Star spangled spectacle. Today we come together as one nation with this very special salute to america. The president celebrates Independence Day with a military show of force. Speaking of thousands on the national mall, the reaction this morning heading into the Holiday Weekend. Those stories, plus, in the weeds. A surprising problem popping up on beaches this summer. Never forget. New revelations that amazons alexa can record and store conversations forever. But there is something you can do to get your privacy back. And coco motion. Cori gauff is taking wimbledon and the world by storm, and we got the chance to speak to her proud parents today, july 5th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this friday morning. Im peter alexander, alongside sheinelle jones, filling in for our friends savannah and hoda on this post july 4th friday morning. We have some
Hundred thirty eight people were killed in forty eight hours as russian and Syrian Government jets hit rebel held areas and it led an eastern puter. Also several buildings have collapsed after a powerful earthquake hits taiwans coastal city of quiet. And u. S. Stocks closed with gains after a volatile day which saw markets plunging across europe and asia. Three. I lift off in florida the worlds most powerful walk it takes off with a sports car as its payload will be live at Cape Canaveral. Welcome to the news i its been described as the deadliest day in the rebel held syrian region of eastern in over a month at least seventy one people have been killed in asked rights. In the damascus suburb which has been besieged by the government for four years Syrian Government and Russian Forces of ramped up their attacks there as well as the rebel held areas of province now there are two of four apparent deescalation zones agreed by iran russia and turkey last year a total of one hundred thirty e
Most now involved in the case of a south bay teacher accused of whats called catfishing students. Pam Gloria Allred is representing a parent who is suing the Gilroy School district. For not doing enough to stop the misconduct. Pam this is the accused teacher douglas le. He was arrested at Gilroy High School last week. Pam police say, he posed as a young girl, and messaged facebook asking them to send sexually explicit photographs. Pam a parent says, she alerted the School District back in 2014, after the teacher sent her teen daughter. Pam . Believe that the sexually inappropriate text was not in viet reported to the police. We are taking and the full action to the complex. Instead, he was continuedhe was allowed to continue teaching and molest a minor child until the child transferred schools. Pam the School District says, the inappropriate messages back in 2014 were unprofessional but there was no criminal activity. Pam the also say, the Text Messages did not rise to the dismissal. L
The hospital. She got zapped in the knee or in the thigh and knocked her off the trailer. Shes in the hospital now. It was a busy afternoon for a nearby Elementary School where tom was. Hell have more on that coming up at 5 00. Lets bring in the chief himself about this unusual day. When it happens, you get these cutoff lows and they sit offshore. Normally they come through and theyre here, then theyre gone. If you look out the window, the low is lingering. It will sit out there today, tomorrow and a little bit on saturday. The days are getting so long, that look at the rotation. Check that out. The days get long so what is happening is you get a lot of ground heating and you get con vehicletive activity. Most of the activity is in the north. Lets move further north. Chook around the chico area, there are cumulus clouds and things you would expect to see in the midwest. Lets look at the lake tahoe area, they got snow in the higher elevations. Very few people got everything. But if you
We get some rapid develop. Speaking of, look at reno between truckee, south lake tahoe, thunderstorms from the Carson Valley. This is going to be very active today. Probably over the next three to five days. Be advised if you are going up to the mountains. There is going to be a lot going on. The same for shasta as well. Offshore is the low. It will continue to drift closer towards us. As it does, that provides the lift, the dynamics for a better opportunity for thunderstorms. Temps in the 50s. They will end up in the 60s. I think watch this afternoon. There it is. Its kind of drifting towards central california, but its close enough to us. Cloudy to mostly cloudy. A pew sun breaks. Showers later, late morning, late afternoon. We have a better opportunity for showers today. Sal, 7 01. You got busy south bay, bay bridge toll plaza . Lets start at the toll plaza, steve, because i wanted to show you the traffic is busy there. It is backed up as usual there at the toll plaza, but there are