Sony hack . And road rage. Oh, my god she just hit our car. Shes pushing us off the road. A frightening incident in Northern California all caught on tape. The driver of a pickup truck prelentlessly pursuing two women in another car until they safely reach police leaving us wonder where is the holiday spirit today, tuesday, december 23rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. That scene out of Northern California on a highway reminds you while the holidays are supposed to be a joyous time, not for everybody. To hear the screams and the panic in the voices of those passengers, well have more details of what went down there. Exactly. Lets get right to our top story, though. Huge storm is coming at the worst possible time, on Christmas Eve. It could be a nightmare for millions of travelers. So if you can get to where youre going today, you might want to try to do that. Dylan is keeping an eye on all of thi
Government about what youre really wrapping up. And good morning, america. That song is happily stuck in our heads this morning, now its stuck in yours as well. A little gift for you all on this tuesday morning. Theres no breakout Christmas Song since mariah carey. Were about to get a new holiday hit. 20 years ago. 1994. We want to get to the weather right now. So much snow out west. Look whos taking a break from christmas prep. Not us. I was about to reenact it for you. Rob, thats santa claus. It is, but with technology today, hes able to take a quick break. Ahead of schedule, happy to report. He will be busy, and he will have a strong jet stream to ride in on. That jet stream is bringing three storms that are going to come together, one, two, three. They are going to collide and strengthen through time here. As that happens, we have a couple of concerns. Namely, Severe Weather and heavy rain across the south. Gulf of mexico moisture. You know what happens when that happens this time
We have set a new record in wilmington delaware with that 3 degrees. We are watching other cities as well. Our dangerous wind chills will continue, throughout the morning, really through lunchtime. So you have to protect yourself against wind chills ten to 35 degrees below zero. That is what it feels like outside and that is where frostbite can occur quickly. We will check the wind and wind chills and we will tell but this messy weather that is coming saturday into sunday. That is tomorrow, folks, and it could mess up your weekend plans but we will get you through it as we always do, right bob kelly. We have been here an hour and already two water main breaks on the big board, the the new one is in the neighborhood rhawnhurst northeast philadelphia, the intersection of castor and rhawn, so use bustleton or solly through morning rush hour. Second break is on the new jersey turnpike on the walt whitman Service Plaza a in the concession area there. No food or water that is a big pit stop
And two german giants report earnings. We will report the numbers as they come. Welcome to countdown, i am mark barton. Also coming up, almost a Million Dollar tribute to the late marvin gaye. And the late lawsuit. Net income falling 17 . Seems to be below estimates. Analysts expecting a drop. Earnings before taxes, down 1. 9 . 905 Million Dollars. Analysts were estimating 94 mine dollars. What is important is the projections for 2015. The company has confirmed the forecast for 2016. They will pay a final dividend of 85 euros. Those are the headlines. Stay with us. Later this hour, i will check with the chief executive. The strongest euro in a dozen years. Concerns about corporate earnings. Ftse 100 fell 2. 5 , pulled it down by commodities stocks. The swiss market was not hit as hard. It was buoyed by the news at Credit Suisse. Lets focus on Credit Suisse . A bank in transition. The new man at the top will be the announcement of his replacement had an immediate and positive effect on
Bock sheppard. Exit sandman. One of baseballs alltime greats. Mariano rivera, leaves the Pitchers Mound at Yankee Stadium for a final time. The emotions pouring, and departing in hardearned cheers and thunderous chants in the bronx. We do say good morning, america. George is off. Great to have josh back with us. You talked about bob sheppard, the announcer for the yankees. He was welcoming mario rivera for the final time. Sam was asking, why do you call him the sandman . Because you might as well put the game to bed. Oh, yeah. When that man, right there, 42, shows up. One of the games alltime greats. And one of the great gentlemen in sport. We have lost a singular person. We have more on that ahead. Also, were going to hear from two former president s today and this weekend. That was me yesterday, with president george w. Bush. Got a chance to sit down with him. Ask him about his health. And george sitting down with former president bill clinton. Youll hear about that today and sunday