Nominee joe biden is reacting this morning to a former staffers allegation of Sexual Assault. And home schooling. Why some parents and teachers are feeling overwhelmed balancing work and children at home. We have some ideas on how to cope. We all need that. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. China is a very sophisticated country, and they could have contained it. They either were unable to or chose not to. President trump has threatened new freight tariffs against china after claiming the coronavirus outbreak originated from a laboratory in the country. The truth is the chinese are never going to admit fault. Theyre never going to admit they did anything wrong. Federal social distancing guidelines expire. Its just miserable. Everyone is losing their jobs. Prime minister Boris Johnson says britain is past its peak. Its vital that we do not now lose control. Former Vice President joe biden addresses an allegation of Sexual Assault made against him for the first
On national tv. Whats next for the two candidates with the first vote in iowa looming. On the move, the massive winter storm of snow, ice and rain heads east, taking aim at tens of millions on the east coast. Bundle up. An arctic blast of dangerous cold air behind it al has the latest in his forecast bombshell. The new lawsuit claiming Jeffrey Epstein was sexually abusing young girls on his private island for decades. New outrage. The emergency call from that plane that dumped fuel on los angeles schools reveals the pilot may have lied about what he was doing so you dont need to hold to dump fuel or anything like that . Negative. Breaking overnight heres harry the prince steps out in public for the First Time Since the royal split as he reportedly gets set to join meghan in canada today, thursday, january 16th, 2020 announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this thursday morning an historic da
Event up there. Ive been talking to folks live on the internet, and texting and such, and it is going off up there. Heavy snow, chains on 50 and 80. Lizardlike conditions right now in lake tahoe. For us, we are just seeing a few scattered showers lingering. As that front goes through, this is what they are supposed to look like. The last three weeks have not been what we are supposed to be seeing this time of year. The system that went through today is a classic winter system. San leandro, that cell is producing some significant heavy rainfall as a crosses over by the colosseum and airport. I can sure you Oakland Airport is changing some things probably right now. It will be out of there shortly. Some areas drying out, scattered showers out near concorde. When we come back, well look at the models, and a chance for more showers. We are live in walnut creek after driving up mount diablo. Reporter heather and frank, we decided to drive back down from mount diablo while the light was stil
California needs the rain. Todays storm helped boost our water supply. Were dealing with the cold, wet, and windy weather. Its something else. Today a quickmoving storm soaked the bay area, dumping rain that overwhelmed drains and caused problems on the roads. Reporter parts of the bay area saw hail. A viewer sent us this video from outside his home in the castro district. And the highest peaks picked up some snow. 3,400 in the santa cruz mountains. The sierra got smacked with a lot of snow. More than a foot at higher elevations. This is video of the treacherous drive along interstate 80. Amber lee is here now with more on how the weather affected everyones day. Its been a while since we have had heavy rain. A day of treacherous driving and dealing with problems caused by the rain. Reporter thursdays winter storm made a big splash all over the bay area. In San Francisco, we found standing water. Neighbors say its a recurring problem. I live here. Thats my garage. Water gets too high. I
And we dont know if were going to see them again. Americans arrive. Dozens of firefighters from the u. S. Join the desperate fight against the devastating wildfires in australia. Were with them on the front lines. All that, plus, weinsteins reckoning. The longawaited criminal trial of Harvey Weinstein begins today. What hes finally facing after years of accusations and denials. Wild weekend. Minnesota upsets new orleans in overtime. The pass is caught, for the win. While seattle beats philadelphia to move one step closer to the super bowl. And stars and surprises. 1917 takes home the golden globe for best drama and best director. Plus, a big night for once upon a time in hollywood and brad pitt. Holy moly. While tom hanks is honored with a Lifetime Achievement award and sits down with us. Do you let yourself feel good and enjoy it . Theres an undeniable power that you say, i did work that was good enough that ended up touching people on a very personal level. Our exclusive interview wi