Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a chilly friday morning. Even as a yankee fan, im happy to see whats going on at fenway park. Theyve transformed that place into a winter wonderland. You called it wicked big air, and id add wicked cold air. Itll be freezing or below freezing or below zero in a lot of the country. 30 degrees below normal. Al is outside on a frigid plaza. Good morning. Good morning. I have to tell you, this is rough. Its just going to get rougher. Heres what happens when you combine a broken water main in scranton, pennsylvania, and brutally cold air. Coating power lines and homes. They finally have gotten it under control, but it created a mess. Well see more scenes like this over the next 48 hours. Heres whats happening, again, as we mentioned. The polar vortex is always over the north pole, but its now shifting over the northern atlantic. It relea
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a chilly friday morning. Even as a yankee fan, im happy to see whats going on at fenway park. Theyve transformed that place into a winter wonderland. You called it wicked big air, and id add wicked cold air. Itll be freezing or below freezing or below zero in a lot of the country. 30 degrees below normal. Al is outside on a frigid plaza. Good morning. Good morning. I have to tell you, this is rough. Its just going to get rougher. Heres what happens when you combe a broken water main in scranton, pennsylvania, and brutally cold air. Its an instant ice sculpture. They finally have gotten it under control, butt created a mess. Well see more scenes like this over the next 48 hours. Heres whats happening, again, as we mentioned. The polar vortex is always over the north pole, but its now shifting over the northern atlantic. It releases t
Theyve transformed that place into a winter wonderland. You called it wicked big air, and id add wicked cold air. Itll be freezing or below freezing or below zero in a lot of the country. 30 degrees below normal. Al is outside on a frigid plaza. Good morning. Good morning. I have to tell you, this is rough. Its just going to get rougher. Heres what happens when you combine a broken water main in scranton, pennsylvania, and brutally cold air. Its an instant ice sculpture. Coating power lines and homes. They finally have gotten it under control, but it created a mess. Well see more scenes like this over the next 48 hours. Heres whats happening, again, as we mentioned. The polar vortex is always over the north pole, but its now shifting over the northern atlantic. It releases the arctic air into across the Canadian Border as the jet stream dips into the east coast. Right now, weve got, by friday, this morning, it feels like 4. New york city, 14 currently. In cleveland, it feels like 10. O
Crash into the pole. Wendy . All right, Meagan Fitzgerald. The maryland state trooper who was hit in his cruiser on the beltway in Prince Georges County yesterday is still in the hospital. Were learning new details from a witness who says the driver of the mercedes was struck by another vehicle, and that caused him to drive erratically and thus hit the trooper. Bureau chief Tracee Wilkins is live in college park to explain how this all happened. Reporter wendy, we have spent the day talking to people who were involved in this accident and witnesses who saw it. Its giving us a clearer idea of what happened. This tow truck driver showed us the damage done to his rig after he says a mercedes spun out of control after already striking a state trooper on the shoulder of the beltway yesterday. It all happened just after 2 00 p. M. On the outer loop near 450. Police say trooper Ezra Ganeshananda was parked behind a disabled vehicle with a tow truck in front of it when a mercedes slammed into
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