Senphiladelphia firefighter is being laid to rest right now. And donald trump is back on the campaign trail after claiming the general election could be rigged. A former Catholic Church official once convicted of covering up sex abuse is getting out of jail. Monsignor william lynn is expected to get out of bail after pennsylvanias highest Court Granted him a new trial. He is the first Roman Catholic official convicted of shielding abusers in church. Lynn was up for parole in october and today Philadelphia District attorney, seth williams, vowed to retry lynns case yet again. We know the name of a young woman killed while trying to crass a street in new jersey. The young woman was killed by a vehicle that took off and left her to die on the side of the road. Janet reyes is following the search for the driver. Reporter we are told that the aftermath of this hit and run is pretty horrific, the 17yearold girl was hit in the crosswalk and police are desperately searching for clues that may
On central park we are at 3 degrees and we broker tied a record from islip to new york on jfk and laguardia this morning. Temperatures are very cold. Temperatures should be in the 40s with monticello to check in and was 70 degrees. A lot of these numbers are the current high readings. We will stay pretty steady and in fact wheels the a big swing in temperatures the next couple of the windchill factors are minus six and monticello. Tonight is in the Single Digits and teens youll see significant we were quiet on the satellite radar that is why the National Weather service has issued a winter Weather Service for much of the tristate area. It is off to the western section of new york state. We are not expecting inc. Accumulation, just enough to cause some slick roadways and that is why there is a Winter Weather advisory. We are anticipating to start off dry tomorrow morning and a peak of sun just after sunrise. Clouds will thicken up and we will see snow around the new time and evening hou
The world series even raging the kansas city royals. When it was the mets turn at bat, they delivered winning the game 93. There will be more fireworks tonight in game four . And happy halloween. The peanuts gang has gone home and now were pulling out the stops for our very own halloween celebration. Today, halloween, saturday, october 31st, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im carson daly alongside dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. We have the latest with the breaking news from ron mott in london. Reporter good morning, carson. Metro jet flight disappeared from russia radar over egypt 23 minutes into the flight from the city of Sharm El Sheikh in egypt en route to russia. The officials confirm to nbc news it crashed in the Sinai Peninsula and jets located the wreckage of the plane. It is too early to pinpoint a cause of the crash. The area where the plane went down is near the
Lets turn too tom costello who handles aviation news. Tom, what are investigators looking at . Reporter i think they have to look at a number of things. They will look at the weather conditions at the time. Right now, there is no suggestion that weather played a role. The mechanical history of the airbus a321. This is a reliable plane. The biggest airbus in the family. It has a good record. They will look into the mechanical history of the plane and we dont know which engine configuration on the plane. One made by ge and one madad by rolls royce pratt and whitnene they will look at the rate of descent. At last report, the plane was coming down 6,000 to 7,000 feet per minute. That is not a terribly unusual descent rate. It would suggest that somebody must have been trying to control the plane. Keep in mind that for example, to compare that rate of descent to the plane we know crashed. Air france 447 over the atlantic, descentete 15,000eet per minute. We dont know the circumstances. We n
In northern syria, dozens of American Special Operations Forces will deploy alongside kurtish and arab fighters to battle isis. In northern iraq, the u. S. Plans to to have a Rapid Reaction force to back up troops and allies. And in turkey, more airstrikes by the base by more aircraft. Including f15 bombers and lowflying a10 warthogs for close air support. Although the white house was at pains to admit it, the u. S. Is stepping deeper into the war in iraq and syria, even though it insists nothing has changed and no promises were broken. Lester. Richard, thank you. We want you to know ill sit down with president obama with a twopart interview, including what he s sll wants to accomplish as the final year in office approaches. That is monday night here on nightly news. Were following a majortorm emergency happening in texas. One person is massive flooding overwhelms a huge part of the state. Evacuations and roads turning into rivers. A school in san marcos completely surrounded. There ha