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. Im matt lauer. Good morning everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Welcome to day nine of the Government Shutdown. No end in sight. Embarrassing for lawmakers in washington. We want to report some furloughed workers are back on the job. They are with the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Theyre back on the job. Theyre still not being paid but theyre brought back in because of a salmonella outbreak linked to chicken. First, todays top story that Andrea Mitchell broke. It is a story of military families caught in the middle of the political infighting. This is the live look at Dover Air Force base where behind those gates, family members are gathering for a somber ceremony as they collect their loved ones remains. It is happening about 100 miles way from washington where
Team coverage on storm watch . Sonoma county. Reporter were up here in Northern Park off 101 this morning, not much coming down as we speak. You can see if you look here across the parking lot, the ground is kind of wet here, and so clearly we had a cell that just moved through this area not that long ago. The roads slightly wet this morning, and of course that means you want to take it easy out there as you head out to work this morning. This will be the first significant rain in about two months here in the pay area, and were expecting bay area and were expecting maybe a half inch or so over the next couple of days. It is badly needed. Theyre hoping for a wet winter to ensure there doesnt have to be rationing next year. Water agencies are ready for the rainfall. This past year has been a dry one. It was one of the driest calendar year on record in the bay area. Although meteorologists measure rain from july to july and by that standard things dont look good. Our rainfall year started
I woke up and i heard crackling. My neighbor was screaming. I got out of my bed as quick as i cut and i saw the light to around edges. I looked through the window in my bathrobe and immediately got my clothes on and i left. I woke up my grandmother and she did not believe me at first. She jumped back and she looked out the window and we both left. The new numbers to pass along is that about 12 people have been displaced. Obviously surrounding homes, one next door, they are basically on standby waiting for them to get the word as to whether not they can return to their homes. The people that are displaced will be helped by the red cross. They do not know why this fire started but they believe that it might have been electrical. We are following the latest on the Navy Yard Shooting that killed the 13 people including the gunman. We just learned this morning that the gunman, aaron alexis, was treated by the u. S. For serious mental illness, and that he was hearing and voices. Here is new
The reason for thi shooting. None of the people that he shot were a militarnot to military personne. That all civilians. Friends of a lexus stated that he worked with others and he may have been frustrated about his pay but they never expected this. Going out and taking other peoples lives is another thing. U. S. Officials stated that he was discharged because of a pattern of misconduct. He was arrested for shooting the tires out on a car. And they stated that he had a and dirk fuel black out. He was arrested because he fired a gun and one time from his apartment. The Washington Post stated that he was arrested in georgia for disorderly conduct. As the Investigation Continues people are pausing to remember the victims who lost their lives. 3000 people worked as navy yard and it is closed today unless you are emergency personnel. At 10 00 a. M. The secretary of defense will speak. This will be an honor of the fallen victims. The deadly Navy Yard Shooting has stirred fresh curbing gun vi
67 to 76 and same thing inland, 76 to 85 and closer along the coast into San Francisco, 61 to 65. Enjoy. Sue . Good morning, everyone, good news out there, so far so good, no stalls or accidents and we do have the road work picked up in San Francisco, 280 is no problem open since 2 00 this morning. I should not have said no accidents, we have an accident in the dublin pleasanton and it is an overturned vehicle down in a ditch. They are still waiting on a tow that is still there and it is out of lanes. The drive from the Central Valley, we are seeing various slow traffic out of address to the Altamont Pass and it is under 40 Miles Per Hour, outside, we saw a tow truck pushing away a stall in the lefthand cashpaying lanes and that is cleared now, and car pool lanes are going by nicely and so far, so good, behind the tolls with no metering lights. Classes are canceled, today, at Uc Santa Barbara for a day of mourning and reflection. With a moment service held tonight to honor the six stud