The quick thinking scouts gave new meaning to their new motto be prepared. And cringeworthy. A big blunder at the Miss Universe pageant when the wrong winner is named and crowned before host steve harvey has to admit he made a mistake. I have to apologize. Some incredibly awkward moments followed before the real winner was crowned, today, monday, december 21st, 2015. 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 monday morning. Im mate lauer alongside hoda kotb while savannah is in and enjoys some time off. Hello to you. Awkward. Wasnt that so awkward. Actually took the crown off one contestants head and put it on the other. Ive got to tell you was watching miss colombia wave and blow kisses because she thought she won and then to heart news. Everybody was hurting after that. Well tell you much more about that coming up a little later on. Yeah. Start on a monday morning with
Steve harvey crowning the the wrong winner for miss universe. The beauty pageant blunder on live tv. Well, good monday morning. The breaking news from las vegas. Where a car plowed into a crowd of people on the famous strip. At least one person is dead and 36 injured. The driver crashed into a group of pedestrians on the sidewalk while there was a child this her car. Authorities are ruling out terrorism but say it was intentional. Tragedy in sin city. Oh, my god. Whats going on . This is las vegas. This is christmas. Reporter overnight, the vegas strip shut down. A female driver crashing into a koud near paris, las vegas, and planet hollywood, the veen you for last nights pageant. She was running over everybody. Reporter witnesses say the drove back up on the sidewalk, hitting more people. It looked like she wasnt trying to stop the car. She had both hands on the wheel. We have determined this is an intentional act. Reporter investigators confirmed there was a child in the car. We know
Universe, then taking the crown away. What steve harvey is now saying tonight. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a monday night. And we begin with the horror that played out on the vegas strip. Tonight, a young mother, now charged with murder, after driving into the crowd. With her little girl in the backseat. Authorities say the driver repeatedly rammed her car into tourists outside several popular hotels, both hands on the wheel. Witnesses describing her as stoic. Amid the chaos, victims taken away on gurneys. Fire trucks rushing to the scene. Tonight, investigators believe this was all intentional, and abcs Kayna Whitworth is in las vegas for us tonight. Reporter terror on the streets of sin city as this silver oldsmobile runs rampant over crowded sidewalks. At least 20 people were ran over. Reporter police say with her 3yearold daughter in the back, intentionally slammed her car into dozens of bystanders. Injured more than 30. Killing jessica valenzuela, a mot
Well get rid of that to a milder feel by noon. Forecasting a high today of 54. Thats just the beginning of a very mild week. Lauren scala back on the traffic this morning. Good morning. Not a bad morning for the commute. We have a closure in the toms river area. Route 9 still shut down in both directions by clayton avenue. Theres some cleanup because of an accident with a downed pole. Much better news at the George Washington bridge. Things are free and clear there. No road work getting in your way. And well have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. All right, lauren. Thank you. 5 01 right now. Now to that bear attack in new jersey. A boy scout leader is in the hospital but lucky to be fflive. Its all thanks to three young members of his troupe. Today in new yorks jen maxfield is at the morris Town Medical Center where that scout leader is being treated. Reporter good morning. Thats right. He is being treated here for injuries, for scratches and bite marks to his leg and head.
I have to apologize. Crowning the wrong Miss Universe, then taking the crown away. What steve harvey is now saying tonight. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a monday night. And we begin with the horror that played out on the vegas strip. Tonight, a young mother, now charged with murder, after driving into the crowd. With her little girl in the backseat. Authorities say the driver repeatedly rammed her car into tourists outside several popular hotels, both hands on the wheel. Witnesses describing her as stoic. Amid the chaos, victims taken away on gurneys. Fire trucks rushing to the scene. Tonight, investigators believe this was all intentional, and abcs Kayna Whitworth is in las vegas for us tonight. Reporter terror on the streets of sin city as this silver oldsmobile runs rampant over crowded sidewalks. Reporter police say 24yearold lakeisha holloway, with her 3yearold daughter in the back, intentionally slammed her car into dozens of bystanders. Injured more th