Whats in it this time, and can it pass . Plus, a dangerous heat wave blarn kets the blankets the east coast. Nevada declares a marijuana emergency. And an american surprise at wimbledon. As Venus Williams tries to extend her own historic run today, thursday, july 13th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its 7 00 on the west coast on a thursday morning. Nice to have you with us. Nice to have you with us on a very busy news morning. A lot of breaking news overnight. Starting with major developments in that search for four young men who vanished near philadelphia. Police have now found the body of one of those men along with human remains buried in a farm in whats described as a common grave 12 feet deep. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is live at the scene. Whats the latest . Reporter good morning. This is really news these family members were dreading. This is now offi
That shows where the Trump Administration goes in terms of the prioritizing of the threat. But also, in how to deal with it in the diplomatically effective manner. Reporter mattis is in Silicon Valley to get a look at Experimental Technology being developed in the Silicon Valley, one innovation a sea going autonomous drone that could be used to spy or track enemy movements in oceans around the world. Its developed in alameda. The Defense Innovation unit experimental helps the military find Hightech Solutions in other areas like artificial intelligence, life science, space and information technology. Innovation is actually apolitical and the whole point is that were saving lives, saving dollars and the generating a lot of and were generating a lot of great Economic Activity around the u. S. Reporter they started under the Obama Administration but received a very strong endorsement today from secretary of defense james mattis, one of the other advantages of whats going on in the building
This benefit started tonight at 8 00, still going strong. We understand that moby is expected here probably within the next 30 minutes. Inside, artists, friends and many who say one way to help is attending benefits like this. A crowd lined up before the doors open. Taylor Williams Works in music venues and came early. A lot of people had creativity in this community. Its definitely important for us to show support. Reporter inside of mezzanine in San Francisco, music played at an oakland benefit. It paid tribute to those those who died in the warehouse fire. Monique said her brother was among them. Million benefits going on and trying to go to as many as we can. Reporter in oakland the atf wrapped up its investigation as local police moved the barriers closer to the burned warehouse. Flowers honoring the lives lost also moved closer as family members stood closer. We discovered a whole community of people that loved him. Reporter john and kathy remembered their son Joseph Matlock know
Attacking the religion and getting other former members to come forward. I went through hell. Now, the rare oncamera interview with the churchs attorney, first on gma. And the incredible images. Man risks his life to save a skier. He climbs a tower, and helps man being strangled by his own backpack. Then cuts him free just in the nick of time. The hero is here to tell his story this morning. Good morning, america. Happy friday. And boy, this rescue is something youre going to want to see. Mickey wilson, saved mans life. Were seeing so many problems with the ski lift this is season. And 80 million americans facing a Winter Weather wallop. Some people are very excited. This is from lit rock, arkansas. A group of middle School Students desperate for a day off. Theyre doing a snow dance. It started snowing there earlier this morning. My kids were by the snow day calculators last night. Not so bad here. Theyre luckier than these kids. Forced to stay at school late into the night. Because of
We have the threat of a few showers in the north bay and in the San Francisco area. Here it is. We are expecting to clear out by the midafternoon making way for what is expected to be a much dryer weather pattern ahead. By wednesday, well be clearing and cool but pushing ahead towards thursday. We are expecting a very weak system off the coast to bring the potential for more rain. Ill have a closer look what spec expect. Mike. Looking at dryer roads because of vianeys forecast. But roadway conditions are not crowded. The commute late for this friday. Part of the reason is the a lot pass. Livermore, dublin moving much more freely. You cannot connect from highway 37 to 101. Mild towards the bay bridge. Of here, this is a problem for oakland continuing from yesterday as well. The sinkhole repair. The sinkhole named steve. The other pickup truck remains giving us that restriction. Breaking news out of the south bay where a pedestrian was hit by a car early this morning driven by an uber dr