Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. The wildfires burning across Southern California are showing no signs of dying down any time soon. Six major fires are scorching well over 140,000 acres. Some 500 structures have been destroyed and hundred of thousands have been forced to flee their homes. The state offices of Emergency Services issued its widest ever text alert warning millions of extreme fire conditions as ferocious santa ana winds continued fueling those flames. Governor ch jerry brown is now calling on President Trump to declare a federal emergency in the state. The governor also just declared a state of emergency for san diego. Thats where the lilac fire exploded to over 4,000 acres in just a few hours, burning down at least hundreds of trailer homes in a retirement community. Dozens of horses at an elite Training Center also died as hundreds of others sprinted from the flames. Red flag warnings have been extended to sunday, due to dan
Street expressway. If you look behind me, the vine is open in both directions. Both east and westbound. Thats great. This is the live look right at 18th street. And i took a look at broad street. And right when you exit at 8th, everything looks free and clear of any issues. There are issues out there well get to in a second. Take a look at drive times on the majors in pennsylvania. 95, 76, 476 all green which means no crashes, no overnight construction thats hampering things. Speeds are where they should be. Average around 60. Taking a look at the 42 freeway making your way northbound between 55 and the walt whitman bridge, thats a quick fiveminute drive. We are seeing overnight construction around the 42 freeway as it leads into 295. Ill have a picture of that coming up because it may hamper your drive. Were also looking at construction on the pennsylvania turnpike. More details coming up. All right. Thank you. After establishing a life for nearly 30 years in the united states, a sout
Where its more likely that youll run into hazardous travel for tomorrow. Not today. Its all to the south today. We see from texas through louisiana through the south and now into virginia, the snowflakes where the cold air i meeting wet weather. Clearing in the Lehigh Valley and the suburbs. Clouds are lingering in delaware and south jersey. A mostly cloudy day in those areas. 28 in the suburbs. 35 in philadelphia. Below freezing in the Lehigh Valley. The Lehigh Valley will get off easy on the coming system. May not see any snowfall during the day tomorrow. During the day, breaks of sunshine, 38. A partly cloudy day in the Lehigh Valley. Mostly cloudy for the rest of the area. Nowhere near the normal high of 48. Well be stuck in the upper 30s, low 40s this afternoon. When i come back in a few minutes, im break it down hour by hour to show when to expect to see the first flakes in your neighborhood when i come back. First, katy zachry has the first alert traffic. Thanks. I want to take
Crawl towards me. [ gunfire ] so, why did a jus find the officer not guilty. A factcheck on amazons promise to prices at whole foods with surprising resu and answering in the dark ed sheeran right here, the superstar, with a Perfect Performance, toy, friday, december 8th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to its friday. Nice to have you with us. Say that again. Its friday. Were so happy. And we have ed sheeran, with us. Friday, ed sheeran, its a great day. We have a tough time in cal. A new fire has roared to life near san diego. While crews in and around los angeles struggle to contain the fires there. We want to get right to Miguel Almaguer with the latest. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Some 500 structures have been destroyed. This is the scene thats playing out neighborhood after neighborhood in this community alone. Today, firefighters are worried about flying embers. They can tra
President ial push. Get out and vote for roy moore. With just three days to go to the election in alabama, President Trump rallies voters to get behind Senate Candidate roy moore as one of the women who accuse moore of Sexual Misconduct speak out. I guess we as women dont matter because were not part of the old boys club. All that plus dozens hurt after a charter bus flips over on a San Francisco highway. A warning from doctors about an already dangerous flu season that could get worse. And suri cruise making her public debut helping mom introduce taylor swift at this years jingle ball much to the delight of fans. Today, saturday december 9th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with sheinelle jones, craig melvin and dylan dreyer live from studio 1 a. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us. Im craig melvin. We are getting ready. Snows coming. Sure is. Winter is a few weeks ago but snow doesnt care. No. Southern texas 7 inches of snow. Its wild. That snow of course our top sto