To play the San Francisco 49ers are getting ready for the debut game, the preliminary game at their new south bay home. The traffic, the tailgaters, well have all eyes watching to see how it unfolds. Marianne favro is joining us from great america, they are going to expect changes as well on sunday. Reporter major changes, peggy. If you were planning to bring your kids to the Amusement Park tomorrow you have to pick a different day. Great america will be closed. But its parking lot will be filled with 6,000, 49ers ticket holders. All will be able to enjoy a red zone rally at great america. The events cost 85 and is open to the public. This was renovated to host the rally. The 49ers cheerleaders will be here along with team alumni. Youll be aible to ride the roller coaster. Dont plan to bring the whole family for a day at Amusement Park. Weve done our best to get the word out. We put it on message sign, we have jumbotron on the freeway. Were using any medium we can to get the word out.
Wet weather is already moving in the area. First alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp is tracking that. Good morning. Showers you shapushing into poconos. Heres a live look at the city skyline. Well see clouds increasing on this mostly cloudy start on this sunday. You can see where the rain is moving in. Mainly combined to poconos. Were going to see more shower activity moving into the Lehigh Valley area. Temperatures range 8487 degrees. After the a. M. Showers we see more clearing. Ill go over the exact details and break down your day hour by hour coming up. 5 31 and happening now. A part of the philadelphia skyline is changing as crews get ready to remove the letters from the iconic building. Nbc 10 matt delucia is live in center city. Thats going to be a busy area this morning. Reporter it will be ted. Construction crews will be moving in very shortly as a result there will be road closures in this area. Theres the building there, pnb sign. Letters on each side of the building at one
Swim faster. A young swimmer chased by a crocodile. Just in the nick of time, an onlooker saves the day today, august 15th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Im matt lauer along with natalie and craig and dylan. We will get to talk to savannah coming up in the next half hour and learn a bit more about baby vale and the cheeks that have stolen the worlds hearts. I could watch the pictures all day long. Lets start with breaking news from missouri. The Ferguson Police chief holding a News Conference moments ago to name the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown. This comes days after security was handed over to the Missouri State patrol. Lets get to ron allen in ferguson. Reporter matt, good morning. The Ferguson Police department has been under pressure to release the name and make the investigation as open as possible. They have been resisting claiming they we
Approximately 65,000 charter students. Hite also says he thought about parents, opening schools was the least harmful for families but the superintendent says tough choices had to be made. Implementing the following service reductions. High School Students who live within two miles of school will not receive transportation support. As a result approximately 7,500 students at district, charter and nonPublic Schools will no longer receive transportation support. Reporter hite also told us some 300 students will not have the multiple pathways to graduate program. He says preparation and professional Development Programs prior to School Opening at some of the most challenging schools will be eliminated. Also, he says schools will be cleaned less frequently and there will be fewer cleaning supplies available. Now, as you know, School Security has always been a major concern. Were working on that and other aspects of the message for you at 11 30. Live for now, outside School District headqua
A young swimmer scrambles for shore chased by a massive crocodile. An onlooker saves the day today. Friday, august 15th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt with natalie, dylan, and craig. Savannah continues on maternity leave. She had the baby two days ago. And coming up in the next half hour, were going to talk to the new momma and learn about baby vale. For the first night since the shooting of Michael Brown in ferguson, missouri, demonstrators rallied peacefully as they called for justice in the case. This after a new Security Strategy was put into place. Nbcs ron allen has the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, matt. Yes. The Ferguson Police chief Thomas Jackson just told me they will release the name of the officer who fired the fatal shot. That is a key demand of the community here. Everybody breathing a huge