Own extradition. Why he could remain in mexico for months. And prepping for a party. With an increased eye on security, the world gets set to celebrate the arrival of a new year. Today, thursday, december 31st, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its new years eve morning. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside craig melvin, alongside matt. This is the night we fear the most. We have to stay up until midnight. Im going try. I cant believe that 2015 flew by like that. Later in the show, well tell you how to say goodbye to 2015 in style. Our top story is a breaking one. The criminal case against bill cosby after the legendary actor and comedian was arraigned on a sex assault charge. His attorney calls the charge unjustifies. Well talk to her and the attorney who represents a dozen cosby accusers. First, lets get the latest from Stephanie Gosk in pennsylvania. Good morning, savannah.
Im vinita nair. The monster blizzard that hit the east this weekend continues to claim lives. At least 26 people have died in eight states and washington, d. C. Some were in car accidents. Others suffered heart attacks while shoveling. A growing number have died from Carbon Monoxide poisoning in their homes and cars. Notable snow totals include 42 inches in glen garry, West Virginia and 26. 8 inches in new yorks central park, just a tenth of an inch short of the record. We have several reports on the cleanup, beginning in washington, d. C. With kris van cleave. Reporter the storm has stopped, and so has much of the nations capital. Theres no way a car could drive down side streets like this. Snowed in cars and feet of snow block the way. Pedestrians are still using main thoroughfares instead of icedover sidewalks. The airports are closed. So is d. C. s metro. Schools and the City Government will be closed tomorrow. Mayor muriel bowser. While we have made some progress, there is still a
Showing us making huge, huge gains. And i feel confident that if we can win here in iowa, if we can win in new hampshire, and those are going to be tough races, i think we stand an excellent chance to win in South Carolina and in nevada. But if you look at the polling because i have been to South Carolina. We have a lot of momentum on the ground. Support. Frankly, i think we can win you have a new ad out this week which is you and the Simon Garfunkel song america. What does that ad mean for you . What that ad is about is to talk about the fact that as we come together as a country, and we have so much strength, so many extraordinary people, that as we come together as a people there is nothing we cannot accomplish. We are the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have massive levels of income and wealth childhood povertiy, the only country on earth that doesnt guarantee paid family and medical leave. And when we come together that is what it is. Its a beautiful
His snow in central park. The mayor says students are headed back to class tomorrow. And vinita, more than 850 plows are still out, targesing the hardesthit areas. Jamie yuccas tonight. On the jersey shore, full moon high tides sent sea water and chunks of snow and ice flowing through the streets. Jericka duncan is in wildwood, new jersey. Reporter the water in wildwood is so high in some places cars cant get through. This gets to be a real mess in here. Reporter mayor Ernie Troiano drove us through the neighborhoods hit the hardest. He says this storms tides were higher than super storm sandys. Theres hundreds and hundreds of cars that were caught in these tides. Reporter marisa rigby returned today and found her car not working. We had beautiful snow for all of a few hours before it just became a river of icebergs. Reporter Restaurant Owner dave bannon spent sunday drying out. He says the water was up to a foot during the height of the storm. As you can see, the signs gone. When i ca
We had beautiful snow for all of a few hours before it just became a river of icebergs. Reporter Restaurant Owner dave bannon spent sunday drying out. He says the water was up to a foot during the height of the storm. As you can see, the signs gone. When i came in, the water was about up to here. Reporter at one point more than 18,000 customers lost power along the jersey shore. Most shore towns saw minor to moderate flooding and new Jersey Governor Chris Christie said overall his state did well. Regular workweek starting tomorrow. Yeah, we got some water this time. Reporter but for people in southern new jersey forced to trudge through flood waters the storm was another reminder of how vulnerable coastal communities still are. Did he do better up there . Because we didnt do so good down here. Reporter the mayor of wildwood says about 100 people were forced to evacuate from this neighborhood. Hes hoping that by tomorrow, vinita, most of those people will be able to return home. Right b