Zoo says no animals are missing. Calling out nicki minaj over her tweets. Are there artists tweeting into the fray . Today, wednesday, july 22nd, 2015. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome on a wednesday morning. Lets ask the guys in the control room to put the images up of a massive warehouse complex fire in north brunswick, 40 miles from manhattan. It has grown to five alarms. Well have much more on that story coming up. But on this wednesday morning, lets start with another breaking story overnight. A United Airlines crew reported being the target of lasers at a new york area airport. This after a dozen similar incidents there last week. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation. What can you tell us . This problem has been growing worse over the past few years. Laser pointers start out with a small light but as the distance grows, that beam of light grows bigger and bigger. So big it can light up a cockpit and blind the pilots. This morning, the police
Sharknado, and the cliffhanger butting all other cliffhangers to shame today. This, july 23rd, 2015. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Great to see you. Remember that time we all got eaten by a flying shark. People waking up going, oh, they survived. A movie, not over, i know that. I really believed you in the role of matt lauer. Very good. Were going to have fun with sharknado 3 later on, but we want to start with a thursday morning with serious news. Candid and troubling comments from fbi director james comey on the threats from isis facing the United States, and that groups increased ability to inspire americans to extremism. Kristen welker is at the white house with more. Officials here have long signaled the terrorist group isis, also known as isil, poses a danger to the u. S. , but the fbi director was asked if the group is now a bigger threat to the u. S. Than al qaeda. His answer, yes. Underscoring the level of concern here. Isil is not your pa
Putting all other cliff hangers to shame today thursday july 23rd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Remember the time we got eaten by a flying shark . Did we survive . They survived. Its a movie. Its not over. I believed you in the role of matt lauer. Thank you. Well have fun with sharknado 3 a little bit on. We start with a serious news. Troubling comments from fbi director james comb my on threats from isis facing the United States. At the groups ability to inspire americans to extremism. Kristin welker is at the white house with more. Reporter officials here have long signalled the terrorist group isis also known as isil poses a risk to the u. S. The fbi director was asked if the group is a bigger threat to the u. S. Than al qaeda. His answer is question underscoring the level of concern here. Isil is not your parents al qaeda. Its a very di
Matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on friday morning. 7 00 on the west coast. We hate to say it but another week, another tragic shooting in louisiana. Were getting more information as we speak. Authorities have just released this new information about the gunman. His name, john houser, a 59yearold from alabama. Authorities describing him as kind of a drifter. We know that disguises including wigs and glasses were found in the search of his hotel room. Were going to get more on that in a live interview with Louisiana State police in just a moment. But lets start on this friday morning with nbcs john yang. John, what can you tell us . Matt, right now investigators are processing this crime scene. They say the theater is littered with personal belongings, shoes, purses, keys, cell phones, things people dropped and ran whether the shooting started. Were learning more about the shooter, more about the victim, and mor
Rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this friday morning. It seems another week another tragic mass shooting this time in louisiana. Well is have more on this in a second. We are following another big story. The administrations high stakes Nuclear Agreement with iran. In studio exclusively secretary of state john kerry. He was in washington yesterday selling the deal. Hell sit down with matt in a few minutes. Back to louisiana. The gunman identified as a 58yearold white male with a criminal history. Witnesses say he stood up about 20 minutes into a showing of the movie trainwreck, pulled out a handgun and started firing. Two people were killeded. At least nine others wounded. Their ages from the late teens to 60s. Overnight the investigation had to be put on hold briefly. The bomb squad was called this in when an officer saw something suspicious inside the gunmans car. Well talk to the police and two people who were at the theater complex in a moment. Lets beg