And good morning to all our viewers in the west. Were coming to you live right now. And lure yooking at the scene overnight in parts of new york city. The fires rage. Entire neighborhoods burned up. Over 50 homes destroyed. Weve got new information pouring in every minute. This storm has been deadly. Taken at least 17 lives so far. And there are so many scenes of devastation at this hour. From sandy, as we come on the air on the west coast, the damage is still unfolding. Heres what we know right now, more than 7. 5 Million People are out of power. The center of the storm is over central pennsylvania. A berm in new jersey gave away overnight. And now an entire town is under water right now. People climbing on the roofs of their mobile homes waiting to be rescued. And also a huge story in new york city this morning. Much of the city is under water. Look at these pictures from one of the major highways. All but one of the tunnels in the city are closed right now. Officials also say this i
Welcome to cbs this morning. As daylight arrives on the west coast, much of the east coast is getting to see the full devastation of super storm sandy. The massive storm is blamed for at least 18 deaths at least 7. 5 million utility customers have lost power in 16 states and washington, d. C. It is estimated that sandy has cause edd 10 to 20 billion in damage, making it one of the most expensive storms in America American history. Financial markets are closed again because of the storm. Here in new york city, the subway system could be closed for days because of historic flooding. Our correspondents are on the ground across the east covering the impact of superstorm sandy. We begin our coverage in hardhit new york city. President obama has just declared a state of emergency in new york and new jersey. Jim axelrod is at battery park in manhattan, which was inundated with water. Jim, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie. High tide has come here. At least in this part of battery p
They cornered him in a parking garage negotiating for hours. When those negotiations failed, police sent in a robot carrying an explosive, and they detonated it, ending his life. A look now at how this night of terror unfolded. The time was 7 00 p. M. , the place, belo garden park in downtown dallas. Hundreds of protesters gathering with a common cause, demanding change after a terrible week when two more africanamerican men were killed by police. About 800 people marched through the streets. There was passion, but there was peace, too. In a week of us against them, black versus white, the police and the protesters in dallas seemed determined to get along. Just before 9 00 p. M. , the crack of semiautomatic weapons fire. All of a sudden we just heard gunfire. And there were shots ringing out it felt like from every direction. Peace ambushed by terror. Somebody is really armed to the teeth. People scattered, gripped by panic. At 9 35 p. M. , police warned people to stay away from downto
Good morning, tracy. Were tracking showers and thunderstorm activity. The thunderstorms just offshore of atlantic city. They move through the cape may area, heavy downpours there. The threat this morning, the concern for more flooding rain is this line of showers thats to the west. We have some mainly light rain in the area right now but these heavier showers will swing through, already starting to come down in parts of the Lehigh Valley and the western suburbs. Thats a possibility this morning. Well see more heavy downpours. Were continuing our if first alert this morning, into delaware, new jersey, philadelphia and the suburbs, the possibility this morning of more flash flooding. The threat will end this afternoon. Well get sunshine. Were not going to see something that weve seen for a long time now. 90s will not happen today. Well be in the 80s this afternoon. Ill go through the forecast hour by hour when im back in a few minutes. Jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. Than
Declared. Tragedy in texas. Photos taken moments before the debtliest hot air balloon crash in history. More on the 16 people who lost their lives and how it happened. Olympic athletes and fans arriving in rio. Preparations in full swing. Will the city be ready to host its most famous party ever. Find out, today, august 1st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is a special edition of today, countdown to rio with matt lauer live from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a monday morning. The 2016 Olympic Games almost at hand. Copacabana beach. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Take a look at that. Copacabana is beautiful on a perfect day and by the way, lets get something straight off the bat. In the United States, some people say Rio De Janeiro. Here they call it Rio De Janeiro. Tomato, tomato. Its freaking beautiful. You win the battle of backdrops this morning. May