The frantic rescue attempt, the failed effort and how the pair was finally freed today tuesday, september 7, 2015. 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 tuesday morning. Like some of us, our set had a little work. A little face lift. We spruced up a little bit. Take a look around. Some of the spots youll be seeing throughout the day. Theres the orange room where the girls can fix a cracked screen on your iphone. Well show you around as the show progresses. Lets get to our top story. The president ial campaign entering a new postlabor day phase and this morning much of the talk is focused on a guy who isnt even in the race, Vice President joe biden. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander is in washington. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Even more for the Vice President to think about this morning. Consider this. The latest nbc maris poll, trump woul
Goes through but its beyond lynn avenue. Avoid it at all cost if you can. And it does not look like its going to get out of here any time soon. Reporting live, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Terrible way to end the holiday. And the heat now, today we hit a central record, 97 degrees in central park. We havent seen it this hot in september n in years. Lee is september in years. Reporter and how about the hottest september 8th since 1983. The its broiling out side today. The temperature is at 94 degrees right now. But here are the records hit a couple hours ago. 97 in the park. Laguardia, 9 5. Plenty of good space available. 94 right now, feels like 96. And temperatures around the area, the coast feels milder and nicer as you are closer to the atlantic otherwise, temperatures in the low and mid hollywood 90s from the city north and west. And the feelslike readings, basically these are the top heat indecks that we have seen all summer long today. And look at the satellite, just sunshine. And
It bring the entire community together. What the rescuers promised that brave little boy. And we do say good morning, america. The first day of school. And its great to start with this happy ending in mississippi, the lucky little boy rescued after falling in that hole. Also this morning, we have a big breaking story out of the vatican. There is a live look right now. The pope with a major announcement about marriage that could affect millions of people. Making it much easier to remarry in the church. We begin with sizzling temperatures on both coasts. Smothering heat wave in the oh temperatures topping 100 in parts of california. To ginger. No one is getting out of this really unless youre in the Northern Plains so baking and broiling, the heat and humidity are on. Above average temperatures, 10 to 20 degrees from dallas that could tie a record today to new york city, there are schools closed in connecticut, beaches staying open. Summer is just saying, hey, were extending ourselves es