And heads up. A huge satellite is falling to earth, due to crashland later today. But nobody knows where. Should we be worried about this . Good morning. As we come on the air, were actually covering a pair of shootings overnight in america. Including one here at new york city, with tourists diving for cover at a popular ice skating rink right near times square. And a houston, up to 20 people shot at a house party. More on both incidents coming up. We know there were fatalities in that shooting in houston. Also ahead this morning it was the shocking scene witnessed by millions watching march madness last spring. Thats louisvilles kevin ware suffering a horrific leg injury on live television. His future left in doubt. Good news hes bounced back, hes made a triumphant return. Well hear how he beat the odds in an exclusive interview with gio benitez. Well also here from his coach and his mother. An incredible family. Well start here with a very different kind of a story in the sports worl
The fire crews say they quickly got it contained, but it has not been easy to put the fire out. Thick, black smoke climbs into the dark sky. For hours crews were dousing the flames, but it was tough to get to the root of the fire. It is crush cars, recycled metals and other types of industrial recycled equipment. And it is tough to get to the fire itself . Correct because it is deep seeded and thats why they are breaking it up jie. In these pictures tweeted by the Redwood City Fire Department you can see the stacked cars and the smoke rising behind them. This is not the first time the crews have been to simms metal recycling. This is probably the largest. The other fires were similar. The fire started at 1 30 and quickly spewed inky black smoke into the sky. Ryan ward spotted the fire as he was leaving a store in san carlos. It was really black. I figured it was fire in redwood city. We came and investigated and to see what was going on. We noticed that there was a lot of smoke. They w
Philippines. Right w, there say humanitarian crisis of gigantic proportions with thousan fearedead. Wis of 200 miles per hr battered islds for 48 hours straight. Nbcs ian Williams Joins us from manila with the very lest. Ian,ood morning. Reporter rescueorkers are still struggling to reach some of the isolated communities that were worsthit by the typhoon. They have arriv in tacban. Authorities estimatehat perhs 10,000 people died. Its hard to say for sure. The official dea toll is still just over 250, but that is certain to rise, as officis, as rescue works, start to reach me of shes outlying areas. Huge storm surges,aves many feet high, 1 15 feet high coming in fro the sea when the typhoon swept hore. Many people have lost their homes, the death cou were still not certain about. Local Officials Say perhaps 10,000 peopleave lost their lives. The officialount remains at a littlever 250, b that seems certain to rise as weet more information from the outlying communities. In taclotacloban
The philippines has received tons ooods of ons of food assistance, but its not getting to the people who need. Well go liv there in just a moment, but first, nbc news chief medical editor dr. Nancy snydern reports on new problems plaguing survivors. Reporter water and wind devastated this countr now theres anothethreat, waterborne infectious disee. Were now aling with a new Health Emergency and that is lack of good water. When the storm surge swamped tacloban, the already fragile water system was one of the first sualties. Clean ter is now very hard to find. And people are drinking from and bathg in the same waterways that are filled with rotting corpses, dead imals, sewage and debris. That has health offials worried. Lifethreateningehydration must be treated quickly th iv fluids, buwith local hospitals and in rns, there are few places to turn for help. Bottled water, when it can be found, is only a stopgap. Large water tanks e needed, but they require power a there is none in tacloban
Outside. Firefighters are still working on it. U. S. Marines are in the philippines to help out. The Philippine Government asked for the governments help. It is believed 10,000 people died in the storm. It would make it the headilyiest disaster in the philippines. We look at the stunning devastation left in haiyans wake. It was not until today that the scale of devastation became clear that thousands were killed. It will be days before the full exat extent of the damage can be assessed. Haiyan hit on friday and quickly barreled across the central islands. Winds and 20 foot waves washed away homes and schools. Survivors waited for high water to get to safety waded through high water to get through safety. The realization many of their loved ones did not make it out. [crying] reporter the small amount of aid that was available today was in demand. The red cross says looters are raiding their trucks as well as Grocery Stores and gas stations. There are many areas cut off by flooding and l