Threatening facebooks Mark Zuckerberg. And charge. The elephants caught on camera heading straight for a u. S. Senator. What happens next, an epic close call. And good morning, america. Pretty scary moment for senator jeff flake. You kept the elephants calm. Sflt slowest elephant can outfast the fastest man. Thankfully they cant outrun the safari jeeps. Welcome back. Great trip. A lot of news to get to including this rescue unfolding right now. A live look at rockaway beach. A fishing boat got in trouble and a coast guard went in to get it. See how rocky the seas are and the coast guard ship actually overturned. So far everyone is okay but the rescue is going on right now. Well stay on top of in this morning. Take a look now at waverly, emergency was declared. 53 reported tornadoes in just the last 48 hours stretching from texas up to virginia and at least eight weatherrelated deaths and more than 70,000 people without power this morning. We have full Team Coverage tracking it all and
The winds are going to be big factor. Whitestone 54, 52 long island, 50 around bridgeport, 50 around white plains and up the Hudson River Valley. Flood advisory for this wind thats coming in out of the east, southeast at 25, 35 miles an hour, so a flood advisory for the afternoon, coastal sections, western long island sound, jersey shore. Here are the showers kind of scattered around monmouth and ocean county. They keep developing through the day, and the showers become heaviest this afternoon with the wind. Wind swept rain, it will be heavy for the afternoon and into the evening commute. Weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. Heather says shes got some great advice for you. I do. You want to use mass transit this morning so when youre leaving work this afternoon you event wont have to deal with the rain and flooding. In roxbury we have an accident, should be cleared shortly. 17 both ways between century road and midland avenue, that earlier construction is clearing. Subway stat
Hes not too proud to beg for votes. Please do me a favor, let me win iowa. Ben carson surges as the candidates take center stage at tonights big republican debate. Is he about to deliver a knockout blow or will donald come back . And we do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. Big buildup to tonights big debate. A lot at stake. But you have baseball, debate tonight. Lots of big showdowns. Well start with that world series kickoff. The royals take the mets in 14 innings, all kinds of ups and down ending well past 1 00 a. M. On the east coast and the few minutes of blackouts had fans everywhere in a frenzy. T. J. Holmes is at kauffman stadium. Reporter good morning. It was an absolute unforgettable night for a lot of the right and wrong reasons. We had a classic here on this field last night. But in the midst of enjoying all pitching, we had a power problem that left millions of viewers shut out. The royals win game one. Reporter overnight the Kansas City Royals take Worl
Doing to me . And florida senator marco rue bio gets dealt a tough blow from one of his states ne6wspapers. Green strike. A green laser hit. Another passenger plane hit by a laser, this time over san diegos airport. The second incident there in recent weeks. And they are kind of hot. One of pop musics biggest acts, 5 seconds of summer heating up th we fall and we have a huge crowd counting down to a live concert on our plaza today, wednesday, october 28th, 2015. Announcer 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 wednesday morning. 5 seconds of summer, or as we might say in an hour 5 seconds the band is here, a huge crowd out on our plaza, they will play rain or shine in just a little bit. No umbrellas out there right now. Thats a good sign. Meanwhile, big debate tonight. Well talk more about that, but well start with our top story. Plenty of drama during the opening game
It is dropped. Cespedes couldnt make the catch how abou yet thar effort . Digging around third. Matt harvey threw the royals, hitting an insidethepark home run. First of the world series since 1929. That was just the beginning. New yorks jen maxfield is at citi field. I hope you didnt stay up for the whole 14 innings. You would be late for work this morning. Reporter thats right. Some of us caught some of the game before coming in to work today. You said it was a special night. Well, it was also one for the record books this morning. At is how long that game went. The longest game one in a world series ever at 5 09 long. This disappointing 54 loss for the mes who vowed to come back and tie up this series in game two in kansas city. Another thing that made this a watched at home endured technical difficulties when the fox feed went black. When escobar hit an insidethepark home run on a very first pitch from matt halvevy. They were leading 43 in the eighth but the royals tied it up, send