But can they stop them . And a surfer nearly attacked by a shark on live tv. As we look at fanning on the rankings oh sh [ bleep ]. Today squuljuly 20 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Cast back together for the first time this a while. Can can we put up that footage again . That shark attack we have talked about shark attacks on this show so many times. To see it happen and know it was on live tv is unbelievable. He goes under for a couple of seconds. Especially when the wave comes up and you cant see him. More amazing is the competitor in the water who swam to try to save him. Our top story, a major interstate in Southern California closed after part of the roadway washed away. We have latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. A wild weekend for weather extremes after a kriping drought. The area is seeing historic rainfall that brought
In south africa. After getting smacked around a bit and after hitting back to the shark also fanning was picked up by rescuers. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, july 20th. From abc news this is world news now with t. J. Holmes and reena ninan. Good morning, everyone. We begin this half hour with the extreme weather in much of the country. Heavy rain in Southern California caused flooding and mud slides. Washed away an interstate highway bridge near the arizona border and caused repair rainout baseball games. It was the first rainout for the los angeles for the angels in 20 years. The anaheim angels out there, but this wasnt the only area hit hard this weekend. We get more from busy ans rob marciano. A wild weekend of deadly weather across the country. In the southwest, leftovers from hurricane dolores causing this. Oh my god this is wicked. Flash flooding in arizona. Debrisfilled water rushing through this town outside phoenix. Like two feet of water. Quickly receding
Polls . And shark showdown. A champion surfer coming face to face with a shark on live tv. Knocked off his board. E he kept coming at my board, i was like kicking and screaming and, wow. What he said this morning about how he survived the terrifying encounter. We do say good morning, america, on this monday morning. Whoo some scary moments for that surfer we just saw. Well hear what he says. It was on Live Television. His mother was watching. Oh. She said she just wanted to reach through the tv and pull him out of the water. All on impulse. So scary to watch. Not a scratch on him. He fought it off. More on that comes up. We begin with the flooding this morning. Some of the worst downpours Southern California has ever seen in the summer. That parking lot now a river. Those cars are getting submerged. Ginger starts us off. Its amazing to see. The dry season. You have this a storm, the remnants of what was hurricane dolores, now pumping moiure up to california. L. A. And san diego, the we
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And heros welcome. The superstar surfer returns home overnight after that shark scare. Now a worldwide phenomenon and opens up about that Close Encounter to friends and family joking about why he was targeted. As the internet goes into overdrive with its new hero. Im glad he can joke about a shark attack right now but were all going to have to get into the water to escape the heat. Im telling you. Well begin with the sizzling heat. Millions under heat warnings and advisories. It was the hottest day of the year in major cities across the northeast and temperatures could top 90 degrees again. Ginger where else would she be but outside in the heat for us this morning . Oh good morning, to you, robin. This is supposed to be the hottest time of year and, boy, is it turning out to be. Already in the low 80s this morning. One of the issues. The temperatures are not dropping. The other issue, a lot of moisture in the air. Look at some of the heat indyices and feels like 90. You have the heat a