Evan lyzachex. And what was the most memorable moment of the year online . Youre my wife . We will hand out the firstever orange room award today, tuesday, december 10th, 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 a Tuesday Morning. Im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer alongside Natalie Morales and al roker. We have been watching this Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela at fmb stadium in soweto. And i think our first reaction was the weather is not cooperating. It was raining. But lets remember, in south africa, rain is a blessing. Boy, theyre being blessed during this ceremony. They are. And they are being graced by dig that tears from all over the world as it unfolds. And well talk to Brian Williams in a moment. Thats right. This unprecedented gathering is our top story this morning. First, Nbcs Lester Holt is inside fmb stadium in soweto. Lester, good morning to you. Reporter
Have you seen them in some markets because of the snow in new york. Because of whats happening in johannesburg. Today is Nelson Mandelas memorial service. Leaders from over 90 countries. Thats what is so impressive. Everybody is saying its raining. How terrible. In south africa, rain is a blessing. What a gift from god. Maybe its tears from heaven, too. Yeah, a little bit. It could be. Its funny, we were talking about how a lot of Young Leaders whose lives are cut short, and you say, i wonder what would have happened if kennedy had lived and Martin Luther king and you see how his life unfolded and the great things he did. Absolutely. We are talking about the winter weather, but if you are on flights, be careful. They were cancelling them last night. I think people realize a major storm is coming. They come to us for the breaking stuff like check your local carrier. By the way, i wanted to get them the big, fat sleigh. They are not and you cant get everything you want in life. Its going
Week of freezing temperatures around bay area. I think we can finally see the end in sight though. But this morning, you headed out weve got some very cold temperatures. Clear skies that arctic air continues to sit overhead. Temperatures down the 25 degrees to 2 degrees in concord. 25degrees in concord. Even look at that our temperature is frozen so darn cold out there. Very cold temperatures around the bay area at this hour. Looks like by the afternoon temperatures going to moderate a little bit. The mid 50s in the warmest spots and you know what . Later in the week were going to see the temperatures moving up to the 60s and maybe some 70s as we head toward next week. All right. Thats a look at weather and lets check on traffic now with elizabeth. Thank you lawrence. The delays continue from San Francisco out towards the east bay on b. A. R. T. The problem is a power outage at the daly city stop. Theyre having a hard time getting some dublin bound trains out of the daly city yard. So
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In to us. A pileup in wisconsin. One car ricochets down the icy highway causing a chain reaction. And that driver in texas who narrowly misses slabs of ice hurdling toward the ground. Abcs extreme weather team is tracking it all tonight, and weather editor ginger zee starts us off. Reporter tonight, almost the entire nation is in the perilous grip of winter come early. This is unlike anything ive ever seen. Reporter in california, chilling winds, and all the way to new england several ice inspired spinouts. This is interstate 91. Were going south to new haven. You can see what happened on the northbound side. All that ice on top of the trees, the road and a huge backup. Over the weekend, deadly collision. Near milwaukee, wisconsin, watch this Traffic Camera catching the entire pileup, car after car crashing into each other. In new york, a mangled mess. Its like a hockey rink right now. Reporter in texas, the inches of ice that kept david daugherty, his wife and toddler stuck in the car