Phone call and demanded money. Thanks for staying with us im tony perkins. Im shawn yancy. He called the woman and claimed he was holding her father and threatened to kill him if he didnt pay up. She recorded part of the conversation. Lindsay watts spot to the woman tonight shawn, tony. This happened just this afternoon. Amber got a call from a man who said her dad was involved in a hit and run crash and heres the twist. The caller said ambers dad had hit his son and then tried to flee the scene. Now ambers dad was being held hostage an she had to pay thousands to save his life. Do you want us to name folks and see him again you will do this correctly. You understanding me amber. Yes. He said someone will have to pay for what your father did and the charges for my sons hospital bills. You have two openings youre going to do this correctly and respond and if got im going to hang up the phone and brains out and you can save the money for his funeral. How far are you from your house, 40 m
Erin 7 00. A lot of volume, take a look at 66, Prince William parkway, not the only air area with major congestion, big problems on 210 as well. Well take a closer look at that, allison and steve. Is starting off with headlines in california. Crews still investigating the cause of a deadly plane crash. A family of five, man, wife and three children. Authorities say three people dead, two survived. The family took off from riverside headed home to san jose after a cheerleading competition. It crashed into a residential area. Two homes were destroyed. Minor damage to other homes. Nobody on the ground hurt. Police investigating a deadly shooting. Gunshots rang out. Melanie is all over this one. Shes live for this one. Reporter what were hearing from neighbors theyre saying 30 to 40 heard. So frightened by the sound, they grabbed their family, and loved ones and just went to safety in the back of their homes, heres the ally right here and as the sun is coming up, you can see even more of t
Erin 7 00. A lot of volume, take a look at 66, Prince William parkway, not the only air area with major congestion, big problems on 210 as well. Well take a closer look at that, allison and steve. Is starting off with headlines in california. Crews still investigating the cause of a deadly plane crash. A family of five, man, wife and three children. Authorities say three people dead, two survived. The family took off from riverside headed home to san jose after a cheerleading competition. It crashed into a residential area. Two homes were destroyed. Minor damage to other homes. Nobody on the ground hurt. Police investigating a deadly shooting. Gunshots rang out. Melanie is all over this one. Shes live for this one. Reporter what were hearing from neighbors theyre saying 30 to 40 heard. So frightened by the sound, they grabbed their family, and loved ones and just went to safety in the back of their homes, heres the ally right here and as the sun is coming up, you can see even more of t
Evacuation. This morning crews struggling to control those flames. And sheeran, the love. A special winter concert from one of the hottest superstars in music. Ed sheeran is on our plaza and our huge crowd cannot wait to take the stage today wednesday, march 8th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today its a wednesday morning. Weve got willie in once again for matt. Usually i can confidently say i woke up earlier than everyone on our plaza. Not today. Everybody wants to see our concert this morning. Hes the man of the moment. Ed sheeran going to do a full set for us this morning. Playing every piece of his own orchestra homici orchestra as hes up on stage. Wick kileaks releasing secr for hacking into your phone, your tv and people wondering now do the bad guys have access to this information . Well start with politics. Formal debate over the new Health Care Bill getting underway this m
Without a woman. Women calling attention to womens issues including not working and buying from only women owned stores. There are rallies and marches planned for this day. Megan fitzgerald is at Freedom Plaza with one is just getting under way. Megan. Reporter guys, thats exactly right, this protest here is slowly starting to get participants here. You can see behind me not a big crowd at the moment but we are told that people are expected to gather here closer to 11 30. Thats when were told this protest is expected to start. They will then be marching to the white house. You can see a lot of signs and People Holding signs that say resist or stop the war on women, women rights are human rights. Youll recall this protest started by the organizers of the womens march on washington. Thats when over a Million People came out and demonstrated a day after the inauguration. They are asking women sol da solidarity. They are asking women to not shop. They are trying to demonstrate the Economic