It is friday, may 23rd and early today starts right now. Good morning. Im richard lui. This is the weekend to celebrate and hold up those who gave their lives in military service for our country. Memorial day weekend, though, is also a busy time on the roads. Aaa predicting a Record Number of people, nearly 36 million, will be traveling this weekend. Many wonder how the weather could affect their travel plans. Nbc meteorologist bill karins is looking at that for us and good for some, and some others not. 95 of the people have no issues what so over traveling. But there are 5 . Let me point those out for your travel needs. Big map for the forecast, in the entire country. The airport hubs will be all right. Denver, kansas city, san antonio, chance of rain. Seattle, chance of showers. Airport delays may be possible there. As far as the worst travel goes today, once again, from the severe thunderstorms, with hail and damaging winds, were talking south carolina, and southern portions of nor
With your plans . Our dream team has all the answers in this secret weatherman handshake today today may 22nd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning him welcome to today on a thursday morning. Sorry. Something nerve racking having the two of you here for the weekend. It will not go well. Exactly. Anyway, sam, nice to have you here. Al, we will get to you in just a couple of minutes. Lets jump into our top story, a dangerous wildfire threatening hundreds of homes out in arizona. Nbc is with that fire. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter at base camp, the smell of thick heavy smoke, a clear indication the fire is growing. The blaze has destroyed some 5,000 acres. The containment is at zero percent. Overnight, feeding on dry forest land in whipped by winds, crews cannot keep the fire in check. Flames swept up steep canyons, hop scotching across ridges. The terrain here, a perfect funn
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In 90 seconds. A monster earthquake rocks chile. A magnitude 8. 2 triggered off the coast. Reports of fires, landslides homes destroyed and power outages. I am deeply sorry. Congress demanding answers on why gm took ten years to recall the defective cars. They were warned again and again, but they did nothing. A British Nuclear submarine has joined the effort. Looking for the missing malaysian airliner. The battery on the flight data recorders could run out as early as saturday. Wild weather expected from texas to illinois today. We could see some twisters. The tornado season is just beginning. A terrifying accident in pittsburgh. A tree trimmer had to be rushed to the hospital with a chainsaw in his neck. All i knew was just a freak accident, and it was crazy. Crews have pulled another vintage car from a massive sinkhole at the National Corvette in kentucky. The zr spider. The 2013 Boston Red Sox yes, sir. A selfie . Oh, that . Serious coordination there, picking up the house. After u
Good morning to you. Im frances rivera. Breaking news out of south africa where the judge in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial has ordered the olympic track star to undergo an evaluation for mental illness. The move will likely delay the trial for more than a month. The judge argues that a psychological evaluation would ensure that pistorius gets a fair trial. Pistorius has admitted to shooting his girlfriend, viva steenkamp, last year. A psychiatrist told the court this week that he suffered from an anxiety disorder. At least 20 workers at two hospitals in orlando are being monitored after coming in contact with a patient infected by mers, or the middle east respiratory syndrome. So far, only two cases have been confirmed in the u. S. A patient in indiana was hospitalized 12 days and released last week. The second, a saudi resident, who was visiting family remains hospitalized in orlando this morning in good condition. A Health Advisory is now in effect at all major u. S. Airports in a