Cruz laughing it all off on media still calling trump his friend as the field gets set for another debate tomorrow night. Too hot to handle. A popular holiday gift even harder to find this morning. Some hover boards yanked from amazon amize growing safety concerns stemming from a series of fires. And hey, baby, its warm outside. Dozens of recordbreaking temperatures across much of the country, making it a banner weekend for millions, but dont tell that to the people in kansas today, monday, december 14, 2015. Announcer 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 monday morning. How about this weather. You know whats fun to do in the spring, go down to washington and check out the cherry bless somes. You can apparently do that right now. You said hey, baby, its warm outside. Cant believe you called america baby. Amazingly warm throughout much of the country. Al will have a forecast to
Commuter forecast in just a few. Emily west is here with a look at your commute. Good morning everyone. Black ice, as raphi said. We have a closure on long island. Starting at exit 51, be careful. At the George Washington bridge, the inbound ryan is not too bad. Thats right under the apartments. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Thanks, so much emily. Breaking news in new jersey. Reports of a policeinvolved shooting in jersey city. Theyve just cleared the intersection he have Martin Luther king drive and Tracie Strahan is there working to get information from police. Reporter darlene, weve reached out to the Hudson County prosecutors office. Theyre in charge of whatever happened here. Weve actually moved to ocean avenue and forest street because thats where there was a Large Police Presence just a short time ago. We want to show you video of what it looked like when we this area. We saw a crime scene unit hauling away a car on a flatbed. We believe thats what was involved i
Emily west has a look at that commute. Little slippery, emily. Little slippery, black ice in spots. A closure on long island sunrise highway shut down eastbound between exit 51 over to nichols road. Couple things in new jersey. A jackknifed tractortrailer at kennedy boulevard and then a crash on 78 eastbound. The local lanes elizabeth avenue, thats in your right lane. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Emily, thank you very much. Breaking news in new jersey this morning. Theres reports that Jersey City Police shot a suspect earlier today. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is there with new information. Reporter were hearing this was the result of a traffic stop. A Police Officer spotting a car he believed was stolen and that driver then taking off. Were going to show you video of what it looked like on ocean avenue and 4th street when we arrived. Police not letting anyone through what became a crime scene. We did see a crime scene Investigative Unit taking away a car on a flatbed. Sus
Right now, were learning more about the indiana property thats now an active fbi scene. Agents are searching it in connection with the disappearance of lauren spirer. Katherine creag is in the newsroom with the story. Kat, what happened here . We are also hearing from the mother of lauren speerer about the developments. Agents are sifting through dirt. They took photos in and around a house and barn in martinsville, indiana. Its the area where she was last seen. The i. U. Student was 20 years old when she vanished. She would have turned 25 last week. The property theyre searching was once the residence of justin wagers wagers, a registered sex owe fep der. As for her mother. There have been so many hear. That never said it was related to justin wagers is currently in jail. Hes awaiting trial in a public indecency case. The fbi hasnt said yet how wagers could be connected to lauren spooirer. We expect to learn more from the fbi later today. Theyre only saying the property theyre searchi
Moving away from us. What were dealing with instead is a cold front. There are some snow showers that will work in here, possibly mixed with raindrops in the late morning, early afternoon hours. Some clouds. 20s in the suburbs. Look for brief mixed rain and snow showers from late morning until midday or so. Then a gradual clearing trend. It will turn windier later in the day with a high of 40 degrees. Emily west on this friday morning. Tell us about the first check on the commute. Hi everyone. We have trouble in queens. Lets take a live look at the Grand Central parkway westbound just past the l. I. E. You can see an accident here. Several emergency vehicles. Only the left lane is open. The two right lanes are closed. Well keep an eye on it. If you can go with the l. I. E. Instead, thats your better bet. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Emily, thank you so much. New this morning, were getting a look at the man who police say threatened and cut a woman on a brooklyn subway train. Tra