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that have won every election they ve been in are the women. more before the votes are cast in iowa. winter storm warning. a dangerous system begins its cross-country march. al has new information on the timing and where the snow and ice is headed. all that, plus, tough questions. how on earth did a delta flight dump fuel over multiple schools in los angeles? my head was hurting first. but then my eye itched. how the kids are doing and the investigation ahead. the after-life. duchess meghan s first appearance in public since leaving the royal family. and who is the g.o.a.t.? the greatest of all time. ken jennings takes the title on jeopardy! s ultimate showdown. today, wednesday, january 15th, 2020. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio a 1a in rockefeller plaz. hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to today. nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. we want to get right to what is goin
harry and meghan, defying the monarch, saying they re stepping back from being senior royals. now meghan heading back to canada to reunite with baby archie. our royal insider here with the very latest. raging wildfires. conditions worsening right now in australia as those dangerous winds pick up. the new hazard for firefighters on the front lines. glacier rescue, 39 tourists including children, some buried up to their necks in snow. nearly 200 rescue workers racing to save them. body shaming backlash. what superstar singer lizzo is saying after trainer jillian michaels questions her weight and her health. ken jennings taking the lead overnight. we re behind the scenes. who will be the last champ standing? good morning, america. happy friday to everybody out there. the battle to be the best is under way on jeopardy! ken jennings just one win away from claiming the title of g.o.a.t., greatest of all time. but as we know, anything could happen. he s going to be in th
crashes in iran. early reports indicate no survivors. we re live with the latest. plus, the new emergency declaration in puerto rico after a string of earthquakes. the bombshell in major league baseball. the new cheating allegations against the boston red sox. and harvey weinstein on trial. the cell phone habit that nearly got the hollywood mogul tossed in jail. thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning. we begin with iran firing back launching more than a dozen ballistic missiles at u.s. forces in iraq. but so far there are no reports of casualties. those missiles rained down in the middle of the night in retaliation for the u.s. drone strike that killed a top iranian general. the attack could signal a major escalation in tensions, but iraq s foreign minister said already he, president trump, toned down his rhetoric last night tweeting, all is well. the rockets fired which were fired from these bases in western and northern iraq and abc s serena marshall
this morning on world news now, congress is set to take this morning on world news now, congress is set to take action to limit the president s war powers on iran. the vote today plus the mood in iran after its strike on bases used by american troops. happening now, the fire conditions in australia getting worse. by one estimate more than 1 billion animals have died. new this half hour the vicious coyote attack in the middle of a major american city. plus the frightening video, a toddler seen walking on a narrow ledge four stories up. and the flashy girl from flushing. working in a bridal shop in flushing, queen what was she to do where is she to do after more than 20 years afte the nanny went off the air, knocking fran drescher out on her fanny that s how she became the nanny now she s headed to broadway. it s thursday, january 9th, 2020. she had style, she had flair she was there, that s how she became your coanchor. thank you for joinin