His star studded sendoff today friday, december 19th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got hoda in while savannah takes time off. What am i doing . See the show last night, colbert . A little late. I watched the tape. My gosh, to be part of that crowd. I got to tell you, i think that beats your selfie. Pretty good big bird. George lucas. Barry manilow. So great. Well have more on that sendoff in a couple minutes. Meanwhile, like deja vu all over again. Terrible storm, youre talking about something similar for christmas. If you can get to where you need to this weekend do it. The eastern half of the country. It is a mess. So here weve got two systems, one up in the upper great lakes, the other in the gulf coast, warm moist flow, cold air behind it. We start off Tuesday Morning with a mix of snow and freezing rain, rain along the coast as we
His starstudded sendoff today, friday, december 19th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got hoda in while savannah takes a little time off today. What am i doing here . Were going to have fun. Did you see the show last night, colbert . A little late. I watched the tape of it. And my gosh, to be part of that crowd. Ive got to tell you, i think that beats your selfie. Thats pretty good. Anytime you get begginburg. And george lucas meanwhile, its like deja vu all over again. Remember thanksgiving, that terrible storm. Youre talking about something similar for christmas. If you can get to where you need to go this weekend, do it. Especially the eastern half of the country, it is a mess. Two systems. One up in the upper great lakes, the other in the gulf coast. Warm, moist flow, cold air behind it. You can see, we start off Tuesday Morning w
Understanding about why soldiers serve. Look at that beautiful sunrise coming up in new york. We so appreciate you waking up with us this morning. Im christi paul. Im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. We begin with breaking news. Another night of violent protests in the United States this time in rochester, new york after the release of body cam video showing the arrest of daniel prude a black man who was pinned down by police and later died. Things got violent as you see here as the night wore on. Look at demonstrators here confronting customers at restaurants. [ bleep ]. As protesters tried to cross a Bridge Police fired pepper balls and pepper spray into crowds after they refused to leave the area. Police told protesters they were involved in an unlawful assembly. A cnn affiliate reports at one point a bus stop was set afire. Protests have been ongoing in rochester since the release of the body cam on wednesday. Six months after daniel prudes death. Prudes death is ruled as a
Understanding about why soldiers serve. And look at the white house there this morning. I hope the sun is shining wherever you are as we enter this holiday weekend. We are always so glad to have you with us in the mornings. Weekend mornings can be hard to wake up. Its good to know you there. Im christi paul. And im Martin Savidge in for victor black well. It was another night of demonstrations across the united states. In rochester, new york, last night protesters demanded justice over the death of daniel prude. He died in march after being restrained by police. The white house is fiercely denying allegations the president called Service Members suckers or losers. A florida man is turning grief into action after losing seven family members to covid19. His role in a trial is coming up. Lets begin this morning with the fight against coronavirus. The u. S. Recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases on friday, the same day a model often cited by Top Health Officials predicted the viru
Dr. Anthony fauci is encouraging all of us to keep our gatherings small. Hes suggesting making outdoor plans to try to help prevent the spread of the virus. On friday the u. S. Had 50,000 new cases of coronavirus. With social distancing measures in place this holiday weekend, its going to look very different, not only in atlanta but in many other cities across the country. Lets bring in cnns natasha chen. Atlanta hosted several events over the Labor Day Weekend or maybe i should say did. Reporter thats right, martin. In fact, it is so quiet on the street right now outside the Georgia World Congress center. We are the only ones here pretty much. Typically there would be thousands of people in this building for dragoncon, a major convention for fans of comics, scifi, gaming. They would be gathering in the streets with parades. Hotels, restaurants, businesses, bars are not seeing those dollars come in town. This is a hot bed of film. Reporter Labor Day Weekend carrie burns would be booked