11 million undocumented immigrants. Would that new strategy help win back minority voters or is it too late . Wild weather. Damaging tornadoes in the midwest. A new round of devastating flooding in the south. While in california, a raging Wildfire Forces new evacuations and now threatens the historic hearst castle. Were getting a new puppy with a purpose raising a service dog for a deserving veteran. Our new friend is in that litter and youre about to meet him, today, monday, august 22nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Our first day back all of us in studio 1a. Wait, what . I hug you and you get new puppy smell. Were so happy to have you guys back. Its boring around here without you. Yeah. [ speaking portuguese ] i brought you a little puppy. I had to give you a welcome. I cannot wait to meet this little critter. It will be fun. Meanw
These heroindealers when those shots were fired. One suspect this morning still at large. Reporter a sweeping man hunt from the air as k9s led heavily armed offices on the ground. And the third suspect still at large after a chaotic night with a detective shot. This showing the 11 year veteran on the ground after he was hit. I hear gunshots like what is that noise. It began in wilson avenue in bushwick. When the detective and under cover sergeant from the brooklyn north narcotics were about to bust a sale. They were in this minivan when the officers approached identifying themselves as police. This man who asked not to be identified saw what happened next. The detectives was stopping the car and they reversed to try to get away. Sergeant who was standing on the drivers side of the vehicle and the detective where he was, they fired their weapons so the detective was hit in the shoulder apparently by the shot that claim from his colleague. The driver crashed into another car, the cell ph
Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. And im dell walters and a drone strike targeting i. S. I. L. s most recognizable figures the man known as jihad john sgln it was his covered face that appeared in multiple videos showing the killings of american and other western hostages, in august 2014 he was shown in a video be heading journalists james foley and seen later killing journalist sotlof and peter kasik and promised to track him down. Born in kuwait and grew up in london where Officials Say he was radicalized and moved in 2012 and 2014 he began making headlines. Otherwise this knife will become your nightmare. Reporter his british accent named him the nickname jihad john and he is shown be heading hostages and blaming them for their deaths and they promised to hunt him down. Making mistake of harming americans we will not forget and our reach is long and justice will be served. And he later apologized to his family for the attention those videos generated but he showed
Drains cleared of debris. The impact of Superstorm Sandy shaping the response to the forecast across the jersey shore. The last time, pow, baby. And it wasnt pretty. Reporter including further south. I think the more that they do to get us prepared, the better off we are because we still remember sandy. Reporter and we saw bulldozers creating berms on the beach and water being pumped out of a lake that floods. We help mitigate against flooding into the homes that surround it. So we have hundreds of families that are right now scared. Reporter in atlantic city, rescue vehicles and boats have been made ready for severe weather. Crews removed trash cans and objects that can float away or fly off during high winds. And on the Upper East Side of manhattan, there was an emergency prep Training Session last night where residents went home with emergency bags. Backpacks are ready. Reporter youre not messing . No, disaster can happen any time. And with that, time now for traffic and weather on
You head out to northern worcester county. 20s showing up orange up into southwest New Hampshire 20s as well. Norwood, taunton upper 20s. A lot of 30s on cape cod. It is a cold start but the skies are clear. We have a large area of High Pressure centered right on top of us today. Sunshine all day long today. But look to the south. There is some rain. This is actually moving in our direction for tomorrow. So needed rain on the way tomorrow. But sunshine will warm us up nicely after a cold start this morning. By late morning, were in the 50s and approaching 60 degrees even by lunchtime today with a high near 60 in boston. Along the coastline as well you get into the hilly tefer rain of worcester county. Mid to upper 50s today. More on the timing of that rain on the way tomorrow coming you. Lets get you out to the roads right now. Good morning, olessa. Olessa the zakim bridge looking good behind me. Not seeing any problems just yet. There is overnight construction though. Lets get over to