With the family how we do this. As Hillary Clinton weighs in on her potential new challenger. He should have the space and the opportunity to decide what he wants to do. What biden says it will take for him to enter the race. In his own defense, owen labrie takes the stand. I didnt have sex with her. Closing arguments set for today. Well be live at the courthouse. On alert. The southeastern u. S. Preparing for erika as the Tropical Storm strengthens. Could florida be in for its first hurricane in ten years . Today thursday, august 27th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Matt is on assignment. Willie is here. I think were all in shock about what happened and unfolded at the television station in virginia. We have the latest on that shooting. Tributes pouring in this morning for adam ward and Alison Parker. They were shot and killed wh
Television and roanoke virginia there are more in the death of alison park and at war this started working fulltime at the station last year after the internship she was in a relationship with this this is evening anchor. today of lost love life. I told her then losing someone you love as a spouse or significant other would be so difficult to have to bear and that is what i have to bear right now. Polo sandoval he is remembered as a go better the gunman was a former reporter who worked through annexation or was fired two years ago he later died from a selfinflicted gunshot wound he said of video and messages to the media in a 23 page he writes he would a powder keg in his words of waiting to go ballroom in the last straw was the recent racially motivated shooting and south carolina. Polo sandoval at the very spot where all started to to four hours ago you consider the yellow tape and this is left to go and also pour through the very latest suicide note as they tried to really the mind
After we get hit with the cold front we may have wet weather coming our way. The temperature is dropping so they are filling tires. Air up the tracks. When you drive. Ther this noter the sinks to the lows that you longing for warmth keep an eye on your car. The traffic flow freely today but the freezing cold coming at us can cause a lot of problems. Which can lead to breakdowns and have you stranded some of the worst weather. If you want to make sure that you have enough antifreeze and that your battery is charged. Hardware stores. They have seen a spike in antifreeze sales. A week ago. Come get it. As are the space heaters to keep the cold out. Flying off the shelves. Across the metro they are treating roads to try to keep them from icing over with the wet weather approaching this week. Once it gets too cold its too late to treat. You cant put anything down after 25 degrees. Meanwhile, a sense of dread down on us is setting in across the metro. Its going to bundle up and turn my heat
We do not know who the suspect or who the killer is. Reporter Alison Parker, photojournalist adam ward both widely respected. Each deeply in love and on the verge of beginning new lives with the ones they loved. Well focus heavily tonight on those stories. We will also bring you new details about the killer who took his own life. What we wont be doing is turning this hour into his story. Well be mentioning his name and showing his picture as little as possible. His stated motives and violent history matter giving him any further publicity even in death certainly does not. With that we begin with brian todd in this awful timeline. Reporter its 6 45 a. M. Wdbj reporter Alison Parker is giving a live interview. Adam ward is photographing. Then shots ring out. Both parker and ward are hit as well as the woman being interviewed. Wards camera films the shooter, gun raised in the air as he laid dying wards last living act capturing an image of his own murderer. Alison parker, age 24. And adam
America. The difference this time it played out on Live Television. A gunman filled with anger. He described himself as a human powder keg opened fire on two young journalists, reporter Alison Parker and cameraman adam ward of our cbs affiliate in roanoke, virginia. Both were killed. The 41yearold gunman took his own life after a police chase. We wont show you the most graphic part of the shooting but we caution what you will see and hear is disturbing. Jeff pegues begins our coverage. Reporter the gunman posted his own video of the shooting on twitter and facebook. In it, Vester Flanagan is seen approaching the three victims who apparently do not know hes there. He lifts the gun once, but then waits. When the photographer turns his camera back to the reporter, flanagan begins to shoot, as many as 14 shots can be heard. Wards camera caught a picture of the gunman as it fell to the ground. Alison parker and adam ward died on the scene. The person being interviewed, Vicki Gardner of the