Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side Natalie Morales and al roker that just dropped a bomb on us. You say you have amazing video later. Amazing video. Of the aurora borealis. Youll want to stay tuned for this. Hell show you next week. Lets start with the top story. The suspicious packages that led to tense moments at the Jacksonville International airport. Kerry sanders is there for us this morning. What happened. Well it is now confirmed by the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office that one man is in custody. He has been arrested. Police say the zelko told the security checkpoint that, quote, ive got a bomb here. That setoff a response that landed him in custody. For unknown reasons, another man in the security line ran. He is manuel rivera. He was chased to the parking garage where he was arrested. The two men we
Was going to get in between those guys and their memorial. He says you cant be here and then turned and looked the other way. Thats what you want. A lot of frustration. A lot of people that planned weddings at the monument. Dearcongress, our hashtag has blown up. But at least some of the late night comedians have been able. Theres always some funny. Lets take a look at jay leno. Im not even worried about the government shutdown. Im more worried about it starting back up. Let me tell you something, let me tell you something, i am glad the government is shutdown. For the first time in years its safe to talk on the phone and send emails without anybody listening in. This is fantastic. You can talk to who ever you want. I didnt think of that. Thats a good point. There you go. There is a silver lining. The nsa not being able to track our phone calls. Talk about this next thing because its hysterical. A lot of parodies. In the buzz feed era you know there was going to be it. This is a wrecki
Diverted to nearby airports. The flights that were on the ground here, passengers, as the planes moved away from the terminals passengers had to deplane and come down and depart and make their way back. They spent the night at hotels. According to the local authorities a man that was here and made some sort of verbal threat. A man who is known to the fbi. The fbi and the joint Terrorism Task force are now investigating the details of what happened here last night. Reporter i pulled up and they said theres a bomb threat. Everybody started running to get up. Reporter tense moments at Jacksonville International airport. Shutdown by police because of two suspicious packages. A lot of people started ducking behind where the packages go. Reporter the airport was evacuated when a bomb squad found one package in the terminal and another in a nearby parking garage. The airport tweeting details about the incident in real time. Jso bomb squad on site conducting their investigation. Currently no i
Weakening tree roots. This tree fell in lark spur. Werej5oy concerned about stability here so, when ground becomes saturated and that can affect stability. Then, we can get mudslides. Things of that nature. So far no, problems. Its wet but its stable, they tell homeowners to keep an eye on leaning posts, telephone poles as you just saw, and trees. Those are signs that the earth is on the move. Were live in mill valley, abc 7 news. Thank you so much n East Palo Alto Water District workers are keeping an eye on the creek that flooded, causing evacuation of seven homes and a levy to leak. Officials say so far, so good. Its looking fine as long as were not getting anymore anticipation. So were just assessing damage at this point in time. Residents are annoyed and sate flooding happens all the time. City officials are ware of the frustration and hope public work project scheduled for the spring will fix things once skb for all. Going to the sierra now. R[c. ÷ snowfall is slowing down drive
Chris im chris wallace. With the clock ticking toward the fiscal cliff, it is crunch time on capitol hill. Chris as the new year rings in, we are headed to a major financial hangover. What happens if big tax hikes and spending cuts take effect . Will washington come up with a lastminute compromise . Plus, where are we headed on new demands for gun control . And, will we ever get all of the answers to the benghazi terror attacks . Well cover a lot of ground when we sit down with two leading senators democrat Dianne Feinstein and republican Lindsay Graham. Also th 2012 in the Rearview Mirror we look ahead to 2013. Our sunday panel weighs in on what well be talking about in the coming year. All, right now, on fox news sunday. Chris and hello, again from fox news in washington. Well, it turns out the fiscal cliff is going to be a cliffhanger. With less than two days until the new year, Senate Leaders are still trying to work out a deal, to avoid tax increases on almost every american. But,