Good afternoon everyone, im maria medina. A brush fire is burning on the side of highway 880 in hayward. The charred brush backed top a sound wall protecting a neighborhood on the other side. Flakes broke out an awe hog for flames broke out an hour ago. For a while you can see the flames climbing up to the top of the trees. Only two lanes are open on the southbound side of the freeway. Its causing a major traffic backup. You can see cars bumper to bumper for miles as they funnel down to two lanes and taking a live look from chopper 5, for the most part firefighters have knocked down the flames and spraying down the charred brush. And earlier this morning, a homeless encampment went up in flames in san jose next to a busy highway. The plume of black smoke could be seen for miles. That started near 101 near mckey road. It broke out around 7 00 this morning, the homeless camp was near the sound wall but the flames didnt reach the freeway. One lane of the highway was locked for a short tim
But can they stop them . And a surfer nearly attacked by a shark on live tv. As we look at fanning on the rankings oh sh [ bleep ]. Today squuljuly 20 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Cast back together for the first time this a while. Can can we put up that footage again . That shark attack we have talked about shark attacks on this show so many times. To see it happen and know it was on live tv is unbelievable. He goes under for a couple of seconds. Especially when the wave comes up and you cant see him. More amazing is the competitor in the water who swam to try to save him. Our top story, a major interstate in Southern California closed after part of the roadway washed away. We have latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. A wild weekend for weather extremes after a kriping drought. The area is seeing historic rainfall that brought
male announcer how far would you go to help someone . Would you cross a street . Would you cross an ocean . Would you go if you could use your knowledge to teach someone and, in the process, maybe learn something yourself . Life is calling. How far will you go . Peace corps. v we are following two big stories. One is a heartbreaking vigil for a fallen hero. The local officer shot and killed during a traffic stop. And crews are struggling to gain ground on a fire that is raging out of control and has been for hours sending people running for safety tonight. Good evening, everyone. Im larry beil in for dan ashley. Im ama daetz. We start with the breaking news out of napa county where a fastmoving fire has exploded and is threatening homes and forcing vac having evacuations. It is spreading to solano and yolo counties. Right now the fire burned more than 4,000 acres and it is still growing. With 5 containment it is out of control. There are 150 structures that are threatened and threateni
Zoo says no animals are missing. Calling out nicki minaj over her tweets. Are there artists tweeting into the fray . Today, wednesday, july 22nd, 2015. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome on a wednesday morning. Lets ask the guys in the control room to put the images up of a massive warehouse complex fire in north brunswick, 40 miles from manhattan. It has grown to five alarms. Well have much more on that story coming up. But on this wednesday morning, lets start with another breaking story overnight. A United Airlines crew reported being the target of lasers at a new york area airport. This after a dozen similar incidents there last week. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation. What can you tell us . This problem has been growing worse over the past few years. Laser pointers start out with a small light but as the distance grows, that beam of light grows bigger and bigger. So big it can light up a cockpit and blind the pilots. This morning, the police
Sharknado, and the cliffhanger butting all other cliffhangers to shame today. This, july 23rd, 2015. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Great to see you. Remember that time we all got eaten by a flying shark. People waking up going, oh, they survived. A movie, not over, i know that. I really believed you in the role of matt lauer. Very good. Were going to have fun with sharknado 3 later on, but we want to start with a thursday morning with serious news. Candid and troubling comments from fbi director james comey on the threats from isis facing the United States, and that groups increased ability to inspire americans to extremism. Kristen welker is at the white house with more. Officials here have long signaled the terrorist group isis, also known as isil, poses a danger to the u. S. , but the fbi director was asked if the group is now a bigger threat to the u. S. Than al qaeda. His answer, yes. Underscoring the level of concern here. Isil is not your pa