To say to outraged critics. And in the zone. Matt scherzer makes history. 20 strikeouts in a single game. Another one swing and a miss. An incredible feat nearly two decades in the making today, thursday, may 12th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Each team only gets 27 outs. He gets 20 of them on strikeouts. The nats win. Matt scherzer is a force. Nine hits throughout the innings. You read the box score. I did. I did my homework. All eyes on the building right there. Rnc headquarters on capitol hill inside donald trump and House Speaker paul ryan are holding their big meeting. The Presumptive Republican nominee arrived just an hour ago. Gave the cameras a wave before he headed inside. Well talk about that meeting and more with former Vice President dan quayle. Lets start with Peter Alexander on the hill for us. Good morning. Good morn
What zimmerman had to say that outraged critics. In the zone. Pitcher matt sherzer made a record 20 strikeouts in a single game. Another one swing and a miss an incredible feat nearly three years in the making today, may 12, 2016. Announcer this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today, thursday morning. You dont have to be a baseball fan to appreciate what sherzer did last night. He gets two outs by strikeouts. Thats pretty impressive. He scattered it over nine innings. Did i get that right . Im glad you dove into the box score there. Ive been working on my baseball lingo all morning. Well start with politics. All eyes on that. Building the rnc headquarters on capitol hill right there. This morning the meeting between House Speaker paul ryan and donald trump will take place there. Then later trump will meet with other political leaders, some of whom have been reluctant to embrace him. Well talk w
Jonathan thank you. Another Cincinnati Community has been hit by gun violence overnight, leaving one person dead. Wlwt news 5 s Richard Chiles is live in the west end with the latest on this shoting shooting investigation. Good morning. Richard good morning. The Cincinnati Police remaining here in the 700 block of derek turnbow. Shots rang out just before 2 30 a. M. District one officers found one man dead inside of his home. Alterable shots were fired on the scene. This is capping off a pilot night. Violent night. They also respond to a shooting around 11 30 last night and one person was transported to the medical center. That person has not lifethreatening injuries. Again, a more tragic ending with one man dead in cincinnati at this time, anyone with information regarding the homicide should Contact Crime stoppers at 5131523040. Richard chiles wlwt. Jonathan thank you. They saw the gun and according to investigators, never said anything about it. This morning, two 14yearold students
Tonight. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. Our top story right now. A rare Christmas Present this year. A bright full moon ii on display. This is so rare it our top story right now. A rare Christmas Present this year. A bright full moon is on display. This is so rare it hasnt happened since 1977. Storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. Amanda can you see it . Well i cant see anything right now because of the clouds. But i did spot the moon earlier this morning. Very pretty. Ann if you want to try to see this christmas moon. Id say step outside riggt now because its supposed to now. Nasa says this is so rare. It isnt expected to happen again until 2034. 19 years later. And its been 38 years since the last christmas full moon. This will be the final full moon of this year. This rare sight is known as the and while your looking up at the christmas moon. Know that its not just santa up there. But a nasa spacecraft is also orbiting earths moon right now.
Improvement throughout the morning. The snow was worse on the western side of our state. Especially along interstate35. The iowa state patrol says a 15 to 20 car pileup was reported on i35 north of amam. Crews closed down this section of i35 for about an hour. Luckily no reports of injuries stemming from that accident. And while the roads are better today still uu caution if yououre traveling today. Eastern iowa Police Arrest a man, after an odd series of crimes on Christmas Eve. This is tommy duffer of shellsburg. Hes facing charges tied to a spree yesterday that began inside a garage in swisher. A homeowner found him sleeping in the back seat of a truck under a blanket with a bag of chips from the home. According to police duffer then fled after the homeowner threatened to call police but also took a loaded handgun he found in the console of the truck. Duffer allegedly then ran to a nearby home, stole more items including a truck, and then that truck to cedar rapids. Thats where poli