Clues behind a motive in ohio. The shooters family breaking their silence. In texas, the officials complete the grim task of identifying the 22 victims overnight. Plus, epidemic of abuse. The explosive new accusation against the boy scouts after hundreds come forward with their stories. Beloved. The tributes pour in overnight for legendary author Toni Morrison. And summer soaker. The new round of powerful storms that will strike from the plains to the northeast. Behind them, another heat wave. Als got the latest forecast today. Wednesday, august 7th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for being with us on a wednesday morning. Unfortunately, it is a sign of the times, people hear a certain sound in a crowded area, and they fear the worst. Clearly a country on edge. Lets get right to the breaking news, as savannah mentioned. Disturbing times after the M
And we are told the outages are not the result of all the construction here. Just the age of the equipment that powers the remaining homes and businesses. I can even speak of anyone who lives on here how they can imagine how that would be so frustrating. But estimate he runs a business, it is definitely a problem. Reporter the Power Outages are just another part of life on this bizarre bit landscape a jumble of abandoned buildings and areas under wholesale reconstruction. As for people squeezed and the remaining blocks of this island . The troublesome old equipment will stay here at least as long as they do. I would want to say they should be expecting this, obviously, you know we are trying to be as responsive as possible when these outages occur, we understand their frustrations and are working toward a Better Future for treasure island. But, for right now, again we are working with infrastructure that is a little too old. Reporter right now, the custom cabinet maker that you just me
Payments received immunity, and now congress may investigate why more people werent charged. All right, paula reid, thank you. A former friend of the president lost a round in court today. Jeffrey epstein wont get to stay in his multimilliondollar new york home as he awaits trial for sex trafficking and conspiracy. Mola lenghi on why the judge denied bail. Reporter calling him a threat to the public, judge Richard Berman ordered Jeffrey Epstein, accused of sex trafficking young girls, held in jail until trial. Berman said part of the reason he denied bail was the testimony of two women who said epstein abused them and said they would be afraid if he was released. One, courtney wild said epstein abused her in florida when she was 16 years old. If you are a victim of Jeffrey Epstein, then you know what i know. He will never stop sexually abusing children until he is in jail. Reporter prosecutors argue if granted bail, the 66yearold was a significant flight risk, pointing to what they fou
Venezuelas opposition and government hold Independence Day rallies after a u. N. Report accuses the Security Forces of killing 7000 people. Tateicas coldest s struggles to cope with wildfires that smothered large areas with smoke. Hello. I will have all your sports as the fairytale continues. Old american, making the round of 16 a at wimbleledon. Cori gauff. The United Nations is called on libyas warring parties to commit to a ceasefire. It says the fighting around the capital tripoli has killed 1000 people over three months. New footage emerges the moment showing that the airstrike hit and. Detention camp killing 53 people more than 100 injured. The u. N. Recognize government blamed it on a warlord who launched an offensive to take control to capital in april after fighters say they shut plane shot down a war on. Friday reporter a video circulated online showing the moment when ern Detention Center in east tripoli was hit by airstrikes. Thethe supervisors of Detention Center confirm t
Now at 11 00, breaking news a magnitude 7. 1 earthquake rocks Southern California. The fallout tonight from this new massive tremor. To this quake was evened out here in the bay area and tonight the new video justin showing san jose highrise apartments swaying from the shaking. Good evening. Im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Lets get right to that breaking news. 7. 1 earthquake rattled the ridgecrest area around 8 30 tonight. This is the second very strong earthquake there in just days. Our betty yu is in the newsroom with the latest details reporter this video is just in to our news room. It shows chandeliers swaying at a restaurant in ridgecrest. We are also hearing from cal tech officials about this latest quake. It is on the same fault system, it is larger. So we are extending up the little lake falls fault and it is still up in the owens valley it is actually further away from the los angeles area. My expectation is that ridgecrest is having a pretty difficult time tonight re