One love and one love president obama stops in jamaica. Today, april 9, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, Everyone Welcome to today on a thursday morning. We probably should start the show this way every day. We will have to play that president obama story more often because it gives us an excuse to play bab marley. Severe weather throwing overnight of tornadoes, rain hail dylan is in following all of it. We saw tornadoes, hail we had flash flooding. Take a look at this video from deerhead kansas. You can see obviously a 71 el cloud. Youtosee that rainbow right there. Unbelievable video from a more rural area from southern kansas right on the border of oklahoma. So there were no damage reports because it was obviously in that rural area. Now in missouri we saw more hail than anything else. We have reports of hail two to three inches in diameter winds toppling trees, power lines, tearing the rooves off some building. We a
Abc2 timesaver traffic drive times. No delays on the west side. Just eight minutes right now to travel the outer loop from 795 down to 70. And it will remain clear from parkville all the way up to towson. For those of you traveling on 95 no issues getting to bwi airport and the northeast corridor also in great shape. Just 14 minutes to travel southbound from the beltway all the way into the city. Thats a look at your traffic. Megan and charlie, over to you. It is still a busy travel season. Some people are trying to get home after being away for christmas. Others are heading out of town for new years. Now if you have somewhere to go by plane theres a chance the flight is delayed or canceled as a result of this treacherous weather. Now it happens on airlines. They will automatically rebook you to the next available flight. But because of all the weather delays, the next flight could be days away. There are a few things you can now do to increase your odds of getting on a flight. If your
Releasing new photos this morning. Celebrating Barbara Walters. A legend who broke down barriers in tv news, now saying goodbye after an unparalleled career. Well take you behind the scenes of her last show at the view. And the unprecedented gathering of women shes blazed a path for. All surprises her with a memorable tribute. Now barbara says goodbye this morning. Good morning, america. That doesnt sound like goodbye from Barbara Walters. Not at all. Shes unstoppable. Were going to have a lot of fun with her this morning. But first, this was the scene overnight in Southern California. The fires overwhelming an entire hillside. You can see the hot embers flying right into the air. More than 2,600 firefighters now on the front lines, battling 10 unprecedented wildfires. So many multimillion dollar homes burning up right now. A lot of memories going up with them. Look at this one home. Total destruction. That appears to be a Television Still attached to the furnace, to the fireplace. But
Quinnipiac poll showed mcauliffe ahead of cuccinelli by six points. If they show up, the next governor could be a democrat. If he wins, the long ethank you letter will be to the women of the old dominion. Cuccinelli faces a gap so enormous it is better described as a yawning chasm. Women choosing the democratic candidate by a margin of 50 to 36. As it turns out ladies arent all that into antiabortion, antisod my. Thinking people. Joining me Michael Steele. Nbc political analyst and former governor ed rendell. Managing editor of the grio. Com joy reid and deputy of new york city howard wilson. My fellows and friends, thank you for joining me on this election day, which im determined to make a big deal in this hour we have. Michael steele, ill go to you first. Talk about the implications of the Republican Party. I want to start with virginia. My question to you is will the gop take notice if Ken Cuccinelli is defeated. They will take notice of it. In a sense were making more of these two