But how will the hackers respond . And following the money. A filmmaker gives a homeless man 100. Im starting to tear up. Then secretly records him just to see what hed do with it. Is what happened next the true meaning of christmas or too good to be true today, wednesday, december 24, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to the show on this Christmas Eve morning. We have tamron in for savannah. Dylan for al, natalie plague herself and this video. I guess it depends on your perspective how much of a cynic you are. Some think its heart warming, others not so sure. I cant wait for people to see this and hear the reaction what people think about this. And to hear his story on how he became homeless i think sort of solidifies. Its a layered story. Were teasing it. Our thoughts with former president george h. W. Bush this morning, he was sent to a hospital in houston overnight suf
Flames that erupted about 6 30 this morning. Fire crews arrived in time to see two duplexes side by side both completely involved in fire, quickly to three alarms because of the gusty winds and 12 engines, 135 to 140 firefighters. It took them 40 minutes to contain the fire, an hour and a half to get it under control, and what i understand from those residents and neighbors nearby, only one person in those two duplexes was home at the time of the fire. She tells me that she got out when her smoke alarm went off, but her roommates and people next door, everybody in the two buildings, out of town. Only two cats were injured. No injuries to the woman living downstairs and none of the firefighters were injured. The woman who lives in one of the damaged apartments told me that her building has experienced some serious electrical problems in the past month. The power was out for several weeks. She said she didnt put up any Christmas Decorations out of concern it might be a fire hazard. Right
Umbrellas. Some areas saw light brief showers, others with strong, gusty winds. 80, you can see a thin layer of snow on the highway here at the 5200 foot level. And at castle peak. Chains were required. Lets check in with meteorologist drew tuma. Dan and indicatedy, we got a lot in a short amount of time. This rain moved in rather quickly. It was out of here by the afternoon. Well show you on this Christmas Eve, it is quiet out there. The clouds have departed. Lets look at rain totals. Not significant compared to the storms weve seen previously in the month of decembe generally less than. 10 of an inch. 07 in San Francisco. 02 in oakland. 02 in moffit field. It was mild this morning. The winds picked up and the cooler air came in. Gusty winds from 25 Miles Per Hour in oakland, 35 miles in half moon bay. All coming in from the north, dragging in that cooler air. Cool nights ahead of us. Well detail them in the forecast in just a few minutes. As the rain and wind moved out, a tree came c
Reporter yeah, good morning. Yeah. 24 hours a day even on christmas, its surprising. But yeah, people are coming in. And if you can believe it around midnight all of the registers here were staffed and there was about a line of 30 people. Were not kidding. Manager says people were buying everything from gift cards to Stocking Stuffers and, of course, you got to package it all up so wrapping paper of course was flying off the shelves, as well. As you can imagine some frantic shoppers trying to get a last minute gift. Employees here had to lend the occasional helping hand. What would you get . I was like i get that one, you know, and like okay, you know, like reporter people were asking your opinion. Would you like that . Got that for christmas would you like that, i was like yeah, thats pretty cool. Reporter so yeah, the procrastinators can come here to walgreens 24 hours a day. They are open here on christmas. These things here, gift cards, a lot of them going off the shelves, as well.
Tomorrow. Yeah. Sfo says in addition to the delays, 12 flights have been canceled and if you are flying today, the best advice is, say it with me now, call ahead who would steal hand made gifts from a grandma for her family . Ryan takeo says those were presents she had been working on for over six months. Reporter evelyn in the blue has been working on these gifts since june. The family is here for Christmas Eve. And the family is without 17 gifts for evelyns kids and grandkids because of three thieves. Thats how they got in. Reporter the burglars broke in sunday through the garage. They took some jewelry, cash and the wrapped presents under the tree. They had no clue they would be taking evelyns hand made gifts. I came in here and all my slippers were gone and that hit me and i didnt pay any attention to anything else. Homemade knitted slippers everybody gets a different color and they are just special. We all love them. Reporter evelyns daughter inlaw showed us the end result of the