Are the races all but over . Our Political Team weighs in. Breaking overnight. Word that president obama will nominate a Supreme Court justice ore scalia this morning. Will the nominee have a chance of being confirmed . A College Student gets 15 years of hard labor in north korea overnight. His crime, allegedly trying to steal a banner. The trial lasting just an hour. Does he have any hope of getting out and getting home . A day after free styling with the president. Potus, im free styling Linmanuel Miranda is taking us on. Matt lauer, yeah, im jack bauer this you have to hear today, tuesday, march 16th, 2016. This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Breaking news all over the place. President obama ready to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia one month after his death. We will bring this announcement to you live when it happens, as if we nee
Things happen. News 4 investigates is learning more about the bus driver charged in the deadly hitandrun. Today paul roppers lawyer and his family defended him saying the bus had a blind spot and he never knew he hit 70yearold carol bell. Reporter right now the bus drivers family is inside the courthouse. They are hoping he can make his 20,000 bail. This as another family is preparing to bury their loved one. She was a good mother. Reporter with tears streaming down his face this son remembers his mom, 70yearold carol bell hit and killed by an mta bus as she crossed the street. Exclusive video shows the driver identified as 48yearold paul ropper paused for a few seconds after the collision and then drove away leaving bell in the middle of the street. Not a bad person. Reporter outside of court today ropers family told me hes no monster. She was crossing the street. Reporter ropers wife and attorney believes theres a blind spot. They retrain drivers on the heels of 2014. When 135 pedest
Were told after the deputy was shot he had his Service Weapon on him. He was able to fire back but was shot two times in the chest. Lets go to some video we can show you from when we first arrived. Police have been here for a good 3 hours. They have been talking to witnesses, but they have also been really searching not only this apartment complex but some of the neighborhoods nearby including nearby Range View High School. Ffrtunately when this happened the deputy was able to get help. There was a number of people coming home from work one man inside his apartment he came outside he was able to help the deputy while another man called 911. Take a a listen to an interview. I heard gunshots came running outside around the corner saw two guys running from a guy that were on the ground. Off duty sheriff or deputy. Two holes in his stomach. So, another guy that was there called 911 and i held his head up and we put pressure on his wounds and started talking to him. Reporter that man was ab
Forward, hitting the principal l and two students. The bus driver and 25 students on board, were not hurt. Right now, the police are investigating the driver. And right now, firefighter crews are trying to figure out what caused this us fire that hurt three people, leaving three this serious condition. Jenniier kovaleski is live. Witnesses told you they saw big flames cominggfrom the home. Reporter witnesses say they heard an explosion, moments before the home went up in flames. Going to step out the way so you can get a better look at the scene. This is all thats left of the mobile home. You can see, it is pretty much completely destroyed. Fire investigators are inside right now, trying to figure out what started the fire. Take a look at this cell phone he took it moments after the fire broke out. You can see massive flames engulfing the mobile home. Off east 78th avenue. Now, heres more cell phone fire crews say the call came in around 12 45 this afternoon. It took firefighters more
Reporter anne a, witnesses tell me that they saw fire crews rescue a woman who didnt appear to be breathing. They say they heard an explosion, moments before the home went up in flames. Now, behind me, you can see fire investigators are still here, trying to figure out exactly what started this fire. Now, take a listen to this video. [ sirens ]. Oh, my gosh. Reporter and a neighbor captured this cell phone video moments after the fire broke outment you can see the massive flames engulfing the home off east 78th avenue. The call came around 12 45 this afternoon. It took the firefighters more than an hour to put out thh flamess. They pulled three people out of the home. I seen that they pulled a lady out of the trailer, and she was not moving, her feet looked kind of burned. And they laid her in front and doing cpr on her. Reporter now, adams county were inside were taken to the hospital. One is in serious condition. Two others are in stable condition. Rt reporting live in the thornton t