Today, saept 26th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on this saturday morning, im Sheinelle Jones. Good morning, im harry smith here with kristen we will kerr and Rafael Miranda from our station here in new york, wnbc. Erika and dillon have the day off today. Christmas good for everybody. Yes. Was santa good to everyone . My a family is in chicago, my husband and kids, so i flew back last night with all the gifts. They opened them so quickly i wonder if they will notice that mommy took them all home. Will they notice that im gone . Merry day after. We will get to all of these stories in just a moment. Lets get to the top story today, a Christmas Day nightmare the south, rafael, i know you have the latest here. In morning residents arm birmingham, alabama are assessing the damage after a tornado touched down on friday evening, their holiday turning into horror. The twister came out of nowhere. Residents
Now to that breaking news were following for you this morning. Police shut down an entire plaza filled with businesses after a man is found dead in acar. This happened just hours ago outside the 24 hours fitness near rainbow and alta. Thats where action News Reporter Parker Collins is now. Parker what are Police Telling you . Parker adlibs scene theyre saying its definitely a weird case. Thats the car the victim was in. You can see how it drifted once he was shot. Police are looking at surveillance footage. They can see two cars meeting up in the parking lot after one am. In the car where the bullet came from. They got out to shoot. And the bullet actually went through the victims window. The shooter takes off. No idea yet what they were talking about before the trigger was pulled. Lt. Dan mcgrath, lvmpd 4 13 144 13 25 hopefully we dont affect business too much. Theyve been very very cooperative in the twenty four hour fitness. This is an unusual place where crime has occurred. Police
Friday as an ef2 tornado ripped through, destroying some homes and displaceing dozens of people and its not over. Reporter in birmingham, alabama, residents spent the day of christmas cleaning up from the tornado that touched down late friday afternoon. An ef2 twister destroying somehow only three homes. Christmas decorations amid the debris. This woman and her son took cover just before the winds tore up her house. Horrible. It was like clawing at the roof and the windows just broke through and the rain was so thick. It was just like it was a nightmare. Reporter he was injured, telling us the tornado lifted him off the ground. Flooding rains turned alabama roads into river and nearly 200 around the state are closed. Flash flooding forcing declare a state of emergency. Rescuers helped stranded motorists escape from their cars. The storm system hammering the south lasting three days, killing at least 18 people in three states. Most in mississippi. Near clarksdale, we met 22yearold haile
Fitness parking lot. His foot was on the brakes and his dry cleaning in the back seat. Action News Reporter Parker Collins is live near rainbow and alta. Hes been talking to police. Parker. What are they saying . Theyre saying its definitely a weird case. This is where the car finally stopped after the driver was shot once. Breaking the window. Police are looking at Surveillance Footage. They can see two cars meeting up in the parking lot after one am. There were at least two people in the car where the bullet came from. They got out to shoot. And the bullet actually went through the victims window. The shooter takes off. No idea yet what they were talking about before the trigger was pulled. 4 11 394 11 48 with the bike on the back and it looks like some dry cleaning and some other items in there it doesnt look like its consistent with a. Im not trying to stereotype. No one actually saw what footage from 24 hour fitness. Were working with police to get our hands on that footage. Repor
Over. Nbcs mark potter starts us off tonight. Reporter in birmingham, alabama, residents spent the day of christmas cleaning up from the tornado that touched down late friday afternoon. An ef2 twister destroying somehow only three homes. Christmas decorations amid the debris. This woman and her son took cover just before the winds tore up her house. Horrible. It was like clawing at the roof and the windows just broke through and the rain was so thick. It was just like it was a nightmare. Reporter okay jive jive octavio ruiz was injured, telling us the tornado lifted him off the ground. Flooding rains turned alabama roads into river and nearly 200 around the state are closed. Flash flooding forcing the governor to declare a state of emergency. Rescuers helped stranded motorists the storm system hammering the south lasting three days, spawning about two dozen tornadoes, killing at least 18 people in three states. Most in mississippi. Near clarksdale, we met 22yearold hailey dikes who pro