Balloons and a lawn chair to soar into the sky. So high he says he was looking down on passenger planes. Why his stunt is capturing the attention of the public and the police today, tuesday, july 7th 2015. 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 Tuesday Morning. Savannah having some holiday time this week. Were joined by hoda kotb. That guy with the helium balloons was up in canada it was a 10 lawn chair. What on earth was he thinking . You can watch this video a thousand times. I know hes trying to promote his cleaning products but hello. Well have more on that story in a little while. We want to start on a Tuesday Morning with breaking news out of washington state. A deadly ice cave collapse at a National Forest thats really popular with hikers. Nbcs jacob rascon is at a local hospital. What can you tell us . Reporter matt good morning. The three most critically injured patient
For post storm rescue missions and lay the ground work for the long term recovery effort. The fema organization will do quick assess many try to find out where the most damaged areas are so we can get the teams out in the street and do much good quickly. Time zest essence. Reporter millions of residents here continue riding out the storm, many others headed for the mainland. They say they didnt want to leave their homes but they are putting safety first. It was just time for to us get off. We didnt stay for maria. Disastrous situation for the island. It will destroy some homes. Reporter right now the destructive winds are causin the most damage but in the followup to this storm there could be major flooding, storm surge of 9 feet and potentially deadly mudslides. In san juan, puerto rico, steve harrigan, fox news. And so here at home philadelphia sizeable Puerto Rico Community is watch and waiting for word from familiar and friends on that battered island. The fair hill section of cour
Home in the middle of the sunlight. And dozens of protesters deliver a message to city hall. But the big story is Police Moving forward with their investigation after two teenagers were shot to death. The two High School Juniors were gunned down in south philadelphia and now the citys hop cop is hopeful there will be an arrest in the next few days. Katherine scott is live with the latest in the investigation. Reporter rick that is right, the Police Commissioner says they are not trod make an arrest yet. Information is coming in. Meanwhile in south philadelphia the community continues to grieve. A growing memorial in south philadelphia where two teenagers were shot and killed tuesday evening. The sal and khalil were remembered. You would never think that gun violence would hit in south philly communes like this. The vigil last night was so large the area was closed down. He was active in his church and the ymca. Sal was a student at st. Josephs prep a well known member of the hockey tea
To the murder of these two south philadelphia teens. Sure im worried. Im concerned. These are children up the street. These are all people young, babies, toddlers. Reporter it happened around 1 30 this morning. Shortly after we caught up with Police Commissioner richard ross who has asked for the suspect to turn himself in. Hes 16yearold Brandon Olivieri. Come down and have a talk with us before this gets out of hand. Reporter also today a possible threat via social media caused a lockdown at Roman Catholic high school. It, too, was in connection to the suspect olivieri. We spoke with many parents who were upset and pulled their kids out early today because of that. They did the right thing. They let the parents know. They locked the school down in a timely manner. Everybody is aware of it. Nobody got hurt and thats all that counts. Reporter four days ago tuesday evening when 16yearold Salvatore Dinubile and Caleer Miller were shot and killed at the intersection of 12th and ritner. Com
Shes president of American University in washington where the event was held. I dont have a law degree myself. Though, i have more than my fair share of Supreme Court cases named for me. If i could just log one complaint about my previous job it was not one but two lawyers who failed to warn me that once confirmed, all court cases switched to my name. The first, the burwell family counsel, my husband, steven burwell, the second the 44th president of the United States of america. Im just saying, little heads up would have been nice. My transition to American University is interesting, exciting and challenging. I joined a passionate engaged campus, community, thinking, learning and doing. Things about the world most interesting and important problem. One of those were talking about here today. I taken on a new title without ever having gone to a diner in iowa. Rather than look back i am pleased this conference is looking forward. Our nations Healthcare System has come a long way in the p