Immigrants. Will that new strategy help win back minority voters or is it too late . Wild weather. Damaging tornadoes in the midwest. A new round of devastating flooding in the south while in california a raging Wildfire Forces new evacuations and now threatens the historic first castle. And expanding the family. Were getting a new puppy with a purpose raising a service dog our new friend is in that litter and youre about to meet him, today, monday, august 22nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Our first day back all of us in to that new puppy smell. Wait, what . I hug you and you get new puppy smell. Were so happy to have you guys back. Its boring around here without you. I brought you a little puppy. I had to give you a welcome. I cannot wait to meet this little critter. It will be fun. Meanwhile, we have a lot of olympic news to talk
Ok but deputies say all of this could have been worse. Investigators at this hour on the streets searching for the guy. It was pretty shocking. Not even a couple of blocks down the road. Reporter folks on lakeland on edge following a brazen carjacking at the popular bone fish grill along pipkin road. Especially this early in the morning or late at night. Getting out of my car all the time and making sure theres reporter on the Facebook Page the Polk County Sheriffs Office sending a major alert. Investigators say the woman was in her car at the time, a Toyota Avalon shortly after closing time early sunday morning, the suspect walked up to the car with a chain wrapped around his hand and forced her out of the vehicle. Thankfully she was not harmed. The suspect drove off about a mile down the way where he crashed that car and burned it. Of course this is an area with plenty of businesses and restaurants, folks we spoke with this morning simply just maybe should make you more aware. Ive be
Colorful close in rio. Americas breakout star simone biles carrying the stars and stripes as team usa racks up more gold medals. Claressa shields making history in the ring. Now joining us live and the Mens Basketball Team a head above the rest closing out the games on top for team usa. And good morning, america. Great to start the week in times square and what a finish to those olympics. There you see the fireworks, waterfalls as well at the closing ceremonies and 121 medals for team usa. Incredible and then simone biles carrying the flag for america in maracana stadium and president obama saying he couldnt be prouder of team usa. Your determination and passion inspired so many of us. Simone replying thank you, such a huge honor, go, usa. What a treat she was to watch during the whole olympics. Well have more on the olympics coming up. Also the latest from ryan lochte, but we begin with those massive wildfires in washington forcing evacuations, scorching thousands of acres. Abcs Clayt
Will be lifting its way northward. It will push its way up along 128 and continued to push its way in. 2 a. M. To 5 00 a. M. , then we start to one this thing down. A couple of systems to keep an eye on. Much more detail coming in tomorrow morning. Rhondella news, a Death Investigation happening in winchester. Diane cho is live on the scene. Diane investigators just left the scene. They were out here for several hours try to figure out what happened out here earlier. Today, we are at Edgewater Place in winchester were officers responded to a home around 2 00 this afternoon and found an unresponsive elderly woman. That woman was taken to a clinic name. The da is not saying what happened at this point or releasing details of the case. Todd a deadly ministry in east boston. The police are trying to figure out how to women were run over by a party bus on mcclellan highway. One is dead and the other was taken to a local hospital. It is not clear what they were doing. The the Sales Manager s
Kristin volk joins us live. The driver hit the gas instead of the brake . Reporter thats right. Were learning that driver is 74 years old. Police told me the woman drove her car onto the dance floor behind me, packed with people. She then backed up and drove right over here car ramming her car into this suv. Happened. Reporter in the midst of 100 people a dozen dancers, and the band playing here, a split second may use turned into tragedy. I drove by and said i think i will skip reporter mcallister his wife are normally regulars. Tonight they decided not to go. Tonight at 7 pm is when Parma Heights police say a driver struck nine people on this dance floor. It happened right next to the she made a mistake with the gas and the break. Reporter the victims are in their assists . Or 60s and 70s. To nonwere hospitalized were in serious condition. A lot of people knew the victims. Reporter this dance floor set up in the parking lot, right next to the comments. Release a two of the four sides