Freestyle r devean logan. And good morning, everyone. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday mornin morning, day six already. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer along with al roker and nataly morales. It is 55 degrees in sochi. There are two sides to this. We like sitting in light sweaters, great for spectators but these warm temperatures are wreaking havoc with some events. A lot of athletes are worried about the conditions with ski slopes and for some a boost. Julie mancuso likes the soft snow and well talk to her in a bit. All part of the warmest temperatures in history for an event city. Lets get to the top story that Shirley Temple has died in San Francisco. As a child, she became one of the most famous beloved stars of all time and later went on to become a u. S. Diplomat. On the good ship lollipop reporter shirtly temple was a mere 6 years old when this became her signature song. Shirley was born to perform on april 23rd, 1928 in santa monica, california. Dancing
Shaun white comes up short in the quest for threepeat. He is with us live today, wednesday, february 12th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic winter games. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from olympic park in sochi, russia. And good morning. Welcome to today and to sochi, russia. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie. It is crazy. You have the black sea. It is a beautiful shot. It could be a beach day today. Then if you look in the other direction, you have the snowcapped mountains of sochi and beyond. I imagine the snow is getting soft as the temperatures are beginning to rise. It has been an issue for the athletes. Matt, im glad you can add sportscaster to your resume. Thank you. A tip of the hat to shaun white who came down from the mountains. Probably not his favorite morning of the year. He is down here greeting people on the plaza. Thanks to that, shaun. We appreciate it. We will have all the latest on the olympic action in th
I made just over 12,000. 12,000 . Yeah. Cash in, tonight. Good evening on this thursday night. Diane has the evening off. Were following two major weather headlines this evening. In the west, the system hitting tonight, amid all those warnings about the vanishing water supply. First, the misery from the midwest to the northeast. First, the storm. Now, singledigit temperatures moving in. This from maryland tonight. The power lines turning to icicles. Snapping with cars underneath. In philadelphia, the state of emergency in pennsylvania tonight. Hundreds of thousands spending this evening in the dark, as those temperatures now plummet. A virtual Obstacle Course for american drivers. Everywhere, power grids pushed to the brink. This sign reads, sorry, power out. Some hospitals, in fact, forced to take drastic action. And now, that third storm on the way. Abc meteorologist ginger zee standing by with the forecast. But first, abcs gio benitez, tonight, on the black ice worries. Reporter ton
This is our western edition. At this hour, a snow and ice storm is causing havoc in the south. This is North Carolina where drivers ignored warnings to stay off the roads and now they are stuck. Bumper to bumper. Many people are facing a night in the cold and dark. The storm has knocked out power to nearly half a million homes and businesses. Nearly 100 million americans are in the path of this storm which is hitting the southeast tonight heading up to the northeast overnight. Its blamed for at least 11 deaths already. We have a team of correspondents in the storm zone. First, were going to go to Wyatt Andrews in North Carolina. Wyatt, whats happening there . Reporter scott, raleigh right now is in the center of this ice storm. Theres a light freezing rain falling right now, but its expected to last another seven hours. And today, despite two days of official requests for people to stay home, raleigh itself, the capital of the state, experienced severe gridlock. This was downtown ralei
Nightly news begins now. Good evening, tonight, on the interstate in North Carolina people who are unable to move forward are parking their cars, locking the doors and walking away in the middle of the storm. They will retrieve them some other time. But for now, tonight, a storm is moving up over top of them at speeds faster than traffic on a good day, a very large snow and ice storm that now almost follows the path of i95 to the north. We estimate that upwards of half a Million People are without power tonight. A staggering number, considering the wires may stay down now for days. Schools are out, some cancelled days in advance. Airports obviously shut down, and we can see how air travel has diverted around the area and in some places, the precipitation is falling as ice. We have it all covered. Al roker is here, and Peter Alexander is in hardhit North Carolina, and mark potter will start us off in atlanta tonight, mark, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian, the word here in atl