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With a tough question. Dont mess with me. The House Speaker claps back at reporters at a fiery News Conference when the first votes could be held just ahead. Thousands of cases involving passengers and drivers. Walking wounded. The sharp and shocking new rise in injuries of people texting and walking. And cowboy down. Touchdown, trubisky. The Dallas Cowboys handed their Third Straight loss as the Chicago Bears come up with a big win. Today, friday, december 6th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody, we are coming to you on a busy day with another mass shooting in america. And for the second time in a week its happened at a military base. Its the Naval Air Station in pennsylvania. Pete williams has the latest. Lets get right to him. Pete, what are you hearing this morning . Its all over now but the first calls came at about 6 30 this morning and the facility was put on lock down. The
Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana is two blocks from oak grove high. Sergio, whats the situation right now . Reporter you can see that there are residents that are actually leaving from here. Ive been talking with a couple who said that they were actually evacuated from their home and then others are being told that if they leave, they will not be allowed to return. Now, lets go ahead and show you some video, activity going on a few yards from here, very active you n see police using the ar armoured personnel carrier. Residents say it started 5 30 this afternoon when they heard a loud explosion. When police arrived, they started hearing officers negotiating with one of their neighbors who they dont know. They could hear the police saying, come out for the sake of your family. I talked with one woman who has been driving around trying to figure out how to to her house, but the street is blocked off. I was looking for parking about one hour, but i couldnt find it. Reporter were there a lot o