Attack leaving the city on edge. An arrest made overnight as investigators search for answers. Plus manhunt, the desperate search for a husband and wife accused of murder, on the run and armed and dangerou after a daring escape in utah. Shark tank boating accident. The Police Investigation facing reality star kevin oleary after a fatal crash on a popular lake. And pandas and politics, say it aint so. Why the national zoo could be left without its Star Attraction today, thursday, august 29th, 2019 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this thursday morning. Kristen welker in for savannah once again as hoda enjoys her final days of Maternity Leave. We want to get to the latest on Hurricane Dorian it is a category one storm expected to both intensify and grow in size as it moves toward the southeastern u. S a state of emergency declared in florida with the governor urging residents and
Im James Fletcher so lets get things started the in the Weather Center. Weve got john looking at at the numbers. Yeah guys that 78, i know its hot, but hey its still better than triple digits, at least id recommend heading out there to the coast, but dont expect it to be chilly by any means its going to be warm across the bay and then the excessive heat for inland areas looking at the Golden Gate Bridge. It is Crystal Clear this morning very thin marine layer, its still have that cooling impact just right along the coastline, keeping temperatures there in the 70s and 80s elsewhere, its 90s in triple digits. Enjoy this morning because it is a comfortable start to the day but already warmer than it was yesterday. It just look at pittsburgh at 70 right now conquered at 64. These temperatures are going to rise pretty quickly once the sun begins to come up. Thats going to set us up for that dangerously hot at times he that we do have later on today, heat advisories, take effect in peach for
Collection money from 5 where h it is upsetting, yeah because you come to Church Thinking the money is going to go to where it is supposed to. Reporter this proved groom to be and fianci said he diaz was his wedding planner. Reporter that is not going to happen, now, is a . No, we have to look for someone else. Reporter in addition, the thefts first came to light last month after diaz was involved in a car accident. Inside his car, authorities found more than 18,000 in cash, money that was traced to donations from resurrection parish. That apparently was just the tip of the iceberg. Diazs office, the diocese found a dozen security bags filled with cash, 10,000 and in mostly hundred dollar bills in an envelope in a cash drawer and more money in diazs home, the grand total more than 95,000. The diocese says the money apparently was stolen from churches where he worked including lake county and ukiah. It is so that they are tempted to take money that is not theirs. Reporter the bishop wro
While inland. Well check in on some of the numbers. Right now, 63 degrees. Off to a warm start for livermore, hayward and fremont. San francisco checking in at 56 degrees. Also watching the conditions around that wildfire. If you can see closer to lake berryessa. 50s to upper 60s. And thankfully, we are seeing moisture kind of work its way into the fire zone. So that should be helping the fire crews, at least overnight. As far as the plan for today. Partly cloudy skies. More sunshine this afternoon. Warm to hot inland. Well have more 90s once again, 70s around the bay on the coast. Mainly in the 60s. We still have warmer days in the fiveday forecast. Sal right now is standing by with an update on the morning commute. Good morning, mark. Right now, we do have traffic that is mostly doing okay if you are driving around the bay area. Were going to look at the commute on the tracy triangle. And were r off to a very good start. It meets 580. And intercore of the bay area. Looks fine. Northb
California. Clouds and green showing up there. And we actually had this one little cell approach the modesto area in the past couple of hours. Producing one lightning strike. But that has kind of diminished over the past hour. We do not have a lot of completely not a lot of overcast conditions. But i think we will have patchy fog to deal with between now and sunrise. 50s and 60s. Heres our live camera looking towards sfo. Here is the plan this morning. Partly cloudy. And into the afternoon hours. More sunshine. It will be warm to hot inland. Hottest locations of the 90s. The coast in the 60s. And San Francisco, downtown, will warm you up to 70 degrees. Time now, 5 02. Well check in with sal now. Hes standing by. Mark, good morning to you. We have a nice look at the east bay commute. Including the tracy triangle. Trying to get into the east bay. We have slowing on 205 and 580. Which is typical. But today it is rather normal. As you might see. If this is the commute you do or you expect