Of his thrilling skydive to celebrate his 90th birthday. I think i landed a little hot, but other than that, it was great. And hes already planning to do it again today, friday, june 13th, 2014. 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. Friday the 13th. Feeling superstitious . Not me. Not me. You have a black cat. Thats every day. I have a superstition. Whenever its drizzly, we get a huge crowd on the plaza. Train is here. There is a little bit of rain. It has not stopped the crowd from getting out. Were going to get a great concert from them coming up in our 8 30 halfhour. Well look forward to that. Lets get right to this mornings breaking news. Bowe bergdahl returned to the u. S. To take the next steps in his recovery. Nbcs katy tur is outside Brooke Army Medical center in san antonio. Katy, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. He got here to san an
Bringing him home, getting him off the plane and returning him to his family would be too much at one time. The idaho native will be reunited with family in san antonio. Bergdahl was a taliban prisoner for five years. He was released last week for five taliban prisoners at guantanomo bay. In iraq islamic militants took more territory moving closer to baghdad overnight. As Susan Mcginnis reports, president obama is weighing options how to help iraq. Reporter islamic militants rolled down the streets of mosul in vehicles captured in the town. The fighters had driven hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes and vowed to take more cities and towns including baghdad. The rebel group known as the Islamic State in iraq and syria wants to set up a vast Islamic State. Isis has already taken over fallujah and mosul one of iraqs biggest cities. Iraq will need more help. Reporter president obama met with his National Security team to discuss ways to help iraqs government including possi
What started the fire. Two Big Questions right now, they do say though that it does not appear to be a suspicious fire. Live in hayward, anne makovec, kpix 5. Another check of your kcbs traffic. Lets get right to the bay bridge. They turned the metering lights on 15 minutes ago around 5 45. You can see the latest tweet from kcbs traffic. Its backing up now beyond the 880 overcrossing. There was a stall reported also on westbound 80 just before the skyway. So that may have turned on the metering lights a little bit earlier and again 5 45 that seems to be around the time that they have been turning them on. Westbound 580 we have confirmed that accident a fivecar accident westbound 580 approaching north greenville. It is clear to the Center Divide. Its not in the main lines of the freeway but its still an active scene so thats why the delays are really continuing to build. Those red sensors are the ones we dont like to see, the ones below 25 miles per hour. And its really stacking up just
Fact the homeowner. So the investigation continues. It is just that one mobile home that was affected by this fire. The other ones had to have their power cut off for a little while but that is all being turned on right now. So once daylight returns here, well see more investigation. Right now they are cleaning things up. Anne makovec, kpix 5. 5 01. Lets check the weather with lawrence. I think the weather improving, guys, heading into the weekend. We are looking good, a little less fog but patchy fog, no drizzle at the coastline. More sunshine into the afternoon today and starting with some warmer temperatures heading into the weekend. Mid80s the warmest spots inland, lots of 70s and sunny inside the bay. A mixture of sun and clouds toward the coast and temperatures in the 60s. Clouds broken out over the bay right now. The temperatures generally in the 50s. Warming up this afternoon, 84 concord, 77 san jose, 68 in San Francisco. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. Our road sensors sh
Track. In san jose it took only a few minutes for firefighters to snuff out flames in a pile of scrap. It all went down at the megametals and iron company on stone avenue. Workers there had to evacuate for a bit. But then they got back to work. The cause is under investigation. And meteorologist paul deanno tells us fire danger will be high this weekend, right, paul . Reporter it is going to be high. Its going to be high for the foreseeable future. Were in our dry season, did not receive much rainfall for the entire winter or our wet season and days like today where the montgomery drops and the sun comes out for everybody, that fire danger gets elevated. We have live neighborhood weather in san rafael near that fire zone today. Mary silveri Elementary School where today was breezy, not windy, with gusts between 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour and currently its very comfortable but that fire danger is very elevated. Other winds around the bay area on average, 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. The breeze