This as russia prepares to host the winter Olympic Games in just three days. We are live in sochi. And troubled soul. Fans and fellow stars paying tribute to oscar winning actor Philip Seymour hoffman after he was found dead in his new york city home. A great actor on screen, but a personal life fraught with addiction and heartache. Well remember him today, monday, february 3rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, countdown to the olympic winter games with matt lauer live from olympic park in sochi, russia. And Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer live from the olympic park in sochi, russia. Savannah, good morning to you. Good morning. Looks like a Beautiful Day there. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside al roker and Natalie Morales. Were in studio 1a. Did you watch the game last night . Wasnt it 3 00 in the morning there . It started at 3 30 in the morning he
Of the russian river. The areas main water source reduced to puddles. Our soil is the driest it is been in 120 years. So we hope this opens up the door. Reporter another 12 inches of rain would still leave us drier than the last drought of 1977. Today some towns are drying up. Some communities only have 100 days worth of supply left. Two of 17 towns statewide at risk of running out of water. I love the rain. I am glad it is here. Yeah. It is long over do. Reporter people already under mandatory water restrictions. At 6 00 p. M. How some of them are coping. Reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. And more details now on the counties that are implementing cut back. The Water District is asking their customers for a 10 cut back. They voted on that last night. East bay officials will decide in two weeks whether to ask for cut backs. They provide water to 1. 3 million customers and San Francisco has already asked for a 10 reduction. Our weather pales in comparison to atlanta. Look
Americas salad bowl, Salinas Valley the worst drought of five categories. Abc7 news is live tonight where people are trying to cope. David . Theyre not only trying to cope this is their livelihood this, is where our strawberries and lettuce are grown. Crops valued over 2 million. And this week, with the att pro am, celebrities and visitors are being asked to do their share as well. Monterey countys 600,000 residents have been conserving water for years. Golf courses use recycled water. And visitors will be staying where conservation is a way of live a new generation of urinals dont flush the laundry is shipped out of the county so local water isnt used. Bathrooms have water saving devices the general manhattan ger of the hotel hopes guests will understand. Theyre not educated with our situation but they respect what were attempting to do as operators. The situation is this. The local Water Company under orders to reduce drafting of water by 70 by 2017 to save the water shed and fish. W
Alone plus thousands of miles of wires out there. You have seen them i5 that are equally as vulnerable but nobody is talking about security measures. When we talked to them, they said we are still looking into it. No public comment. And they wont make a public comment. Its questionable. After so many months, somebody finally came out and said something. Its going to get interesting. It is. All right, phil, thank you. Now to developing news. A new terror warning for airlines ahead of the Olympic Games. And it involves toothpaste of all things. Ken bastida is monitoring developments on the story from the newsroom. Kenny. Reporter yeah, liz. The United States is warning airlines that terrorists looking to disrupt the Olympic Games could use toothpaste tubes or Skin Care Products to do so. The new intelligence is said to be from a credible source and it suggests that those containers may hold ingredients that could be used to construct a bomb. Now, the worry is that operatives could smuggl
Berkeley could be in for a radical makeover. We are getting a look tonight at some plans to renovate the bart station. Da lin says that is just the beginning. Da. Reporter ken, we standing on Center Street now the heart of berkeley. That growth will surround this bart station. Its the anchor for that growth. And thats why they are spending money to modernize this rotunda and this transportation hub. It looks very old. Not bad. I dont like the rotunda. I dont like it. Reporter this rotunda, like it or not, has served as the main entrance for the Downtown Berkeley bart station for almost half century. Now city leaders and bart are about to pump 10 million into the heart of berkeley transforming this hub into Something Like this. This is a city being reborn right here. Reporter matt nichols is the principal planner leading the revitalization of this transportation hub. He says more than 30,000 transit riders come through here every day. That number is going up. We have at least 1,000 new