The hero who sprung into action ditching his board and pulling a 14yearold to shore speaking out this morning on gma. And we do say good morning, america. We made it to friday. Weve got a huge crowd already gathering in central park this morning for 5 seconds of summer, and for a few seconds it didnt seem like it was summer at all. The flash floods, the storms but look at them. Theyve dried out after staying there all night, amy, ready for this concert this morning. We cannot wait to hear from the band in just a bit. We do want to get right to that breaking news, that explosion in los angeles overnight rocking the basement of a highrise sparking a power outage at the Staples Center. Abcs nick watt is in l. A. With the very latest on this. Good morning, nick. Reporter good morning, amy. Thats right. Concertgoers plunged into darkness. Firefighters deployed in the heart of the city, fire and billowing smoke in the financial district. Overnight a powerful underground explosion shaking dow
Involved in a car accident that killed a woman. Could she be charged with manslaughter. And pool party. Six, count them, six black bears take over a backyard swimming pool. And were going to need some more chlorine today, friday, august 21st, 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savanah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Savannah is off. Tamron is here. That would be the end of my swimming season there. Those bears are very, very cute. Thats the result of the heat wave here in the northeast this week, bears swimming in back yards. That will put a smile on your face. Also Carly Rae Jepsen warming up on the plaza. A nice crowd out there to see her. A lot of fun and bears. You dont get that everywhere. Well be outside in a little while. Lets start with two major stories tied to the weather. High temperatures make for another difficult day for crews battling wild fires. In the Atlantic Danny is churning. F
For his life. He loves to work and serve his community. He has been a great wonderful child. Reporter late thursday a procession to honor the men they call heroes as firefighters push on while taking time to remember the fallen. The government is spending 150 million a week on fire suppression. They say some 46 million homes or 40 of the population has a home at risk for a potential wildfire. Tamron and matt back to you. Thank you very much. Now to the other major weather story, danny, the first hurricane of the atlantic season. This is a small compact storm. Hurricane force winds only extend about ten miles out. It is moving over very warm water. Winds are at 85 Miles Per Hour making it a category 1 and should remain as category 1 for moves into an environment to rip it apart. By the time it makes its way through the Leeward Islands should be a Tropical Storm and then makes its way to Dominican Republic by wednesday morning. These are the upper level winds that will rip the storm apar
Alive this morning. Good morning, america. Youre going to want to see that whole video. A real hero right there. Its a great friday in times square. And in central park as well. Look at that crowd. Packing in for country star jason aldean. Hes going to perform live. And all eyes right now on the tropical threat in the atlantic. Ginger is tracking that. But firs w major Security Breach overnight. A man in nebraska evading police, making it on to the tarmac. Striving a truck right into a plane while passengers were boarding. Abcs david kerley is at the Reagan National airport with the latest on all of that. Good morning, david. Reporter amy, this is a scary one. A man screaming, jumping into that truck, slamming into a jetliner with Police Chasing the entire way. Its an airline pickup truck that was slammed into a jetliner. In the process of loading. The end of a bizarre security we just got a report of a person possibly jumping the fence over at the airfield. You guys have any word on t
The 21yearold lucky to be alive this morning. Good morning, america. Youre going to want to see that whole video. A real hero right there. Its a great friday in times square. And in central park as well. Look at that crowd. Packing in for country star jason aldean. Hes going to perform live. And all eyes right now on the tropical threat in the atlantic. Ginger is tracking that. But first, we want to get a major Security Breach overnight. A man in nebraska evading police, making it on to the tarmac. Striving a truck right into a plane while passengers were boarding. Abcs david kerley is at the Reagan National airport with the latest on all of that. Good morning, david. Reporter amy, this is a scary one. A man screaming, jumping into that truck, slamming into a jetliner with Police Chasing the entire way. Its an airline pickup truck that was slammed into a jetliner. In the process of loading. The end of a bizarre Security Breach in omaha. We just got a report of a person possibly jumping