Got from thece chief, mpd police chief who covered the last couple of inaugurations. Which is preparing for an inauguration to preparing for a super bowl which is what she is doing now with her job with the nfl. She says i am watching. I remember what its like to be out there trying to keep the peace in all of that turmoil. Super bowl planning is intense but much better, she says. I dont miss seeing and dealing with the violence. Good luck to all of you. We wish kathy good luck at the super bowl because that is no easy task either. Amy is out there on the street. What are you and what are you seeing . This is by Franklin Square park and seeing a huge crowd of people to protest donald trump. A lot of people out here in full force. Police are out here in riot gear and they are formed a line th have been using pepper spray as they told me earlier. People here seem to have come prepared for that scenario and seeing a lot of people wearing gas masks and goggles and things like that. They di
A flight. And horrible mistake. A driver in houston with two kids in the car goes around a Railroad Crossing gate to try and beat a train unsuccessfully. No one was seriously hurt, but that driver is facing a lot of questions today, thursday, april 3rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a if rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Nice to have you along on a thursday morning. Unfortunately, though, we do begin with sad news. Our top story is another tragic shooting at fort hood in texas. Youll remember thats the site of a similar deadly attack back in 2009. This time four people are dead including the gunman, and were learning a lot more about him this morning. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has the latest for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning. U. S. Military officials identified the gunman as 34yearold ivan lopez, an iraq war veteran. He was being evaluated for posttraumatic stress disorder, but he had not been diagnose