helium balloons attempts to land. we will tell you what is next for him, friday, september 13th, 2013. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today. it s 7:00 on the west coast. i m matt lauer. good morning. i m savannah guthrie with al roker and natalie morales. it breaks your heart when you think of how hard they worked to rebuild the section of the broad walk and shops and overtaken by flames. new concerns to the deadly flood waters in colorado. we have nbc s joe fryer. good morning, joe. reporter: good morning, matt. a nerve wrecking feeling. roads like this are a common sight in the area making it hard to get around. so far in colorado, at least three people have died and the dangers are not over. overnight sirens in downtown boulder warn residents to move to higher ground as flood waters continue to rise. in commerce city near denver, a mandatory ne
and can they really pull it off? salvage crews in italy are ready to try to right the capsized costa concordia. that and much more on cbs this morning saturday, september 14th, 2013. captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend. we have some terrific guests for you this morning, including seven-time grammy winner gloria is stefan who will be singing a billy holliday classic, a song from her new collection of american standards. plus pastry chef who they call mr. chocolate chef jacques torrez in studio 57. first our top story, the steady flooding in the rockies. the relengthless rain continues overnight into the morning pushing the rivers from their banks from the banks to colorado springs. at least four people are dead. 172 are unaccounted for, thousands had to evacuate and more rain is on the way. rick salinger of our affiliate station kcnc is with us good. morning, rick. reporter: good morning, vinita and anthony. what s happening is it s all pushing fu
ca nsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. the rain keeps coming and the flood keeps rising. colorado is inundated by the worst flooding in generations and we have just learned that at least four people have been killed and several towns are surrounded by water. this is what s left of highway 7 outside lyons, a raging river tore the road apart. colorado s governor john hickenlooper warned people to stay away from the water. he said the dirt and sand have turned it into what he calls liquid cement. in boulder, will pitner was rescued by emergency workers and a neighbor after his home filled with water. barry petersen tells us there are scenes like that all over. reporter: it is a race to rescue the stranded before the next storm hits. this man made it to safety via a zip line amid cheers from relieved spectators. the national guard sent helicopters to pluck these people from jamestown, one of several small mountain towns
analyst, eboni williams, and today s #oneluckyguy, fox news digital politics editor, chris stirewalt, you are outnumbered. harris: you know what i ve decided? you are worthy of your own emoji and i want one. that look, right there. chris: the bacon sizzling is actually my imo g, that one is dedicated to me. harris: but i love that look. good to have you. chris: it is so good to be here, i would love to see you guys. right now, at least 46 house democrats or close to 24% in their caucus boycotting president-elect donald trump s inauguration, that number up sharply from 28 yesterday after mr. trump blasted congressman john lewis for challenging his legitimacy to be the next president. but despite the rancor and bitterness, the incoming administration is offering an olive branch. we hope that these democratic members of congress reconsider, they are certainly welcome to the inauguration if they want to contact any of us they are welcome to did i would note that it wa