Its august 8th. This is today. Pummelled. Hundreds of thousands without power. Many of the nations airport brought to a standstill. The south hit especially hard. Al is tracking it all. And what you can expect today. Firing back. Donald trump lashing out at the special counsel over his push to limit what the former president can say while under indictment. It is an outrageous criminalization of political speech the judge now ordering both sides back to court. Well have the latest. Breaking overnight, shark scare. A woman attacked at a popular new york beach lace ration of the legs this morning, new details on the victims condition and the heroes who raced in to help. Heartbreaking support pouring in for Sandra Bullock after her longtime partner dies following a private battle with als. Just ahead the emotional messages from his family and hers. Those stories, plus massive jackpot. The Mega Millions prize soars to more than 1. 5 billion, the largest in the games history. The drawing now
Trump about public safety, education and statehood for the district of columbia. Matt ackland has been covering this, matt is back on the train. I know you talk to the mayor, what, if any, details did she give you about that peeing . Reporter wasnt release all the details. Basically said they had about a 30 to 40 minute conversation today. Talked about a number of things. What they agreed on was education. She said the president elect wants to push forward an agenda on public education. She also said she talked to him about infrastructure, and other important issues to the district. She also wanted to let him know about the real dc, that district taxpayers, pay taxpayers, fund most of what goes on in dc. And she just wanted to basically have a meet and greet. Youll remember, she was not fan of mr. Trump during the so this is the way for her to have the meeting, come to new york city, and meet with the president elect today. I know its a little sketchy with the skype connection. Stateho
People to stay home and off the roads. Flooding stranded these drivers in San Francisco. This happened along cesar chavez street where the highway dips below 101. This area has flooded during storms in the past. It was a soggy mess in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Part of a roof collapsed at the cvs store in felton. Firefighters believe standing water caused it to give way. Building inspectors will need to check the store out before it can reopen. And you might have been reaching for your umbrella today like this person in alameda. Despite the traffic headaches and all the damage the rain is a welcome sight and we are nowhere near making up for the rainfall deficits we have endured the past few years. A live look from the camera in emeryville. This looks like a painting. You have the dark clouds and the sun trying to peek through. Spencer christian live outside with more on the rain totals and a look at live doppler 7 hd. We have certainly had heavy downpours overnight and for the early pa
Where the fire was quickly knocked down and then the laws Mennonite Church. The fires there were multiple areas of fire origin, that is separate areas that were started on fire, there were no accidental causes for the fires, the damage at the manship chapel is estimated at 1,000 and it will cost 10,000 to fix the Mennonite Church and the Healing Hands church is gone. The pastor says that while they destroyed a building, the church is still intact. I will forgive them. If he see them today, if they were hungry i would feed them and if they needed somewhere to stay i would give them somewhere to stay. We are knocked down but well get up again gl so once again this was a tiny Church Building so damage estimates stand at 75,000. And they are already fielding officers from churches and individuals to help them rebuild, meanwhile anyone with information about these fires are asked to call delaware state police. Walter perez, channel 6 action news. Walter, thank you. Breaking news now, a gran
Taser. I shot him. Im sorry. Well hear from the victims distraught family. And an eye for danger. Nik wallenda reveals his next death defying stunt, walking at the top of this huge ferris wheel in florida. But wait theres more. The big news he saved when he joins us live today, april 14th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Savannahs got the morning off. Im here with hoda kotb. Nik wallenda takes a year off my life watching these stunts. Even seeing the clip was making me nauseous. But hes going to do something hes never done before. And hes got an aspect hes announcing here this morning. Well talk to n. Ik in a little while. Lets get to this other story. This is our top story. An unusual incident on an Alaska Airlines flight. The crew forced to make an Emergency Landing after an airport worker fell asleep inside the cargo hold. Nbcs joe frye