Just minutes ago the chp told her the names of the victims who were in that suv. Amber. Reporter healther family and friends heather family and friends have been gather here at the hospital. And they just told us the name of the victim, sandica patel and her daughter sal. Reporter relatives and friends came to the hospital to keep a vigil to the mother and daughter. Theyre also mourning the death of another daughter, misha tand. Featured here on her facebook page. I didnt know it would turn out like this. Im just very sorry that it had to happen. Reporter the Highway Patrol says nisha was driving in her familys gold lexus suv when her vehicle slammed into the back of a police cruiser. For an unknown reason the gold suv swerved to the right, struck our patrol car, the left rear and continued to overturn. Reporter the chp says alcohol and drugs were not factors in the accident. And its still trying to determine what caused the father to veer off the road. Friends tell us the tandel famil
Today, august 2nd, 2013. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning. I am Savannah Guthrie. Matt is on assignment, and so are a lot of other people, because i am here. Yes, you are here. Always good to have you. A little stubl. A little edge in the morning. Good morning, mom. We have a great show for somebody who comes from the voice. Theres a great show. They are ready. Were going to start with a drastic move by the state department. They have ordered the shut down of multiple u. S. Embassies and consulates. Andrea mitchell is our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent and has got the latest. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. This is highly unusual. The threat is from one source Officials Say related to al qaeda in the middle east. Mentioning a threat to diplomatic posts overseas. Vague but in the aftermath of benghazi the state department is not taking any chances. Announcing the closing of all u. S. Embassies normal
World you might never have expected. Google glass experiment. What happens when you spend days walking through the halls of congress with the latest technology, a lot. Hello, everyone. It is high noon in the east. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. We have developing now at this hour, 22 u. S. Embassies and consulates in 17 countries all closed today amid one of the most serious terror warnings in years. Most of those are in the middle east and north africa much the state department has issued a Worldwide Travel alert for americans, its the first since Osama Bin Laden was killed. It warns terrorists may elect to use a variety of means and weapons and target both official and private interests. That warning in effect through august. Security is also being increased across the u. S. Out of what authorities are calling an abundance of caution although they say there is no specific threat to the homeland and joint chiefs of staff general Martin Dempsey says the threat is specific and seri