Treatment. And high on the hog. Bacon prices at an alltime high. Why it is costing us more to pig out. Today, monday, august 4th, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rock feller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. We have carson and dylan in for al. Boy, we have a big story out west. Thousands of people waking up this morning in california stranded. Two different towns are affected. Take a look. Heres why. Torrential rains triggering mudslides like this one have left roads buried under feet of debris. I want to get right to nbcs Miguel Almaguer, this morning. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. The fire sparked by lightning. The gulch fire exploded in size over the weekend. A state of extremes. Just outside los angeles, a scene many could not believe. Monsoonal thunderstorms brought mud into oakland. The town of 1,500 cut in half. One person was killed when the car was washed away. Another
New security measures are implemented. Getting on an airplane is a test of following orders. A strange move and you can be taken out for extra security screening. The fact 26yearold Marilyn Hartman got on a flight from San Jose International airport to los angeles afternoon monday without a dick debt seems nearly impossible. I am shocked. They scene us so thoroughly. You are patted down for the houston little thing. I cannot imagine someone else scraping and get on a plane. Southwest ails conducted a hold count after in the air and police say she had no confirmed reservation in the system and in proof she purchased a ticket and was arrested in los angeles. This is not her first instance at the airport the she has tried six times to get past security at sfo and one time she made it on a plan but was arrested before take off. Hartman is banned from sfo without a dick debt. San jose Airport Security toll the local congressman how she did it, bipat the document checker on monday while he w
Well, good tuesday morning. Right now the second american infected with ebola is on her way to the united states. Yes, Nancy Writebols journey from west africa will end in just a few hours when she arrives in atlanta. Shell be the second patient treated at Emory University hospital for the deadly virus thats killed nearly 900 people. Abcs Tahman Bradley has the latest. Reporter this morning, doctors are fighting to save the lives of two americans infected with ebola. Nancy writebol is said to be improving after receiving a dose of an experimental drug. The 59yearold missionary from charlotte was in liberia helping to decontaminate doctors and got sick. She was eating a little bit, able to take in fluid, so, you know, were cautiously optimistic. Reporter according to the president of writebols missionary group, nancys condition has improved enough to make special requests. She asked for her favorite liberian meal of potato soup and coffee. Reporter 33yearold dr. Kent brantly, who arrive
Opener, your world in 90 seconds. Unfortunately over the past several weeks we have seen all too much of the nfl doing wrong. That starts with me. Damage control at the nfl. Commissioner Roger Goodell holding a News Conference to itemize the leagues plans for dealing with and preventing Domestic Violence. Have you considered resigning at any point throughout this . I have not. Im focused on doing my job. Security breach at the white house. Someone jumped a fence. A man running across the lawn just feet away from the front door. President obama and his daughters had just left bound for camp david. The manhunt continues in pennsylvania. Eric frein is accused of shooting one state trooper to death and wounding another. Firefighters are digging fire lines in the El Dorado National forest to keep a wildfire from spreading. The terrain forced the evacuation of 2,800 people. Going gaga over alibaba. The biggest ipo shares are up, 38 . All that good news for gordo. Hitting during a police chas
The second american infected with ebola back in the United States. Nancy writebol admitted to Emory University hospital in atlanta. Hawaii is preparing for a rare double threat. Hurricane iselle could make land tomorrow and right behind that is hurricane julio. A dangerous landslide sent residents rushing to safety. An insider attack at a military Training Center in afghanistan killed an american general, Harold Greene the highest ranking american officer to be killed in combat since vietnam. United Airlines Flight from newark to brussels was forced to make an Emergency Landing after fire broke out in a gallie. Chaos after two tour buses crashed in times square. 14 people were injured. Everybody was running. Everybody was running for cover. A woman described as a cereal stowaway was able to get past security and able to board a southwest flight to l. A. X. Researchers took a new underwater vehicle to an island off mexico. The hunter became the hunted. Ouch. All that the man really didn