Quotes of the Day

“Smoke was coming out of my phone yesterday.” — NBC “TODAY” Show’s Savannah Guthrie on announcing her engagement to Michael Feldman Monday.

Editor wants to prank house sitter

“Friend stayed @ our house while we were away. Thinking of removing all furniture & taking photos, telling him, ‘You forgot to lock the door!’” — WaPo Book World Editor Ron Charles.

Postcard to DOJ

“Dear DOJ: my email password is “GoScrewYourselves’” — Daily Beast Contributor Justin Green in reaction to news that DOJ secretly obtained phone records of AP reporters and editors.

Important Q to Ponder: “Can’t we just ban talking points altogether? Or would that just confuse everyone?” – NYT‘s Mark Leibovich, who has a book coming out this summer that isn’t worrying anyone (wink wink).

Journo followed strange source rules

“In Belfast, had source who wouldn’t let me call or email. Ever. I had to go to house, but not park o/side. Got to know his wife & kids well.” — Toby Harnden, Washington Bureau Chief of The Sunday Times.

The Fashion Hound

“No one on television has better ties than Brian Williams. (And that’s what really counts.)” — Politico‘s Roger Simon.

WORST HEADLINE OF THE WEEK

By HuffPost‘s Jason Linkins

Paranoia Strikes

• “Someone walking n th bldg behind me who asked wt floor I live on last time. If they do it again I’m running down th hall yelling STRANGER!” — Editor of The DC Pundit Javonni Brustow.

• “Have never been this terrified of the sound of an approaching ice cream truck. Got the feeling it’s secretly a black helicopter.” — Justin Green.

Words to live by or casting call for Bad Girls Club?

“I love bad bitches.” — Meghan McCain.

World crumbles as reporter’s TV show is not on and, by far, the strangest news of the day concerning a Politico reporter.

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NBC “TODAY” Show host Savannah Guthrie was all smiles this morning as she revealed her engagement to political consultant Mike Feldman, setting off a flurry of reaction in Washington and beyond.

Guthrie flashed her diamond ring on air. Weatherman Al Roker tweeted that actor Bradley Cooper brought Savannah flowers for the occasion. NBC “MTP” Executive Producer Betsy Fischer remarked, “Two great people — Savannah and Mike — awesome news!” CNN’s Jessica Yellin added, “Wowza. Check out that pic! Congrats guys!” And Co-host Willie Geist assumes his invitation is in the mail: “Two of the greats. Spoiler alert guys: I already grabbed the shower caddy off your registry.” CNN’s Jake Tapper wrote, “Congrats to Savannah Guthrie and Mike Feldman!!!! Xoxo.” NBC Washington’s Angie Goff wrote, “Congrats Savannah! You’ll make a beautiful bride.” And Mediaite founder and ABC Legal Analyst Dan Abrams added his congratulatory note, saying, “Two people I’ve really liked and respected for a long time.”

Savannah had a pointed message for Prince Harry… “Tell him I’m no longer available.”

Even US Weekly splashed it up on their site this morning.

See Cooper giving flowers to Savannah. Read more

Today we mix and match NBC “TODAY Show” host Savannah Guthrie and Lifetime TV’s newest “Army Wives” character Maggie Hall played by actress Torrey Devitto.

Sometimes hosts of the upcoming Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade shouldn’t be interviewed before, after or during the fact. What are NBC’s Savannah Guthrie and Al Roker grateful for and what are their Thanksgiving traditions? Who cares? Even they don’t know or seem to care, but they manage to pull a variety of things out of their brains asses for the clip.

What we learned:

Savannah: She’s grateful for her new fam at NBC and for the fact that she won’t have to cook much at Thanksgiving. She’s good at cleaning up.

Al: He’s thankful that the Hurricane Sandy victims are getting help. His advice for Savannah is to appreciate the three-hour parade because it’ll be over in a flash.

The only entertaining portion of this video comes when Al discusses how he’ll be spending Thanksgiving with his wife’s family in Georgia.

Quotes of the Day

Congratulations to…MSNBC’s Willie Geist for being hired for the 9 a.m. hour of The TODAY Show. He will no longer do the Way Too Early program but will continue to have a presence on Morning Joe. The NYT broke the news.

Did the Holocaust happen?

“Well, the historical reality of the Holocaust is a complicated subject. If you’re a lunatic.” — The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey Goldberg on CNN Piers Morgan‘s interview with Iranian President Ahmadinejad in which Piers questions the foreign leader about the Holocaust. Ahmadienjad quickly grows annoyed by the premise of the question.

And an interview tip for Piers…

“Would be hilarious if Piers asked Ahmadinejad a true odd ball, like: ‘Don’t B.S. me here, what was your favorite season of Real Housewives?’” — HuffPost‘s Sam Stein.

Convo Between Two Media Types

CNN Contributor Ari Fleischer: “In DC, he doesn’t call congressmen. In NY, he doesn’t meet w many foreign leaders. What DOES President Obama do??”

WaPo‘s The Right Turn blogger Jennifer Rubin: “Golf, golf, the View, golf.”

