Woman was apparently unharmed. S. W. A. T. Officers had been tailing the man as a suspect in an august 13th murder on lundy avenue but police say the man took off when they realized they were following him. He apparently was trying to go to his house on kirkhaven. Police say he crashed his car, ran toward his house and reached for something in his pants while on the front porch. The officer fired at the suspect once he did not comply with officers demands. The suspect turned around and the officer fired again. Eventually the suspect fell and he was pronounced deceased at the scene. Reporter it was the second time in less than a day that officers shot and killed a suspect in the same lundy murder case. Sunday night police shot and killed another man in a strip mall parking lot. They were the fourth and fifth Deadly Police shootings this year. I dont have the data to know why were seeing more right now. Reporter mayor sam liccardo said each case will be investigated by police and the dis
Involved in a car accident that killed a woman. Could she be charged with manslaughter. And pool party. Six, count them, six black bears take over a backyard swimming pool. And were going to need some more chlorine today, friday, august 21st, 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savanah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Savannah is off. Tamron is here. That would be the end of my swimming season there. Those bears are very, very cute. Thats the result of the heat wave here in the northeast this week, bears swimming in back yards. That will put a smile on your face. Also Carly Rae Jepsen warming up on the plaza. A nice crowd out there to see her. A lot of fun and bears. You dont get that everywhere. Well be outside in a little while. Lets start with two major stories tied to the weather. High temperatures make for another difficult day for crews battling wild fires. In the Atlantic Danny is churning. F
For his life. He loves to work and serve his community. He has been a great wonderful child. Reporter late thursday a procession to honor the men they call heroes as firefighters push on while taking time to remember the fallen. The government is spending 150 million a week on fire suppression. They say some 46 million homes or 40 of the population has a home at risk for a potential wildfire. Tamron and matt back to you. Thank you very much. Now to the other major weather story, danny, the first hurricane of the atlantic season. This is a small compact storm. Hurricane force winds only extend about ten miles out. It is moving over very warm water. Winds are at 85 Miles Per Hour making it a category 1 and should remain as category 1 for moves into an environment to rip it apart. By the time it makes its way through the Leeward Islands should be a Tropical Storm and then makes its way to Dominican Republic by wednesday morning. These are the upper level winds that will rip the storm apar
People had to be rescued from their cars. Crews are trying to clean up all the mud so roads and highghys can be reopened. Aifferent kind of weather. The dust storms out in phoenix. It is just incredible. Houston, some scaffolding came tumbling down. Six workers had to be rescued. Lamar odom said to be coming around. Three days after he was found unconscious in a nevada brothel his aunt said he spoke and gave the people around a thumbs up. Will he run . Close to be reaching a decision. You can direct those questions to my very able Vice President. Donald trump crowing about his poll numbers. We go up, up, up and then we go down one point, its like all that and look at this o ran orangutan. And the alal champmpnship series. A 50 royal win. On cbs this Morning Saturday. Please welcome jimmy kimmel live. You are im taking a week off. Gonna fight crime. Have you worked more than six wewes in a roro o ocourse i e eryone works more than six weeks in a row. What are you talking about. Do you k
History. Now it is being told on the big screen. How a small boat was able to navigate waters that tore an oil tanker in half. But todays eye opener first, your world in ninetyseconds. Just got to clean up and, you know, were trying to wait it out and see fit happens again or not. Southern california addition out. And still threat of thunderstorms but nothing like what weve had over the last few days. Oh my god. People had to be rescued from their cars. Crews are trying to clean up all the mud so roads and highways can be reopened. A different kind of weather. The dust storms out in phoenix. It is just incredible. Houston, some scaffolding came tumbling down. Six workers had to be rescued. Lamar odom said to be coming around. Three days after he was found unconscious in a nevada brothel his aunt said he spoke and gave the people around a thumbs up. Will he run . Close to be reaching a decision. You can direct those questions to my very able Vice President. Donald trump crowing about hi