of silence for manti te'o. now there's renewed scrutiny about what he said in the past about his dead girlfriend, who never existed. according to notre dame officials, te'o told him he first learned of the hoax on december 6th. still, he spoke publicly about her death two days after that on national television at the heisman trophy ceremony. >> i'll never forget the time i found that my girlfriend passed away. >> the sports illustrated cover story on te'o, days after the notre dame star said his girlfriend died of leukemia. >> if he was acting, he should be nominated for every oscar category in the country. >> reporter: in retrospect, the magazine went with the story, despite discovering warning

nbc's john yang joins me now from south bend, indiana. and john, what are we hearing from manti teo himself. >> reporter: last night teo issued a statement in which he said that this whole thing was incredibly embarrassing. he said they developed an emotional relationship with a woman i met online. we maintained what i thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone and i began to care deeply about her. to realize that i was the victim of what was apparently somebody's sick joke and constant lies was and is painful and humiliating. right now the officials here at notre dame are standing firmly behind te'o, and there are many details that only teo. >> the thing i am most sad about is that the single most trusting human being i have ever met will never be able to trust in the same way again in his life. >> reporter: they are saying, as i said that this is teo's tale to tell. he had learned of the deception in early december. notre dame hired outside investigators, they got their report on january 4

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john yang gins us live from south bend, indiana.e is saying it's up to te'o and he is in florida, right? >> reporter: that's right. well, he is -- actually, notre dame tells us that he is staying in florida. the nfl combine camp where he's preparing for the nfl draft and future life in the nfl. you know, his story had seemed straight out of a hollywood movie. star player here at notre dame who led his team to a spectacular season after the twin tragedies. but now it turns out that's all it was, a story. manti te'o's story seemed destined to take its place along a storied team. after an undefeated season that ended at the national championship game. inspiring teammates and becoming a campus hero triumphing over twin tragedies. the lonsz the same day in september of his grandmother and girlfriend who died after battling lukemia, a story he told on espn's "college game day" in october. >> the most beautiful girl i have ever met. not because of her physical beauty but the beauty of her, her character. you know, who she is. >> reporter:

. >> this week as john yang reported, a young girl who had just performed with her high school drillam at the president's inaugural last week became one of the latest victims of gun violence. family and friends mourn 15-year-old hadia pendleton yesterday after she was killed in crossfire while standing at a bus stop less than a mile from the president's chicago home. >> we got another good one that's gone. >> she was shot once in the back as she huddled with a group of teens under a canopy escaping the rain. >> she was with her crowd, the kids doing the right things, the kids with promising futures, that's trying to become somebody special. >> chicago is shocked. >> i spent some time last night with the pendletons and the family, and any young person in our city suspect gunned down without reason, their death makes an impression on all of us. it demands action from all of under the circumstances. as we grieve for adea, we need to work today to protect our greatest resource, the children of the city of chicago. >> and today also hillary clinton is taking her leave tomorrow from the st

nbc's john yang is in south bend this morning. john, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. it does seem like -- or seemed like a story made for hollywood, a star football player here at north dame who leads his team to a spectacular season after overcoming terrible tragedy, the deaths of his grandmother and his girlfriend on the same day. but it turns out that's all it was, a story. manti te'o's story seemed destined to take its place alongside the legends of notre dame's storied football program. a star linebacker and heisman trophy finalist after an undefeated season that end ted national championship game. inspiring teammates and becoming a campus hero by triumphing over twin tragedies, the loss on the same day in september of his grandmother and his girlfriend who died after battling leukemia, a story he told on espn's "college game day" in october. >> the most beautiful girl i've ever met. not just because of her physical beauty but the beauty of her character and who she is. >> reporter: she never existed, a f

for "today," john yang, nbc news, chicago. >> lester?ow to a revealing story about snoring. you may think of it as annoying or just an inconvenience. new research suggests it's much more serious, possibly even worse than smoking or obesity. gabe gutierrez has details. [ snoring ] >> reporter: it's a constant battle in bedrooms. >> roll over, please. >> reporter: now a wake-up call. snoring is serious. >> it affects my sleep patterns. it affects how i perform at work. >> reporter: jim kelly broke his nose in high school and hasn't slept well since. just ask his wife. >> you can hear it through the walls. and it reverberates, and it's the really deep, throaty snore occasionally. and so, yeah, it -- it can be a nuisance. [ snoring ] >> reporter: a new study shows it's just the beginning. doctors at henry ford hospital in detroit examined 54 patients. turns out those who snore head thicker carotid arteries, that could slow blood flow to the brain, putting snorers at greater risk for heart disease than being overweight, smoking, or having hig

yang. it is january 21, 2013. inauguration day. the president will begin the day with a church service. he and the rest of the first family will attend the service at st. john's episcopal church. vice president joe biden and his wife jill will also be in attendance. the first family will leave for the capitol later in the morning. president obama will then be sworn in and deliver his inaugural address followed by awe luncheon at the capitol this afternoon. the parade is set to begin at 2:30 this afternoon. the inauguration day will end with a pair of inaugural balls at the convention center. >> there's one thing that will be constant from now throughout evening. that is the cold. >> that's right. >> it is bitter cold already. >> 4:01. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein. >>> there's going to be a warmup at the swearing in ceremony. we have high clouds drifting over the metro area. it's clear south and east and farther north and west, a partly cloudy sky starting off very early on this 21st day of january. right now, it's in the upper 20s in montgomery county. in prince george's county, low 30s. right in washin

john leopold's misconduct trial. we'll have much more on those stories throughout the morning. first, good morning to you. i'm eun yang> i'm angie goff. aaron gilchrist has the day off. welcome to "news4 today." it's tuesday, january 29, 2014. taking a quick look outside. some are waking up with fog in our area. overall shall nice temps. >> i love the fact that it is warming up. we could be in for spring-like temperatures soon. tom kierein is here with the changing forecast. you'll be a popular man again. >> fasten the safety belts. it's going to be a roller coaster ride. temperatures above freezing all you around the region including the immediate metro area. college park, mid-30s. much of southern maryland, including calvert, charles, st. mary's in the mid-40s. southwest in the upper 30s to mid-30s. prince william county and fairfax. arlington county near 40 degrees. loudoun county in the upper 30s. fauquier county, temperatures around 40 degrees and farther south, stafford and spotsylvania, with a lot of cloudiness. fredericksburg at 47. other areas on the fringes of the viewing area, shenandoah valley near 50 degr

yang. welcome to "news4 today" on this monday, january 21, 2013. inauguration day will dpin for the first family about 3 1/2 hours from now. they'll attend a church service at st. john's episcopal church. the vice president and his wife will be present. he'll be sworn in at 11:20 this morning in front of the capitol. he'll deliver his address a half an hour after that. the parade is set to begin at 2:30 this afternoon and the day will end with a pair of inaugural balls. the president is expected to be back at the white house around 10:00. he will be tired and i'm sure will want to rest. >> and eld be bundled up as a lot of people will be. tom kierein is back in the storm team weather center. >> it's not going to be terribly cold but cold enough for your warmest winter coat. a few high clouds drifting over the region and no precipitation locally. getting a few newer flurries out in the mountains. upper 20s, near freezing across most of maryland and virginia. reagan national airport at 35 degrees now. as we zoom into the mall, the location of the swearing in ceremonies, capitol steps, between 8:00 and noon will be rapidly climbing during the time of the swearing-in cere