Dont touch the doorknob if its too hot. This could be quite a mess. There are already long lines. Voting is under way in several states, including california, where not only are people casting their ballots, theyre also cleaning them. Sacramento county officials are asking people to stop disinfecting their mailin ballots. The registrar of voters says they have received at least 100 ballots damaged by disinfecting alcohol spray. In one case the registrar says someone microwaved their ballot. Jimmy well. That makes sense. What set doing you use to microwave a ballot . Potato . I have to say, if youre purelling and microwaving your mailin ballot, im okay with you sitting this one out votewise. There are brazen attempts to steal this election going on already. After months of trump yammering about how the vote is rigged, the vote is rigged, the vote is rigged, the California Republican party stands accused of setting up illegal ballot boxes to collect votes. More than 50 unofficial ballot
Images of herself on big game hunts taunting her critics. Well talk to her. And end of the road. The little robot on a Cross Country journey to San Francisco. Strangers supposed to get him all the way. But then this happened. How the happy little life of the robot came to a sad end today, monday, august 3rd, 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on monday. Im Savannah Guthrie. Our big story is out west. Scary scene in california. Over 20 individual fires but a couple of them very, very alarming. Its our top story this morning. Thousands of homes now being threatened by this california wildfire. And overnight, emergency officials stepped up evacuation orders. Nbcs joe fryar is live in lake port, north of San Francisco this morning. Good morning to you, joe. Good morning, savannah. We have just learned this fire is now 60,000 acres burned,
The little robot on a crosscountry journey to san francisco. The goodness of strangers supposed to get him all the way. Then this happens. How the happy little life of hitchbot came to such a sad end today, monday, august 3rd, 2015. From nbc news this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. You look so different, matt with your glasses. Well thank you very much. Matt is off this morning. Weve got carson here and breaking news at the top this morning. Its our top story. The severe storms moving east now, after producing dangerous hail high winds and tornadoes across the midwest. Heres nbcs john yang with the latest. Reporter Severe Weather turned deadly over the weekend when high winds caused a tent to collapse at a small festival in suburban chicago. We had one fatality three serious injured and 17 to 20 minor injuries. Reporter John Anderson says his van, southern jack w
The popular locala palooza festival shutting down. Organizers ended the final day of the festival 30 minutes early when another storm hit the area. Here in grays lake, illinois, a day of cleanup. Parts of this building across the street. You can see that truck turned over. Carson, savannah, back to you. What a night. Jong yang in grays lake, illinois, thank you. Meanwhile, in california, thousands of homes are being threatened by a wildfire that nearly tripled in size over the weekend. Emergency officials stepped up evacuation orders. Joe fryer has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carson. This fire now at 54,000 acres, growing at a rate thats unprecedented. The flames have moved into a more remote area, which is good news. But in these conditions, they know things can change in an instant. The rocky fire is an unpredictable monster still growing this morning, even veteran firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. At one point, the flames tore through 20,00
At least five injured in this store. The roof collapsing, semis flipping, homes destroyed and more severe storms on the way. Stanley cup stunner. The superstar athlete under investigation reportedly accused of Sexual Assault. What his team is saying about it this morning. And showstopper. Jon stewart signing off from the daily show. That is our program. Saying goodbye to americas favorite fake newsman, the allstar sendoff and surprise salute. And good morning, america. Happy friday. Boy, what a rollicking kickoff to the campaign, the first gop debate last night and love him or hate him, donald trump dominated. He was the most searched on google, the most talked about on facebook, the most mentioned on twitter. Making it a very exciting start to the political season but trump not the only candidate who had a big night. Ten on that stage, many standing out. Tackling important issues and take a look at this moment from before they took the stage, thats all ten of them in an elevator toget