An allstar salute for yankee great derek jeter as he makes his final appearance in the midsummer classic. And hes going out like a winner today. Wednesday, july 16th, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Did you see the game or any of it . Well, no. No. Had a great game. After all the hype i was worried he was going to fizzle. Nearly spectacular play in the field. The double in the first inning. And he got a wonderful ovation. So congratulations to jeter. Absolutely. Well get to our top story now. Its the Third Straight day of powerful and damaging storms across the east. Well get to nbcs craig melvin this morning. Hes in bellmore, new york on long island. Craig, good morning. Whats the situation there . Reporter savannah, good morning to you. Take a look at what happened. Were in the back yard of a house here on long island. That storm you mentioned c
With a Young Kennedy family member. Over the arch. Aaaahhh natalie and jenna are getting ready for the ride of a lifetime, a 200foot plunge in the middle of the rocky mountains. The day takes off to a whole new level. Nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rocky fell ler plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a thursday morning. I cant stand to watch natalie and jenna. 200feet, 100 miles an hour. Have we checked the seven second delay on our audio . Its wild. Natalie. A Company Called acme. Never a good sign. Im sure we will see jenna and natalie do that feat live. A top story, a hostage situation that started out as a bank robbery, quickly took a dramatic and deadly turn in Northern California. Nbcs joe fryer is there live. Good morning to you. Reporter it started at the west bank where robbers took three hostages. From there, a Violent Police chase and shootout that lasted over an hour and spanned a large area, leaving three
Audio and printed warnings to residents of the gaza strip to flee their houses. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said israel had to choice but to respond more forcefully after ha mass rejected a truce plan. He said, quote, hamas chose to continue fighting and will pay the price for that decision. The largest hospital in gaza overwhelmed is feeling that price. The Gaza Health Ministry says 204 have died and over 1500 wounded. The Israel Defense force says 75 attacks have been carried out just today, only targeting militants, but the United Nations says 80 of those killed have been civilians so far. Going the other way, hundreds of rockets fired by hamas from gaza, one hamas rocket killed an israeli the first since the fighting began. At least 12 people have been killed by the strongest storm to hit the philippines this year. Typhoon rammasun shut down the capital of ma nin la. Its wind gusts tore the roofs off homes, downed trees and power lines and sent debris flying. More tha
Warnings and watches are posted from delaware to maine. Meanwhile, idaho, two inches of rain, over a foot of water making the areas main roads just impassable. They are urging residents to leave their homes from what they describe as air strikes continue. Nearly 200 palestinians have died in the attacks so far. They will identify certain areas and they will attack them. I kind of prefer a home office. Is she or isnt she making a White House Run in 2016 . Jon stewart tried to drag it out of Hillary Clinton. Do you have a favorite shape for that home office . Number 2, derek jeter. In his final allstar game the captain was the star of the show. Getting a huge ovation. You remember every time you put your uniform on because trust me it goes quickly. People reported dead from a powerful typhoon packing 93mileanhour winds. Hershey is raising prices. Cocoa prices are soaring. The average increase will be about 8 . All that a pilot in alaska nearly landed his pontoon plane on a whaler. Presid
Shootout, highspeed chase and a standoff. One of the hostages was killed in the hail of gunfire. Two of the robbers were killed, another wounded. 14 patrol cars being riddled with bullets. They were trying to kill our Police Officers. Rockets have been fired from gaza right in the middle of a fivehour humanitarian ceasefire. This after an israeli shelling killed four boys playing on a beach. Meanwhile israel claims it stopped 13 hamas fighters. They apparently had tunnelled to israel. Six western states are battling wildfires with hundreds of homes in danger. One fire in washington doubled in size. Microsoft says its prepared to layoff as many as 18,000 workers. This will be the largest layoff in microsofts history. A russian jet shot down a ukrainian warplane over ukraine using airtoair missiles. President obama announced new sanctions on russia. The russian leadership will see once again that its actions in ukraine have consequences. Passengers stranded on a casino boat crippled off