Albert Lincoln "Al" Roker, Jr. (born August 20, 1954) is an American television weatherman as well as an actor and book author. He is best known as being the weather anchor on NBC's Today. On Monday, July 20, 2009, he began co-hosting his new morning show, Wake Up with Al, on The Weather Channel, which airs weekdays from 6am to 7am ET, one hour earlier than Today. He holds an expired American Meteorological Society Television Seal, #238. Writing with Dick Lochte, Roker began a series of murder mysteries in 2009 that feature Billy Blessing, a celebrity chef turned amateur detective. The second book in the series, The Midnight Show Murders (2010), was nominated for a 2011 Nero Award.
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#ObamaDiaryEntries Al Roker toured the WH house today. Good to see him. But oddly enuf the place smells like shit now.
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Source: Orlando Sentinel
A Transformer welcomes, from left, Natalie Morales, Al Roker and Willie Geist of 'Today.' (Hal Boedeker/Orlando Sentinel / May 23, 2013) Al Roker says the "Today" team is concentrating on the future, not the program's past, a ...
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“It was unlike anything I’ve ever seen up close.” That’s Willie Geist‘s assessment of a day of reporting on the aftermath of Monday’s EF5 tornado in Moore, OK. “I think what you can’t convey is the scope of the damage.” Which is why people like Geist go ...
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Source: Orlando Sentinel
NBC's "Today" will pay a smaller visit to Orlando on Thursday than originally planned. Instead of the entire team, Natalie Morales and Willie Geist will be at Universal Orlando Resort, Al Roker told viewers Wednesday. NBC later sa ...
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Source: NCB-WCNC Charlotte
NEW YORK (AP) — Two charter airplanes carrying the "Today" show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for coverage Tuesday of the catastrophic tornado outside of Oklahoma City. Televisio ...
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Source: KLTV
(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel). Storm clouds build in the distance beyond tornado-ravaged homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demoli ...
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Source: NBC Chicago
In the news business, the best laid plans can vanish in an instant. The Today Show had planned a full, experiential visit to our fine city of Chicago --- with its entire cast along for the adventure --- on Wednesday May 22. Alas, tragedy struck in Moore, ...
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Source: Entertainment Weekly
Missed The Voice ‘s top 10 contestants performing last night? You’ll have to catch the show online: EW had confirmed that instead of tonight’s planned Voice recap episode, NBC will air a live special focused on ...
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