A dramatic new outbreak of twisters in the midwest. One taking down this starbucks in indiana as customers were seeking shelter. Incredibly, everybody got out alive today, thursday, august 25th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its thursday. Nice to have you with us. Two big weather stories this morning. Al is about to join us. Hes keeping an eye on those tornadoes that you talked about. Then he has that storm hes looking at down in the tropics. Lets go right to this overnight investigation into the devastating earthquake in italy. As we just mentioned, the death toll jumped dramatically overnight. The search for survivors being slowed by hundreds of aftershocks that have shaken that region. One area of focus in amatrice where a hotel is expected to have dozens of guests trapped inside. Lets get to nbc correspondent bill neely in that hard hit town this morning. Bill, good
Lets head to leigh spann for the latest on the work week weather. Were in the last week of the summer and summer has a good grasp. Looking out, were seeing temperatures that have climbed to 85 degrees in most places. Im having trouble going to the next graphic. What well see throughout the day today , storms will develop along the coast in the next hour or so and push inland as we head through the afternoon. Its going to be about a 40 rain chance. I hope you enjoy the sunshine. Its going to transition. 88 degrees, 77 degree dew point. The higher the dew point, the more humid outside. Well talk about the tropics coming up. Breaking news at 11 00, this man, Ahmad Khan Rahami, is wanted by the fbi as a suspect york citys chelsie neighborhood. Federal officials claimed the explosion chelsie was not the work of international terrorists, nor connected to a pipe bombing in new jersey. Now this morning, the fbi is linking the two as well as the finding of five more explosive devices on a train
Look that the. When you look at the loews don cesar over the gulf of mexico, its like glass at this point. 87degrees, a perfect summer day on the beach except for the last 40 minute, the its no longer been summer. We are officially in fall. It began at 10 21. The average high today is still 88 degrees. I know what you want to know is when is it going to cool down . Look at this, november 1st, average of 81. Break out the sweaters for high of 75. Even though the average is 88, we will be hotter by the afternoon, 90 degrees. Not many storms developing so fall begins and summer heat continues. The rain chance today, tomorrow and saturday just 20 . Out in the to bics, two systems tropic, two systems out there. But both should stay in the open waters of the atlantic. A 20 rain chance today, tomorrow and saturday and 30 sunday and monday. Thank you. Can only be described as chaos. Protests over the officer involved shooting death of keith scott spiraled into riots with violence against Polic
Meetings as secretary of state were with donors to her familys charity. This morning, why the Clinton Campaign is calling that report utterly flawed. And cashing in . A new twist in the controversy surrounding the skyrocketing cost of life saving epipens. The salary of the head of the company that makes them rising from 2 million to nearly 19 million in just eight years. The outrage and the companys explanation today, wednesday, august 24th, 2016. This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning, a morning that weve got breaking news coming out of europe. That strong earthquake striking central italy early this morning. The epicenter, about 100 miles to the northeast of rome. Isnt there anymore. Nbcs Lucy Cavanaugh is in a hardhit area with us on the phone. Lucy, good morning. Reporter morning, matt and savannah. It is a dark day for italy. At least 37 people were killed and we dont kn
Along gulf to bay boulevard where were following a crash. Unfortunately, it does involve a pedestrian who has passed away so this is going to be at the intersection with belcher road where were seeing the westbound lanes are blocked and we do have some delays reported in the area and i apologize. Sensors have been off in Pinellas County a little bit as far as the positioning but this is back up towards u. S. 19 in that westbound direction. So drivers, please avoid the area. Normally for this, i would throw out maybe drew street as a good work around since its not too far from gulf to bay. Its just to the north and westbound and eastbound but theres a separate crash working at old coachman road there and were seeing notable delay. I would say maybe druitt street or east bay, those are some work arounds for you. We do have a crew headed to the scene so well give you a live report as soon as we can. Dave . Dave you know, the radar looks worse than it really is outside. You get all the sho