Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist

In this week's Sunday Sitdown, Ken Jeong joins Willie Geist to chat about his role as a manager in "KPop Demon Hunters," reflect on the support from his family during his leap to comedy after a career in medicine and shares his new chapter as a panelist on "The Masked Singer." Jeong also reveals how he snuck in jokes in "The Hangover" for his wife Tran. Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist to preview her discussion with border czar Tom Homan and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis of 37-year-old Renee Good. US forces struck 35 ISIS sites in Syria as part of what the Pentagon is calling Operation Hawkeye Strike. This comes as the Trump administration is also monitoring developments in Iran very closely with one of the largest uprisings in the regime's history. NBC's Julie Tsirkin reports for Sunday TODAY. A suspect is in custody in the murder of an Ohio dentist Dr. Spencer Tepe and his wife Monique. The man, Monique's ex-husband, allegedly drove hundreds of miles before firing the fatal shots. NBC's Morgan Chesky reports for Sunday TODAY. The Chicago Bears came from 18 points down to beat the Green Bay Packers thanks to a late touchdown pass from Caleb Williams to D.J. Moore. Earlier, the Los Angeles Rams knocked off the Carolina Panthers on the road in another late comeback. At the start of the new year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Department of Health and Human Services formally recommended fewer vaccines for American children and offered a new approach to nutrition with a revamped food pyramid. So what does it all mean for public health police in the United States? NBC's Anne Thompson reports in this week's Sunday Focus. 

President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that everyone in the Biden administration should be arrested for using an "autopen" to sign bills and executive orders. This comes as Trump turns up the heat on his political rivals including Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell who says he's under investigation because the president doesn't like how he handled interest rates. NBC's Melanie Zanona reports for Sunday TODAY. Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist to assess President Donald Trump's first year back in the White House. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei is blaming the United States and President Donald Trump for inciting violence in the streets of Iran during which thousands of demonstrators have been killed by the regime. A U.S. based human rights group estimates about 3,000 protestors have been killed by Iranian security forces, but activists suggest that number could be higher. NBC's Molly Hunter reports for Sunday TODAY. The European Union is holding an emergency meeting after President Donald Trump threatened to impose a new 10% tariff on Denmark and seven other European nations until a deal is reached for the United States to purchase Greenland. NBC's Ryan Nobles reports in this week's Sunday Focus on Trump push to acquire the massive, icy island. One half of the NFL's final four is set after the Seattle Seahawks beat the San Francisco 49ers, and the Denver Broncos win in overtime against the Buffalo Bills. The stage is set in South Florida for the highly anticipated college football championship between Miami and Indiana. The Hoosiers arrive undefeated, a huge turnaround for a team that hadn't won a bowl game since 1991, now just one day away from making history. NBC's Kathy Park reports for Sunday TODAY. It has been just over a month since Hollywood icon Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were murdered in their home, police say, by their own son. Alongside the millions of lives Reiner touched over the years through his movies are those he impacted much more privately including a Texas inmate found guilty of a 1992 murder for which he says, he was wrongfully convicted. NBC's Dan Slepian reports in this week's Sunday Spotlight. 

In this week's Sunday Sitdown, "Aquaman" and "Game of Thrones" star Jason Momoa joins Willie Geist to talk about his latest action movie "The Wrecking Crew." Momoa opens up about growing up in the Midwest while identifying more with his Hawaiian roots and also reveals the lie he told at an open casting call to land the first role of his career. A crippling winter storm is on the move across the United States with nearly 200 million people from New Mexico to Maine caught up in the middle of bitter cold, dangerous ice and more than a foot of snow in some places. At least 23 states have declared an emergency as southerners shelter from freezing temperatures. NBC's Ryan Chandler reports for Sunday TODAY. Snow, sleet and freezing rain have battered Memphis, Tennessee, and now a city not accustomed to this kind of extreme winter weather is facing a dangerous layer of ice. NBC's Kathy Park reports for Sunday TODAY. About three inches of snows has already fallen in Washington, D.C., only half is what is still expected to fall throughout the day. Freezing rain could make for icy conditions and treacherous travel. Officials in DC, Maryland and Virginia are recommending everyone stay home. NBC's Ryan Nobles reports for Sunday TODAY from the Capitol Building. Up to a foot of snow is expected in New York City with even more north of the city. All three of the NYC-area major airports will be seeing hundreds of flight cancelations throughout the day. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced that students will still have school either virtually or in-person. NBC's Valerie Castro reports for Sunday TODAY. Conditions are continuing to deteriorate from the Northeast and as far south as the Gulf Coast as a massive winter storm moves across the United States. Cities like New York, Boston and Washington, D.C., are expected to see impossible travel and blizzard-like conditions. NBC's Angie Lassman tracks the latest forecast for Sunday TODAY. Famed climber Alex Honnold of "Free Solo" fame, scaled the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan with no ropes, no net and no parachute live on Netflix. Honnold took a selfie from the top of the spire after his successful climb of a building almost exactly the same height as New York's One World Trade Center, the tallest in the United States. Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist shares the Photo of the Week. 

In Part 1 of this edition of Sunday Sitdown Live, country music superstar Luke Combs joins Willie Geist and fans in Nashville, Tennessee, to share his new album "The Way I Am" and opens up about staying grounded with a priority on his family. Combs also reflects on his rise from college bar shows to sold-out stadium concerts, saying, "The goal is not the destination, it's the journey. Getting there is the fun part so just enjoy it." As protests rage on in Minneapolis, a federal judge has ordered the release of five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father from a detention facility in Texas after they were taken from their home in Minnesota by federal officers. Meanwhile, new concerns are being raised over dashcam video that shows federal agents with guns drawn appearing to forcibly take a driver from her car. NBC's Maggie Vespa reports for Sunday TODAY. Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist to discuss the release of more than three million records related to the Jeffrey Epstein case while many critics and survivors say they are not satisfied. Israel has allowed the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt to open on a trial basis. Trucks carrying humanitarian aid began rolling in on Sunday across a border that has been sealed for nearly two years. Demon Wilson, who played Redd Foxx's son Lamont on the classic 1970s NBC sitcom "Sanford and Son" has died at 79 after a battle with cancer. In the 1980s, he left show business to become a minister.