Mccabe, a frequent target of president trumps rage over the russia investigation gets word he will not face prosecution. This as questions swirl about how much influence the president has over the department of justice and its investigation. All that plus in memoriam. The Los Angeles Lakers reveal their plans for a Massive Public memorial at the Staples Center for kobe bryant and his 13yearold daughter gigi. Scary scene. A tow truck driver incredibly gets back on his feet after getting knocked down by someone driving a stolen vehicle. And close call. A giant asteroid three times the size of the Empire State Building is hurtling by earth this morning. But dont worry its missing us. Today, saturday, february 15th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news this is today with peter alexander, kristen welker, and dylan dreyer live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today and thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. You hear about that ostroastero missing us it feels like its a li
Early today starts right now good monday good morning im phillip mena and im Frances Rivera. We begin with the global spread of the coronavirus nearly 400 u. S. Passengers quarantined for two weeks on the diamond princess cruise ship in japan are back in america. Two chartered flights carrying the evacuees headed for the u. S. On sunday. One of those flights landed at Travis Airforce base in california moments ago the evacuations come as 40 americans on board the ship test positive for the virus but they have been left behind reporter hundreds of americans getting off the diamond princess in an evacuation involving u. S. Teams in protective suits. I understand you guys want to go back to the u. S. Is that right . Yes as long as well be safe honestly, youre much safer getting off this ship. Okay. I would not stay on this ship if i were you. Reporter paul and cheryl anxious to go. I have to put my mask on and get going. Bye reporter leaving their room after nearly two weeks of quarantine
Holiday. Were here working for you. Kari has a look at the forecast. Weve been dealing with dense fog in some spots. Let me show you the san mateo bridge. Where is it . It is in there. This is your drive across the bridge. So use your regular beams and dont put on the high beams. And in san jose the clouds are higher but we start out with a cloudy sky but once it clears up, it is a beautiful day. Reaching upper 60s and low 70s and well talk about what is else is headed our way for the week. And mike is still tracking the breaking news. I am. The chase bank and goodwill and our camera behind the camera is the Fremont Hub Shopping Center so folks familiar know this is a busy intersection. This pole was taken out and are there is a problem with the signal. They are not functioning. And that affects folks away from mallory toward the surface streets and Shopping Centers and affects folks getting back from transit back and forth. That is what the effect is. And the rest of the roadways are
Quorum call ms. Cortez masto mr. President , i rise today in opposition to it the nomination of lawrence van dyke to serve on the United States court of appeals for the ninth circuit. Mr. Van dyke fits neatly into this administrations pattern of picking federal judges for our Circuit Courts of appeal without meaningful input from home state senators. The president continues to select ideologically extreme nominees like mr. Van dyke, and the white house is putting forward people without enough experience for the momentous roles they have been chosen to serve. Mr. Van dyke has been nominated to fill a nevada seat on the ninth circuit, even though hes not a nevadan. He didnt grow up in my state, he doesnt appear to own property there, he doesnt seem to have family ties, and he was only an active member of the nevada state bar for two years. Senator rosen and i engage with the white house to put forward highly respected nevadans with bipartisan support, but our suggestions were summarily i
Fire danger midweek. Offshore winds. A fire watch in effect from late tuesday night into thursday morning. Well talk more about that coming up. Thanks mary. Lets check plan to take the highway, know accidents or incidents. Just a lot of cars. The commute starting to get busier westbound 580 and more cars road way towards 680. That is where youll see most of your delays coming out of the tracy into the all the month pass to grant line. That is the slowest spot there. It eases up as you get to 680. Right now no delays on eastshore freeway or highway. Pretty nice. No delays on the eastshore freeway. [ no audio. ] im anne makovec at the live news deck. Were following nis Murder Investigation in fresno. Four people are dead, six injured in a shooting yesterday. It happened around 6 p. M. One possibly more shooters burstrd into a backyard where there was a ing onthe party. They were gathered to watch a football game. Those shot were all asian men aged 25 to 35. Of the six people that were in