Friday, january 17th, 2014. 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 friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im carson daly alongside al roker, Natalie Morales. Matt has the morning off. You have a problem with the new 50 . I think 60 is the new 50. Im glad we have something to look forward to. Its far off in the distance. Oh. Very far. Coming for you. Before we know it. Well, lets get right to our top story this morning, the dangerous wildfire in california thats damaged or destroyed two dozen buildings and forced some 3,700 people to evacuate. This morning, nearly 700 firefighters are working to contain those flames. Lets get to nbcs miguel almaguer, who is in irwindale, east of los angeles. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. Fire season here in Southern California is year round, but a blaze in the middle of january this size is u
Daughter mad i gan and 6yearold sophie from the fire that ultimately took their lives. The he was in shock, his face was black. He had burns. I mean, she was i mean, it was hard getting any information. She kept saying, my babies. Reporter neighbors stood by watching in helpless horror, knowing the precious value, knowing there was no possible way to save them. The whole front was engulfed in flames. I tried to go around back with my ladder. When the garage door fell, it act lie a totally charged flame. You couldnt even get close to the house. The fire broke out about 11 30 thursday night. Gentleman lillard, their wife, their 8yearold daughters morgan and 7monthold baby sadie all made it out. A firefighter was also injured. Is the home located in a rural area was of wood frame construction, very little remains. The fire will be investigated by a joint Fire Department Law Enforcement task force that looks into all fatal fires in frederick county. The fire is still until investigation. T
In chief with Deputy National security adviser k. T. Mcfarland and as russia, iran and syria warn the u. S. , we will break down the president s military and Diplomatic Options with the chair of the House Armed Services committee Mac Thornberry and we will ask the panel about reports and the president is siding with moderate advisers against steve bannon and the populists, all right now on Fox News Sunday. Hello again, happy passover from fox news in washington. The u. S. And north korea are continuing their tense standoff this weekend with a kim regime showing off advanced longrange missiles and conducting a missile test that exploded on launch while President Trump threatens to, quote, solve the problem. In a few minutes we will talk with k. T. Mcfarland, second in command at the National Security council about north korea and other hot spots but we begin with team fox coverage. Kristin fisher traveling with the president in west palm beach, but first greg live from pyongyang in nort
Trumps decisions as commander in chief with Deputy National security adviser k. T. Mcfarland and as russia, iran and syria warn the u. S. , we will break down the president s military and Diplomatic Options with the chair of the House Armed Services committee Mac Thornberry and we will ask the panel about reports and the president is siding with moderate advisers against steve bannon and the populists, all right now on Fox News Sunday. Hello again, happy passover from fox news in washington. The u. S. And north korea are continuing their tense standoff this weekend with a kim regime showing off advanced longrange missiles and conducting a missile test that exploded on launch while President Trump threatens to, quote, solve the problem. In a few minutes we will talk with k. T. Mcfarland, second in command at the National Security council about north korea and other hot spots but we begin with team fox coverage. Kristin fisher traveling with the president in west palm beach, but first gr