A boy launching off the ride, landing on concrete. He walks away with minor injuries. Investigators racing to figure out why it happened and how to keep it from happening again. And horrifying crash. Two cars collide at the indy 500. Sending one of them airborne, hitting the wall and flipping several times. I have never witnessed an accident like that. The car destroyed. The driver, incredibly unhurt. What hes saying about that wild ride. And the history that was made at the end of the race. Today, monday, may 29th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this monday morning, memorial day. Craig melvin alongside sheinelle jones. Matt and savannah are enjoying the morning off. That crash yesterday in indianapolis. Unbelievable. And hes okay. Scott dixon, just fine. Thats about a quarter of the way into the race. My wife was there at the track. And she said its one of those things when you
Mile in wildwood. Half a mile in wilmington. 8 of a mile in lancaster. The fog traveling around the area is pretty bad in spots especially south and east of the city. The temperature is 62. So, its certainly milder to start than it was yesterday. Yesterday our high was 62. 61 in reading. 61 in millville and cape may. Heres storm tracker6 live double scan showing those storms that arrived in harrisburg and bots pottsville. In the Lehigh Valley youll be watching for some of these storms to pop up early. For most of us well see this happen in the afternoon and evening. Heres the satellite and radar image a wider view showing yes, were stuck in the clouds but you can see west of the city theyre almost trying to break a little bit and certainly near pittsburgh youve got clearer skies. Well see clouds mixing with some sunshine today but we do have the threat, just a marginal risk for any one of these storms to become strong later this afternoon. Not everybody is going to see them but were go
Matt pelman has your commute. Good morning. Well, we should just be grateful for any sun we can get at this point its been such a gloomy month and the mist is continuing out here right now kind of constantly under these low clouds. Look at these visibility reports. The fog is a big deal for your morning commute. Half a mile visibility in trenton, toms river, Atlantic City, dover,. 8 of a mile in millville. 1. 5mile visibility at Philadelphia International airport. Youll need to call ahead before youre flying out. Its a little better in the Lehigh Valley with two and 3mile visibility out here right now. So, watch for the fog. Really a problem this morning and my clicker is not working again out here so maybe the directors can help advance that a little bit. Were watching for storms brewing out to the north and west this morning and thats going to be a problem for your morning commute. Your high, though, 78 degrees so it is going to be better. Theres storm tracker6 really showing that an
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Expectations around here . The bar is low. In the sevenday forecast youre going to see those numbers come up and there will be more sun and today isnt totally a grayo eect some sun te through at times. Right now theres a light sprinkle by pottsville and harrisburg just kind of meandering toward the east. Otherwise, wre perhaps some spotty drizzle in places this morning and a fair amount of cloud covd later on. There is the cloud cover across the region right now. Again, drying out a bit but some sprinkles and shower activity out there, mostly just drizzle if youre seeing anything at all. And you can see some clearing off to the north and we expect to see the return of some sunshine before the end of the day. Its cool to start out, 54 degrees in philadelphia, 52 in allentown. Just 51 at this hour in trenton. 55 in wilmington and 56 in cape may. Winds are on the light side, Single Digits in most spots, dover still dealing with a 13 Miles Per Hour breeze. And as we roll through the day, w