A scary moment during a Major League Game as the new york yankees pitcher is hit in the face by a line drive. That hit him. Lets see if hes okay. He walks off the field, and well tell you how hes doing today, tuesday, august 18th, 2015. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Certain moments in sports where you realize how vulnerable the pitcher is. Bryan mitchell, a rookie. Youre right. In the one snanlt at the follow through, that pitcher is exposed. Thats what can happen. Well tell you more on how hes doing. Were going to begin with active Duty Service Members being brought in for First Time Since 2006 to contain these raging wildfires out west. Lets start with Miguel Almaguer live in washington who has the latest. Good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. This wildfire has now torched more than 60,000 acres. More than 40 homes here destroyed. When the smoke clears, that number could rise. Six western states experiencing explosive conditions as here in wash
A scary moment during a Major League Game as a pitcher is hit in the face by a line drive. Lets see if hes okay. He walks off the field. How hes doing today, tuesday, august 18, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. There are certain moment s in sports where you realize how vulnerable the pitcher is those moments after letting it go. Brian mitchell is a rookie and that one instant after the followthrough the pitcher is exposed. Thats what can happen. Well tell you more. Well begin with active Duty Service Members being brought in for the First Time Since 2006 to contain raging wildfires out west. Lets start with Miguel Almaguer in Washington State with the latest. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. This fire alone here has charred at least 56,000 acres, some 32 homes destroyed. The number could rise when the smoke here
Bill neely has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Tragedy with 54 dead, but not the mystery we have seen with other plane crashes in the past year. The two black box flight recorders have been recovered along with all of the bodies. The plane was carrying three babies, two other children, and 49 adults. It took often heavy rain and fog and lost contact. Half an hour later crashing into dense jungle on a mountainside. Me planes that crashed there have never been found. This one was spotted frooam ts, air. Search teams still had to hike for two days to reach it. It was carrying nearly halfee million in cash for local villages. The money not found. The plane totally destroyed. The airline trigana has a deadly safety record. It lost ten planes in 20 years. It is the third deadly air saeter in indonesia in the past year. For peopl ore in this reemote area, planes are the only wayuout. All the dead here indonesian. Matt . Bill ne ely, thank you very much. O t top story in
Condition right now. But were being told a number of shots were fire. Well have updates as soon as we get them. Across the bay, San Francisco police say there were two collisions. One involving a pedestrian and a Police Officer are related. About 7 15 south of market at 6th and stevenson and the pedestrian has serious injuries. Police describe them as life threatening. Officers say an angry crowd surrounded the car as it was pull over i a motorcycle responding to that call was involved in a collision with a sedan. That happened at golden gate and leavenworth. The officer was conscious and taken to the hospital. That intersection was blocked off while police investigated. Traffic was detoured around the scene. Were hearing new details from b. A. R. T. And caltrans about the upcoming closure of the transbay tube. That shutdown will happen labor day weekend. Workers will be replacing tracks. They will be completing the job starting at the beginning of the month. Cabs says just like during
Just the facts. Nothing but the facts. That was joe friday, actually. Mark we literally have a great show tonight. Donald j. Trump starts the week with more questions. The very viability as a gop nominee. He did what donald trump often does when he faces questions about his candidacy. He gave a scripted speech. Today, he was in youngstown, ohio. He laid out his plan for combating terrorism. Trump called for a quick and complete eradication of isis, finding Common Ground with russia, and background screenings are in doubt. While continuously framing Hillary Clinton as weak on terrorism, trump proposed a political and ideological test for immigrants coming into america. Here are some of the highlights. Donald trump Hillary Clinton lacks the judgment, as said by Bernie Sanders, stability, and temperament and the moral character to lead our nation. [applause] she also lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on isis. We should only admit into this country those who share our values an