Threatening at least three communities forcing thousands to flee. Nbcs jay gray reports from near the fire line in hailey, idaho. Reporter the fight against the beaver creek wildfire continues for a 13th day this morning in the idaho mountains. The massive blaze fanning out in several directions right now. Pushed by strong winds and with no shortage of dried out brush for fuel. Were just in extended drought. Its been hot. Its been dry. The vegetation here is extremely dry. Its the perfect firestorm. Reporter 2300 families have been evacuated and more than 7,000 now told to pack and be ready to leave at a moments notice. A little unnerving. Its a little unsettling. Reporter an uneasy feeling thousands are dealing with across the west right now where more than 40 wildfires are burning out of control. More than 30 of those sparked by lightning in a region where theyve seen at least 600 strikes in the last 24 hours. The concerns are certainly just the erratic conditions out here and the er
Surprise. And each of their reactions is more priceless than the last today, saturday, march 8th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. We do want to get you right to todays top story, and that is the Malaysia Airliner that we first learned went missing overnight. We first heard last night that it had gone missing. As the hours go on, the airline says it still has not found any evidence of wreckage. Lets bring you the latest as we know it. There is a massive effort under way right now to find the plane. Searchandrescue crews were deployed as soon as authorities realized the plane was missing. And air Traffic Control lost contact with that plane about two hours into what was supposed to be a sixhour flight. And there were 239 people on board the plane, including 3 americans, one of them an infa
All. The winning team is celebrating with us today, thursday, september 26th, 2013. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer. I dont care if you know nothing about sailing. This was cool stuff yesterday. All you need to know is that this team came back from an 81 deficit. Won eight straight races and retained the america cup. Thats cool. I hear theyre going to play pittsburgh next. Anthony from behind camera one over there. Thank you, anthony. I had nothing to say about sailing. People will be excited when they hear how they pulled this off. Todays top story and that is this looming government shut down. Nbcs Peter Alexander is in washington. Peter, good morning to you. Matt, good morning to you. Simply put, everyone is zeroing in on october 1st. Thats next tuesday. If congress doesnt reach a budget deal boy then, federal agencies close. Its also the first day when uninsured americans can sign up for the president S Health Care
You might have a little assist if you need a little help. I think im going to need a little help, okay . But they woke up to some weather here that was crazy you get up at 4 00 and go and walk blake because you live in the city. I get up a little bit after that and i take my dogs out. These are our two views. I woke up and cars, because thats my neighborhood. I was literally, like i almost wanted to write something in that snow with my finger. Ill bet you did. But i decided against it. I took a couple of pictures, too. I just could not believe it. Look at the flowers. The daffodils desperately trying. I went over to i couldnt believe it. On the barbecue, i went to wipe off, because im so mad at the snow. It was solid ice. It wasnt just falling snow. 34 degrees in new york city. The temperature dropped 50 degrees in 36 hours. They got snow in chicago, in the midwest, nebraska, michigan, wisconsin. I mean, it really got we were over this six weeks ago. Over it. Over. We were over it. Oka
Confrontation between bikers and the drivers of an suv. Why he says the video only reveals part of what happened today, wednesday, march 5th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news 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, and how many times have we seen that video of that confrontation between bikers and the driver of that suv on a highway here in new york . Well, there was one man run over. You just saw the video right there. Weve never really heard his story until today. But hes joining us this morning for an exclusive live interview. All right. Well get to that in a little while. Lets get to our top story this morning. The crisis in ukraine. That countrys flag is flying over a key government building in eastern ukraine. It had been occupied by prorussian demonstrators since the weekend. Agreed to a nato request to hold a special meeting today to discuss this crisis. Also on the dip