The little robot on a crosscountry journey to san francisco. The goodness of strangers supposed to get him all the way. Then this happens. How the happy little life of hitchbot came to such a sad end today, monday, august 3rd, 2015. 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 monday morning. You look so different, matt with your glasses. Well thank you very much. Matt is off this morning. Weve got carson here and breaking news at the top this morning. Its our top story. The severe storms moving east now, after producing dangerous hail high winds and tornadoes across the midwest. Heres nbcs john yang with the latest. Reporter Severe Weather turned deadly over the weekend when high winds caused a tent to collapse at a small festival in suburban chicago. We had one fatality three serious injured and 17 to 20 minor injuries. Reporter John Anderson says his van, southern jack w
The popular locala palooza festival shutting down. Organizers ended the final day of the festival 30 minutes early when another storm hit the area. Here in grays lake, illinois, a day of cleanup. Parts of this building across the street. You can see that truck turned over. Carson, savannah, back to you. What a night. Jong yang in grays lake, illinois, thank you. Meanwhile, in california, thousands of homes are being threatened by a wildfire that nearly tripled in size over the weekend. Emergency officials stepped up evacuation orders. Joe fryer has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carson. This fire now at 54,000 acres, growing at a rate thats unprecedented. The flames have moved into a more remote area, which is good news. But in these conditions, they know things can change in an instant. The rocky fire is an unpredictable monster still growing this morning, even veteran firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. At one point, the flames tore through 20,00
Televised primetime president ial debate for 2016. Needless to say, donald trump is a sure thing. 23 of support among republican voter voters, nearly twice that of jeb bush his nearest competitor. Governor scott walker is in third with 11 , wild right down there on the bottom you have new jersey govern ror chris countrity, Ohio Governor john kasich just scraping in. And here are the candidates who will likely not make that cut. Some a surprise former Texas Governor rick perry in with this bunch. Joining me first up here, maif reston, our cnn National Political reporter. Mave theres always a chance another poll or two could drop before the 9 00 p. M. Cutoff. Fox news has set. Is there any chance they could widen the debate stage in that 11th hour . And what would happen in the case of that . Well, absolutely. I mean think about how much weve seen the polls fluctuate so far this cycle. It is a little bit surprising that perry didnt make the cut and kasich swept in there. Big win for Chri
Lindale resident Caden Simmons intentionally fastens his seat belt every time he gets into a vehicle and reminds others to do the same. Wearing a seat belt is what he said saved his life when he was in a car crash about two months ago.
Lindale resident Caden Simmons intentionally fastens his seat belt every time he gets into a vehicle and reminds others to do the same. Wearing a seat belt is what he said saved his life when he was in a car crash about two months ago.