Cool off so yeah. We are lucky. Reporter and all, about 41,000 customers were impacted in parts of 24 counties with peak wind gust one state reaching 65 miles an hour but now that weather clear has been given an pg e is systematically bring that power back on. Places like alameda and santa cruz counties are 100 restored, Sonoma County bite midafternoon was more than halfway there. Basically you have it in sectors, and alignment, cruise basically going and my ends along those lines to make sure there is not any damage and that we have helicopters, eyes in the sky, also doing this on the line. Still on the winds have abated, the heat has not yet been it is hot, it makes it hard to be outside, especially with the kids. Has left residents and Business Owners looking for shade at their whiskey bar and grill, they have got a spot ready for those looking to leave their homes and have a cool drink. Still it is hard on staff. Reporter people keeping on during it, make sure the are taking care o
Should be focused on what is it welcome to power lunch we are in rally mode the nasdaq hit its first record for december the dow jones and the s p 500 on the fourth straight week of gains. Consumer discretionary moving big. Underarmour moving higher. Kohls also. And take a look at the electronic retailer, up more than 50 this year thank you we begin this hour with tax refo reform expected to be agreed torsion signed, eventually unveiled to the public later today we still await the final details of what is in and what is out. Live in washington reporter two sources now confirming to me marco rubio does plan to support the republican tax bill. They put in some lastminute changes to win him over. Namely increasing the refundable portion of the Child Tax Credit. Just about an hour ago, kevin brady who chairs the ways and Means Committee spoke about at the chances of the bills passage, not just through house but also the senate where republicans have a very narrow margin im confident at the
Farmers insurance open at torrey pines for the seventh time yesterday. Came back, won a big tournament, had a big final round monday. Its his 75th career title. Looks like now hes starting to come back post injury, post whatever you want to call it. Scandal. Well call it a scandal. And on the other hand in the music world, chris brown is back in the papers again, singer frank ocean, alleges that he was punched. Sent out a tweet saying he was punched by chris brown and a group of people outside a Recording Studio in west hollywood. So, tommy, recovering from flaws in your private life to go on to success in public. When it happened to tiger woods a lot of people said hes finished, hes done, he will never break Jack Nicklaus record. Weve seen it in the world of entertainment. Is there a point where youre so talented that it overcomes anything that youve done in dwrour private life . I think you get to a point sometimes where everything becomes so under a microscope and then, unfortunatel
But bewildereded drivers and tas resources to the breaking point. Rescue workers pushed patients on luggage carts to waiting squadrons of choppers, others plucked from rooftops by a team of civilian and military helicopters as the river rose and rose in massive flooding by cyclone oswald. A tiny avook wevacuee hoisted t safety. Around the clock, hundreds of men, will, and children rushed to safety. She slept throw the whole thing. Reporter this neighborhood, two miles outside the center of brisbane, flooded in 2011, a once in a century flood, but two years later, it happened again. Andrew brady just moved here. I feel how can it happen again . Reporter last flood, he volunteered to dig out others, now they are calling to return the favor. This is called flood proofing. Satellite phones in the desert this is our flood phone. Samsung flood phone. Reporter those friends, those volunteers worked so hard and got so dirty in the cleanup, they got nicknamed the mud army. You can bet blah toon
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. Well get to that severe flooding in northeast australia in a couple of minutes. More rescues there over the last 24 hours. Al will join us and tell us abt a powerful storm system right here at home that could be spawning some tornados in the coming days. Also ahead, strong signals from the boy scouts that it will end its nationwide exclusion of gay scouts and leaders. At least one major group is saying that may force it to move its support to other boys organizations. New questions this morning about the death of Country Singer Mindy Mcreadys boyfriend as she opens up about what happened the night he died. Well hear from her. Its an emotional and candid interview. First to that deadly flooding in australia. Sarah james is in brisbane for us this morning. S sarah, good