Humidity, it is not going to be hard for any storms that do develop to become strong. Once again, yesterday we saw the flash flooding. That was the biggest threat. Today, that threat still a threat but not quite as high. It is the high winds that we are going to be dealing with. Yes there is a low threat of a tornado today best chance of that northern portions of maryland around the masondixon line. Continue to track it for you throughout the afternoon. Amelia segal and i are in all day. With the stroke of a pen, South Carolina governor nikki haley is about to end the controversy that has divided her state for more than half a century. Haley is signing a bill that will remove the Confederate Flag from the state house grounds. These are live pictures from columbia, South Carolina. This move will come hours after the state house passed this legislation. The Governors Office says the flag will come down in a ceremony tomorrow morning at 10 00. We are closely following this breaking news.
Swimming in that very same lagoon six weeks earlier. An alligator scorchble, 66 Million People facing excessive heat warns around watches, temperatures set to soar well into the triple digits, with one city bracing for nearly 120 degrees this weekend. Violent blast, a man reaches into his car when it suddenly explodes. He is thrown to the ground, his clothes on fire, luckily, he survived. The surprising cause of that explosion, today, thursday, june 16th, 2016. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a if rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody, welcome to today on a thursday morning. People will be looking at that video from a couple weeks because they think this is the same area where that young boy was tragically taken to his death. Story. Lets start with our top story. Politics and push for stronger gun control measures has taken on new urgency in the wake of the orlando shooting. A filibuster on the senate floor that stretched into t
Georges county, a man found dead on reed street off Martin Luther king, jr. Highway in glen arden. It started as an accident investigation now its a homicide investigation. Megan mcgrath is live with what were learning. Good morning. Reporter barbara, what i can tell you at this point is that the driver was going eastbound on Martin Luther king, jr. Highway when someone opened fire on his car. That bulletriddled bmw crossed over the other lanes of traffic, went off the road. The driver didnt make it. The 911 call came in for an accident but when police looked inside the car they found a man dead. Delonte brown works as a Security Guard in the area. Around 2 30 in the morning, he heard rapid gunfire. Oh man, had to be about seven, eight shots. Lot of shots. Reporter then what . Then i saw smoke coming from the parking lot area. Investigators spent the morning taking photos and piecing together the sequence of events. Evidence markers could be seen along Martin Luther king highway near r
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Mexico. Cold air wrapping around the back site. 30 30s tonight. Well talk about how much falls where in the state. Thats coming up. An update on breaking news we first brought you at 5 00. There is a new development in the Phylicia Barnes murder case. Prosecutors are requesting the courtroom be closed for part of the trial because of a sexually explicit videotape. Reporter we spoke to the defense team for Michael Maurice johnson who said they need to respond to that hearing submitted by the state. The Baltimore States Attorneys Office wants to show a video that shows Phylicia Barnes having sex with the defendants younger brother alongside the sister who is engaged in sexual relations with john covent the defense wanted to keep the tape out of the courtroom for sensitivity for the family but says now it will be used to their advantage. Attorneys say it shows barnes and johnson are friendly, which is a different light that was presented in johnsons bail review. We dont know how they beli