plans to lay the two stars to rest. and unprecedented. cities across the country and around the world gearing up for new year s eve with more security than ever before. we re live in times square where preparations are under way for the nation s largest celebration today, friday, december 30th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to today on this friday morning. i m tamron hall, alongside carson daly. matt s back on monday, and savannah is enjoying her maternity leave. i think we have a beautiful image to show you. times square, a lot of people will be there in about how many hours? 41 hours from now, that big waterford crystal ball will descend upon times square. i ll be there, a million revelers will be there. first, vladimir putin and president-elect donald trump are reacting to the obama administration s decision to punish russia for its efforts to interf
lost and found. the teenagers abducted as an infant 18 years ago in florida reunites with her biological family in a video call as a video to be her mother is greeted what happens now? long live princess leia. after the shocking death of carrie fisher, star wars filmmakers talking about rumors whether they ll keep her alive. the answer star wars fans have been waiting for, saturday, january 14, 2017. dio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome good morning. welcome to today, i m sheinelle jones. dylan dreyer continuing her leave. we today. the wicked winter storm making its way across the middle of the country this morning. this could cause chaos on the roads. it could also cause major power outages as well. nbc s blake mccoy is in st. louis for us. good morning to you. reporter: craig, good morning. you can see the light rain continuing to fall in st. louis, which could add to the ice they ve seen. check out this bush here. a coating of ice all over it.
the national transportation safety board has taken control of this investigation. they have a team on their way from washington here to upper darby as we speak. this accident happened here along the loop in the backside of the 69th street train station. this is where trains turn around at the end of the line and head the other direction. for some reason one train slammed into the back of the other, the ripple effect causing commuter headaches. it was a slow-speed collision, less than 10 miles per hour. it looks like a pretty bad wreck, if you ask me. reporter: but still it caused quite a mess. how it tipped over? reporter: in total seven cars tumbled off the tracks, three trains were involved. a chain reaction leaving some without a ride to work. i heard a big bang, then all of a sudden i heard the fire engines and all. i knew something big happened. reporter: septa says this all began when the number 57 train came around the loop and rear-ended the 67 train that
jeff bush: i do have a coat and i can tell you 100 percent that here in livermore california we have reached the freezing mark. if you look at the bank thermometer is is 32 degrees fahrenheit. it is literally freezing cold here in livermore. when i got here at 730 p m was already 37 degrees. as soon as the sun went down the temperature dropped. the local people thought while it s really cold. catherine heenan:now let s check in with brian van aken. who says it s already cold out there right now. brian? brian van aken: is really cold out there right now temperatures near freezing. it says 38 here but this is at the airport and once you get down town you see spots that are will be below freezing. we have a freeze warnings in effect for the east bay and santa cruz mountains. the temperature could go below freezing for a couple of hours. this is cold enough also and other areas for frost advisory which is just above freezing. we will be in the 30 s in the entire bay area. cat
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