In south florida. We begin tonight with a threat of floods. Im jessica dean. And im Natasha Brown. Lets get right to heat roll gist kate bilo shes been keeping an eye on storms rolling through the area. We do still have storms on the radar right now especially off to our west and thats where the Flash Flood Watch remains in effect north and west suburbs tonight. But the good news is this storm that was moving over burks county has started to be a little more suppressed off to the south just grazing the philadelphia suburbs with some wet weather. So its missing for the city for the moment but we cant promise this is going to be the case for the night. These pockets showing where the heaviest rain is. The steadiest is down back to harrisburg right now. It is impacting the turnpike and we could see some lingering showers through the overnight and into tomorrow morning that could possibly slow down the early part of the morning commute. Our Flash Flood Watch goes until 6 00 in the morning.
The moment but we cant promise this is going to be the case for the night. These pockets showing where the heaviest rain is. The steadiest is down back to harrisburg right now. It is impacting the turnpike and we could see some lingering showers through the overnight and into tomorrow morning that could possibly slow down the early part of the morning commute. Our Flash Flood Watch goes until 6 00 in the morning. Pretty much all of northern new jersey you can see through tonight we still have the chance for a few of these showers and storms to make it toward the city although for the most part, it will stay to the west. You wake up tomorrow to a few scattered showers at 6 00 a. M. , then progressively through the day we start to see things drying out and with that drying out comes a reduction in humidity. Theres some good news. Ill tell you how long that lasts coming up with the full forecast. Back to you. Well see you soon. Authorities meantime are trying to find the cause of a fire a
Accidentally kills a gun range instructors. Many ask how young is too young to be handling weapons. A desperate search for survivors in china after dozens of buried in a mountain of mud. A video message from the mother of abducted american journalist was reds. She pleads with the group to free her son. Millions of dollars demanded for the release of another hostage, a 28yearold aid worker in syria. The u. S. Is looking into reports that a second american has been killed while fighting with the Islamic State. Sending this message to you. In an emotionally directly to the leader of the Islamic State group, the mother pleads for her sons life and freedom. As a mother, i asked for justice to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he has no control over. I ask you to use your authority to spare his life. He appeared in the same video showing the execution of another american journalist. The group is threatening to do the same to him if the u. S. Doesnt stop targeting fighters. Stein
Hes now being treated for stab wounds. Good morning, im renee chenaultfattah. Police say this began as an abduction and robbery before the men were dumped into the river. The bodies were pulled on kelly drive on west hunting park avenue. Live on 2nd street. Reporter renee, sources tell us the survivor of the abduction, stabbing as well as the dumping on the banks of Schuylkill River lives at 722 north 2nd street. Thats what we are here. Police tell us when detectives arrived this morning, they found blood everywhere. Police tell us they found a wet 20yearold male wearing his underwear and a shirt. He was stabbed multiple times in his torso and legs, bound as well with duct tape. Two bodies were discovered in the river a short distance away. Sources tell us the survivor told police he was abducted about 1 00 this morning from 62nd and wood land in southwest philadelphia by four to five males. The victim says he was thrown in the back of a van and blindfolded. He also told police he noti
Surprise. And each of their reactions is more priceless than the last today, saturday, march 8th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. We do want to get you right to todays top story, and that is the Malaysia Airliner that we first learned went missing overnight. We first heard last night that it had gone missing. As the hours go on, the airline says it still has not found any evidence of wreckage. Lets bring you the latest as we know it. There is a massive effort under way right now to find the plane. Searchandrescue crews were deployed as soon as authorities realized the plane was missing. And air Traffic Control lost contact with that plane about two hours into what was supposed to be a sixhour flight. And there were 239 people on board the plane, including 3 americans, one of them an infa