Terrain and, of course, because of the drought its bone dry. Billowing smoke and crackling flames created an orange and black backdrop for tankers fighting the massive fire. A dc10 has been dropping retardant along with hundreds of firefighters who have been battling this hard to reach fire tearing across this rural section of northern california. Helicopters scooped up water one bucket at a time each holding 324 gallons. Emergency responders feared the fire would move quickly. And it did ballooning to thousands of acres in a matter of hours. Super dry vegetation four years of drought not helping us any. The winds keep changing and shifting direction. All of a sudden they were, like, the winds are moving rapidly and it shifts we dont have very much contained and its just spreading so fast and you guys just need to leave. Reporter now, the fire threat forced some cattle and horses to flee. And cal fire says the wildfire may have been sparked by a car accident yesterday afternoon. But th
Wildfires force california residents to flee. Both nasa and yolo counties. Just 5 contanned. 200 structures of threatened. Isis is more of a threat than al qaeda. Ashton carter making a surprise visit to iraq. The United States vows to keep up the fight against the terror group. Were hearing a haunting voice mail. How did switching lanes with no signal amount to all of thus. A lot of people very excited that im going to the border. In oklahoma five people were murdered. Two teenagers are in custody. Theyre apparently released to the victims. A flight declared an Emergency Landing in colorado. Scare for thousands of passengers on board a cruise ship that caught fire off the coast of jamaica. North carolina, the street car out of control crashing into an suv. The passengers were not hrt. All that Siberian Airlines flight an argument some of sort turned into a brawl. And all that matters. The iran nuclear deal. John kerry expected to face tough questions this morning. Historically bad dea
Cooler, at mount pocono. Look at the dew point in mount pocono w a light wind that is within of the best hair days we have seen, in our area in a long time. So, perhaps we will take the boat on the water do some fishing, why not crop your hair nicely. Two go hand and hand. We have low dew points in the 50s. Even again 40s depending on location but with that nice low humidity in place and full sunshine and light wind it really does not get much better than this mid 70s in the poconos. The that is your head line there sunshine across the board at the shore points. Ale need sun block regardless of your plans to be outside today, but whatever you have got going on it is a great excuse enjoy it. Meisha, over to you. That makes me so happy. Im so happy here in this beautiful weather. It has been ever since i have arrived here in philadelphia. It makes a difference. Yes. Excellent outside. For traffic especially in that morning so nice to have that sunshine. It is beautiful outside. Good morn
California wildfires force residents to flee. Napa countys brushfire. Only 5 contained threatening about 150 homes. Isis is more of a threat than al qaeda. Ashton carter makes a surprise visit. Sandra bland told jailers she had previously thought of suicide. Meanwhile we hear a haunting voice mail. Donald trump going to the border today. A lot of people are excited im going to the border. I may never see you again, but these are minor details. Murder. Two teenagers are in custody. Theyre related to the victims. The man directly behind me started passing out. A scare at sea for thousands of passengers aboard a cruise ship that caught fire. No one was seriously hurt. A street car out of control crashing into an suv. The passengers were not hurt. All that on a Siberian Airlines flight an argument turned into some sort of brawl. And all that matters secretary of state john kerry expected to face tough questions. Historically bad deal. Historically bad deal. Let me tell you something as a m
Putting all other cliff hangers to shame today thursday july 23rd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Remember the time we got eaten by a flying shark . Did we survive . They survived. Its a movie. Its not over. I believed you in the role of matt lauer. Thank you. Well have fun with sharknado 3 a little bit on. We start with a serious news. Troubling comments from fbi director james comb my on threats from isis facing the United States. At the groups ability to inspire americans to extremism. Kristin welker is at the white house with more. Reporter officials here have long signalled the terrorist group isis also known as isil poses a risk to the u. S. The fbi director was asked if the group is a bigger threat to the u. S. Than al qaeda. His answer is question underscoring the level of concern here. Isil is not your parents al qaeda. Its a very di