Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side Natalie Morales and al roker that just dropped a bomb on us. You say you have amazing video later. Amazing video. Of the aurora borealis. Youll want to stay tuned for this. Hell show you next week. Lets start with the top story. The suspicious packages that led to tense moments at the Jacksonville International airport. Kerry sanders is there for us this morning. What happened. Well it is now confirmed by the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office that one man is in custody. He has been arrested. Police say the zelko told the security checkpoint that, quote, ive got a bomb here. That setoff a response that landed him in custody. For unknown reasons, another man in the security line ran. He is manuel rivera. He was chased to the parking garage where he was arrested. The two men we
Was going to get in between those guys and their memorial. He says you cant be here and then turned and looked the other way. Thats what you want. A lot of frustration. A lot of people that planned weddings at the monument. Dearcongress, our hashtag has blown up. But at least some of the late night comedians have been able. Theres always some funny. Lets take a look at jay leno. Im not even worried about the government shutdown. Im more worried about it starting back up. Let me tell you something, let me tell you something, i am glad the government is shutdown. For the first time in years its safe to talk on the phone and send emails without anybody listening in. This is fantastic. You can talk to who ever you want. I didnt think of that. Thats a good point. There you go. There is a silver lining. The nsa not being able to track our phone calls. Talk about this next thing because its hysterical. A lot of parodies. In the buzz feed era you know there was going to be it. This is a wrecki
Diverted to nearby airports. The flights that were on the ground here, passengers, as the planes moved away from the terminals passengers had to deplane and come down and depart and make their way back. They spent the night at hotels. According to the local authorities a man that was here and made some sort of verbal threat. A man who is known to the fbi. The fbi and the joint Terrorism Task force are now investigating the details of what happened here last night. Reporter i pulled up and they said theres a bomb threat. Everybody started running to get up. Reporter tense moments at Jacksonville International airport. Shutdown by police because of two suspicious packages. A lot of people started ducking behind where the packages go. Reporter the airport was evacuated when a bomb squad found one package in the terminal and another in a nearby parking garage. The airport tweeting details about the incident in real time. Jso bomb squad on site conducting their investigation. Currently no i
Police say the woman at the center of all of this was wellknown with a history of mental issues. They discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. Reporter police and federal agents began their search for answers at the stamford, connecticut home of the woman driving the car. Miriam carey. She drove into a security barrier at the white house and then took off after striking a secret Service Officer with her car. There was a guy in front of her that did stop it and she hit him and he flew over the hood. Reporter from there she sped up pennsylvania avenue toward the u. S. Capitol about a mile and a half away doing 80 Miles Per Hour at one point. Police and secret Service Officers stopped her car at the foot of the capitol but she jammed it into revere and took off again as they opened fire. She again lead them on a chase around the perimeter of the grounds. Police put the capitol on lock down and rushed to get visitors safely away as the chaos swirls
Before we get to some of that information about that woman, let me show you what we have hae going on right here. There appears to be more Police Activity at the scene where that car crash and this came to a deadly end. You can see theres ale capitall police, what appears to be an evidence van there. From what we can tell, they hav metal detectors out there where they are combing the ground,grod perhaps looking to get anyny additional evidence from what whawhathappened here yesterday,s a chase that started at the white house and hit speeds of 80 miles per hour. The question is what led thised woman on a wild and ultimately deadly ride. Dly she has been identified as myriam carey, a dental hygienist from connecticut. Icut her mother says she suffered from postpartum depression, but, she has never been violent. Vion its unclear why she was in d. C. The fbi has searched her home in connecticut but so far they hav provided no motive. Video shows carey in her black infinity. The car had hit