The governor turning the area and talking about how lucky he felt. It was an extraordinary amount of damage for such a short hit and i literally find it hard to believe that in one minute anything could do what this storm did up there. So its a remind their another nature at the end of the day can be one heck of a force when she s to be. Anchor the continue 1,000 homes lost power about half of them have it back. Were told by night fall most of those homes will get all of the power restored. There are a couple of homes up in the neighborhood thats hardest hit. They say it may have to wait until tomorrow. I told but that one worker injured. He was caught by one of these branches snapped back against him going into one of chipper machines. He was taken to the hospital were told his injuries are not lifethreatening but its interesting that the only injury so far was not during the tornado but in the cleanup. News. Anchor all right, dan, thank you. Also on 7 a park ranger facing charges acc
Retail sales and import export prices. Also worth watching today, november Consumer Sentiment and business inventories. Andrew, over to you. Corporate news this morning, Oil Field Services provider baker hughes confirming its now in talks with rival halliburton. This after the wall street journal reported on negotiations between the two. A merger would create a want korth 67 billion or possibly more. This years drop in Energy Prices has hurt and sent stock prices in the nasdaq much lower. Industry watchers note a deal would likely face antitrust concerns. Well talk to an analyst who covers the company in the next hour. Theres a real bet that oil price res going lower and that they need to consolidate to compete with schlumberger and the rest of them. Stock deal. They exchange cheaper stock for cheaper stock . Cheaper stock for cheaper stock. I imagine there would be a lot of layoffs because part of the whole idea is you would be trying to get your costs down. Speaking of energy, the ie
Rokerthon is in its last stretch. Al roker an hour from setting the guiness record for the longest weather cast in the history of mankind. Will fatigue make him insane. Al, do you know where you are . Find out live today, friday, november 14th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everybody. Welcome to today on this friday morning. Or as we like to call it the 33rd hour of rokerthon. Rokerthon. Roker friday. He is about to set a Guiness World Record for the longest weather cast. Last night i came to visit about 11 00, and i said youre really sharp. He looks and says no, im not. Thats what natalie said you sound like harvey firestine. At it almost 33 hours. Has he taken a shower, changed his clothes. Look at al. He did put on a fresh pocket square. Got to stay dapper. So al, lets talk about rokerthon, the weather taes story again. It is. Thats what help immediate do rokerthon. I know this
Clark. We do have a fair forecast. And by that i mean there wont be any rain. There will be fog popping up. Usually it doesnt show itself until 6 00, 7 00 and then sal and i are very busy. Recent rain from yesterday which wasnt bad. Sol of some of you hardly had any. But some had pretty good totals. Thick morning fog for some. Not too much yet but it tends to thicken up in the next couple of hours so 60s on your temps. Kind of muggy today. A lot of moisture in the air. Sal, any reports yet . I havent had any. This is a look at the golden gate bridge. We will be watching this span very closely. Make sure you know about it. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, westbound its still lightly traveled and the fog is not an issue here. Its not causing a big delay at all. There is an injury crash southbound 101 at tully. Lets go back to the desk. Witnesses in oakland say a blind man was struck and killed by a car while he was on his way to pray at a mosque. It happened last night on Marke
Petaluma, santa rosa and napa. For others you will. Once it burns off mostly sunny and mild. A lot of moisture in the air. Lows 40s and 50s. Napa, santa rosa, north bay. Marin county, be careful. Some of that could be zero visibility. After the fog burns off, we are good to go. 40s and 50s on the temps. Noticeably cooler after yesterdays rain. But also because the cool air moved aloft. Upper 40s and low 50s. Menlo park at 48. Higher clouds might spill in but over all a mostly sunny, partly sunny forecast here for the next couple of days. Fog, sun, mild. Thinking morning fog. Well have your weekend update in 12 minutes. Here is the man with the traffic. Lets look at the east bay. East shore freeway is moderately heavy from the carquinez bridge to the mccarthur maze. Yesterday was five times more than that. We will not have any of that rain to mess with the morning commute. However, there is problems out there. Bay bridge is just moderate. This is a 1520 minute delay. I was told that the