Daughters of b. B. King think he was poisoned. And airborne, a tornado lifts a bounce house more than 50 feet with three kids inside. The dramatic images and a warning for parents today, tuesday, may 26th, 2015. And good morning, welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a tuesday. Matt has a morning off and boy what are they dealing with in houston and a really terrible situation. This is historic stuff. Flash flood emergency issued first time there. Roads and businesses closed. The Mass Transit System is shut down. It is a mess. Its our top story. You can see how bad things are in houston right now. Cars submerged, people trapped in homes and businesses as well. Its made the morning commute impossible there. We have the situation covered. We want to start in houston. Reporter this flooding is unprecedented and authorities now confirm one death overnight from someone who drove into high water on a road not unlike the one behind me. There were hundreds of rescues and some a
Right now, flash flood watches and warnings remain in effect after torrential rains in seven states. The rain that has crippled parts of texas and oklahoma could expand to other areas, more than 30 million americans are in the crosshairs. So far, eight people have died in the storms. At least 12 people are still missing and thousands evac waited or are being asked to stay at home. Schools in parts of texas are closed today, and after spending the whole night at the Toyota Center people are finally going home from last nights Houston Rockets game. Lets go to angie government atff. Breaking news a body found in a vehicle on a highway in houston. The county Flood Control district reporting this. Bad news comes as we look at the terrible traffic situation out there. Look at this incredible image of the cars still stranded on houston highways some have been reportedly stuck in dead stop traffic since last night. Now, were going to get another perspective here. From enzoe on twitter, showing
Drove her away after she allegedly killed a man and shot the mother of conways kids. News4s chris gordon is in waldorf right now. Coming up hell have more on a connection between the Officers Service weapon and the shootings. A smoke alarm triggered an evacuation at the u. S. Capitol this afternoon. Hundreds of employees had to leave the building and dozens of tourists were forced out of the visitors center. No word on what triggered the alarm and firefighters say there were no signs of smoke or fire. Lawmakers are in recess this week. Big news from metro this afternoon. Officials have abandoned plans for hundreds of news of 700 series railcars. Adam tuss tweeted out the breaking news just a furor short time ago. Metro says it wont order 220 new railcars because of a money shortage. More than 520 7000 series cars have been fundsed and ordered. Were working to get more information ahead of a Board Meeting scheduled for thursday. Im wendy rieger at the live desk. The death toll and the n
And ann b. Davis dice at the age of 88. Tributes pouring in from fans around the world. Well talk to one of her costars monday, june 2nd, 2014. From nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on monday morning. Boy. Alice. Known by one name, people just loved her. Were going to talk with Barry Williams also known as greg brady. We look forward to that. Right to todays top story. A controversial prisoner swap that secured the release of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. She beginning what the military calls the reintegration process at a facility in germany while questions grow about the circumstances of his release. Lets get to nbcs chief correspondent. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. U. S. Military officials i have spoken to are delighted bergdahl was recovered but frankly, there is a lot of anger too. Five years ago bergdahl wandered off of his base in eastern afghanista