Zoo says no animals are missing. Calling out nicki minaj over her tweets. Are there artists tweeting into the fray . Today, wednesday, july 22nd, 2015. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome on a wednesday morning. Lets ask the guys in the control room to put the images up of a massive warehouse complex fire in north brunswick, 40 miles from manhattan. It has grown to five alarms. Well have much more on that story coming up. But on this wednesday morning, lets start with another breaking story overnight. A United Airlines crew reported being the target of lasers at a new york area airport. This after a dozen similar incidents there last week. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation. What can you tell us . This problem has been growing worse over the past few years. Laser pointers start out with a small light but as the distance grows, that beam of light grows bigger and bigger. So big it can light up a cockpit and blind the pilots. This morning, the police
Cards that have been streaming in here all day. The police chief says they have lost a warrior, a leader a friend the day july 22nd became the end of watch for Sergeant Scott lunger. Scott loved this job. He did it eagerly. It is a tragedy that someone has done this. Reporter calling it a dark and devastating day, Hayward Police are dealing with a loss of one of their finest. They say Sergeant Scott lunger was shot and killed after he pulled over a pick Truck Driving erratically through a hayward neighborhood about 3 00 this morning. Partner down partner down. Police say the officers partner fired back into the suspects vehicle. A short time later the bulletriddled truck was found abandoned in east oakland. Based on information from the vehicle we have identified a person of interest. Tonight haywards police chief say they have arrested a suspect, 21yearold Mark Anthony Estrada, an oakland man they say has ties to a gang. They spent the day searching the suspects east oakland house. Ne
Brush, a lot of dry vegetation very erratic winds that were dealing with so our biggest concern is to start getting some containment around this and make sure people are safe in those evacuation areas. Amy head from cal fire joining us. We mentioned the people being safe. We also said three hikers have already been rescued. Any other people in danger right now as far as you know . There is the conanyon Creek Campground that is under evacuation as well as the mix canyon area we are evacuating. I do not have an exact number of homes in the area. Its as i say, were work on that number. We do have some road closures along 128 and are asking people to stay out of the area to make sure they are safe as well. 0 containment at this point. Amy, thank you for your time. Well check back with you later through this newscast and through the night. We appreciate your time. Lets accepted things over to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. You heard the captain talk about the types of conditions theyre d
Sharknado, and the cliffhanger butting all other cliffhangers to shame today. This, july 23rd, 2015. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Great to see you. Remember that time we all got eaten by a flying shark. People waking up going, oh, they survived. A movie, not over, i know that. I really believed you in the role of matt lauer. Very good. Were going to have fun with sharknado 3 later on, but we want to start with a thursday morning with serious news. Candid and troubling comments from fbi director james comey on the threats from isis facing the United States, and that groups increased ability to inspire americans to extremism. Kristen welker is at the white house with more. Officials here have long signaled the terrorist group isis, also known as isil, poses a danger to the u. S. , but the fbi director was asked if the group is now a bigger threat to the u. S. Than al qaeda. His answer, yes. Underscoring the level of concern here. Isil is not your pa
Kari hall has the wind conditions they have to battle but we begin with stephanie. Whats the progress out there . Scott and kris we expect good progress. The winds dont seem as strong as yesterday, but were awaiting for the update. I spoke with the haffner family. They were told yet not to worry. By 8 00 think saw an orange glow over the ridge north. You can see the land completely blackened behind me. Got up close to their property right up to their fence. I looked up there, and fire was over the ridge. Reporter it wasnt just a surprise to them it surprised firefighters too. They said everything was south of us should be fine. The next thing we know we fire to the ridge to the north of us. I was thinking we need to get them off the property. Reporter its been a tough firefights. The terrain and few roads have complicated the fight. Copped biened with the erratic winds notorious in the area. Blisters couldnt believe the wind. They were probablying burn ago average of 2 feet off the gro