Good morning. Im betty nguyen. Thanks for joining us. Shock and utter belief how fans are reacting to death of prince. The 57yearold was found unresponsive in his home thursday and was declared dead just a short time later. The cause of death is still unclear. Official say an autopsy is scheduled for today. In minnesota, princes home state, a sea of fans gathered outside first avenue last night. That is where prince intermediate a large portion of purple rain. Earlier, a rainbow appeared over princes paisley park home and music studio. In brooklyn, spike lee organized a Street Dance Party outside of his Music Production studio for his late fan. In harlem, fans danced to his music throughout the afternoon. On broadway, the cast of hamilton honored prince with their own rendition of lets go cities across the nation paid tribute to the purple rain singer. A slew of remembrance er rances by those who knew him. The meaning of the word lost has taken on new meaning this day. Thank god, love
Candidates in the race for the white house good morning, welcome to today in new york on this sunday. It is march 6th. Happy you can join us. Im pat battle. Im Gus Rosendale. Good have you back. We missed you yesterday. Raphael miranda is here in the Weather Center. Big changes and lots of us are excited about the changes. A major warmup is on the way. Today we have another cool start out there. Temperatures in the 30s. Were even tracking some snow. Very light snow off to the west of new york city. Places like sussex county, Warren County to morris county. Youre seeing light snow and flurries this morning. Nothing major. But it could cause slippery action on the roadways. Please be careful, especially west of new york city. The flurries will continue through the morning hours. Temperatures are cold enough for snow around much of the region. Around freezing in central park. Its 33. 29 staten island, 31 in Valley Stream. Its 33 degrees in city island. We have colder spots to the north an
His remarks for the first time will be in english, only brief remarks before the two men meet together in private. They have shared concerns publicly about things like Climate Change and income inequality, but behind the smiles there are some real issues of substance like the topic of religious freedom. There will be midday prayers said at st. Matthews cathedral and the pope will head to the basilica where he will canonize junipero serra, the man who brought christianity to california, the first time a canonization will take place on u. S. Soil. Matt, whats struck me so far this morning is just the energy among the people we met here. We met one man who isnt even catholic who said to me im here because this pope is different. He speaks to all of us, and as the father of Young Children i can tell you never wake a sleeping baby. We met another family who brought their 1monthold. We got up at 4 30 in the morning because we wanted our son to be blessed. Matt. Parents with their children he
Shuts down 9w in both directions. Police officers have set up a detour out there. You will be able to get around it. Then we have plenty of road work as well on the verrazano bridge. On the lower level two, lanes shut down. Up here, a little red on the bqe. We have our normal morning construction, and it is causing a delay. More weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. Lauren, thank you. It is 5 01 right now. Now to that breaking news in california, where 31 people were shot, 14 of them are dead. It is the deadliest mass shooting in our country since the massacre in newtown. Just a few hours ago, police held a News Conference. They confirmed the identities of the two shooters, a couple, both standoff. This is one of them, syed farook. They also confirmed the suspects left behind multiple explosive devices and just now officers are finally getting into the building where that shooting happened. Also overnight, a Family Member of the suspects spoke. More on that in a moment. This shooting ha
Back waterboarding if elected president , calling it peanuts compared to what terrorists are doing. They dont use waterboarding over there. They use chopping off peoples heads. As a new poll, a national poll, shows him holding on to a doubledigit lead. Intense manhunt. New Orleans Police identify the gunman in this chilling video. A medical student shot in the stomach for stepping in to help a woman being attacked. We know who you are, and you need to know that we are going to find you. This morning the allout search for the suspect. And concussion controversy. The st. Louis rams quarterback hits his head hard on the turf and appears dazed as he struggles to get up, so why didnt anyone check on him, and why was he left in the game . Questions facing his coaches and the nfl today, monday, november 23rd, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morni