And who they believe was behind it. And airborne. A tornado lifts a bounce house more than 50 feet with kids inside. Oh bounce house the dramatic images and a warning for parents today. Tuesday, may 26th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Matts got the morning off and what a situation down south all weekend long. Yeah. Were talking historic storms arent we . They have never issued a flash flood emergency for the city of houston. Right now schools and the Mass Transit System shut down. It is our top story this morning. This unprecedented flooding in texas. New downpours overnight and it has created new misery for tens of thousands. Weve got all of this covered from the hardest hit cities to the threat of even more storms today. Well begin with Janet Shamlian. Janet, what can you tell us . Reporter savannah good morning to you. This hi
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build measurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the Flood Disaster thats stricken texas and oklahoma claimed more lives and property today. At least 16 people have been killed since saturday, and dozens more are missing. The latest deluge hit houston after an allnight downpour. Lightning snaked its way across the night sky and the rain fell and fell and fell 11 inches in about six hours in southwest houston. By morning, parts of the nations fourth largest city were underwater. Hundreds of cars were stopped in their tracks by rising water, causing allnight backups. In some
Good friday morning. Welcome to squawk on the street on this final friday trading session of the year. Im Carl Quintanilla at the new york stock exchange, along with melissa lee. Thats a good song. I actually requested that a few moments ago. Cramer and faber had the day off. The market has a few jitters as we enter what is going to be an interesting day. Of course, the meeting at the white house, 3 00 between the president and some congressional leaders. As for europe, getting some data out of japan overnight and some data out of europe. Currently red arrows across the board, in london, paris, and frankfort. Our road map begins at the white house. Congressional leaders set to meet with the president , 3 00 p. M. This afternoon. Senator reid has already said hopes of a deal are fading quickly. Just two trading days left until the cliff. And its not just the fiscal cliff. Wind farms and dairy are set to get hit. The ports of the east coast and gulf coast are bracing for a potential stri
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People have to turn to Student Loans to help finance their education. In just a few moments you will hear from britney jones. Shes going to be talking about how taking out Student Loans made it possible for her to get a College Degree and britney id look forward to hearing more about your experiences. You were to start a teaching career and the same time paying down the student loan the but later college. Of course britney is not alone. Dealing with overbearing student debt is becoming a reality for growing number of americans. Statistics are staggering. Today the average College Graduate will have to pay back around 30,000 in Student Loans and a Record Number of young households owe student debt. Back in 1989, 16 of young households have student debt. By 2010 that figure had more than doubled according to the pew research center. More young people than ever before are dealing with more student debt than ever before and that can have lasting consequences. Americans who took out school