Flying, turbulence hospitalizes people. Did facebook revolutionize the robot revolution. And the split that nobody saw coming. Today, monday, august 7th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us. Monday morning. We have willie in for matt. Good to have you back. Tan, and rested. Vitamin d. A lot to get to, including escalating with north korea. Defining the sune ing thing heinous plot. And Rex Tillerson condemned north korea and its missile launches. Lets start with andrea mitchell. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. At the asianpacific summit in the philippines, a rare display of unity, the u. S. On the same page as china and russia, taking a stand against north korea and its threatening missile lunches. But the rogue nation, not taking it well. Lashing out. Kim jongunregime, saying it will launch thousands fold revenge again
At 8 30, well get u. S. Housing starts and Building Permits for the month of july. Then talks begin between the United States, canada and mexico, get underway in washington with the first round of negotiations beginning at 9 30 this morning. And later in the day, the fomc will release minutes from its july 20 to 26 policy meeting at 2 00 eastern time this afternoon. But in the meantime, the fallout continues from the remarkable News Conference President Trump had here in new york yesterday, where he once again appeared to change his view on who was really to blame for the riots in charlottesville. And this as part of an attempt to refocus on infrastructure. Joining us from washington, bloombergs Senior Executive editor for International Economics and government. So marty, welcome back. I think its fair to say this was an extraordinary News Conference. I really want to focus on the fact that this was all to really focus on infrastructure. That was why he was there, we thought why he cam
Burr for some in the strike zone, theres nowhere to go. We dont have the money to take that ride out of town. Those preparing as best they can. Plenty of canned food, just the essentials. Bracing as Hurricane Harvey inches closer to the coast. The National Weather Service Forecast is call iing for 32 inches of rain here over the next several days. Jay gray, nbc news, victoria, texas. From victoria, lets take a live picture at Corpus Christi, texas. You can barely see anything. The storm clouds coming in, the rain coming down. The texas gulf coast, by the way, is home to many of the countrys oil refineries. Its not just neighborhood homes, its also businesses that are in danger of major damage. Meteorologist erika martin is tracking harveys path. Hurricane harvey has been upgraded to a category three. Were talking about wind speeds between 111 Miles Per Hour to 129 Miles Per Hour. So the deal is once it makes landfall, it will be a category three. Its currently moving very slowly. North
And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im savannah guthrie, and it is an anxious morning for folks up and down the east coast. Hurricane sandy strengthened over the night. Want to give you the information we know right now. Sandy is a category 1 hurricane with wind speeds of 85 Miles Per Hour. Its located about 285 miles east of cape hatteras, North Carolina. Emergency officials in new york city and washington, d. C. Had taking unprecedented actions to deal with this storm. Thats righ the mass Transit Systems shut down, schools cancelled. The stock markets are also closed. The first weatherrelated closure in 27 years, and just take a look at this nasa image from space. This is one massive hurricane. 800 miles wide which means its impact is going to be felt across a massive region for a very long time. You forgot to mention one precaution. Starbucks in new york and long island closed this morning. Dont hear that very often. Weather
We start with a students arrest. He says he is ecstatic that charges against him have been dropped. He was arrested outside of a charlottesville pub in march. Pictures and videos showed him pinned to the ground his face bloodied. The Commonwealth Attorney decided to dismiss the two dis misdemeanor charges. Ice investigation. Thank you. Right now d. C. Police are searching for the driver who caused a deadly crash. One person died and several for hurt and the cared crashed just after midnight. It happened on first sterling avenue southeast and in the berry farm area. We are live with more on the search for that missing driver. Reporter well, Police Believe that dreyer was likely hurt in this accident but despite the injuries he was able to get himself out of the car and run away, and hes still on the loose. The mangled cars speak to the violence of the collision. A witness tells police that the striking car, the volvo was traveling very fast. At first sterling slammed into another car tu