Rapidly closing. Breaking overnight, manhunt. A prison worker dead, an inmate on the loose in tennessee. Residents on edge. Very scary. We are latest with the desperate search to find the dangerous convict. All that plus Severe Weather outbreak, including a tornado near new york city and the new threat al is tracking today. Fighting back he had one job and couldnt protect us. Simone biles blasts u. S. A. Gymnastics in a new interview. The challenge she says she still faces every day. Way too close. The alarming video of a man petting a bison which has park rangers warning the public, hands off. Today is august 8, 2019. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning. Nice to have you with us on a thursday morning we want to get right to our top story. What we learned about the red flag raised weeks ago to polic by the mother of the el paso gunman while families are beginning to hold the fir
Good morning, thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im Marcus Washington. Well have a look at the commute. But first, we want to talk about the heat up. Coming back from mexico, im thinking about going to the bay area to cool off a bit. You brought mexico back. You did. Its going to hang out for awhile. Hot temperatures at least we dont have the humidity. But we will see some more clouds moving in as we get a live look outside in san jose. Temperatures quickly heating up at noon. Were at 81 degrees. Well get a look at the microclimates coming up. Were looking to the trivalley. A little blips for 84. We see the early slowing. Coming toward the bay bridge, we dont have any delays for travel times. Well show you the toll plaza coming up. Happening tomorrow morning, all eyes will be on capitol hill as former special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies in front of lawmakers. It begins here on nbc bay area live at 5 30 tomorrow morning. Muell muellers testimony will be about his connec
Wow. Investigators in detroit are looking into what sparked a massive home explosion in a residential neighborhood. The blast was so powerful it even damaged nearby homes. Heres abcs alex perez. Reporter investigators in detroit on the scene of this massive blast. Theres a dwelling that possibly exploded from a gas leak. Reporter the home exploding at about 1 30. Its like, boom then flames start flying up in the air. Reporter two houses next door damaged. It was loud enough to shake the whole block. Reporter there have been a string of recent natural gas explosions rocking residential areas. In kentucky last week, this blast rocketing flames 300 feet in the air, killing one person. And in North Carolina last month, one woman was killed in this explosion. Her husband, who was trapped in the wreckage, rescued after using his apple watch to call 911. Back in detroit officials combing through the wreckage say luckily it appears no one was killed. And investigators are now working to figure
But because there have been 14 deaths since the beginning of the year, city leaders said they need to take immediate action. We need to bring safety speed cameras to San Francisco now. Not years from now. Reporter they carried signs to honor every victim who died in pedestrian or bicyclist traffic accidents this year. The latest tragedy, 39yearold Benjamin Dean who died when police say the driver of a rented tesla ran a red light and lost control hitting him and his wife at this intersection near union square. They were here celebrating their wedding anniversary where they were married a few years ago here at city hall. Reporter scott wiener said work needs to be done at the state and local level to redesign roads and change the timing on lights and speed cameras. Were trying to automate speed in california but it is a big fight. Reporter the wife involved in the accident on sunday is in critical condition. Supervisor haney apologized to her and families saying the city needs to do bet
The lgest publicly traded company today topped earnings estimates and reported record revenue thanks to owth in azure. It is clear that microsoft big investment i the cloud appears to be paying off. At least one analyst said the pace of growth at this scale is unprecedented. That helped lift the stock and initial afterhours trading tonigh john ford has more on microsofts quarter. One take away frommicrosoft earnings today is cloud momentum continues. The companys feet was grounded in azures strength. But not just that. Office and linked in also continue to be strong and ha particularly tt unit including office and linked in helped the profitability of microsoft. Just get Even Stronger than it had been in the past and thats why i trillion Dollar Company and still going on at the end of the fiscal year. For nightly Business Report john. Now to microsofts fellow component boeing. Late today the Aero Space Company said its going to take a nearly 5 billion charge for problems associated wit