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From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer with Natalie Morales and al roker. Ive seen that video. About ten times of the bus crash. I keep trying to see if theyre wearing seatbelts. There are seatbelts in the seats. The driver of the bus. Unbelievable. The seatbelt broke or whatever. To see someone thrown out of a window like that. Sucked outside the window. Remarkably, everyone was okay, they survived. There was a fatality in the tractortrailer. It was hit by a tractortrailer. Someone in the tractortrailer did pass away. Well have more on that coming up. Then well take a turn and have a happy story. Were live at the national zoo. We have an exclusive announcement. Very exciting news. We cant tell you yet. We will. Well get to that. Lets begin with breaking news. That fast moving wildfire thats racing through Southern California in the mountains there. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer