Shot. Why the gunman may have gone on the rampage. And controversial ceremony. Joe paterno set to be honored at penn state. But it is under scrutiny by those who say he stayed silent about the Jerry Sandusky scandal. And rocket man. A nearly impossible stunt nearly 40 years in the making. . A daredevil following in evel knievels footsteps. Tries to complete the snake river jump that evel knievel could not pull off in the 70s. Can he do it . The stunt you have to see, today, saturday, september 17th. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. Stephanie ruhle has the day off. And the story of redemption. It was. I usually dont like watching those things happen. It was an attempt at redemption for the engineer. The guy who designed evel knievels backn the chute opened early. The guys son used the same design this time around. It makes it better. Stay tuned. We will have mor
Those areas right now north and west of 495. Outside of 495, they will track toward worcester here shortly and extends from brookfield to rutland. Westminster to town send inching toward chelmsford and westwood. This really intense rain. A flood advisory that continues until 7 30 into parts of southern and southwestern New Hampshire. These are some areas that have reports of 2 inches of rain already out there. Orange, 177 inchs. Over an inch in nashua, New Hampshire. Half an inch in lawrence, and we are not quite done yet. This is going to continue on and off through the day. It is closer to boston here during the afternoon hours. Temperatures go up by only a couple of degrees. It is allday 70s, but the most intense rainfall is expected as we head from lunchtime to 2 p. M. The storms really start to fire up, and we get pockets of heavy rain that continues straight into the evening look with future cast coming up. Catherine parrotta standing by with a look at live drive time traffic. He
His apartment and collected evidence. Investigators recovered a backpack filled with bombs at a nearby train station, including one that a robot detonated. Authorities say there is no indication he is part of a cell. President obama is urging everyone to remain vigilant. I think its important to remember what terrorists and violent extremists are trying to do. They are tg innocent people but they also want to inspire fear in all of us. Police have detained at least five others in connection with the bombings. Last night the fbi revealed that they detained a car of interest and interview some of the people in that car but they ultimately released those people. The nypd is also upping patrols and the mayor is telling new yorkers to just remain vigilant. Checked into ahmad khan ramahi in their databases and have found no connection between him and our state. The fbi also doesnt believe theres a connection between ahmad khan ramahi and a man who went on a stabbing rampage in a minnesota ma
It caused a chainreaction crash with a couple of other cars. Two people in that car there were two people three people in the car, two people were injured, one of them a juvenile. They were taken to the hospital and a witness says that there was a third person in the car who was arrested. Two other people in the other cars were also treated and released at the scene for injuries. Oven in the Police Officers was hurt. But we understand that one firefighter on the scene was injured in that sense. Also breaking news, were watching out of wilmington where police are investigating a crash in the parking lot of a rite aid. It appears there were three cars involved in this crash. We have a crew headed to that scene and well keep you updated as we get it. A guilty verdict in the murder trial accused of killing an army veteran today, peter castillo. The the jury came back with the verdict today they began with closing arms inside suffolk superior court. The jury went out, began those deliberati
We have rain moving in, mike wankum. Mike thats the good news. Theres a lot of broken clouds. We may get a hint of sunshine. As you look off to the west, there are bands of showers, more will be happening tomorrow morning. We have an opportunity as a cold front approaches and we have muggy air over the top of us. Hit or miss showers, not a lot of it, though. Heres the way the map looks at 8 00 a. M. Cloud cover filling in across the area and a spot shower is a possibility. As we head through the but a lot of gray skies and a muggy day as well. By 4 00, were starting to see popup showers. We have to wait until later tonight. Thats when we start to see more activity going on. Tomorrow mornings commute could be on the wet side because of all the showers out there and perhaps a rumble of thunder. In boston, well ramp up to 82 degrees as the sunshine fades away. And the threat of rain moves into the forecast. Well talk about how that will affect the Gillette Stadium game in a few moments. A