The future is now. We need help. The zadroga act provides Health Benefits to emergency workers who are suffering from illnesses. But the program is set to expire next month unless Congress Makes a change. This morning, Hurricane Sandy victims have a little more breathing room. They have another month to have reviewed. Days. Some Insurance Adjusters have allegedly blamed sandy damage on other factors. So far more than 20,000 claims have been reviewed. Hundreds have been approved, totaling more than 7 million. Coming up on almost three years. A lot of people have been out of money for a long time. 5 05 right now. Time for a check of weather and traffic on the 4s. Wow, chris, who would have thought we would have august in september. Here. Temperatures this afternoon heading back into the 80s with sunshine, low humidity. Starting out in the 50s and 60s. Not quite as chilly in some spots as the last couple mornings. A day filled with sunshine. Warmer, upper 80s this afternoon. The humidity
Officer responded to all of this. It started when witnesses, however, reported seeing several men fleeing after those shots wefe heard near 102nd street around 8 30 last night. Holder and his other officer encountered a man who said his bicycle had been stolen at gunpoint. The two then came face to face with a man on a bike several blocks later, according to commissioner bratton. Take a listen. Officers from the Housing Bureau anticrime unit in plain clothes encountered a male on a bicycle at east 120th street along the fdr drive. Thats a pedestrian overpass over the fdr drive. There was an exchange of gunfire orbetween the male suspect and the two officers. During this exchange, officer holder was struck in the head. Reporter officer randolph holder was pronounced dead nearly two hours later at harlem hospital. The alleged suspect in all of this suffered a gunshot wound to hes recovering. Three men have been take into custody, and they remain there at this hour to see if they particip
Doing to me . And florida senator marco rue bio gets dealt a tough blow from one of his states ne6wspapers. Green strike. A green laser hit. Another passenger plane hit by a laser, this time over san diegos airport. The second incident there in recent weeks. And they are kind of hot. One of pop musics biggest acts, 5 seconds of summer heating up th we fall and we have a huge crowd counting down to a live concert on our plaza today, wednesday, october 28th, 2015. Announcer 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 wednesday morning. 5 seconds of summer, or as we might say in an hour 5 seconds the band is here, a huge crowd out on our plaza, they will play rain or shine in just a little bit. No umbrellas out there right now. Thats a good sign. Meanwhile, big debate tonight. Well talk more about that, but well start with our top story. Plenty of drama during the opening game
Out in some cases, and lauren will get you there. Thank you, dave. Good morning. We have a couple of problems out there on the roads. Both of them in new jersey. Well head over to the turnpike and the Edison Woodbridge area where the truck lanes before interchange 10, there are some emergency guardrail repairs. Delays are minor getting into this area. Heading into fairview, an accident out there with a downed pole and wire. Broad avenue is shutdown and detoured in both directions between 91st street and fairview avenue. You can get around this. Well have more weather and tlask coming up on the 4s. Very good. Thank you. Right now breaking news to get to in the Flat Iron District. Three young women shot just about an hour ago. This is near 5th avenue and 21st street. Katherine creag was first on the scene and is joining us now. Reporter those three women, young women as you said, in their 20s. They are in terrible condition, in bad shape. One of them was shot in the back. We want to show
Lamar odom clingings s to life in a coma after being found unconscious at a nevada brothel. Hes not breathing. We will have the latesttr on his condition. More to the story . She was vilified as the worst aunt ever after suing her nephew for breaking her wrist in a hug. Its an outrage. Its a shame. Its a disgrace. Did we all jump to conclusions too quickly . She tells her side of the story right here in an exclusive live interview today, thursday, ni october 15th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, sothis is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everyone. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Well be the first to admit we were critical when we heard this story about the aunt who sued r own nephew. The tabloid headlines were we weighed in on trending yesterday with the tornadic facts we knew at the time. Jennifer connell is here this morning and says there is a different side to the story. Look who is with her, her nephew sean, w