July 20th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. We are here with jenna wolfe. Lester is on assignment and erika is off. Im the lucky one. Where was it warmer, california or new york . Its been so hot here. I dont know how you have been dealing with the heat. No problem. I had a softball game yesterday at noon. It was unbelievable. I never thought we would make it through, but we won. At the airport, 101 degrees the pilot announced t. Waves came through the airplane. I was walking here and it was 87 already. We are going to have more on the heat and coming up, why firefighters outside palm springs are dealing with high temperatures themselves. The somber anniversary. Its been one year since a gunman went on a rampage. Well remember the victims and the one couple turning this day into one of the happiest of their lives. If you thought you might be waking up to bab
Temperatures are still coolerthanaverage from 67 at noon to 70 at 4 00 and 64 at 7 00. Next telephone hours, our thickest drizzle is in the in the bay and today we could get 100, and 73 at noon and more sunshine in the north bay and 81 at 4 00 and 72 at 7 00, and clouds are stubborn at the coast with drizzle and dry by noon and we will hang out in the lowtomid 60s. We have a few crashes, one is causing the most delays is the one in the east bay southbound 880 with two cars involveed and one to three lanes and possibly throw lanes blocked but if the red is any indication three lanes could be blocked. So bumpertobumper traffic. In san jose northbound along 101 at the expressway another crash has caused quite a bit of slowing. The bay bridge toll plaza shows metering lights are on and everyone but the car pool lanes are backing up from the maze. Happening today, bargain hunters are already lining up at a new Nordstrom Rack in Pleasanton Hill but neighbors worry it will make a bad traffic
You got that good morning, america, from the dancing champs. They arrived here moments ago, after flying all night long. Were going to have the big afterparty coming up this morning. And everyone, also this morning, all revved up about the powerball. So much excitement about that 500 million jackpot. There we see suzanne vega right there. Ill bet robin has a couple tickets at home. And amy robach, weve all seen your tickets. Does everybody here have tickets . Were in. Well let you know how that works out for us on thursday. Also, we have plenty of news as well. That big battle on capitol hill, over who will replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. We have Abcs Martha Raddatz here to weigh in on it. You see u. N. Ambassador susan rice right there. She had a tough day on capitol hill yesterday. Also coming up, our exclusive oneonone. The noholdsbarred interview with brat pitt. What he has to say about turning 50 and bringing up the kids with angelina. And we begin with the major st
Kate. Now the chapter of this royal story, from william and kates upbringing to their rocky courtship and Royal Wedding. It was the william kate show. Now raising an heir, modernizing a monarchy and learning to be, will and kate plus one. It was the moment the world had been waiting for, the most talked about courtship of the century. After a decadelong romance, Kate Middleton and Prince William finally tie the knot in a fairytale wedding. Thousands watched outside the church. Middleton family friend john haley was sitting in the front row. I was four foot away from everybody, from the queen, prince charles, all the royal family. It was amazing. Kind of a pinch yourself moment . It was. I was standing there, couldnt believe it. You knew they were coming because the roar just came through the abbey. You could hear it from outside. And then when kate and her dad come in, wow, that just sent tingles all through your body. It felt like a wonderful country wedding. Lady Elizabeth Anson was