Million to 4 million, a jump that once took months, the outbreak reaches a critical stage with 4. 2 million americans infected california and florida have surpassed new york now in california, there are over 450,000 cases. While florida struggles as cases stop 423,000 and texas was hit with a onetwo punch dealing with covid and a hurricane. Reporter this morning. The state of florida is in a state of crisis. It just topped new york for the second most number of coronavirus cases in the country. And that as Hurricane Season is underway right now something florida is waiting for and texas is experiencing right now, a double whammy in texas, the seasons first hurricane, leaving flooding and fear in its wake, as texans cope with the coronavirus crisis. We know this is a whole walkway to the pier was gone reporter a rocky road ahead for storm victims and First Responders getting people to shelters your whole intake system changes. In the past, you could file people in a single line and proc
Aircraft are dropping water and flame retardant to stop the spread of the flames in simi valley. It is close to the Ronald Reagan president ial library and crews are working to protect the complex which is closed for the day. The fire has forced mandatory evacuations and closed multiple School Districts flamed by the strong santa ana winds. A stretch of highway 23 remains closed and in addition to fighting the flames, look here. Crews had to deal with this. About a dozen horses got loose in the area this morning. Fortunate some ranchers stepped in to help wrangle them. No word on how they got out. Miguel almaguer is on the scene with more. Reporter these are the dangerous conditions firefighters are facing on the frontlines. The flame driven by the wind. It is fairly contained right now. There is no homes on the top of this ridge but later on this afternoon there is fear that a small ember from a fire like this one could easily travel a mile away and ignite a new fire. You could see th
Championships coming to san jose. Also, well talk about the development of local talented skaters with San Francisco ice theatre, as well as see a live performance. But first, we will start with the great ice rink which is hosting our show today. And to tell us more about whats going around this Holiday Season, heres the general manager of the holiday ice rink, robert keith. Robert, thank you very much for being here. Robert keith thank you, robert, for being here. Isnt this great . Robert oh, its fantastic. Robert keith our 10year anniversary birthday party. I mean, it just doesnt get any better than to be right here in the heart of San Francisco amongst all of this shopping, dining, the hotels. The environment here is just splendid for such an event, and this is our tenth year, and were so happy to be here. Robert hey, howd you celebrate your birthday . Robert keith well, last week, we had our big birthday celebration, and skating was free for everybody all day. We were sold out, nat
Bart service has not been interrupted. Ac Transit Service has been interrupted there. Lots of rain and slick roads throughout the area. The storm comes at the same time as californias first snow pack survey of the year. Were not off to a good start. Not much snow and not much rain. Jeff, what do you expect . I think the second leg will be fast moving across the bay area. We had the first part of the storm during the early afternoon. The Second Branch is primarily offshore. It has produced a few lightning strikes as well. Closer look shows two areas. This one had seven lightning strikes in the past half hour. Its pushing toward santa cruz and also right toward our coast tallow kags. Close to the San Francisco, theres some heavier rainfall offshore. Lightly impacting the sunset district at 6 36 tonight. Now, were going to track a lot more. You can see thunderstorm chance tonight. Spotty rain at 11 00 p. M. Tomorrow a few isolated showers for the commute. Keep the umbrellas handy. A new s
Decisions on how to handle the epidemic. What every family needs to know. Those stories, plus asleep at the wheel. Shocking new numbers on the growing dangers of drowsy driving. Philly fanatics. Millions of eagles fans set to flood the streets in a super bowl victory parade for the ages. And let the games begin. The Winter Olympics get under way overnight as the flag bearer for team usa is revealed. To actually be that person is insane. From the Opening Ceremony to the athletes to watch, weve got it all covered for you, today, thursday, february 8, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today. Thank you for joining us this thursday morning. The olympics. Todays the day. Today is the day. You know when you have a date circled on your calendar for years, this is it. February 8, the olympics start. Well be heading there later. We will. Well catch up on all of it in a bit. Lets start with th