this year, reese wilther spoon, michael keaton and lee dunham, wednesday, january 7, 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. it s 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on a wednesday. and we ve got breaking news out of europe in central paris, a deadly attack at charlie heb due a weekly publication that has received threats in the past. it was even the target of a fire bombing about three years ago, all over its cartoons of the prophet muhammad. the magazine has been attacked today, at least 12 people are dead many injured. president obama released a statement calling the shooting horrific, vowing support to track down the suspects still at the loose. let s get to bill neely. what can you tell us? reporter: good morning. this is the worst terrorist attack in france in two decades, and it was no ran dam attack. the target a magazine that regularly satirize
this morning it the is worse feeling more like negative across the board. well we low zero for everybody. no one excluded with this. it is kind of cold that can be dangerous. if you are not smart bit ear muffs, hat scarves everything, you name it, it is not a bad idea. take care with this kind of cold. try to limit your time out identify if you can. some people it is their job to be outside mailmen and things like that. if you are one of those folks we solute you big time here today but just take care and we want everybody to stay nice, warm and safe torey, over to you. thank you so much. good morning everyone. usually in weather lick this we don t associate vehicle fires with weather like this but today is a different story. we have a vehicle will fire alive, active vehicle will fire on the north bound side of i-95 approaching the area heading further north up bridge street. you will notice expect billowing in the sky at this point as emergency teams have arrived on the sc
tonight. it feels kind of cold. kinda cold. reporter: that is an under statement don t you think. yes. reporter: how many layers are you wearing here. two or more. reporter: i have five layers on and i m freezing. you are tougher then i am. thanks very much. the lets look at what the rest of the night hold out and about take a look here at our evening planner here. good news is temperatures are gradually rising tonight. we will see temperature around 18 degrees a at 7:00. the it will feel like three. holding at 18 by 9:00 and we will get 1 degree back. nineteen by 11:00 o clock tonight. feeling a little bit milder. warmer air coming in a as that clipper system moves by to the north what to expect as we move through overnight and early morning hours. those temperatures do rise as cloud increase snow showers mainly off to the north but any spot that does see a brief snow shower or squall tomorrow morning could see some reduced visibility. back here live we re in u
11 people confirmed dead several others injured, some critically. the french president has already been at the scene and said this is a terrorist attack of quote, exceptional barbarity. he also said other terror attacks have been thwarted in recent days. this is the publication that had received repeated threats over cartoons and even comic books depicting the prophet, mohammed, the subject of a bombing three years. they are raising the national security threat level to the highest level possible. christopher dickey has been in paris for years. good morning to you. what can you tell us? reporter: let me get it straight. first of all, i m with the daily beast now. i will tell you about this situation. it s very very dangerous and very scary in france. france remember has deployed military forces in mawli. it s been engaged in iraq in a lot of countries where it s up against islamist militants. it knew it was a target. it knew france was a target. the question was, would th
so it is difficult after the fire during the initial and steps like that. reporter: once again fire officials believe that the fire may have started, in the kitchen area there on the first floor, right the now, the investigation is still underway. the official cause of this fire, still unknown. that is latest live. nicole brewer reporting from the scene we apologize for that audio break up there. also new overnight family forced in the cold as fire fighters battled another fire in grays ferry. eyewitness news at 1300 block of grove street that fire was quickly placed under control but it did not take licensing before water from hoses caused some very icy conditions. code blue are in effect in philadelphia and several counties in new jersey, due to the dangerous cold. delaware declared a code purple and opened shelters all across the state. it was 13 degrees in center city philadelphia overnight. folks waiting for buses say that the secret is layers, and same for those