And the end of an era. You never say thank you thats what the money is for the hit series mad men preparing for its final episodes, and were getting an exclusive sneak peek from the cast as they join us live in studio 1a today, monday, march 23, 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. It may only be two full days into spring but 596 days until election day. By the way, did you have ted cruz in your bracket . Got it. First one in. Perfect. And hes going to set the stage for what happens after this. It is our top story. The first puzzle piece now falling into place for the 2016 president ial race. Texas republican senator, ted cruz throwing his hat in the ring overnight with that tweet right there. Hes making it official at an event in virginia this morning. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is there. Kelly, its texas senator ted cruz. Why virginia . Reporter wel
With sun glare and rush hour things will change. Stay with us. We have got developing news, a break for Philadelphia Police investigating two hit and runs. They say they may have a person of interest, and one of the vehicles. Eyewitness News Reporter jan carabao joins us at a memorial for a victim in southwest philadelphia jan. Reporter ukee and erika, sources tell Eyewitness News they have recovered that dark suv wanted in this deadly hit and run case and an attorney for a person of interest in this case is now speaking with police, that the driver of that dark colored suv could possibly turn herself in later today. This is as southwest philadelphia a community continues to mourn the death of a child. This memorial has been growing since four yearold abdul wilson was struck and killed by a hit and run driver monday evening. The accident happened here on the 1600 block of south 57th street, right in front of the surveillance camera. Now, police had urged a feast mail driver of this dar
2013. Announcer from nbc news, announcer from nbc news, this is today. This is today with matt lauer with matt lauer and and Savannah Guthrie, live from guthrie. Life fro studio 1a in rockefeller plazam good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. 1a in im matt lauer. Rockefeller im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and natalie g. Im al morales. On do you guys like Prince Williamd yeah, hes good. Natalie. You said he sounded a little pitchy. E prince . You were saying he sounded a little pitchy. Dont give away my secrets. Whos pitchy now . Simon that takes guts to sing with John Bon Jovi and taylor swift. Well done. And Queen Elizabeth and Queen Elizabeth was on the side playing drums. The well tell you about that that a little later on. Of course, the later. Story today has to the top story has to do wit this man here and the weather. E talking about were talking about a powerful of p storm impacting millions of eo day. If theres any good people on this travel day. If the
Police say the pedestrians who was hit was a man in his 20s. He was taken to sap frn General Hospital and we are told with life threatening injuries. Very serious. Police say the pedestrians was outside the crosswalk and the driver has not been charged. Now this is at least the fourth serious pedestrians accident in the city for the past three days. 2 people died in those accidents. Now moving on. This is surveillance of the arson attack on the chinese consulate in San Francisco. Its a key piece of evidence, obviously, for the fbi now locating the person who did it. We are learning new details about a man who that attack as well. This happened at the front door to the consulate on laguna street off gary boulevard. Vick lee is on the story. Today. The consulate was business as usual. L visa applicant another entrance but couldnt miss the fire damage. Many had strong opinions about what happened. Terrorism. Right. Its terror. The nature should be the same as any group attack u. S. Embass
Premiere sunday on abc. The driver of a stolen suv led sheriffs deputies on a wild and dangerous high speed chase through East Los Angeles last night. The suspect drove on the wrong side of the road ran several red lights narrowly missing pedestrians. A spike strip was deployed, but it was unclear if the tires were punctured. The driver jumped out of the moving vehicle and eventually crashed into a light pole. Investigators are trying to determine what caused that chicago building explosion. We showed you this week the frightening scene was captured on Surveillance Video woman is seen running away desperately trying to avoid the debris spewing into the streets. At least eight people were injured , three seriously. Several homes were also destroyed. How far should carmakers go to keep impaired drivers off the road the ntsb is now recommending breathalyzers in new cars. Abc s andrea fuji has more this morning a new debate in the world of auto safety. The National Transportation safety bo