this morning, the terror inside the classroom. the heroes who raced into action and the battle looming once again over guns in america. natalie is live on the scene this morning. moving out after hurricane slammed the bahamas, it s headed to the east coast. a separate powerful storm is bringing torrential rains and potential flooding to the southeast today friday, october 2nd, 2015. from nbc news, this is today with matt louer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today, 7:00 a.m. pacific time. another heart breaking story. the president was so angry yesterday using words like routine and numb to describe the way many feel about this. people watching the around the country thinking how did this happen again and yet in this little town feelings are so raw this morning, it s making an impact. of course, it s our top story. tears and heart ache a day after a mass shooting. a community college in oregon is the site. nat
inside the classroom, the heros who raced into action and the battle looming once again over guns in america. natalie is live on the scene this morning. and moving out. after hurricane joaquin slams the bahamas overnight, it s now headed out to sea and away from the east coast, but there s another concern, a separate yet powerful storm is bringing torrential rains and severe floating to the southeast today, friday, october 2nd, 2015. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. another morning, another sick feeling about having to cover a story like the one we saw in oregon yesterday. the president spoke at the white house and used words like routine and numb. and yet for the people in this little town in oregon it is so raw. their hearts are broken this morning, and i think everybody in this country is asking themselves why does this k
actually a rainy morning across large parts of the country. willie along with al and tamron. natalie is in rowsburg, oregon, covering the shooting on the campus of umpqua community college. natalie, let s go right to you with the lateest. guys, once again. here we are at community college. it s actually closed and the road leading into the campus is closed through the weekend and will reopen again on monday. this is pretty much an active crime scene right now. this is a community really in mourning. it s a small town and rosenberg has 20,000 people and that kind of community where everybody knows everyone in town and last night over 1,000 people held a candlelight vigil at a nearby park to remember the victim and to honor and pay tribute to them because in times like these it s the victims that we want to remember. we re also beginning to hear incredible stories of courage under fire. law enforcement was quick to arrive on the scene here in less than ten minutes. that prevent
four patients went to the operating room for various procedures, and, unfortunately, one patient was deceased in the emergency room. reporter: shooter s father spoke briefly to reporters late last night. this is a shock to everybody at what happened today. obviously it s been a devastating day, devastating for me and my family. any surprise at all? shocked, shocked is all i can say. reporter: a lot of shock, a lot of heartbreak here. community speakers at the vigil last night credited law enforcement for the crick response, including two u.s. marshalls who just happened to be here in rosenberg in an unrelated case. when they first heard reports of the shooting on the scanner, they raced to the campus and were among the first responders, perhaps preventing more loss of life. matt and savannah? all right, natalie. we ll check in with you a lot throughout the morning. thanks very much. and, of course, big question this morning, the one we ask so often in cases li
i do not withdraw my words. other republicans are standing by the former mayor. and red carpet ready. final preparations being made for the 87th academy awards as the stars get set. who has the momentum into hollywood s biggest night friday, february 20th, 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 friday morning. matt has the morning off. when we say america on ice i wish we were talking about a great skating rink coming to town. we don t have to tell you it s cold. ridiculously cold and even worse than that is what a lot of you are experiencing. check this out. dylan is at a fountain in upstate new york that normally shoots water 40 feet in the air. it s an ice volcano. dylan is going to climb that later. just kidding. we have decided to test how cold it is in manhattan. who is hardier than carson daly. he has volunteered to go out a