Morning and moving up to the north so huntersville, concord youre driving in on the wet roads. But overnight it has been a mess, wbtvs Ashton Pellom is live this morning joining us with a what would what folks are seeing. Reporter good morning, chris. It is sloppy out here this morning. Very damp around the city, metro area. Ive been driving around there are branches and some things strewn in the street just from the storms we had overnight so if you have to be out here, drive carefully and take your time out here because stopping distance will have to increase because of the wet roads, very wet and sloppy like i said earlier around the streets of charlotte. Right now currently on hawthorne, this lane is still blocked off right here near Central Avenue due to flooding. A lot of heavy rain around the area overnight. Out here on the streets. Christine ashton, thank you for the live report. Now 33 minutes after 5 00. Get to Kristen Miranda, she is following more Severe Weather and how it
Ron allen is on white house duty this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter the white house is expected to announce the president s trip to cuba sometime later today. It has been just over a year since mr. Obama said he would begin normalizing relations. Many critics are saying it is much too soon to reward the castro regime. A Senior Administration official telling nbc news that president obama will visit cuba in march marking the first time in 88 years a sitting president will visit cuba. These 50 years have shown isolation has not worked. It is time for a new approach. Reporter warming relations began after facetoface meetings. The pair announcing in late 2014 that they would begin normalizing ties. Over time it is possible for a new relationship between our countries. Reporter last august the American Embassy was open. Since then secretary of state john kerry travelled to the island and this week signed a deal to resume air traffic. Still there are hurdles. Tourists cannot visit t
New jersey are without power and thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed due to the storm. Delta even brought pizza for frustrated hungry passengers after their flight was rerouted to syracuse. As new york city saw rain and heavy wind Strong Enough to blow over this tractor trailer on the George Washington bridge. And a vehicle burst into flames. And meteorologist bill karins will join us in just a few minutes for the latest forecast. And donald trump continues to break into the evangelical base. On the indorsement front, trump got his first congressional backing from new yorks collins who previously backed jeb bush. Californias Duncan Hunter who a hearing said he would also support trump. But former gop nominee mitt romney warned that a quote blockbuster was on the way when trump released his tax returns. An issue that rankaled the governor in the 2010 bid. I think in Donald Trumps case its likely to be a bomb shell. Trump responded to romneys predikds prediction. Why not j
A man storms into an ohio restaurant and randomly slashes four people. This was a brutal attack. The suspect eventually shot and killed by police. The fbi investigating. Wicked big air. History goes down. Backflip for the crowd. Bostons iconic fenway park transformed into the ultimate Winter Sports playground. Dylan is about to head to the top of the massive ramp. Today, friday, february 12th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a chilly friday morning. Even as a yankee fan, im happy to see whats going on at fenway park. Into a winter wonderland. You called it wicked big air, and id add wicked cold air. Itll be freezing or below freezing or below zero in a lot of the country. 30 degrees below normal. Al is outside on a frigid plaza. Good morning. Good morning. Rough. Its just going to get rougher. Heres what happens when you combine a broken water main in scrant
Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Im savannah and we have willie in for matt this morning. Well talk to donald trump in a couple minutes. Hes taking fire from a sitting president and two former president s in this campaign. Not to mention all his rivals. A lot to talk about in politics, fresh polls, as well. Our top story, the major showdown between the federal government and apple. This after apple declined to give access to encrypted content on San Bernardino shooters syed farooks iphone. Apple is asked to help the fbi get the data. Steve patterson has more. Officials say this may be the key as to who suspects were doing at the time of the shooting. They say they need the key to the phone in order to make progress. Reporter a federal judge to help the fbi unlock the iphone of San Bernardino mass shooter syed farook. Apple said they needed reasonable technical assistance. Authorities are trying to fill in the 18 missing minutes of the killers actions after the shooting. The 18 mi