Open for an hour. Hillary clinton may not be drawing the huge clouds as Bernie Sanders, but shes still ahead in the polls going into the new york primary. The former secretary of state is expected to cast her vote in chappaqua this morning. Donald trump is on his way to winning, but how big . By the way, his son is to screen right. Hell be here this morning, eric trump, in just a few minutes. Hes campaigning for his dad. Also on the long island expressway right now, we got a major ooh thats not a good sign. A garbage truck overturned. Workers are scrambling to reopen the lanes but, you know, the lie . The long island parking lot. Its right around melville, exit 49 or so. All right, so we thought wed check out one of those big Bernie Sanders rallies and, it, thats okay. We got all dressed up, but we got burned by bernie. [laughter] weve got our serious political face on. Hillarys been busy campaigning and lets talk about again, eric trump, 3 2kyearold son of donald trump, will be here i
Arraignment. Capitals route the flyers on home ice and the fans are really getting ripped for bad behavior. First up weather and traffic with meteorologist, david murphy and matt pelman filling in for karen rogers. We have an issue so lets get right to it. The National Weather service this afternoon and this evening posting a red flag warning. Theres an enhanced chance of brush fires spreading if they start so you want to be careful about not doing any controlled burns today, no flicking cigarettes out the car window and dont drive your car with that hot undercarriage and engine and manifold over any dry grass. As we take a look at satellite more clouds have spilled in overnight. Overhead on the terrace weve got a lot of blue skies. Most of that cloud cover high and thin and we should have a fair amount of sunshine today mixing with a few more clouds than yesterday. Starting out a bit cool but better than yesterday. 56 degrees, thats about seven or 8 degrees milder than we were this ti
Eventually mostly sunny. Breezy by the afternoon. Noontime, 68. We are forecasting a high right back above normal again, but not as warm as yesterday at 71 degrees. Lauren scala is off but were happy to have emily west here. What does the commute look like . The l. I. E. Is shut down westbound right around 110. Thats exit 49. Overturned truck and debris spill. So they have to get that cleaned up. You can see the delays stretching back past the pa kway this morning. And delays on the fdr southbound, road work near 79th down into the 60s. Well ave more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Tha you very much. To decisio 2016, today new york votes. The polls open in just about an hour and we have continuing covera with Katherine Creag in chappaqua. Hillary clinton will be casting herbal lot there later today, out into the street, kat. Reporter thats why i have a traffic vest on. Hillary clinton will be casting her vote at a school nearor. Its an event in and of itself. Members of the me
New details surrounding ecuador ecuadors massive earthquake. Anine passing of one of tvs favorite moms. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im betty nguyen. We begin with breaking news. A suicide car bombing in the afghan capital. Afghan Officials Say the explosion happened close to the afghanwiefense min. Try in kabul. It was followed by gunfire still ongoing. The taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack on twitler. Back here at home. At least five deaths are blamed on what is being called unprecedented rainfall i the houston area. The governor of texas has declared a state of emergency in nine counties. Three to four inches of rain fell for an hour for some places inundating waterways and residents trapped in homes and vehicles. Hundreds of flights were cancelled. Reporter a flood for the ages. The nations fourth largest city at a standstill, submerged by as many as 16 inches of rain. Highways under water and Public Transit shut down and schools closed for a million
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Another day of desperation in the south, where historically high floodwaters continue to rise in texas. The death toll has now climbed to six, after severe storms dropped over a foot of rain in parts of houston. Virtually paralyzing the nations fourth largest city. Dozens more had to be rescued and evacuated today as nine texas counties remain under a state of emergency. We begin tonight with nbcs Janet Shamlian in one of the hardest hit communities. Reporter a day of dramatic rescues after Cypress Creek roads overnight filling into homes and lives. We have two dogs. Reporter this family leaving everything behind. There we go. Reporter the only way out, on an air boat with the Harris County sheriff. How was it to leave your house . It was very hard. I dont know. It just keeps coming in. Dont even know where theyll spend the night. Im frightened. I dont know when ill be back