Snow for the majority of the day on monday. Coming up in a little bit, i will have much more on the storm, and before we get to monday morning, we will have the weekend to enjoy, and i will have the forecast, pat. Thank you, amelia, and the first wave of the powerful storm is hammering much of southern california, and we are seeing flooded roads and mud slides in the same communities that dealt with wildfires recently, and todays storm has knocked out power to 14,000 people and caused a bunch of accidents. We will go live to one area in california where they have evac waited 1,000 homes and expecting 7 inches of rain. It is one of the scariest crimes in our area, a teenaged girl ambush and attacked, and now we are getting the first look at two men police want to question. This is surveillance where a girl was walking home, and jumped near Georgia Avenue and ninth street, and the investiga investigators say that the men who robbed her tried to sexually assault her, but she was able to e
Gentzle gentzler. A woman who came to washington to become a nun is now facing serious jail time for the death of her baby. Sosefina amoa admitted that she suffocated the newborn. Pat collins is live outside of the courtroom with more emotional testimony. Pat . Well, you see she wanted to be a nun, but today, she is a convict convicted felon, and guilty of voluntary manslaughter and facing four to ten years in jail. In a courtroom today stood Sosefina Amoa and she had been studying to be a nun, but not in a habit today, but a prison blue uniform. Her wrists were cuffed and a tissue knotted up in her hand, and she was on the brink of tears as she entered a guilty plea in the death of her newborn baby boy. It is a tragic case. It is tragic for the son who died, and it is unfortunate for the sisters of the convert, because they do fabulous work, and it is good for the defendant to get closure and to move on. This is the Little Sisters of the poor facility in the northeast. It is here that
The movie awards are one day away, and were starting the party early with a look at the reallife scandal behind one of the oscarnominated movies, plus, an oscar quiz we can guarantee youve never seen before, our way of joining in the excitement for the movie industrys biggest awards show, today, saturday, march 1st, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome back to today on a saturday morning. Welcome back to you. Welcome back. I havent said that in a while its like, yeah, welcome to the today show. Oh, yes, im lester holt. You are lester holt. And erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer, and it is march 1st, and were still staring winter in the eye. Youre having a hard time wrapping your head around this. All morning. Did you guys hear its march 1st . All morning this has been going on. And i thought winter was over. Thats the start of meteorological spring, march, april, may.
They look like now. And who is making them. Made in america. Good evening, on this thursday night. Diane is on assignment. And we do begin with a dangerous windchill warnings in place for the night ahead. For nearly 200 million americans today, the temperature never got above freezing. And take a look at this. A massive and deadly pileup in indiana. Trucks and cars tangled on the road. Traffic backed up for miles. And the problem is, its so cold, all of the snow and ice isnt going anywhere for days. From the midwest to the gulf, this arctic blast is farreaching. And 35,000 Flight Cancellations this month alone. Twice as many as normal and counting. Abcs gio benitez, on the frozen nation, tonight. Reporter from the arctic midwest to the frozen northeast, people are battling the ice and sometimes the ice wins. In west haven, connecticut, a dramatic ice rescue. A 70yarold man falling through while checking if the ice was safe to skate on. And near boston, ice overcoming fire hydrants righ
Oneonone with ellen. She reveals what she wants people to remember about hollywoods biggest night as the race for best picture heats up, gravity versus American Hustle and could years a slave walk off with it all . Were live in l. A. With exclusive access in the dolby theatre. Here we go. Good morning, america i wake up to the city of angels to see my name is lights ellen seemed like she was wondering if it was a good morning. Robin out there in l. A. Shes in the dolby theatre before the oscars. The only one let iide and good to see you inside and dry. That weather getting so tough out there. Oh, george, it is coming down, but it is not the rain is not dampening the excitement building inside oscar central. We are standing in front of the main orchestra section but this is all we can show you. Top secret operation right now. Those white cards behind me, well, theyre pictures of the stars on them who will sit in those seats all turned over so no one can see them. Oscar people all around