Cold war. No, it is not our imagination, ladies. We are freezing at the office. The new study that shows its outdate said thermostat science from the 1960s thats to blame, and guys feeling the heat today, tuesday, august 4th, 2015. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a tuesday, boy, what a wakep call out east. A little earlier than normal. Storms rolled through here. Lots of thunder, lightning, one shot in the big apple. Well tell you about that in a second. Our top story on this Tuesday Morning is the wildfires raging across the west. Crews pushed to the bing of exhaustion, especially in Northern California where thousands are battling the socalled rocky fire. Conditions not helping. Joe is live with the. Good morning to you. Good morning, matt. This fire has now burned 100 square miles. Right now, 13,000 people remain evacuated. Every time firefighters begin to slow it down, the flames seem to shift into something unexpected. The rocky fire
Last night. So where was the front runner. And cold war. No its not our imagination ladies we are freezing at the office. The new study that shows its outdated thermostat science from the 1960s thats to blame and might just have the guys feeling the heat today, tuesday, august 4th 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. If your alarm didnt wake you up this morning the lightning may have done the trick. A major storm came through. Lots of thunder and lightning. Beautiful images captured here in new york city. Well tell you more about that storm in a couple of minutes and our top story is related to the weather as well. A severe storm and second deadly tent collapse in as many days. This time during a crowded circus performance up in New Hampshire. Ron, good morning to you. Good morning to you, matt. The circus big top lies flat as a pancake t
These are fairly substantial structures when theyre put up and we havent had any issues in the past. The accident comes just one day after a man died and more than a dozen were injured when high winds caused a tent to collapse during a sudden storm at a festival in the chicago suburbs. Now here in New Hampshire today theyre still trying to learn the seriousness and magnitude of the injuries suffered by the spectators and perhaps circus performers as well. We reached out to the operator of the circus, Walker Brothers international based in florida. So far nothing from them. No comment or response to what happened here. Matt and savannah back to you. Ron, thank you very much. From dangerous storms in the east to raging wildfires out west, crews are being pushed to the brink of exhaustion battling the rocky fire in Northern California and conditions there are not helping. Nbcs joe frier has the latest for us this morning. Good morning. Good morning, savannah. This fire now burned about 10
In the popemobile. But no one wanted to see him more than the parents of an ailing child. They were moved to tears when the pope gave the child his blessing. Theyre among nearly 20,000 people at Madison Square garden tonight, where the pope is celebrating mass. And remember this image of the pope yesterday with a very emotional john boehner . Well, it has proven to be prophetic. Today, the catholic speaker of the house, the highest ranking republican in the nation, announced that after praying about it, he is resigning at the end of next month. In the middle of his third term as speaker. Heres Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. I decided, you know, todays the day im going to do this. As simple as that. Reporter boehners decision stunned official washington, from the president. I just heard the news as i was coming out of the meeting here. So it took me by surprise. Reporter to democratic leader nancy pelosi. Its seismic for the pows. Reporter to boehners fellow republicans, like