Its starting to warm up out here. Look at all these people in the eastern corridor. Theyre excited as much as i am that its finally warm out here. Its nice to not have to wear gloves or a hat or scarf or several coats. Im overdressed. I am. In my jacket. I feel good in my jean jacket. Were out walking because we can walk. Theres no snow, snow ice and no jacket either. You can walk around without gloves. Come on through. Reporter car washes all over the area were packed with people wanting to wash away the salt causing traffic jams on georgeia avenue. These suds were in high demand. The police had to help direct more than 700 customers who stopped by the car wash. With a high of 53 degrees, thats reason enough to celebrate. It is really fun because my mom took me out because its my birthday. Last week when it was so cold , we barely had any customer s. We havent been this busy since christmas weekend. It feels great outside. I love the weather. Reporter now im not wearing all my hat and
23rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today at 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a thursday. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer alongside Natalie Morales and dylan dreyer in for al. 11 states including right here in new york, take a look at central park, 16 degrees at this hour. Dylans going to have more on the cold weather coming up. Well also have the latest on some breaking news overnight. Justin bieber has been arrested. Police held a News Conference just moments ago. Well have more on that in a moment. We begin on a thursday morning with the Olympic Games. The opening events are just 14 days away now, and mounting security threats are becoming a growing concern for athletes, their families and spectators alike. Nbcs chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, is in sochi for us. Richard, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. You can imagine what an agonizing choice th
Any target. His lawyer worked to reduce his punishment. We dont penalize people with mental illness. And now what were doing, were penalizing people with mental illness. Reporter taking the age and background of the crime, the judge sentenced gladden to 25 years in prison. Theres a lot of hurt people in the courtroom today. Were hurt on our end, danny was hurt. Theyre hurt on their end. He is a boy thats going to jail. He committed a crime, and hes going to pay for that crime. The judge ordered that gladden works at patuskin. Alex, thank you. Coming up new. Well have more of gladdens interview with police after the shooting. New tonight one of the bodies found in a burned out car in west baltimore was a Morgan State University grad student. The bodies of Alicia Strickland and teron bush were found shot. Strickland is the daughter of a retired judge. The fire was noticed around 5 00 a. M. In the 2000 block of monroe. Police have no suspects in their death. A councilman arrested, todd hu
I did not because it was clear that i wasnt getting online. And hardly surprising given that right now breaking news. There it is live. The healthcare. Gov website is down again. What an absolute fiasco. When its up, will it be the cure they are hoping for . Ill talk to rice about how his party handled obama care and whether they are doing too much to avoid the country. When he tells glen beck about college education. To start your life 150 grand in the hole, 80 grand in the hole with your art history major or polly or mideast earn studies and not find work thats why you got a trillion dollars in debt. And for that, apparently, hes supposed to be the mad one. Anyway, thats just for starters. Mike sets the record straight live on this very show and also, the return of the great arsen yol hall. The great man is back wearing one of the coolest hats i think ive ever seen in my entire life. They are eating my grapes. Wait, wait, those are my grapes. The big story, the im sorry tour for the
Singapore. Navy reporting significant damage leading to flooding in the crews machinery and communications room. Search and rescue are underways, the ships name arizona senator john mccain tweeting this, sidney and i are keeping american sailers aboard the uss john mccain in our prayers, appreciate the work of search and rescue crews. The name sake would be his father and grandfather who received as admirals. This is the fourth mishap in the pacific this year. Most recently in june the uss fitzgerald collided with flip peen container ship killing seven sailers. Last night pentagon producer thompson spoke with navy specials who claim officers arent getting the same kind of training they used to. A number of years ago navy machines who had newly commissioned officers instead of going to ship driving car and decision was made to send the newly Commission Officers to their warships and some bank that was a mistake. Kelly Lucas Tomlinson reporting there. Rob, this is disconcerting to the na