Candidate for president. While on the democratic side, is this the week that Vice President biden decides if hes in or out . And first flakes. Snow sweeps from the midwest to parts of the northeast as the coldest air of the season blankets millions today, monday, october 19th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Weve had a dramatic change in the weather. Its 38 degrees in the studio today. Yes, it is. Brisk in here. Not snowing, but its snowing in other parts of the country. This is the time of year where you say oh, its snowing and in january its like oh, its snowing. I know. Well talk more with al about that in a minute and breaking news out of l. A. X. In a minute but first lets start with the escalating war of words between candidates donald trump and jeb bush. At issue, trumps controversial remarks about the 9 11 attacks and then president
Yesterday morning. Yesterday morning we were at degrees, right now at 34. In many of the suburbs down to the middle to upper 20s this morning. Little bit of a breeze, its not tremendous, about 510 miles but it does add a chill to the air. Windchill factor here, willful factor in worcester at 19 degrees. Feels more like 28 in the city of boston. A cool dry start. There could be a couple of sprinkle, ocean effect rain showers to the east but with the flow a lot of the showers continue to push offshore. If you are heading out to the head of the charles expect a cool and breezy one. Temperatures running to the mid 40s this afternoon close to 40, thats it. Out through the worcester hills and then mid to upper 40s down through southeastern massachusetts, even colder night tonight. Freeze warning in effect. Well talk more coming up. Our top story this morning, a mother from pennsylvania facing some serious charges after triggering an amber alert. Police say she took her seriously ill son and
Now, the 36yearold Tiffany Cherry was so overwhelmed with relief that she couldnt stand up. She had to sit down. The prosecution had asked that she be held on 250,000 cash bail. But after the judge heard her story from the defense attorney, the judge set the bail at just 250. Cherry triggered an amber alert saturday when pennsylvania Authorities Say she fled from a Pennsylvania Hospital to boston with her sick twomonthold son. Cherry was arrested at Childrens Hospital here in boston. Cherry said she came to boston because her family is here and she says she thought that her baby could get better care at Childrens Hospital. This is all completely blown out of proportion. The people were getting amber alerts at 2 00 in the morning on saturday morning. People were complaining to me about being awakened in the middle of the night for this amber alert. As any parent has the right to do and any parent in this courtroom could do, chose to go to the Childrens Hospital in boston, probably the p
Morning. This is 7 news today in new england. 9 00 this sunday morning. Thank you for making us part of your day. Im kris anderson. Im nancy chen. Those stories and more straight ahead on today in new england. Brr is right. Another cold one. You know, i know know this is step by step into winter. Boot weather. Making the case for. That right . Mid20s. Lower 30s. Even the city of boston hitting 33 degrees. The record low was 31. It is about as cold as it gets. For this time of year. Current temperatures right now, not all that much better. 33 in worcester. 36 in boston. A breeze this afternoon. Windchill factor running down into the 20s. At least we have that sunshine in place right now. A mix of scattered clouds in the afternoon. All in all, a dry day. Although a cool day. If you are heading out to the head of the charles, temperatures late morning in boston, only near 40 degrees. Should be about 46 this afternoon in boston over to cambridge as well. We take a look at the forecast thro
Even at 2 00 this afternoon, when you find your warmest part of the day, still only in the upper 40s. Our normal high is about 61. Today. 7 00 this evening, cool. Mostly clear. Temps down into the 40s. Milder tomorrow. We will talk more about that in about 15 minutes. Jadiann thank you so much, j. R. Lets get out to rich kirkland. Rich good morning. The only slowdown is downtown, very minor as traffic tries to get into the ted williams tunnel. Theres a backup downtown but nothing wrong with the bridges and decks and tunnels right here as you see downtown. Theres a look at the turnpike. Live traffic, very easy ride on the turnpike. 495 all the way downtown and the expressway is clear. The t is as well as theyre just getting going on this monday morning. Rich kirkland, 7 news today in new england. Christa thank you. New this morning, despite an order to stop operating in nevada, Fantasy Sports Company Officials with the nevada gaming control board prohibited daily fantasy sites thursday