Its a new tunnel. This is going to bring Long Island Railroad traffic to Grand Central terminal. Theyve been talking about this for decades. Its getting closer and closer. Weve got a camera down there. You know, you can kind of see the this thing taking shape. It looks like a secret world. You know whats going to be cool . Penn station can be kind of grim, you know what i mean . Yeah. And Grand Central can be, well, the opposite. Feels like youre walking so anyway, how are things . Terrific. You got a haircut yesterday. Do i look sharp . You do. Remember how i told you nobody voted on election day . Take a look, rosanna, im telling you. This is the polling place. This is at four in the afternoon. Right. Nobody, but nobody is there. You told me that you were the fourth person there, right . All day long. And by the way, some people i know could be look, i didnt know any of these judges. Voting for any of these judges. So, mike woods, rosanna scotto, me and george clooney. [laughter] wou
Until sometime between 7 00 or 8 00. Police have arrested an mta bus driver for a fatal accident in brooklyn. Paul roper is accused of leaving the scene of an accident. Surveillance video shows the bus hit a 70yearold woman, carolyn bell, using her walker to cross the street. The bus went straight for her. The driver paused briefly after hitting her and then drove off. She was reported dead at the scene. Roper says hes been driving a bus for 15 years. Elected representatives blasted the mta today for what they call a sneaky budget cut removed from the capital plan. Its already the beleagured subway, breaking a promise to resume work. Andrew siff is live with details. Andrew . Reporter the mta insists it is just as committed to building the east harlem phase of the subway as ever. But as you indicated, there are major new questions about a billion dollars slashed from the budget, and folks who work around here just want that train to hurry up and get here. You think you can keep your fa
The suspect came out from behind the hatzolah volunteer who was t on duty but had his radio and was able to call for help ri t away. Police have been here doing a grid search looking for a weapon. Police do not have someone in custody and folks who saw this are concerned tonight. Whats going on in the world with, its scary. Somebody walking on the street and gets stabbed. Reporter again, police right now have not recovered the weapon used in this attack. Thats why you see theres a large presence of officers out here in crown heights. Again, this is an Eastern Parkway and rogers avenue. This is here police focused their investigation. We have also learned right now preliminary reports is this does not appear to be a hate crime but they are looking in to that. No one has been arrested and the volunteer is expected to be okay. Another big story tonight, two people slashed. This time at random by a man armed with a box cutter. It happened at the roth avenue fulton street stop in brooklyn.
Investigators say they were able to wound allen in the leg. The cop was not hit. It is still under investigation as to wlfse bullet went into the house. Was the officer right to fire back . Its kgs tent with Police Protocol to try to extinguish a threat when somebody is firing shots at an officer in a neighborhood like this. Reporter the family is just returning home after being absent all day long. Weve learned this about the suspect, 20yearold donte allen, and that is that he has a juvenile criminal record. He is currently being held on bail of a little more than a Million Dollars on attempted murder and several gun charges. Live in asbury park, im brian thompson, news4 new york. Two deadly accidents involving mta buses in three days. Both happened when the buses were making rightangled left turns. The driver are say a blame design of the buses. Sheldon dutes investigates whats being done to prevent accidents. Drivers tell us theyre tired of being treated as targets even as their hea
But a ah humbug. Two Major Airlines announce they are raising backage fees just for the holiday season. How much will you be paying for your trip home . And floating to safety. Oh, my god. Whose car is he going to hit . Whose car is he going to hit . Thats not a person attached to that parachute, its an entire plane carrying the former ceo of walmart and two others. The technology that helped save their lives today, wednesday, november 4th, 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. That is some amazing footage. Some video youve got to play again and again to really believe what youre seeing there. Heard about this technology and now we see it in action saving lives. Much more on that story in just a little while, but on a wednesday morning we start with twist in the death of a Popular Police officer in illinois who was found shot to death