Swim faster. A young swimmer chased by a crocodile. Just in the nick of time, an onlooker saves the day today, august 15th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Im matt lauer along with natalie and craig and dylan. We will get to talk to savannah coming up in the next half hour and learn a bit more about baby vale and the cheeks that have stolen the worlds hearts. I could watch the pictures all day long. Lets start with breaking news from missouri. The Ferguson Police chief holding a News Conference moments ago to name the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown. This comes days after security was handed over to the Missouri State patrol. Lets get to ron allen in ferguson. Reporter matt, good morning. The Ferguson Police department has been under pressure to release the name and make the investigation as open as possible. They have been resisting claiming they we
A young swimmer scrambles for shore chased by a massive crocodile. An onlooker saves the day today. Friday, august 15th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt with natalie, dylan, and craig. Savannah continues on maternity leave. She had the baby two days ago. And coming up in the next half hour, were going to talk to the new momma and learn about baby vale. For the first night since the shooting of Michael Brown in ferguson, missouri, demonstrators rallied peacefully as they called for justice in the case. This after a new Security Strategy was put into place. Nbcs ron allen has the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, matt. Yes. The Ferguson Police chief Thomas Jackson just told me they will release the name of the officer who fired the fatal shot. That is a key demand of the community here. Everybody breathing a huge
11 00. 7 00 in our far western suburbs, sec at the shore. We are looking at a solid line of storms, the strongest is along the i95 corridor to the west. As it moves closer to the shore it encounters the cooler air and that helps the storms die out. With this storm the main threat is damaging winds, this is associatied with a cold front. We have a pair of 90s, todays high is 95 degrees, well talk about cooler weather coming up in the full accuweather forecast. The Philadelphia Fire Department has issued a data filled defense to its response to a tragic blaze. One day after police dragged protesters from a firehouse and the day after a fire killed four children, commissioner sawyer used timelines and 911 calls to show there was no delay. Action News Reporter john rawlin was at the News Conference and sara bloomquist is back in the newsroom. Reporter the Fire Commission under and chief of staff pushed back against critics today and said that someone, a civilian, used a fire extinguisher t
The commissioners took their show on the road Thursday evening, meeting at the Limerick Township office at 6 p.m., instead of the usual 10 a.m. start time.