Congress. I want to express my appreciation to the witnesses who have come to share testimony today. Its a rare occasion that we can get to hear from the hard working folks who make up our state and local governments. Former mayor of springfield i can tell you my experience as to how important the work all of you do is. It is from that lens that i view the issue of state and local Tax Deductions as s. A. L. T. I view it from the Vantage Point of someone whose Life Experience has been a testament to the impact and investments made and Services Provided by local governments and what those investments can mean in terms of the lives of our citizenry. Over xi be that choeinsuring maintaining roads, bridges and tunnels, so people can get to where they need to be is part of our challenge. Responding emergencies, providing services for low income family, elderly and the others rely on the safety net is our obligation. That is precisely what local government does. Mr. Thompson, thats why the wo
An American Idol audition. Victim is 20 yearold natasha, of bloom field, new jersey. Police say she was riding in the suv going at a high rate of speed at i95 in bucks county. Car flipped over, and went in the shoulder to change lanes. Five others in the car were injured. The investigation is ongoing. Chopper three over a fire in an olde city apartment building, Fire Fighters were called to the unit block of north third street around 1 15 and quickly struck a second alarm. No injuries were reported as crews battled the flames. Causes under investigation. Samantha simon shared this eyewitness picture with us. You can see black smoke from the high rise as crews rush to the scene. Rich, posted this picture of the fire on twitter with the caption, this cant be good. The view from talk radio, 1210 studios. A local offduty Police Officer is being called a hero after he intervened to save a woman being attacked in new york it the i. Eyewitness News Reporter chief brian is live at Police Headq
The little robot on a crosscountry journey to san francisco. The goodness of strangers supposed to get him all the way. Then this happens. How the happy little life of hitchbot came to such a sad end today, monday, august 3rd, 2015. 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 monday morning. You look so different, matt with your glasses. Well thank you very much. Matt is off this morning. Weve got carson here and breaking news at the top this morning. Its our top story. The severe storms moving east now, after producing dangerous hail high winds and tornadoes across the midwest. Heres nbcs john yang with the latest. Reporter Severe Weather turned deadly over the weekend when high winds caused a tent to collapse at a small festival in suburban chicago. We had one fatality three serious injured and 17 to 20 minor injuries. Reporter John Anderson says his van, southern jack w
Outside here when he said he is innocent and has no regrets about things he has done in his past and denies all of the charges that federal prosecutors have late out. And im glad they have made that campaign and i do know that we now have every major newspaper and civic entity in town saying that we need to prioritize poverty, and im happy that i raised that issue. The congressman talked about his accomplishments while serving in the United States congress and he talked about the fact that he will not step aside from the appropriations committee. He says that he will continue to do his job and also announced to us that he is planning to run for reelection next year and plans to fight all of these charges. That is the very latest reporting live in havertown, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Four others earn indicted last week. He is accused of stealing taxpayer money and charitable doebations and accused of taking a secret Campaign Loan and fattah denies the charges. Congressman fattah is m
Member says relatives and neighbors raced to the little girls side. A Police Officer arrives scooped her up and raced her to temple hospital. Im glad the officer came on the scene first. She kind of got her to the hospital as fast as he could im grateful for that. I dont even know how we can thank him any more than what we did. Reporter witnesses say the driver of the suv stopped briefly then backed down the block to dauphin and headed east. An accident is just an accident. When you leave thats when it becomes something different. Reporter family members say carli suffered a concussion, bumps and bruises. She stayed overnight at the hospital for observation. Police got a plate number of jsg jsg6673. Neighbors and tally members are hoping the driver comes forward and carli is okay. I love her. I hope shes all right. Turn yourself in and get it behind you. You know what i mean . Its an accident. Hell get caught no matter what. Reporter police urge anyone who sees that suv with the plate