The National Weather service says more than two inches of rain fell in lubbock in under two hours. Turning roadways into water ways. The flooding was so sudden and severe, fire crews had to pull people from their vehicles. The storm also brought hail, lightning and high winds that downed power lines. And in western texas, were getting a first look at devastating flooding after the pecos river overflowed its banks earlier this week. Cars were stuck in the mud and mobile homes flooded. More rain is expected in that region today. The u. S. Military has expanded its aerial campaign against isis targets striking in both syria and iraq. The strikes, however, have not stopped militants from advancing in kurdish areas. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel has the latest from the turkey syria border. Reporter isis now has copycats. In algeria, a militant group claimed it beheaded this French National in revenge for attacks on isis. In the philippines, another group threatened to do th
This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist in for matt along side Natalie Morales and dylan dreyer. Our lead story this morning, despite everything you saw there, Savannah Guthrie turns 29 years old. Happy birthday savannah, again. Thank you so much. Turned 29, oh, 13 years ago i think. 29 and holding. Natalie just mentioned im the oldest person sitting at this table. By six months. Youre right on my trail. Meanwhile, willie has the gift that keeps on giving. Willie has the stomach flu this morning. I do. A lot of leaning in all directions this morning. We have the bucket and the purel right here. I would watch the full show this morning. Theres no telling whats going to happen. Lets get to todays top story. The effort to rescue dozens of people stranded on a ship to antarctica. They have been there since tuesday and the first ice breaking
Nearblizzard conditions is slamming the east coast. 90 Million People between the midwest and new england are in its path. Nbc meteorologist bill karins is here in new york. And richard lui is in boston. Lets get to it, shall we . Bill, this seems like a doublewhammy, snow and bonechilling cold weather. And the wintertime in the northeast gets usually one or the other. You can get the snowstorms or you can get really cold air. This is a combination of the two. Something that hasnt been seen in maybe a couple of decades in this region. We are looking at the highest snowfall totals just north of boston. 24 inches reported in two feet of powdery snow in boxford, massachusetts. Boston, 14 inches, albany, providence, philly and new york, ranging between five to eight inches and the Nations Capital has picked up an inch and a half and none of it has melted. Snow has stopped in baltimore, ending in philadelphia. Another hour or two in new york city. It will all be done. And its starting to wi
Why do you build me up cruise control. The guy who has so many people singing together, on the worlds busiest freeway. How being stuck in endless l. A. Traffic is finally fun, with everyone in tune. I need you more than anyone darling all i can say is somewhere diane sawyer is smiling. Thats her favorite song. Remember, she had a music video to it . Everybody sang that. Can we see that . Yeah. If theres a god in heaven well be seeing that, soon. Made a lot of people happy in l. A. Were going to get to that in a little bit. We have a lot of news to get to this morning. We certainly do. We have new details how the terrorists pulled off their massive attack at the upscale mall in kenya. Renting a store where they stashed their weapons and planned their attack. Lets get right to that. Mr. Smith goes to washington moment for the tea party right now. There you see the texas senator, ted cruz, has been holding the senate floor since just after 2 00 yesterday afternoon, all to show how much he
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