Covers. The magazine highlighting beauty in many forms this year, including a plus size cover model. Why si decided to make history today, sunday february 14th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Glad to have you with us. Im craig melvin. Happy valentines day to you. Well get to the dangerous wicked weather in a moment. The big story yesterday afternoon, the late word that Justice Antonin Scalia had died. It camed as edas a shock because it was so unexpected. Justice Antonin Scalia was 79. We have full coverage from his legacy on the court to that looming battle now in washington over who will take his seat. We begin this morning with Nbcs Jay Gray who is in texas, outside the ranch where scalia died. Jay, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. Learning more about Justice Scalias death here at this resort and ranch. We know that scalia traveled to west texas friday and
Death means to political leaders. Plus weve learned more about a devastating fire in Virginia Beach. How a dog may have helped a woman get out on time. Good sunday morning. Thanks for joining us im lex gray. Im meteorologist deitra tate today increasing clouds with highs in the mid 20s. Wind n 1015mph. Tonight cloudy with light accumulations transitions to rain by our area today. There will be lots of sun in the morning with increasing Single Digits this am with teens this afternoon. Our next weather system moves in with light accumulations area. The snow transitions to sleet freezing rain before noon. Then to rain by late afternoon. Rain today firefighters will sift through whats left of four buildings theyre also still on scene this morning, watching to make sure it doesnt reignite. This is what people who live in the apartments and condos had to see last night. They watched from cars and buses as their homes burned. The first calls from willougby spit started coming in around 7 last
Good sunday morning. Thanks for joining us im lex gray. With highs in the mid 20s. Wind n 1015mph. Monday morning snow 40s. Wind e se 515mph. Increasing clouds by the Single Digits this am of low pressure moves towards our area. Snow possible for the western noon. Then to rain by late afternoon. Rain follows us into tuesday. Today firefighters will sift through whats left of four buildings down last night. Theyre also still on scene this morning, watching to make sure it doesnt reignite. This is what people who live in the apartments and condos had to see last night. They watched from cars and buses as their homes burned. The first calls from willougby spit started coming in around 7 last night. More than 60 firefighters responded as it burned out of control for about two hours. Listen to this woman describe what it was like as it started. Carolanne ventura evacuated home c0048 56 10 first i heard just getting worse with the wind look now its heading over to that building over there. I
Portsmouth. My hands in your community sixteen Virginia Beach a little bit warmer and i want to emphasize the little that only at twenty degrees and seventy might now know is the city as we talk about the wins with actor in the wins it is quite breezy out there still out of the north and northwest and as we continue throughout the day the winds will die down as we headed to this evening but still to be quite breezy this morning and into the action in reporting twenty miles right now in Virginia Beach so we factor in the air temperature and the winds here is what it feels like it feels like three degrees right now newport news. It feels like six am both a husky and north of hillside to right alan hansen and it feels like one degree and Elizabeth City mouse guys are cleared so that will help the temperatures to fall overnight and as we head throughout the day we are going to climb too much will climb into the mid twenties by this afternoon although we will see a lot of sunshine i am talk
Peninsula. We begin with 10 on your sides andy fox live in norfolk. We are here at the old dominion precinct at the larchmont rec center. Lets take you onisde this is a dual primary, so when you got inside you have to declare which primary you are in. Here you are given a blue sheet for the democratic primary or a green sheet for the republican primary. Voting turnout as of 2pm only 6 . Keep in mind in the 2008 primary for president the turnout was 36 . Norfolk has a lot of catching up to do. No real problems in norfolk except a lot of people arent showing up. The only real issue in norfolk was construction in east ocean view. They had to get police to direct people into now to the peninsula. 10 on your sides liz palka is talking to voters and Election Officials in newport news. Stephanie we are at the Saunders Elementary School precinct which is right off harpersville the busier precincts in the city. And as we have been out here there has certainly voters. I checked in with the mallo