One taxi cab driver very lucky to be alive after this massive tree fell right on top of his car as he was driving down maple street towards millwood. Luckily the driver is okay. He was checked out by paramedics. We will send things over to South Carolinas weather man who is not in the studio tonight, he is at a special event tonight. Jim, where are you . Reporter i am at the kroger store, two notch road and sparkle barry lane. This is our weather fest, going on since 8 00 a. M. This morning. We had a hard time getting out here because of the tornado watch that was issued earlier. The bad weather moved out of the midland right now. It seems like the pd region, are now under the gun. The reason for the weather fest, the fact that we have Severe Weather at this time of the year and we want you to be prepared incase there is Severe Weather. At the weather fest today we have been selling the radios at a discount and they have been flying off the shelves here. And in fact, one of the models
Golden gate bridge is definitely separate, fog developing, and cooler air mass moving in. Temperaturewise into the 40s and 50s. We have a High Surf Advisory still remaining in place today through tomorrow. I just took a look at some of the buoys, these swells are up to 18 feet, some waves up to 20 feet today. Meanwhile, wind speeds are up to about 11 and 12 Miles Per Hour in some neighborhoods, dying down in San Francisco to 6 but these winds will be increasing during the day out of the northwest up to 30 Miles Per Hour. So as the rain decreases during the day and also that potential for thunderstorms, the winds will increase with highs up to about 70. Wait until you see when the next storm will be rolling into the bay area. We will track that coming up at 18 minutes after the hour. With all the wet weather means busy roadways this morning. Its a busy monday drive especially on westbound 24, a couple of accidents this morning, now reports of a brokendown vehicle in the caldecott tunnel
It lasts least another day or so. Well also take a look at your beach forecast, while it is going to be quite warm, it will be one place to go to get some relief from the heat this afternoon. Your giants and radars forecast also coming up later. All right. Back to the news this morning. Firefighters slowly getting containment on the valley fire thats burning in lake county. That has been burning more than a week and the People Living in the area now being able to return home. It has scorched more than 74,000acres. It is now 50 contained. Eightyfive homes have been destroyed. More than 7,000 have been threatened. Ed to people evacuated from the Hidden Valley lake area, will be allowed home to view the fire damage. Butt canyon road also will be allowed back. We are expecting a update coming up. Only 20,000 evacuees were permitted back up to the valley view fire. After a week, people are finally able to see the damage the fire had done. Everything is just gone. Its the worst thing that i
Anniversary of the battle of ia drang valley. We are in washington dc. It was in major freeman, think november 1965. You for joining us. I want to ask you about those days. Could you tell me about your training for those types of missions . You had to throw some things out the door and improvise. Tell me what you bought into the battle. Major freeman experience. I did not have the privilege of training for the assault. By commander did. My commander did. They trained for two years. This was a brandnew concept of warfare as far as the army was concerned. I was already an experienced power prior to coming to that organization. I ran for a year in tactical mapping. An experienced pilot prior to coming to that organization. Iran tactical mapping. I had been in south america for four years doing the same basic job. Host and you had experience in korea . Major freeman yes, and i felt the sting of battle when i was very young. Host did being on the ground in korea, seeing battle in that sense
Contact. Doubling down. Donald trump says he wasnt the only one who saw thousands of people cheering in new jersey on 9 11. I start getting phone calls in my office by the hundreds that they were there and they saw this take place. Is there any evidence to support trumps claim . And holiday rush. Thanksgiving travelers hitting the highways and heading to the airports in droves. The brewing storm that could disrupt the plans of millions of americans, today, tuesday, november 24th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning seems like we say this every day, but what a busy morning weve got. Certainly is. And weve got breaking news at top this morning. A russian fighter jet crashed, turkey claiming it shot down that warplane after repeated warnings saying that the plane was violating its airspace. Lets get right to nbcs chief Foreign Correspond