Brother calls him sick and depraved. Plus, nasas highspeed project to fly you across the country in just three hours only on cbs this morning jeff glor takes off on a jet designed to break the sound barrier without a windowbreaking sonic boom. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. She heard the house shaking. There was a loud explosion. Flames are being seen in the sky. Rescue workers are under way after an oil rig explodes. Clearly visible for miles across the huge lake. Were ingauging this thing, were taking it by the horns. Were going to be here until the job is done. Fire fishlts say theyre finally getting an upper hand on the wildfires that devastated northern california. Were not out of the woods yet but were making tremendous progress out there. Its the singest largest attack in somalian history. They sit down for lunch along with Vice President pence today. A former d. A. Official says the agencys effort to crack down on the Opioid Epidemic
Moment a passenger jet suddenly plunges 20,000 feet. Passengers get down. Harvey weinsteins brother speaks out claiming he was a victim of his brothers verbal and physical abuse. Late july. And just in time. And it is gone it is a walkoff home run. A dramatic blast gives the l. A. Dodgers a commanding lead over the cubs in the National League championship series. Today monday, october 16th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this monday morning. Thanks for joining us. Nice to have you with us. As we get started on the work week, a lot to get to. Well start with breaking news in louisiana. An oil rig exploded on a lake near new orleans overnight injuring crew members and leading to fears of a possible leak. Nbcs Tammy Leitner has more on this situation that has been changing. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Five people are critically injured. T
Their newest headquarters. Todays focus is on philadelphias logistical strengths. The city is only 75 minutes from new york and 100 minutes from washington, d. C. By train. Philadelphia also a Major International gateway with 5,000 daily flights and p hxhl is the transatlantic hub for american airlines. Pamela osborn is live in University City with more on the fight for the amazon headquarters. Reporter as you said, a huge emphasis on location. And today, the city releasing that video showing how philadelphia delivers. This Central Location is fantastic for them. Reporter this video features ceos talking about why the city serves as a great place for their businesses and employees. One reoccurring theme there, the ease of getting around, not just here in the city, but its close proximity to other major cities like new york and d. C. , a short train ride away. The new headquarters is expected to bring 50,000 jobs, making that facility a 5 billion investment. Should amazon pick philly, t
To unblock the deadlock. And no, it didnt mean theresa may was increasingly worried about the idea of no deal on brexit. So thats clear. And even though none of the europeans could quite remember when the dinner withjean claudejuncker had been finalised, we have to believe, because they told us, it was always on tonights menu. The discussion at table will not be made public until whatjuncker ominously calls the autopsy. But first, reports this evening suggest negotiations between the two sides have accelerated. Lets go live to our diplomatic editor, mark urban, who well let you into a secret didnt have this trip in his diary for weeks. It wasnt in my diary, if it means another trip to the european commission, whos complaining . We all know what happened back in april. There was this dinner in downing street between the president of the commission, Jean Claude Juncker, and theresa may, which by all accounts went pretty badly. People briefed against her from the commission side saying sh
Two miles west of highway 29. There you can see his water tender. It lost control and went over the edge of the road there. This happened around 6 50 this marking. This is one of the steepest roads in napa county. The driver came around this bend, his rig and empty tender rolled sideways, and landed upside down on the side of a very, very steep hill. There are skid marks on the road, but chp isnt sure that indicates he applied his breaks before the accident. They will perform a mechanical inspection to see if his equipment failed. They will investigate whether he was driving too fast and the also see if fatigue played a factor. Cal fire points out this is the eighth day of this fire fight here in wine country. Everyone is getting tired. There have been no breaks for the firefighters since the fires erupted last sunday evening. And so, yes, people are getting tired and that is a factor that we are aware of. We consider it in our daily activities and we work to sbat against that. Whether