What part are humans play in this process . And is there a connection between colvin Climate Change and the destruction of Wildlife Habitats . Some african countries plan to reforest 100000000 hectares of land over the next 10 years. How do they plan to do this . Today were going to visit a mountain gorilla habitat. Our guide is dr. Gladys sorcha, a veterinarian 1st some anti virus measures dr. Kelly might see kusaka cofounded, an organization that aims to protect wildlife from disease spread by humans, but it funded the organization in 2003. And at that time, people do not think it was a priority. They recognized that it was an issue, but they didnt think it was such a big problem. But the could be mentioned in the show, and that is really the big problem. Then if you want to put in the next pandemic, you have to be able to seriously, if you didnt include for senility diseases. And the situation also affects local residents who make their living from tourism flourished. Business recen
On. This morning, where the showdown could be headed. Breaking his silence. Scott peterson, speaking out for the first time in nearly 15 years, claiming he did not kill his wife, laci, and their unborn child. This morning one of the most notorious convicted murderers in his own words from death row. Those stories, plus gert strengthens into a hurricane overnight. Swift justice for taylor. And the silent song thats racing up the charts. [ silence ] today, tuesday, august 15th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. When you have a chance, you have to explain that silence of music thing to me. Thats over my head. Its a busy morning. We want to start with the protests facing the president , after it took him two days to denounce the hate groups in the car attack in charlottesvillech virginia. Were going to start with kristen
Officers with a metal rake and refused commands to put it down. It happened on chase street. We went to santa cruz and spoke to concerned neighbors who say the suspect was mentally unstable. Reporter people who live in this quiet neighborhood in my santa cruz say they are surprised to hear of a deadly shooting, let alone one where an officer pulled a trigger. Any death is a tragedy. Its scary that it came to that. Its scary it had to come to a shooting. I tend to not expect that out here. Reporter it was at this home on cherry street. Police got a frantic 911 call at 3 30 am. Resident called with a report of someone bashing on their doors and windows and screaming that they wanted to kill everyone in the house. Reporter a family was home at the time. When officers got there, they got the suspect away from the house. It was on the Streets Police say the man then confronted officers, attacking them with a metal rake and wouldnt stop despite several attempts with a taser. Officer lives we
The officers were sitting inside of the stark bucks near lincoln road and state 80 in vallejo. The man walked up, he was armed with an assault rifle. He was wearing body armor. He came up to the front door of the coffee shop. He pipted lt pointed the gun at thes officers but when he fired the weapon something jammed. We are presuming that it was a malfunction in the weapon. The weapon was leveled at them when he was doing this. Reporter authorities said the officers chased him from the starbucks and they opened fire on him a block away when he continued to pose a threat to the officers and the public at large. He was hit three times and hes in stable but Critical Condition at the hospital. Eftion wanted for questioning in connection with an accidental shooting at a home in suisun city at a home sunday. His two year old son got ahold of a gun and shot himself. But by the time the officers got there, the suspect was gone. The police said its clear that the suspect staked out the officers
Get ready to kickstart a brand new month. Numbers later today from the 60s at the coast through the 70s around the peninsula and in san jose into the low and mid 80s away from the bay and unseasonably mild weather set up for you today. The effects all this will have on your holiday. Well talk about that. Well address it at 18 after the hour. Right now rocky, hows it looking out the door right now, roqui, hows it looking out the door . Foggy on this end. Altamont pass out of tracy, cars are driving about 22 Miles Per Hour. The 205 to the Altamont Pass will take you altogether about 15 minutes. And then if you take that on to the dublin interchange, heres a live look at that commute direction, traffic Altamont Pass to 680 westbound will take but 15 minutes, as well. And then an update on your bay bridge the lower deck, ramp to Treasure Island is closed because of mud mountain road. San mateo bridge heading because of mud in the roadway. San mateo bridge bridge heading into San Francisco,