Important Q to Ponder: “What do you call a Full House reunion without the Olsen twins? (Whatev it’s called, John Stamos still looks hot it it!)” — Cheryl Thompson, Social Media Editor for NBC Washington.

Ouch! Journo insults senator 

“How is it possible that Harry Reid can be such a fierce flamethrower and still be so boring?” — BuzzFeed‘s McKay Coppins.

From the Trail…

“Just pulled into the Cincinnatian Hotel. Wonder what city we’re in?” — NYT’s Mark Leibovich, who was obviously in Tallahassee on Monday.

Girl Power on Campaign Trail

“Of the nine print reporters on the road covering Mitt Romney today, only one, Zeke Miller, is a guy.” — Politico‘s Ginger Gibson.

And right on cue, speak of the devil…

“THERE AREN’T ENOUGH WOMEN IN POLITICS!” — MSNBC Contributor and The Daily Beast Columnist Meghan McCain.

The Daily Download‘s Lauren Ashburn asks, “Hmm. What wld happ if the State dept guy who wrote this F-U memo to a reporter was a woman?” Unfortunately she doesn’t go on to tell us more and instead gives a basic aggregate. Come on Lauren, write the story!

News of the absurd.

“Overheard on sidewalk, from elderly woman with British accent: ‘What does “DC” stand for?’ #almostasbadasaskingwhatUKstandsfor” — Ariana Pekary, radio producer for The Bob Edwards Show.

This just in from Piranhamous in Charlotte…“The guy kid from the Tonight Show interviewing the chick from the Today Show. There was lots of fake laughing.”

Above is NBC’s TODAY Show co-host Savannah Guthrie and E!’s openly gay roving reporter Ross Matthews who is covering the conventions for the entertainment network.

Correction: Matthews previously worked The Tonight Show. We incorrectly stated that he was interviewing Savannah for NBC and have changed the above to correct the error. Piranhamous will be appropriately punished.

Savannah Guthrie has officially been named co-anchor of NBC News’ “Today.” She replaces Ann Curry, who left in an awkwardly sad goodbye but will remain with the network with, in her words, a “fancy new title.” Word arrived today via NBC News President Steve Capus and is effective immediately. The new “Today” family will consist of Matt Lauer, Guthrie, Al Roker and Natalie Morales officially debuts Monday, July 9.

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What is with journalists and their coffee? Last year in April Savannah Guthrie‘s former TV co-host Chuck Todd complained about poor service at an airport Starbucks. “Is it Starbucks company policy that their airport locations have to run inefficiently?” he seethed on Twitter. Now Savannah, who works for “The Today Show,” also takes a whack at Starbucks showing just how hard it is to get her morning coffee. What the hell, Starbucks? Don’t you know who she is? Don’t you know this doesn’t look good for you?

So much for MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” being “brewed by Starbucks.” Doesn’t mean all NBC employees are going to get their coffee in an expedient fashion.

Really, Starbucks? You have one person working this morning? twitter.com/SavannahGuthri…

— Savannah Guthrie (@SavannahGuthrie) June 26, 2012

Politico Publisher Robert Allbritton and his wife, Elena, are opening up their expansive home for Sunday brunch the morning after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It’s their third year hosting the exclusive event that is not easy to get into.

This year’s notable guests: Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour; fashion designer Tory Burch; NBC’s Savannah Guthrie; actress Goldie Hawn; White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett; CNN’s Piers Morgan; CBS News’s Norah O’Donnell; RNC Chairman Reince Priebus; ABC’s Diane Sawyer; Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt; Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; and Fox News’s Chris Wallace.

Note: Hawn is the guest of CNN’s Piers Morgan at the dinner.

Quotes of the Day

Tweet of the Day: “Lethargic” — Greenwire‘s Jessica Estepa.

A piece of advice

“Savvy therapists should run digital ads targeting those who run Google analytics on their inboxes.” — communications specialist Tracy Sefl.

Inspiration…

“Redemption is a real thing. It took me years, but I’m starting to resemble the man I want to be.” — The Daily Caller‘s Jason Howerton.

Ali annoyed by snorer

“Hey! Man snoring like a jack-hammer next to me- STOP IT!” — Ali Wentworth, comedian and wife to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.

Free Beacon Managing Editor on Hilary Rosen Crisis PR

“On the ropes, it would’ve been the perfect time for Ms. Rosen to take a nap, take a vacation, take a trip to the moon, anything to get out of the spotlight.” — Free Beacon Managing Editor Sonny Bunch in an op-ed in TWT Monday regarding RosenGate in which he denounces how she handled her own “scandal.”

On ABC Jake Tapper’s animals…

“An animal house divided” –NBC’s Savannah Guthrie in reaction to this: RT @jaketapper: “RT @WinstonTapper: ???? RT @WalterTapper for those asking re: @winstontapper…. MEH.” In explanation, Tapper, an avid tweeter, now has his new dog, Winston, and his cat, Walter, on Twitter.

President Obama on Jimmy Fallon

“Pres Obama’s first stop today is UNC in Chapel Hill. Besides a speech at 115P, he’ll tape a segment for Jimmy Fallon’s late night show.” — CBS White House radio correspondent Mark Knoller.

Eddie Scarry contributed to this report.