East 198th street. Tracie strahan is there right now. Tracie, i know police are trying to sort this out and get ready to present more information. Reporter thats right, michael. We received a briefing off camera. That 30yearold suspect was able to let off 15 rounds after grabbing that Police Officers gun in one fell swoop out of his holster. One of those bullets struck that 49yearold bodega clerk. I want to show all of this that happened. About 1 08 this morning, according to police, there was a 30yearold suspect that went into one bodega to beg for money or an item. He was kicked out by the store owner or clerk. He then went into a bodega across the street and continued to do the same. That 49yearold store clerk from the previous store tried to alert the people inside about the suspect. But then he just lost control. A struggle that was caught on videotape. They tried to get control of him. That is when two officers from the 52nd precinct came inside and that suspect, 30yearold man gr
2016. The u. S. Women win gold in the 4x2. That was beautiful. Thats a gold medal for kirsten armstrong. Announcer this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, and savanh good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb. Savannah is in new york. We refuse to do a show without Medal Winners. Look at who we have today. That is Alison Schmidt part of that gold medal relay team in is alongside her. Michael hickson and sam dorman took silver in synchronized diving and well ask what it is like to compete in what is a big story here. The green water in the pool. Its so much fun to watch athletes and the crowd get to hang out a little bit. By the way, their parents are all hanging out over here by the way, you know who else is joining us on the beach this morning . Its going to feel a little bit like tennessee because the band perry is coming down here to rio and theyll put on a
Copacabana beach today, wednesday, august 17th, 2016. Dont know if ive seen him do quite that good ever and that may there and then have been the gold medal jump. That one just about perfect announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, a guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special splitedition of today. [ cheers and applause ] hoda, were here to covering the olympics, so its all about the athletes. Were going to be talking about a lot of medalists this morning, but with we could give out an olympic gold medal for sportsmanship and supporting team usa, the guy standing down he flew all the way from los angeles here to surprise the final five. Hes been watching simone biles tweet. He was keeping up with all of it. He said, what am i doing at home . He got on a plane. There was a lot of cloak and dagger. Were going to show you the epic surprise in a little bit. W
Were celebrating with all of them today wednesday, august 10, 2016. Wonder woman is right there in the pool. Weve got her in rio. Get the gold medals ready again. No way anybody is going to catch Michael Phelps tonight. Announcer from nbc news this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to a special split edition of today from rio and new york on a wednesday morning. Let me say thanks to the folks behind us because it is windy, wet and nasty here in rio this morning. We dont care because there won in day four. Seven medals, four gold led by u. S. Women. We had so much fun with them after we caught up with them after a big win. That interview just ahead. You were there for the competition and got to watch it. It was conor dwyer and townley haas are with us. Stunning upset in tennis. Serena williams is out. We will have all the olympic news in a moment. First we
Sunshine. But at least less humid conditions. Lets see if there are any problems for the commute. No major problems. Only construction. But it is causing a delay in certain areas. For new jersey, route 17 northbound shut down between century road and midland avenue and southbound two lanes are blocked. Northbound youll be diverted at century road and get back on later after midland avenue. And crossbronx expressway, two lanes remain shut down east on the 4s. New this morning, a fierce fire has injured two children in Bergen County on washington avenue in little ferry. Jen maxfield is there and this was quite the scene. Reporter definitely was. And what an incredible rescue operation when a Little Ferry Police lieutenant who was driving in the area heard an explosion and raced to the reason. The residents were literally throwing their children to safety. We will show you some video of that fire now. This is a very serious two alarm blaze that is believed to have started as a gas explosi