History. Massive storm. The heaviest rain in years, set to drench california. This morning, fears of major loading in los angeles and san diego. And farther up the coast, the first big test of the repairs to that damaged dam. All systems go. Elon musks spacex team, preparing for a key launch. A mission after spectacular successes and failures that may be a huge step towards sending humans to mars. And marks manifesto. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg outlines running his company. Why it is fueling rumors that his eye is really set on running the country. Today, february 17th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and is a van savannah guthrie. Live, from studio 1a, in rockefeller plaza. Hello, everyone. Welcome to today. Happy to have Hallie Jackson back in, while savannah is on maternity leave. Nothing to talk about. Ready to hop on a train back down to d. C. We have ooh la lot to talk a. A former navy officer has rejected the president s offer to be his National Security
Face. He got into a struggle with the manager. The manager, a 46yearold man, was shot in the chest. The suspect pointed his gun at the bartender and announced a robbery. The bartender gave the man 154, but apparently that wasnt enough. The 46yearold man was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. There were no cameras inside of the bar, just a bloody shoe print left behind. Since weve been here this morning, weve seen philly Police Checking surveillance cameras in the area here hoping that they got a peek at that suspect that they are now looking for today. Reporting live in north philly, im pamela osborne. Now to new jersey. We have learned that two people have been shot at a vfw. One of the victims was medevaced to Cooper University hospital. The other is at lordes medical center. Sky force 10 was over the home on West Montgomery avenue just after 8 30 this morning of a house fire. No reports of any injuries. Changes are on the way. This is a live look at boat house
Hit an overpass, two people injured, a medevac helicopter landed taking a person to the hospital. Theres debris all over the roadway, they need to check the integrity of the overpass that the tractortrailer hit. This could be closed for an hour, north of exit 4. You can get on exit 4, but if youre coming down from exit 5 or 6, all lanes blocked on the new jersey turnpike thats the overpass where they think damage was done. If youre in the area stick to 295 as the alternate. A live look at 295 traffic is moving fine, it runs parallel to the turnpike, stick to 29 a 5. We have an accident on the boulevard northbound between c and f streets. One this abington on old york road watch for this accident restricting traffic. The big traffic issue is the accident on the new jersey turnpike. Reporter cloud cover has receded overnight and is starting to evaporate. Looks like well get off to a sunny start once the sun gets up over the horizon this morning. 28 degrees, its cold out there. 27 in alle
Fight and the gunman shoots the manager and gets away. Karen rogers will have more on the new jersey turnpike situation, david murphy has accuweather good morning to you both. Reporter we start with breaking news, an accident shutting down all lanes of the new jersey turnpike. This is southbound approaching 73. If youre getting on exit 4 southbound youre fine. Here you have the accident scene with all the emergency workers there. Can you see this area right here . This looks like what the tractortrailer hit into, they are checking the Structural Integrity of the overpass on the turnpike. Thats why the crews are out here all morning. Its a serious accident, two people were injured, one person was medevacd out of here, they shut both lanes down of the new jersey turnpike when that happened. This is new jersey turnpike southbound north of exit 4, youre dealing with the mess with crews on the scene trying to see the integrity of this overpass before they open all lanes. Lets go to the maps
Were told they were free of zika virus. Months later they find out the test results were wrong. How many more could be affected. And how do muggers pick their targets . Well, it didnt matter whether it was a man or woman. The news 4 eye team goes behind bars to get some answers. Good evening, first up tonight, more fall grout the controversy involving president Trumps National security adviser. The man asked to replace general Michael Flynn has turned down the job. It comes on the heels of a bizarre president ial News Conference today. Chris lawrence gets us caught up on the latest from the live desk. Chris . Reporter Robert Harward says the decision came down to his personal life, not politics. After 40 years in the military, the former that i sri seal says he didnt want to dive back into that seal. Harward is a retired vice admiral who served on president george w. Bushs National Security council. Tonight the white house says harvard couldnt overcome the family and financial concerns