Last. How will it feel this weekend. Glad to have you back, pat. Off to the west, were tracking light rain this morning. This is a sign of whats to come as we head throughout the weekend. Notice where its dry, new york city, out towards long island, its not a total washout this weekend. But we will have rain both days. 74 degrees. Its muggy and it will stay muggy throughout the weekend. Winds out of the northeast, calm rightno we have partly sunny skies in central park. Lets plan your day. As you head throughout the day, you see the increasing chance of showers and storms. If you have to do something outside, earlier, the better. The farther east, the better. The farthest west you head, more showers and storms. Unsettled through the afternoon and into the evening. Temperatures mild but not too bad. Into the mid80s. Theres a muggy feel throughout the day. It starts to get wetter as the day goes on. Sunday. Well explain hour by hour in your forecast coming up. Gus, over to you. New this
Declared. Tragedy in texas. Photos taken moments before the debtliest hot air balloon crash in history. More on the 16 people who lost their lives and how it happened. Olympic athletes and fans arriving in rio. Preparations in full swing. Will the city be ready to host its most famous party ever. Find out, today, august 1st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is a special edition of today, countdown to rio with matt lauer live from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a monday morning. The 2016 Olympic Games almost at hand. Copacabana beach. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Take a look at that. Copacabana is beautiful on a perfect day and by the way, lets get something straight off the bat. In the United States, some people say Rio De Janeiro. Here they call it Rio De Janeiro. Tomato, tomato. Its freaking beautiful. You win the battle of backdrops this morning. May
Michael. Reporter stefan, police say this guy has been creeping around neighborhoods after midnight, looking into windows, and exposing himself. Heres one thing he may not realize. He wasnt just caught on one camera. He was caught on three. This is exclusive video we obtained showing a suspect lingering outside a womans window. Police say he then performed a lewd act on himself. Its very terrible, especially if they have kids, you know, all over. Reporter another camera shows him running f, after being spotted. And a third video news 4 obtained finally shows the man calmly walking down an alley. Its horrible. Words cant even explain what kind of person he is. In this neighborhood, a parent told us hes now telling his kids to stay away from the windows. Police say the man is in his early 20s, and he showed up in this alley on black rock avenue just before 1 00 a. M. Thursday. Neighbors are worried hes still in the area. Never know what might happen. Reporter this video shows the cleares
Blast. Do i get judged on maybe not as being as artistic as the next artist for that . Maybe. But i mean, at the end of the day, i feel like my art is the ability to get people together and make them have a good time. Then, as the number of traditional bars in the United States continues to decline, americans are moving the party to their homes. Steve patterson explains. Being in an atmosphere where its crowded and the music is blaring, we make it what we want. Harry smith takes us to one of americas most beautiful places where there is a fight between preserving nature and creating good jobs. Boundary waters watershed from copper mining. We have a great group assembled around the table, first, the faa is investigating a deadly balloon crash in texas. 16 people were on board when the balloon went down. Janet is in lockhart, texas with the latest. Janet, what happened here. Reporter willie, good accident in u. S. History. It burst and crashed into this corn field saturday morning. The b
Young lgbt and homeless, their daily struggle to survive. Autism speaks, we talk with the organizations founders and the Surprising New findings about the disorder. And plus, ira glass my conversation with the storyteller. How hes taking this American Life on the road. This thursday marks three years since George Zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin. The violent death of the unarmed black teenager with questions about profiling. Would he face federal charges . Should he . Well, today wanted Justice Department announced a decision that for many adds to the anger and anguish. We, the jury, find George Zimmerman, not guilty. A florida jury jury acquitted George Zimmerman of murder. He said that he shot martin, who was unarmed in self defense. The police initially chose to not charge zimmerman, but after months of protests, prosecutors filed murder charges. Critics were outraged over what they say was a case of racial profiling and the police indifference to the death of a black teenag