Not so fast. The South African officials put the brakes on Oscar Pistoriuss Early Release from prison. How long will it last . This morning, we talk to reeva steenkamps mother in an exclusive interview. And coming to a theater near you. The nations largest movie chain announces it will now begin inspecting bags. Worth the peace of mind or a disturbing sign of the times . Well ask you where you come down on it today, thursday, august 20th, 2015. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. A busy thursday morning. Keeping an eye on breaking news coming from atlanta where there as you can see former president jimmy carter is speaking publicly for the first type since he revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer. He hadnt revealed maybe specifics about that so well be keeping an ear on this to hear if he reveals details. Well keep an eye on that and go back live as necessary. First, the top story in the west, the unpredictable fastmoving wildfires. The newest c
Calling the crews here on the front lines heros. Matt and is a mchatt, i want to give you a snapshot of how many fires are burning across the country. 80 large wild fires burning across the west. There are thousands of firefighters spread out across six western states. Theyll face dangerous conditions today. The firefighters on the front lines fighting with a heavy heart. Miguel, thank you very much. Turn o the president ial race and the salw down in New Hampshire between republican rivels donald trump and jeb bush squaring off in dueling town Hall Meetings. They didnt hold back on how they feel about each other. Kristen welker was watching closely. Good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. The candidates are back on the campaign trail in nut hampshithre again today, and it comes on the heels of those fireworks you mentioned between jeb bush and trump trading jabs on everything from iraq to their conservative credentials. Its face off in New Hampshire with jeb bush and trump squaring
Us. Im jessica aguirre. And im raj mathai. Three elderly people died in San Francisco. The city might not have been prepared. New at 11 00, nbc bay areas gene elle has how they are under fire. Jean. Reporter San Francisco does have an emergency plan for an excessive heat wave and they say that plan should have been activated before the temperature reached 106 degrees. Now with three deaths linked to that heat wave, they want to know what went wrong. Im very saddened by that. Three deaths is three too many. Reporter San Francisco supervisor aaron peskin reacting to a report from the medical Examiners Office. Three elderly people between the ages of 80 and 97 died alone in their homes from heat related illness. The deaths happened during the record setting Labor Day Holiday heat wave and they add to a growing list of questions about how well city agencies were prepared. Peskin is already planning to hold a hearing to find out why more ambulances werent scheduled. Emergency calls spiked w
And a sunday sitdown with the star and executive producer of the most talked about show on tv. Former mad men favorite Elizabeth Moss nominated tonight for a best actress emmy, takes us inside the dark world of the handmaids tale. You try to make it an entertaining television show. You know, and sometimes thats all it is. But when you can do something that you also feel passionately about and also hits upon things that feel very personal to you its that much more gratifying. A sunday sitdown with Elizabeth Moss plus harry smith a bit later in the show. Lets begin with the second night of protests in st. Louis nbcs blake mccoy is there for us. Good morning. You can see windows boarded up after being smashed in overnight. Protesters never announced they were coming to this neighborhood about 20 minutes outside of downtown st. Louis keeping their prochlts unpredictable and leaving Business Owners unprepared. A second night of protests turned violent. My wife runs the cafe and she works ha
In the Fatal Shooting of an africanamerican. A sunday sitdown with the star and producer of the most talked about show. Elizabeth moss nominated tonight for a best actress emmy takes us inside the dark world of the handmades tale. You try to make an entertaining telling vision show, and sometimes thats all it is, but when you can do something that you also feel passionately about and also hits upon things that feel very personal to you, its that much more gratifying. A sunday sitdown with Elizabeth Moss plus harry smith a bit later in the show. Lets begin with the second night of protests in st. Louis turning ugly. Nbcs blake mccoy is there for us. Blake, good morning. Reporter willie, good morning to you. You can see windows boarded up here after being smashed in overnight. Protesters never announced they were coming to this neighborhood about 20 minutes outside of downtown st. Louis keeping their movements unpredictable and leaving these Business Owners unprepared. A second night of