Fight where he stabbed a man. And ready for a close up . Reports that bruce jenner is set to appear on the cover of vanity fair as a woman and close to revealing his new name as well. Today, saturday may 30th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im Carl Quintinilla in for lester hill. It is one of the best gigs in tv hanging out with you women. He totally meant that by the way. He is not trying to butter us up. We have a busy saturday for you this morning. The top story is the life threatening rains that wont stop across texas. More flash flooding could be on the way. President obama declared texas a disaster area. We have nbcs Janet Shamlian across texas for us this morning. Reporter good morning, erica. We hoped to show you the spillway but the weather is so bad right now, there is lightning, thunder and flash flood warning. Our team has taken sh
Progresses. Well see comfortable conditions with the dewpoints down from yesterday, below 60 its nice and comfortable out there. By 9 00 a. M. Bright sunshine and 73. Watch for the sun greater. Noon 8 sun glare. Noon, 81. Fair weather high clouds. 85. 6 00 p. M. , 83 coming down from a high of 86 degrees. Beautiful today. Wouldnt it be nice if it would stay that way all weekend thats not going to happen. Details coming up in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Reporter the overwhelming majority of people in the studio think you look angelic with the sunshine shining off your head. Were watching the sun glare this morning luckily the crash on the schuylkill expressway eastbound in king of prussia is gone, still heavy as you come off 202 and join up with the eastbound side of 76. Who doesnt want to join in on that fun. Watching a crash in feasterville Central Avenue at street road close to the post office. Watch for emergency crews on the scene. I95 southbound theres a crowd aca
Will be closed until further notice. For scheduling or case inquiries, call the courthouse tore further information. In alexandria a family opening up about a morning rush hour shooting that lefd their loved one dead. It happened on 295. Pedro alvarado and his brother were on their way to work when someone opened fire on their suv. Alvarado was killed. He didnt have any yeah. He was always happy . Police want to speak to anybody who saw anything. Today, a man will be sentenced for arson and shooting at Sheriff Deputies in Prince Georges County. David coally set fire to his house after he was told to sell the house in a divorce settlement. Deputies were serving an eviction notice on coally when he fired several shots towards them inside the house. Police say he then set fire to the house. Another courtroom, jose peneda will be sentenced after pleading guilty to inappropriately touching middle school girls. There are. Unhappy people in prij Prince Georges County this morning. The county
They are afraid to try to make arrests. We begin this hour, a very big step from the Obama Administration in the u. S. Relationship with cuba. Fay secretary of state john kerry formerly removeed cuba from the state list of terrorism. Mike viqueira joins us live from washington explain the significance of this move, and what happens next . Reporter well, david, it was a major impediment of formalizing relations after president obamas dramatic announcement. He had met with raul castro president of cuba at a latin americaen summit in panama. And shortly after that historic handshake and meeting, president obama announced he would be removing cuba from a list of state sponsor of trim kept by the u. S. Ghost. Congress had a right to challenge the move but it did not do it. The two countries have not had formal relations for 54 years. Members of Congress Said they were against restoring ties with cuba. Why didnt they take action to block it . Go basically because they didnt have the votes to
Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im barbara serra. We begin tonight in havana. The Obama Administration has taken the historic step of removing cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. The Reagan Administration put cuba on that list in 1982. President obama paid a visit to a symbolic shrine in miami. And secretary of state john kerry officially changed cubas status. This goes an away from democratic and possible economic ties between u. S. And cuba. We go to havana where cubans are welcoming the news. There is another obstacle removed. Its something that had to happen as far as the cubans were concerned. There would be no progress without cuba coming off the list. The sense of cautious optimism is here and excitement about the future as well. But a cautious optimism. Remember this is only an incremental step. If you were to lift the trade embargo, which is a decision by congress, which is way down the line you might see more of a reaction on the streets. But thats a long way aw