I was evacuating, i pulled a muscle in my lower back. Japans Meteorological Agency initially told residents to evacuate over fears of a tsunami. Officials say waves almost 1 1 2 meters high hit the coast and forced rivers to flow backwards. This video was filmed by a woman in miyagi prefecture. In neighboring Fukushima Prefecture, parts were devastated by a tsunami and Nuclear Accident five years ago. Translator i felt strong shaking, but it was weaker than the earthquake in 2011. I thought something terrible might happen, so i tried to escape to Higher Ground right away. Local Community Centers were designated as shelters. In Fukushima Prefecture alone, thousands of residents piled in. There are no reports of major damage, but Emergency Response Officials Say at least a dozen people suffered injuries, most were minor. The tsunami caused minor trouble at an offline Nuclear Plant thats not far from fukushima daiichi, the plant crippled in the 2011 disaster. Tokyo electric Power Company
On top of this, monitoring whats happening with Hurricane Joaquin and another thread looming for us and Sheena Parveen is tracking that. Shell have the most upto date information on Hurricane Joaquin. Continuing to track Hurricane Joaquin, category 1 hurricane, meandering around the bahamas. Movement is extremely slow and not moving up into the atlantic, into the north soon. Heres a closer look. In the bahamas, florida. Its moving to the southwest now. It wont be for a few more days until this starts moving farther north. And thats when it will be getting closer to us and giving us more impact aside from the rain that brittney showed you. Here it is now, cat gore 1 hurricane, winds sustained 85 Miles Per Hour. Well continue to watch this as we go through the next several days. Its going to keep moving to the north what we expect. But currently to the southwest at 6 miles an hour. So its going to be more days until this thing starts to get closer. What we have going on, weather pattern,
Opens up his home to show his kinder, gentler side. And supplement surprise. The major new study revealing that added boost of calcium you take isnt doing your bones any good today, wednesday, september 30th, 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 wednesday morning. People behind us right now without umbrellas, but, boy, last night the rains came through this town. It was crazy. Thats right, and weve had flooding. Had a real mess, and its up and down the eastern seaboard, and weve got joaquin to talk about so allotted going on. Wheres the good news . The sun will come out sometime next week. Lets show you what weve got. Thats not how the sun goes. Apologies to annie. Lets show you what weve got going on. This is video, jmu university, look at rain coming through some of the hallways there. Thats how bad this is. Well take a look currently at north carolina. Weve
That came after a fleury of lastminute appeals failed. The archbishop wrote to the parole board on behalf of pope francis who called for a world wide ban on his Death Penalty during his visit to the united states. An unjust and necessary punishment should never exclude the hope and the goal of rehabilitation. Papal appeals for individual cases not unheard of. John paul ii was successful in getting a missouri inmate off death row. That was in 1999. The sentence commuted to life without parole. Speaking of pope francis, theres word this morning that during his u. S. Trip he met secretly with kim davis. Shes he controversial county clerk in kentucky who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is following this story for us. Hallie, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. In washington last week to receive an award from the Family Research council, a conservative Advocacy Group in recognition of her stand against samesex marriage, a
Caller specifically i should have addressed the 58 million a year that we pay for foreign aid. That 50 billion would pay out each year secured or Fire Protection so that our citizens there, people who key figure with them host you agree, jim . Is is a drop in the bucket when we are talking about this . Guest you know, it is billions and billions of dollars. The budget is very small. Moreover, i am not an expert in this area, but i am of the view that the amount of money that is being spent trying to position the United States have influence in the world and bring about the values that we have in this country, i am not really a big fan of saying that foreign aid needs to go. Host unfortunately it is time to go, but thank you so much James Capretta for joining us. Since 1901, the joint Congressional Committee Congressional Committee on a macro ceremonies has been responsible for the planning execution of the inauguration of the president of the u. S. Capitol. We are glad you are all here