From lighting up Rockefeller Center today, wednesday, december 2nd, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Big day here in Rockefeller Center. Going to be an even bigger night when about 300,000 people pack the streets behind us. They are all counting on one thing. Thats al rokers forecast for tonight, hoping there wont be rain when that Beautiful Tree gets all lit up. Al . Going to be nice. Were hoping that it is. Uhoh. You know what happens if that switch gets wet. Yeah, a lot of disappointed folks. Well check in with al to get the forecast in a little while. On a wednesday morning. Days after the head of Chicagos Police Department Said he had the support of the mayor in the killing of a teenage suspect, him, and protesters say emanuel should also step down. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is in chicago. Steph, good morning to you. Reporter mat
Odonnell good evening. Scott is off. Im norah odonnell. As many as 10 tornadoes have been reported as severe storms threatening nearly a third of the country. I can see the debris. Odonnell this was the frightening scene this afternoon as a large tornado plowed through clarksdale, mississippi. It appeared to be on the ground for about 10 minutes. The twister blew a tractor trailer off the road and damaged homes. Tornado watches and warnings have been issued in at least 10 state. Eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our sister station wbz in boston is track the storm. A very violent evening of storms weve seen develop in a very unusually warm and humid air mass. The storms racing off to the north and east, the storm motion at 60 Miles Per Hour at times. They are moving very fast. Several tornadoes spread out over a wide area, some all the way up into illinois, eastern parts of iowa, into indiana, including the town of santa claus had a Tornado Warning earlier on today. The strongest torn
With a promise, to give away 99 of his facebook fortune. The 45 million going to make the world a better place for his baby and other children. And let there be light. The worlds most famous Christmas Tree just hours away from lighting up Rockefeller Center today, wednesday, december 2nd, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Big day here in Rockefeller Center. Going to be an even bigger night when about 300,000 people pack the streets behind us. They are all counting on one thing. Thats al rokers forecast for tonight, hoping there wont be rain when that Beautiful Tree gets all lit up. Al . Going to be nice. Were hoping that it is. You know what happens if that switch gets wet. Yeah, a lot of disappointed folks. Well check in with al to get the forecast in a little while. Lets start with our top story on a wednesday morning. Days aft
Story, look for more ahead on local five news and online at we are iowa dot com. Sabrina in the number two spot this morning. Sabrina a roosevelt Girls Basketball coach and special Education Teacher is in jail this morning. Charge d with felony sex abuse of a student. Des Moines Police say 46 year old gerald tig johnson turned himself in yesterday afternoon. A warrant had been placed for his arrest over the charges. The school has placed johnson on administrative leave pwnding the results of the investigation. Sabrina the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Sabrina an end has come to a metro child abuse case, Christina Williamson was sentenced tuesday to five years in prison. While running a daycare out of her Pleasant Hill home, a video captured her abusing children. Williamson pleaded guilty to two counts of child endangerment, in exchange for some other charges being dropped. Sabrina number four. Sabrina republican president ial facing major fallout over his p
The country. I can see the debris. Odonnell this was the frightening scene this afternoon as a large tornado plowed through clarksdale, mississippi. It appeared to be on the ground for about 10 minutes. The twister blew a tractor trailer off the road and damaged homes. Tornado watches and warnings have been issued in at least 10 state. Eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our sister station wbz in boston is track the storm. A very violent evening of storms weve seen develop in a very unusually warm and humid air mass. The storms racing off to the north and east, the storm motion at 60 Miles Per Hour at times. They are moving very fast. Several tornadoes spread out over a wide area, some all the way up into illinois, eastern parts of iowa, into indiana, including the town of santa claus had a Tornado Warning earlier on today. The strongest tornadoes so far have been in northern mississippi, very violent storms, some of the damage reports coming in right now. We have seen trees snapped of