Bench . No. Will he still get the job . Mysterious deaths. Police in toronto, canada, is investigating this morning after a billionaire and his wife are found dead in their home. Neighbors in disbelief over the deaths, as police call the deaths suspicious. All that plus anita hill heads to hollywood to help the Entertainment Industry take control of rampant Sexual Misconduct allegations. Thousands of people fall ill on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean. And a Close Encounter of a different kind, as an asteroid gets dangerously close to earth today, saturday, december 16th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Sheinelle Jones a jones, craig melvin and dylan dreyer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us. Imsh im craig melvin. Dylan dreyer standing by, as well. This Close Encounter, are we going to it is not going to hit the earth but itll come the closest its been since 1974. It wont be this clear until 2093. F
Things appear clearing up this morning thankfully. All that after a dusting of snow we got yesterday but you can still feel that winter chill in the air. Gary, are we going to get more or will it go away . In terms of the snow, i think thats all gone and you know what, too, i think really the big headline this morning is were still going o be cool today but look, coming our way i think were going to be trending warmer around here the next several days and it does look like before this warmer trend goes away, we may actually touch 60 degrees again before well, over the next couple days or so. Let me show you whats happening. Basically a warmer trend begins today. Temperatures will be in the upper 40s and the low 50s. Temperatures right now are kind of cold but you know what, some of these numbers have been going up a little bit during the overnight. Actually last hour it was a lot warmer than it is in places now. Right now with this clearing skies, the sun is coming up, thats very, very
1,000 feet. North bay mountains in our east bay hills. So right now, the upper elevations continue to see winds from 20 to 32 miles an hour. And look at this snowy scene in the Sierra Nevada. They got about an inch of snow. And back home, well be looking at low 60s by noontime. High fire danger. Well be looking at some very gusty winds all day long. And it stays breezy tonight. Ill have a look at your sevenday outlook in just a few minutes, chris. Lisa, thank you. Firefighters across the bay area are on high alert this morning because of a rare red flag warning in december. A combination of strong winds, low humidity, and warm temperatures could quickly spread fires. As lisa mentioned, the dangerous conditions are especially concerning for people who faced the north bay wildfires just a couple of months ago. Abc 7 reporter katie utehs has the story. Reporter firefighters are unpacking their wildfire gear after storing it for the season. Cal fire had ended the bay area fire season back
Breat breathing at that time. We just got an update from a captain a short while ago. Right now we have an individual shot in the leg. Its what we know right now nonlife threatening wound. The investigation is still ongoing. We have detectives on scene. Officers on scene. Reporter there is no word yet whether arrests have been made or whether police recovered that gun. Reporting in southeast, darcy spencer, news4. Thank you. We have more news for you now. Police in Montgomery County happening in fallen water cervical in germantown. Bring you more information as it comes in. Remember, honor, and teach, three ways across america honors heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Today hundreds of volunteers donated their reech wreaths across arlington cement. Temperatures in the 20s did not effect the lets do this spirit of the tens of thousands of volunteers who began streaming in Arlington National cemetery not long after sunrise. Waited patiently to pass through security. Just before 8 00
Magic is made. By a man who never stops thinking about christmas. Good evening tonight, an enormous and dangerous wildfire is moving toward heavily populated neighborhoods in southern california. Its a fire thats been burning for two weeks. The rapidly moving flames prompted new evacuation orders as 93,000 residents are unable to go home. The fire is already the Third Largest in california history, and shows no signs of weakening. A relentless and about a heamage blaze, the thomas fire forced thousands of new evacuations in Santa Barbara and ventura counties. Strong winds pushing flames toward monty cito. The fire has been raging since december 4th. I shifting on us, its making it very dangerous for firefighters to get in here and do their job, basically, you know, this fire has been burning for two weeks. But this is a whole new fire. When we woke up this morning and looked out the window, we saw the hills above our house on fire. 18,000 structures are in jeopardy, schools have been s