Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to a split edition of today. Im matt lauer where the Opening Ceremony will be held tonight. A look back over 1,000 years of russian history. In honor of that on a friday morning, were starting 400 years ago with Meredith Vieira sitting next to me. All i can say is the stench of vodka. And were off and running. Yes. Do we miss that. Exactly. We are on air, guys. We knew the Opening Ceremony would have drama and tension. The gang is all here. What we want to know is russia ready to welcome the the world. They better be. 40,000 people getting in the stadium is going to be a little awkward. They are still doing little funny things. You see them planting palm trees. The wrappers are still on them. Still painting going on. But the opening ceremonies seems ready. Yeah. A few little kinks. But it is so ambitious. If they pull it off its going to be fantastic. Well tell you more in just a little bit. More on that in a little wh
Win over stonewall jackson. Today it was a much different mood with news of the weekend murder of a senior kennedy yez. Inside the school a friend snapped this photo of wood bring senior high students in hallway wearing red in honor of their murdered classmate diaz. Its bad that it took something this bad for it to happen but to see a school or small coo Community Come together and show mourning and appreciate yalt shin for this person apps life is cool. Appreciation. Kenny diaz was stabbed to death here at this Neighborhood Park in woodbridge around 315 saturday afternoon. This lone white rose planted in kenny apps memory diaz was not the victim of a random killing. He was stabbed in the stomach. Jim cass sady said there were a number of people standing over him cassidy. Its a shame and it doesnt feel safe to come here. Police say theyre looking for suspects and the victim knew one of his killers. And they took canine that way and this path leads back up to the rec center on the other
Choosing to run diesel buses that can be quickly rerouted so they dont get trapped and ruined in destructive celebrations as they did after the world series. Beginning at 5 00 this evening all bussus Market Street will be detour. Most will switch to mission or vanex. The just in note, all these trends arent to get in the way of potential celebrations, city leaders just want everyone to do it responsibly. Niner fans, too. We dont want to arrest anybody. We want everybody to have a blast, celebrate the six. You know, just show the country that nobody has got it better than us. We do in new york. Also to help people all 49ers fans safe, they are holding dui check points across the area today. Not just in the city. Triple a said alcoholrelated car crashes increase, get this, 57 in california on super bowl sunday alone. As you have seen on commercial breaks on. Average bc7 news we have a Public Service announce went with the mayor, police chief and fire chief just urging everyone to celebra
Weather is back. And linda is live outside of the studio. It was warm and everyone was breathing easy. Were talking snow again. Reporter the snow has not fallen yet. You know it is hard to imagine a couple of days ago we were out here without our coats. The colder temperatures have issued a code blue the shelters will be open for extended ho today through tomorrow morning it can be tank rouse. Wear a hat, glove and scarf. The less body heat you will lose. Wear loose fitting clothes. Drink lots of water. Avoid alcohol. It can lead to hypothermia. If you use a space heater keep it away from furniture. Never use a generator in the home, it can lead to carbon monopoisoning. When it gets this cold, remember to check on your elderly neighbors. Were live, linda so, abc 2 news, stay warm out there. Were seeing flurries out in Howard County along 70, as the snow picks up, the temperatures are cold out there. You may see a light coating. Take it slow. Here is 8 5 and 295. A crash has cleared. No
Go get them. You can do it. Focus. Super bowl sunday is here. Before the ravens and niners kick off in new orleans. They prepare for rowdy crowds. And those who ride Public Transit will be impacted by the big game. The messy accident overnight that left a dozen homes in the dark. Why the power wont be back on for much of the day. Good morning, welcome to mornings on 2. It is super bowl sunday. February 3rd, i am mike mibach. I am claudine wong. Kickoff in eight and a half hours. We will have a first check with rosemary. Rosemary orozco rosemary how is it today . Wide sprez 40s and making an Early Morning drive to the Grocery Store. This is what you can expect. Cloudy at the coast. Partly cloudy elsewhere and we do still have the hazardous waves at the beaches until 10 00 a. M. We will talk about this and what you can expect for your sunday. And i have rain back in the forecast. Back to you. It is super bowl sunday. Anticipation is brimming from the bay area to the bayou, and we will be