high winds are believed to have we re lower than the world been a factor there. lower than the world? the ntsb and the faa are now lower than europe in what investigating the exact cause of that accident. but a much different take from dr. anthony fauci this all right. morning saying the nation must it is now 7:17. let s go back to al and get a check of the day s weather. do better at stopping the spread as new images of crowded parties emerge from coast to coast hey, al. hey, guys. good morning. final moments. let me see your other hand. you can see we ve got also besides isaias making its way up i m sorry, i m sorry. the coast, it s going to be hot and dry out west today. severe storms will be firing up the previously unreleased in the northern rockies. below average temperatures below body cam video of george floyd s arrest revealing what led up to his death at the hands of this cold front. minneapolis police behind it, i should say. and back through
starts now. former vice president joe biden is in the running. he announced this morning he is running for the democratic nomination for president of the united states. e joined a crowded field of democrats. tracie potts reports on what this mhens for t party and president trump. that is why today i m announcing my candidacy for e president of nited states reporter: a battle for the soul of the facing. that is how former vice president joe iden described his third presidential campaign in a video this morning. invoking images of vlent clashes in charlottesville, frginia. we can tget what happens in charlottesville and we have to remember who we are. if we give donald trump eight years in the white use, he will forever and fundamentally alter who we are and i can t stand by and let that happen. repouter: he visits f early states before the official kickoff next month in philadelphia. come on in. the water iswarm, joe. reporter: he enters a crowded field already
on this sunday night. going to extremes. snow, wind, ice and heat. a large dangerous storm paralyzes part of the country, causes havoc for holiday travelers and sets record highs. targeted. after that massive security breach. why you may be in for a big surprise the next time you go to use your bank card. looming deadline. the final push to get people to sign up for health care and still confusion one day before the key enrollment date. and christmas surprise. how a woman s carefully planned wishes for her family were finally granted two years after her death. good evening. extreme weather is causing an odd mix of misery and delight depending on where you are in the eastern half of the country. that powerful storm system we ve been watching for days now has spawned floods and rare december tornadoes in the south and spread crippling ice and snow from the midwest into new england leaving hundreds of thousands without power and snarling air travel. all just three days bef
2013. announcer: this is today. with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plas plaza. good morning everyone. welcome to today on a saturday morning. i m lester holt. i m erica hill alongside dylan dreyer and craig hill in this morning. jeb corliss attempt to go fly through two peaks in china. about the length of two football fields, twas a 40-foot gap here? i think 25 feet. the lowest point 15 feet wide, the highest is 60.5 feet wide, the highest is 60. the tough part for him he had to maintain this perfect position for 20 to 30 seconds. his last jumps were maybe one to and this is a simulation and made it only 50% of the time. he hit the wrong position. those are great ops going in. not a lot of room for error. not too much. i sky dived once, twice, just had to hold this position for 30 seconds and that was impossible. i don t know how you steer between pieces of rock. we re going to hear from him about this incredible feat
incredible feat later on and we wanted to show you bait of it to get things started. we want to begin with today s top story the ticking clock and looming government shutdown. luke russert is on capitol hill right now with the latest. reporter: here on xcapitol hill as they tried to avoid a government shutdown. yesterday on a party line vote, the senate passed a bill to continue to fund the government. it s a clean bill that did not have any funds to defund the president s health care law and not sitting well with house republicans who want to see changes to the law. president obama issued this warning to house republicans in congress. my message to congress is this do not shut down the government, do not shut down the economy, pass a budget on time, pay our bills on time, refocus on the everyday concerns of the american people. reporter: so house republicans have a meeting today as a conference. they are going to try to figure out some sort of possible compromise,