At least 14 passengers injured after severe turbulence rocks a flight from seoul to dallas. Tense moments in the cabin caught on camera. And the winner is Craig Wayne Boyd. The country star from team blake crowned the voice and he flew across the country to celebrate with us today, wednesday, december 17th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with matt lauer live from studio 1a and Savannah Guthrie live from washington, d. C. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. 7 00 out on the west coast. Weve got a gang here in new york city, savannah is in washington where we expect to hear from the president on the surprise release of alan gross. Good morning to you. Good morning. This is a big story. Cuba has agreed to the 65yearolds release on what it calls humanitarian grounds. Gross was arrested in 2009, and accused of being a spy. Was sentenced to 15 years in prison three years ago. While he is on a plane home right now as we speak, Andrea Mitche
Were going to have get out to Danielle Nottingham in ferguson, missouri with the very latest, danielle . Reporter police say this was worse than the violence that broke out here in ferguson, the community braces for a possible round two tonight. Were learning more about officer Darren Wilsons side of the story. Burned out businesses smoldered following a night of chaos in ferguson, missouri. Rioting broke out after a county prosecutor announced that nine white and three africanamerican jurors decided not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in august. Their decision was based on 7 hours of testimony from 70 hours of testimony from about 60 witnesses. Lawyers criticized the grand jury system saying prosecutors have ongoing relationships with the ferguson police. We object publicly and loudly as we can on behalf of Michael Brown jr. s family that this process is broken. Reporter president obama called for peaceful demonstrations.
We had oakland pd in riot gear come out 10 minutes ago and they are preparing right now behind me for those protesters from 0 gala plaza to headache to make their way to this intersection. We talk to mayorelect libby shaft were going to have a new mayor in the new year. We asked her the horrific vadalism we saw in oakland last night once shes mayor what would she do differently. Three days until the biggest shopping day of the year and olli doesnt have a thing to sell. These looters took about everything he has. Copycating the vandalism in ferguson, missouri. Its sad to see the democratic process get tan ished by anarchy but thats the state that we live in. Trashing of oakland was completely unacceptable. Reporter mayorelect libby shaft didnt agree request the grand jurys decision in ferguson but equally appalled by the vandalism in her hometown. We are absolutely committed to making sure that not only do we prevent it but that people who engage in that type of destructive behavior get
Saw last night showed an oakland that was very uncivil. As if getting an early jumping on Holiday Shopping looters have their way with this metro pcs store on broadway. The owner disgusted watching the havoc hitting his corner store. Blood on the window, Cash Register ransacked. Youre looking at 40 to 50,000 in damage. This is how people feed their kids and they have disregard for it. Reporter three officers caught in the middle of the mayhem were hurt. One has a concussion after getting hit in the face with a brick. After the chaotic event, chief has strong warning. We will not tolerate assaults on our staff or vandalism s destruction occurring in the downtown. Reporter those words arent likely to stop protesters. With that talk a new plan of action for tonight. More chp and oakland cops on the street. We would like to minimize destruction and vandalism. But the priority is human life. Reporter officers couldnt protect his store from the looters, but he says hes not going anywhere. I
Its going to be tracking off to the north, likely through redwood city as we head through 6 12 through san carlos, 6 14, with the ground saturated i cannot stress enough that anyone thats thinking of traveling this way over the next hour be prepared for a major slowdown. Up to the north bay we did have heavier areas of rainfall for today. Its mainly light to moderate. But thats all it takes here to keep this flooding concern with us. Flood advisory until 9 00 tonight for parts of marin, sonoma, and also napa counties. Closely watch those creeks, rivers and streams behind your house. Even a little bit of rainfall can give us some rise. The next five days, three more storm systems are tracking. Ill have the details on that in 15 minutes. As new storms roll in, the concern and bad blood is rising. People in redwood city are fed up and upset that their Mobile Home Parks are getting flooded. They say the city is purposely dragging its feet. That net miranda is in redwood city. Serious accus