Evacuations. The rocky fire has spanned to 5,500 acres and is threatening 600 structures. Good evening everyone im heather holmes. And im ken wayne. The county announced new evacuations just a couple of hours ago. Deputys have been going door to door telling people to get out. These areas are added to an already large number of evacuations. The fire more than doubled in size overnight and is now 54,000 acres. Crews spent the day building and strengthening fire lines. For more on the situation lets check in with joe fletcher. Captain thanks for joining us. How far are that fire from the community of oaks and are they endangered right now. Good evening. Were consider the community of clear oaks threatened. And south of highway 20. The Spring Valley community is just about evacuated. Napa county deputies and Highway Patrol have that area just about emptied out. You tell me you believe the area is cleared out, and tell me why its important that the fire not jump the highway. If the fire ge
Her trash talking opponent ronda rousey remains undefeated this morning. A stunning victory in a mere 34 seconds. Shes already talking about her next opponent today, sunday august 2nd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today on a sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside sheinelle jones. Dylan drier is here as well. Ronda rousey i hope you didnt spend 60 on pay per view. It would be over like now. Her last four fights barely 2 00 combined. Thats amazing. You werent surprised, i bet, at all. No. I was surprised. I thought it would go at least a minute. The brazilian fighter she was undefeated as well. She was thought to be if there was a woman out there that could beat her was thought to be here. It was the art move . Yeah. And she was out. Then were done. We want to get to the top story in california. New evacuations overnight to tell you about. People packing up their homes to get out of the way of the swiftl
The little robot on a crosscountry journey to san francisco. The goodness of strangers supposed to get him all the way. Then this happens. How the happy little life of hitchbot came to such a sad end today, monday, august 3rd, 2015. From nbc news this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. You look so different, matt with your glasses. Well thank you very much. Matt is off this morning. Weve got carson here and breaking news at the top this morning. Its our top story. The severe storms moving east now, after producing dangerous hail high winds and tornadoes across the midwest. Heres nbcs john yang with the latest. Reporter Severe Weather turned deadly over the weekend when high winds caused a tent to collapse at a small festival in suburban chicago. We had one fatality three serious injured and 17 to 20 minor injuries. Reporter John Anderson says his van, southern jack w
And the brush that is burning is what we would normally see in late august. Reporter in rural washington state, homeowners returning to find their houses destroyed. I raised all three of my babies in here, even him. Its crazy. Reporter in Southern California it was round two in the busy cajon pass. Major thoroughfare connecting l. A. To las vegas. Two weeks ago a wildfire moved in so fast, it torched cars stuck in gridlock. Another fire near the same stretch of highway. This time firefighters were able to divert traffic and the flames. Now, the main focus for firefighters in california is up north at the rocky fire. So far 14 homes have burned and others have been saved. The big tanker came in, the big jet. Dropped a lot of the retardant. If it wasnt for that, i dont think my property would still be here. Still, hes packing up and evacuating along with hundreds of others as the fire continues to grow. A relentless fire season only expected to get worse. Here at the rocky fire, fire cre
The popular locala palooza festival shutting down. Organizers ended the final day of the festival 30 minutes early when another storm hit the area. Here in grays lake, illinois, a day of cleanup. Parts of this building across the street. You can see that truck turned over. Carson, savannah, back to you. What a night. Jong yang in grays lake, illinois, thank you. Meanwhile, in california, thousands of homes are being threatened by a wildfire that nearly tripled in size over the weekend. Emergency officials stepped up evacuation orders. Joe fryer has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carson. This fire now at 54,000 acres, growing at a rate thats unprecedented. The flames have moved into a more remote area, which is good news. But in these conditions, they know things can change in an instant. The rocky fire is an unpredictable monster still growing this morning, even veteran firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. At one point, the flames tore through 20,00