Areas but major cities spared the worst. This morning, hundreds of thousands are without power, schools still closed and Airlines Scrambling to get up to speed. Hack attack. Highprofile twitter accounts hijacked overnight. Nazi symbols posted on the pages of celebrities, politicians and media outlets. Who was behind it . Take two. The dad whose Live Television interview became a worldwide sensation after his children crashed into the room goes back on tv. Once my son came in in the roller, then it was sort of there was nothing i could do. The lesson he says hell never forget today, wednesday, march 15th, 2017. Dont believe me, just watch announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. We had the weather storm yesterday and back to politics this morning. What a difference a night can make. A lot to cover in politics, the top story this morning. Were
Watched the game, i dont know what ballgame the vikings are playing, but i have to say my hat off to the eagles, they great job. Talking about the roadways right now, looking good, looking really nice, really quiet, dry roadways, hoping it stays that way. Looking like it will. There are actually couple of showers out there, passage of very minor disturbance out there. You will see couple of speckles on storm scan, but not in philadelphia. Doesnt look like this will even have a chance to reach us here in philadelphia or points south of that put things into motion, three hour loop, and yes, there are couple of pockets of showers, some of the pockets producing steadier rainfall, primarily off into upstate new york, off into new england, so, you know, really the southern most fringe of this. And this will continue to fizzle, so generally talking more sunshine than anything here today, guys. Looking at the temperature vair werent from yesterday this same time, it was cold morning yesterday.
Responsibilities for young people, young women and men, their parents, families, as they consider military service, what would you tell them why they ought to choose the army . Why they ought to choose the army. I think its an interesting question, because i go to basic training. I was just down in fort jackson a couple of weeks ago. And i always ask the parents that i meet, why the army . Especially if theyre from a different branch. Part of the army, to me the army is the force that is the most connected across the country with the United States, with america, with tradition, with the local communities. And it was brought home in a pretty dramatic way a week from yesterday, i had my welcoming ceremony, i talked about my who uncles that went to west point. One of them last name fanning. The number of emails i got from all over the current army today, but other people as well who knew with or served with one of those uncles. And so thats what i would tell someone why to choose the army
Hispanic man with a mustache, average size, wearing dark clothing. I spoke to parents who say this type of thing doesnt happen here often. Normally, i drop off my kids in the morning and i pick them up in the afternoon time. Sometimes they walk home. From now on, you know, im so afraid so i have to go pick them up from the school. Amy police say they will have increased patrols in this area before and half school hours for the rest of the week. Well have more on the story tonight at 5 00. For now, live in lorton, amy aubert, abc7 news. Alison amy, thank you. A horrific crash. A plane fell out of the sky and slammed into a gaithersburg home december 2014. Today the ntsb says it was the pilots fault. Everyone on board was killed, along with marie gemmel and her two small children. Maryland bureau chi brad, at least some closure from this today. Brad yeah, you know what . That is exactly right. A couple of minutes ago i spoke with the husband of marie you mentioned. He built the new house
Police in omaha spent much of the afternoon in a standoff with a man who barricaded himself inside a west omaha home. Its unclear just how many people are in the home, however one person emerged from the residence unharmed. Initially a person in the house called police, saying hed been shot, and his girlfriend was being held hostage. Officers are attempting to negotiate with the suspect. Jenna an Iowa Senate Committee is taking on concussions head on, putting forward a bill on preventing these kinds of injuries and it has a lot of coaches and trainers talking. The bill focuses on preventing concussions and will be hitting the Senate Sub Committee floor monday. The proposed bill would make it mandatory for home teams to provide athletic trainers at every varsity level game for collision sports. Those include wrestling, football and both boys and girls soccer. The biggest hurdle the bill faces is that its not funded. Which means more costs for already struggling schools. Son, i have a se