Please try to be impartial here. Who do you think is the most qualified to hold office in 2016 . The lady i saw singing on saturday night live. And speaking of late night, tonight show takeover. I think i pulled a hammy on that one. I think i have to tag out on that one. A surprise appearance for jay leno jumping in on fallons monologue. This morning jay is live with us from tonight to today, today, wednesday, october 7th, 2015. Announcer 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 a wednesday morning. Weve got willie in this morning for matt and some breaking news at the top this morning, a startling revelation. The Associated Press is reporting this morning that the fbi has helped foil several attempts by russianlinked smugglers to sell Nuclear Materials to muslim extremists, including isis. Lets get right to nbcs key simmons in london reporter implications are chilling, an
Crews had to walk far into that tunnel to the middle in fact before they found the sparking that was causing the smoke and then they had to replace the insulators smoking. By that point, the damage was done leaving riders stranded for hours and some said they werent given clear directions on what to do. Communication, what would you rate . Poor . Zero. A negative zero. Like they incompetent. Everything is disorganized. Its just just hectic. Reporter now, coming up at 5 00, can you actually get a refund if you were stuck in that mess . Jim, back to you. All right. Adam thank you. Metro sent an apology to riders this afternoon for, quote, significant delays crowding and inconvenience. It went on to say for your safety both tracks were taken out of service while appropriate Fire Department personnel along with metro response crews investigated and rectified the issue. We established limited Shuttle Bus Service as an alternative. Despite these alternatives we know that many of you experien
Next warren buffett. All of that and more over the next hour. First, lets go to the headlines from our radio cohost carol massar. A five p 500 snapping day slide, gaining more than one percent, after better than expected u. S. Jobs reports. Dropped toyment rate a fiveyear low, payroll with 203,000 jobs added. Sears is looking to spin off its lands end unit which has remained profitable despite the company struggles. And there was much glitz and glamour for todays world cup draw. Rizzo will faced mexico, brazil will face mexico, cameroon, and portugal. Those are some of the top headlines. Massar. You, carol the world mourns the loss of one of its great leaders. Nelson mandela emerged from 27 years in prison to become south africas first elected black president , dying yesterday at the age of 95. The comments of about mandela from former u. S. Vice president al gore, the Democratic Alliance leader, and chris williams. Is probablyndela the preeminent Global Leader for his life of courage
but biking and running trails were not as busy. only a few brave and dedicated runners came prepared, and powered through the heat. we woke up, first thing wid is we need to get near the water asap. nora coleman and matthew ingram decided to beat the heat by getting in a kayak. they were looking for any relief. so hot, waiting for the bus to come down here. when we got to the water, we re look it s like 20 degrees cooler, threat s get in the water. reporter: yeah, getting in the water, that seems to be the solution a lot of people are turning to. now, while this out here looks like a lot of fung, doctors are advising everyone to be careful. make sure you drink a lot of water. if you re out in the sun, feeling nauseous or light-headed, you should get checked out. richard jordan, news4. right now in our region, there are still more than 27,000 people sweating out this heat. pepco is working to restore power to more than 15,000 customers. dominion, virginia has about 5