Im david culver alongside my friend Megan Fitzgerald, in for angie. When i say the date i was thinking, how many days left until christmas. Are you ready . Are you done with your shopping . No. I had my mother buy some gifts for me. I feel bad. I dont like to shop. I dont. Thats the way to do it. If youre shopping today, lauryn says, itll be chilly but, what, itll heat up a little bit . Heat up a little bit. Yesterday, we were at 31. Today well be in the mid 40s. I cant believe you havendont christmas shopping. Well talk about the weather later. We need to talk about the problems youll have the next few days. So i have christmas on my tenday forecast. Thats coming up in 15 minutes. Right now, lets Pay Attention to the w cold. Temperatures are anywhere from the 30s to the 20s. Some areas in the teens throughout the morning. Well warm right up. We have a little breeze out there today. Temperatures will be in the mid 40s. If youre doing reads across america, thank you very much. Itll be a
Bench . No. Will he still get the job . Mysterious deaths. Police in toronto, canada, is investigating this morning after a billionaire and his wife are found dead in their home. Neighbors in disbelief over the deaths, as police call the deaths suspicious. All that plus anita hill heads to hollywood to help the Entertainment Industry take control of rampant Sexual Misconduct allegations. Thousands of people fall ill on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean. And a Close Encounter of a different kind, as an asteroid gets dangerously close to earth today, saturday, december 16th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Sheinelle Jones a jones, craig melvin and dylan dreyer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us. Imsh im craig melvin. Dylan dreyer standing by, as well. This Close Encounter, are we going to it is not going to hit the earth but itll come the closest its been since 1974. It wont be this clear until 2093. F
Entire adult life, first for my grandparents and then my mom had a stroke at the youngc age of. My parents started needing more and more help, and my dad developed alzheimers disease. For about 11 or 12 years ive been gradually increasing support for him. I moved from arizona from here in the d. C. Area about nine years ago, so my parents have lived with me the past five years. My mom passed away four years ago. Sorry. I was also care giving for my sister who livedc on the easte shore of maryland who passed three years ago. So you know this very well, 4zmejj ydo so much back and yes. This is already a very stressful place to live. We all know that. Then to add this, you know, this weight that goes with it, obviously with lots of love but it is still a big strain for caregivers. Recently aarp released a survey about family caregivers and the holidays. Tell us a little bit about those findings. You know because caregivers, were alreadyc stressed. 60 are working so were juggling all of
24yearold mark androtti, who has been charged with dui. Anyone who has seen anything, get in touch with police. Derrick ward, news 4. Also this morning, a little girl is recovering after she was shot in the leg. D. C. Police say kids were playing with a gun when it went off saturday afternoon. The shooting happened inside an apartment along pomeroy. So far no one has been charged. Here we are the time of year when you want to be with your family, right . Relative getting together. But i have to think about this time of the year how difficult it is for families coping with the loss of a loved one. Sad story, but also kind of encouraging. A group of local mothers are coming together to lift each other up after devastating losses. Darcy spencer has their powerful story. A lot of tis to face another day without our babies. Reporter they share a common bond, all moms who have lost a child in a shooting. How can anyone divorce themselves and pull the trigger and sniff out another persons lif
Its about to enter the third week. We are live along the front lines. Firefighters work to get the growing blaze under control. The Trump Transition Team going after Robert Mueller this morning accusing his office of unlawfully obtaining transition emails reportedly in the tens of thousands. Plus, the new tax bill. What does it mean for you . Well get into all of that with chuck todd. With the release of star wars the last jedi, a sunday sitdown with adam driver. Will fans be happy with what happens . God, i hope. I hope. I hope they will. I hope. I think it will be. Tightlipped adam driver. Plus, harry smith a bit later in the show. Lets begin this mor southern california. A massive wild fire burning towards the ocean fueled by high winds with hundreds of homes threatened this morning. Nbcs Steve Patterson is on the front lines in santa barbara. Steve, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. Firefighters are exhausted. Theyve been battling this thing for nearly two weeks. Again,