Sharknado, and the cliffhanger butting all other cliffhangers to shame today. This, july 23rd, 2015. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Great to see you. Remember that time we all got eaten by a flying shark. People waking up going, oh, they survived. A movie, not over, i know that. I really believed you in the role of matt lauer. Very good. Were going to have fun with sharknado 3 later on, but we want to start with a thursday morning with serious news. Candid and troubling comments from fbi director james comey on the threats from isis facing the United States, and that groups increased ability to inspire americans to extremism. Kristen welker is at the white house with more. Officials here have long signaled the terrorist group isis, also known as isil, poses a danger to the u. S. , but the fbi director was asked if the group is now a bigger threat to the u. S. Than al qaeda. His answer, yes. Underscoring the level of concern here. Isil is not your pa
Kari hall has the wind conditions they have to battle but we begin with stephanie. Whats the progress out there . Scott and kris we expect good progress. The winds dont seem as strong as yesterday, but were awaiting for the update. I spoke with the haffner family. They were told yet not to worry. By 8 00 think saw an orange glow over the ridge north. You can see the land completely blackened behind me. Got up close to their property right up to their fence. I looked up there, and fire was over the ridge. Reporter it wasnt just a surprise to them it surprised firefighters too. They said everything was south of us should be fine. The next thing we know we fire to the ridge to the north of us. I was thinking we need to get them off the property. Reporter its been a tough firefights. The terrain and few roads have complicated the fight. Copped biened with the erratic winds notorious in the area. Blisters couldnt believe the wind. They were probablying burn ago average of 2 feet off the gro
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
Happened . Reporter they are still trying to figure that out. But me give you a lay of the land. It sits at the triangle of land where the potomac and the shenandoah rivers meet. The National Park is just down the road. That is with the rivers are. Let me show you where this fire was. In the heart of the historic district. You can see for buildings, all of them terribly burned up. We do not know the cause yet. It is under investigation but one of the pieces of evidence we know that they will be looking at is an extraordinary piece of videotape that was given to us by the man who took it early this morning. Take a look at this video. It shows at about 3 00 a. M. The first moments of this fire. It is crackling loud. You can hear the trauma and the voices of the people. They are wondering where the Fire Department is. They caution each other to get away. A woman is worried about getting her dog away from the fire. The good news, no injuries to people. Two cats were killed. This is a bad f
At one hospital, more than a dozen dying after arriving in the e. R. Others in critical condition. Hundreds of people lining up for blocks to donate blood tonight. And the faces of the victims beginning to emerge. President trump and the first lady with a moment of silence outside the white house. After calling it an act of evil. World news tonight gbegins no. And good evening from las vegas. And we are here at the scene of the worst mass shooting in american history. A lone gunman from a 32nd floor hotel window shooting at thousands of helpless concertgoers below. On stage, Country Music star jason aldean. The music mixing with the sound of bullets. Terrified people on the ground, during the rounds of relentless gun fire, they were huddling. And then, the pause. They would run for their lives before witnesses say the gunfire would then agabegin ben. In minutes, s. W. A. T. Teams reaching that hotel room in that building right here behind me. And tonight, the horrific toll now emerging