Doing what nature once did, thinning out trees on the quintera ranch. We move heard in 1969. Reporter when you have a sustainable forest, what does that mean in terms of fires . It means were more fire resilient. Reporter forest fires are natures game plan for managing a forest. A forest fire isnt always bad, as long as its a cool burning fire. You know we do some prescribed burning, and well do more prescribed burning in the future as understory fires. Reporter thats the small fires . Yes. But when we get the big devastating crown fires that weve seen from california all the way through the west into colorado, those are extremely devastating, and were trying to prevent from those big catastrophic fires. Reporter the fires are bigger for several reasons. There are heroic efforts to put them out before they destroy the growing number of houses built in forested areas. But that undercuts natures way of burning off undergrowth, and that is making forests dangerously dense. Jonas feinstein
Shots fired. The nras heated response to walmarts new move to ban sales of some guns and ammunition, and the pressure on Mitch Mcconnell this morning. Those stories, plus, billions pulled from the pentagons budget to help pay for the president s border wall. How democrats plan to fight back. Dislikes. Why some are worried facebook is about to get rid of its most iconic feature. And good news. The little boy thrown from a mall balcony is headed back home. Today, wednesday, september 4th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. Weve been watching the track of dorian and unfortunately weve seen what its done to the bahamas. The hurricane so large that watches now extend from florida all the way to North Carolina. And again, we are getting a clearer sense now of the damage in the bahamas. Just look at that. Those are
Smoke pouring from that boat with 34 people trapped on board. And now a first look inside the escape hatch, the tight sleeping quarters as the brother of one of the victims speaks out only on gma. Walmarts big move on guns. The crackdown, the weapons and ammunition they now say they wont sell after recent horrific shootings. New twists in the College Admissions scandal. A parents legal filing reveals new files. What it could mean for Lori Loughlin and the parents facing charges. Stunning upset overnight. Tennis great Roger Federer knocked out by an unseated player and Serena Williams sails on to the semis in just 44 minutes. And good morning, america. We want to get right to Hurricane Dorian this wednesday morning. Its making its way up the east coast. Thats a live look at melbourne, florida right now where winds gusted near 16 miles an hour overnight. And lets take a look at the satellite right now overnight. D northnd the National Hurricane Center Warning about a lifethreatening stor
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Minutes as the woman attacked by a stanford athlete who spent just three months in jail for his crime. Andrew yangs angle the 2020 hopeful who qualified for next weeks president ial debate tells anthony how america could become like the hunger games without bold solutions. It is thursday, september 5th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina. Its on its way up. Now to a category 3 growing again in strength. Time to get out is running out. Hurricane dorian marches up the coast. If you are where an evacuation has been ordered, leave now. Bracing for impact at home and the death toll is rising in the bahamas. Search and recovery operations continue. We are over there in a very big way with the coast guard and will be spending quite a bit more people. Lyft faces a lawsuit over allegations of Sexual Assault and rape among drivers. I was held hostage for five hours and lyft did not even know. Google will pay a record 170 million to se