And Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Happy friday, everybody. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im carson daly along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Matt is on assignment. Welcome to today, or as carson calls it, escape from the orange room. Good to have you here. Im a loyalist. I sat with my friends in the orange room. We tried to add orange accents so you feel at home. I appreciate that. Our top story, the frightening accident at the North Carolina state fair. Chris is in raleigh this morning with the story. Chris, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. Authorities here on this investigation are saying they have few details stressing that its too early to say why, a vortex, a brandnew ride here at the North Carolina state fair, just as people were getting off the ride, suddenly jolted back to a start. It sounded like a bunch of stuff hitting medal. Reporter scary moments for riders on the vortex in North Carolina. Police sa
Drunk driver who already has a criminal past, ann. Reporter police have not confirmed that fact but we did find a Public Record stating there was a woman by the same name and age who was arrested for dui along this very same roadway last year. This time unfortunately it was deadly. You can see this tree over here, that is where this drivers car finally came to a rest. We have taken a blood test and it will take several weeks before we get a return on the blood alcohol. But police say they are quite sure 54yearold marjorie wrightville of redwood city was box skated when she hit and killed them as they walked their dog before 7 00 last night. The suspect vehicle came up behind them eastbound, struck them both, launching them into the air and killing them instant, the dog was hit, injured but not killed and taken to a vet by the humane society. Police say her car continued over the center divide, hitting far car before crashing into a tree. She was still in her car when officers arrived.
Suit against six different companies. Reporter im cate cauguiran live in santa rosa. The family of a 13yearold boy shot and killed by deputies may be taking serious legal action. Autopsy results show he was shot seven times, two of those fatal. Well tell you more on what the Community Plans to do to protest his death. Reporter suspected drunk driver plows into a couple out taking their dog for a walk last night. Coming up, well show you the scene left behind and the charges the driver now faces. Lawrence is at boo at the zoo. Hes over in oakland with all kinds of crazy critters. Good morning. Reporter yeah, good morning, guys. Not so spooky. Interesting characters. Check out this guy. That is one beautiful animal. Well talk about the animals and the fun you can have this weekend. Lets check out the weather. Low clouds and fog in the bay area. Temperatures on the chilly side. 40s, 50s in some spots. 30s in some of the north bay valley. By the afternoon, on the cool side. Numbers only in
Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius promoted even today that the main problem was unexpected volume. And we were just wildly incorrect, the numbers so far exceeded that, and now there are very specific diagnostics in place. Reporter zients says there are two categories of issues with the web site performance which is speed, response time, and reliability and function, the bugs that prevent the software from working properly. The government also announced its removing the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services as overseers of repairs. That job is going toqss i, one of the Tech Companies that helped build healthcare. Gov. And by the end of november, healthcare. Gov will work smoothly for the vast majority of users. Reporter that end of november date could be make or break for affordable care, according to one former obamacare official who department want to be identified. He says the government has weeks, not months, to fix the web site before the entire Business Mo
R not remembering a specific word that ive noticed, late, if theres any symptom at all, that one bng the one that shows the most. O exclusive and candid conversation. And a man falls from a stadiums per deck on to fans below. Thankfully, everyone survived today, mday, november 18th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, is is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live fm studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morni, welcome to tod on a monday morning. Im mattauer. Im Savannah Gurie along side Natalie Morales and al roker. The miest went through it yesterday. We knew this was going to happen on friday and when they issu a high risk, which is something the National Weather service her does inovember, we knew we were in for it. The powerful storms that spawned the deadly tornadoes in the dwest. Dylan dreyer is in washington, illinois fors. What is the scene there . Reporter its heartbreaking toee the devastation in this area of washingt, illinois. We had as ny as 40 tornadoes yesterday acro