But a ah humbug. Two Major Airlines announce they are raising backage fees just for the holiday season. How much will you be paying for your trip home . And floating to safety. Oh, my god. Whose car is he going to hit . Whose car is he going to hit . Thats not a person attached to that parachute, its an entire plane carrying the former ceo of walmart and two others. The technology that helped save their lives today, wednesday, november 4th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. That is some amazing footage. Some video youve got to play again and again to really believe what youre seeing there. Heard about this technology and now we see it in action saving lives. Much more on that story in just a little while, but on a wednesday morning we start with twist in the death of a Popular Police officer in illinois who was found shot to death
Storm is hitting the rockies and Central Mountains in the west. More than a foot of snow has already fallen over the sierra nevada. Drivers need chains. Look at that. Snow towers on most mountain highways around lake tahoe. Much of northern nevada is getting quite a bit of rain too with a strong wind advisory around las vegas. In nebraska the skies outside of omaha were alive with color. This time lapse video shows a dramatic sky show. The Northern Lights. Its what happens when a dense stream of protons fired off from the sun interacts with the earths magnetic field. You got, that kendis . Yes. There will be a test after this report. Youre so smart. Sqult light displays should continue in the coming days over the central and northern u. S. Far away from city lights. Im still upset about winter coming. Cant we just wait till february to have one month of winter . Were talking ga of thrones or Something Else . Because winter is coming. A right. So this will make you proud. All right. A f
Intriguing new clues, a few answers this morning. A Russian Airliner killed all 224 people on board. A u. S. Official tells cnn a heat flash decked by a military satellite happened in midair that leaves open the possibility of a bomb on board metro jet, but there are some reports in Russian Media, the bodies of victims recovered so far show no signs of explosive impact. That may point more towards engine or structural failure as a cause, adding to the confusion of what brought down this plane, other media reports are saying some bodies did show evidence of an explosion. This morning, investigators have now finished their field work and egyptian Officials Say data is already being recovered from black boxes. Erin, whats the latest . Reporter hi,al son, we have been getting bits and pieces of information all along him some of that information conflicting. So there has been plenty of confusion, plenty of questions, few, of course, actual answers. Now, egyptian authorities have been tight
On what brought down a Russian Airliner. From egypt, to st. Petersburg. An american official tells cnn a heat flash. Commed by a military satellite, it happened midair. That leaves open the possibility of a bomb on board that flight metro jet 9268. But there are some reports in Russian Media, the bodies of victims uncovered so far show no sign of explosive impact. So that might point more toward engine or structural failure as a cause, but adding to all the confusion, other media reports say some bodies did show evidence of an explosion, this morning, investigators have finished their field work. Data is being recovered from black boxes. That could mean more answer, more answers soon. Reporter good morning, john, thats exactly what we need, more answers. We have been getting bits and pieces of information and its unclear how all this fits together. Egyptian officials have been tight lipped. Most of the information we have been getting has been from Russian Media roar t. Latest of which
State which by the way obamacare has been largely successful, signing up a lot of people there. Matt bevin tweeted from the bottom of my heart, thank you to all who voted today. We are kentucky. What does this mean . This means the south, look at the south right in you, the only state that will have a democrating he governor is virginia right here. The rest, solidly red. Also in the south, phil bryant, incumbent governor of mississippi easily won reelection there. As you noted, a couple interesting ballot mez yoors. Ohio voting to be was deciding whether to be the first state in the midwest to legalize marijuana for medicinal use. It voted no. 36 to 64 . It would have also enshrined a monopoly for marijuana growth to a few farms, including one owned by nick lachey. He tweeted, while i may not have agree people of ohio have spoken. Thats the way its supposed to work. Change takes time, democracy, respect. No marijuana monopoly for nick lachey. In houston, an ordinance passed by the city