with a little rain activity today. okay? so it is kinds whatever we have to deal with sometimes on a friday, even, looks like it is going to maybe be moving in to the philly area right around the time lots of folks are getting on the roadways, so of course we are keeping an eye on it, if it does affect the morning commute. here is storm scan3, showing the showers, and some thunder activity now moving toward the nation s capitol. it will be moving into baltimore here probably in the next hour or so. again, it will be tracking northward giving us the chance for some showers or rumble every thunder here this morning, then more pop up shower and thunderstorm chances as we go through the afternoon and evening hours, today waking up this morning to temperatures in the 70s across most of the region. warm, and also muggy start to our friday. we will see dew point already into the 70s, it will remain on that humid side of things, all the way through the afternoon. here is our day
by preventing the drug from depressing the nervous system. it comes as a nasal spray or as an injection. the cdc says opiate abuse is an epidemic with fatal overdoses that have nearly quadrupled since 1999. president obama has surprised a group of college journalists by crashing a special white house briefing. > the president strolled into a packed room where press secretary josh earnest was offering rookie reporters some insight into what really goes on. well oh, my god. i hear there s some hot shot journalists here. you know, josh was speaking for me and i wanted to make sure he was getting it right. so the president answered some questions for more than a half hour. pretty good. and even made news. he also announced a plan to enroll 2 million people in pay as you earn which aims to help students manage loan repayment more efficiently. i like the girl that you can hear in the background oh, my god, oh, my god. very subtle. we should point out the president w
the exclusive interview you ll see only on gma. no laughing matter. will ferrell under fire for his plans to play ronald reagan suffering from alzheimer s in a new film. the former president s family in an uproar. what they are saying this morning. and good morning, america. happy friday. what a morning it is here in times square. we are kicking off the finale of our huge wedding event. it s huge. final touches under way as you can see. the countdown is on for the big finish to our 24-hour marathon 100 weddings in one day and it has been an incredible event. look at elvis there. yes, absolutely and we re calling it our wide world of weddings. taking place all over the globe. right here you re about to look at a ceremony in south korea just moments ago and so much more of our celebration coming up and some very big surprise guest, as well. a lot of surprises this morning. i hugged one of our surprise guests this morning. it was very nice. yes, all right. we re
pain-killers as nbc news learns police were called to the pop star s home at least twice last year. the reason listed as medical. and up in smoke. a top nfl prospect tumbles down the draft board after that controversial post appears on his social media accounts. i made that mistake years ago. was he really hacked or was it a costly mistake of his own making? today, friday, april 29th, 2016. 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. before we get into politics. can we take a look outside. have you seen the crowd? every one. going back to the 90s. i love the 90s concert. we ll throw it back big-time. first to our top stories. talking about violent protests outside a donald trump rally in california where nearly 20 people were arrested. this as trump s opponent, ted cruz, responds to those harsh words from former speaker of
and what already discovered beforehand. good evening. and we begin this thursday night with the frightening scene playing out at a tv station in baltimore today. a man walking in, telling people he was wearing a bomb. you could see him sitting inside the tv station, wearing among other things, a surgical mask there, and claiming that his vest was full of explosives. this went on for several hours. then, s.w.a.t. teams moving in and opening fire. all of this playing out on camera. you will hear the gunfire. but we have chosen not to show the moment he was hit. abc s senior justice correspondent pierre thomas on the scene for us. reporter: the terror starting at 1:20 p.m. a man enters the lobby of the baltimore fox affiliate, claiming he has a bomb. he comes face to face with a security guard, jourael apostolides. and what did the device look like? leading to other grayish areas on his body that could potentially be explosive. he had a metal detonator in his left hand and t