Wednesday, february 17th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Im savannah and we have willie in for matt this morning. Well talk to donald trump in a couple minutes. Hes taking fire from a sitting president and two former president s in this campaign. Not to mention all his rivals. A lot to talk about in politics, fresh polls, as well. Our top story, the major showdown between the federal government and apple. This after apple declined to give access to encrypted content on San Bernardino shooters syed farooks iphone. Apple is asked to help the fbi get the data. Officials say this may be the key as to who suspects were doing at the time of the shooting. They say they need the key to the phone in order to make progress. Reporter a federal judge tuesday ordered tech giant apple to help the fbi unlock the iphone of San Bernardino mass shooter syed f
Two other people were wounded in the bizarre and apparently random shooting spree that according to the prosecutor james dalton has admitted to, but there is still no answer as to why. Nbcs blake mccoy was at today owes arraignment and has details. Reporter accused kalamazoo shooter jason dalton appearing in court via clickit tv this afternoon. I would prefer just to remain silent. Reporter 45yearold father of two has been charged with 16 felonies, including six counts of murder. There is videotapes of these incidences. He walked up on these people and he shot reporter a motive for the seemingly random killings remains unclear, but detectives say dalton has admitted to being eight people shot in three separate locations over nearly five hours. It began at an apartment complex around 6 00 p. M. Saturday where tiana carruthers, a mother of two was shot managed to identify dalton as the shooter rich smith and his 18yearold son tyler were killed at a car dealership about four hours later.
Started over night in wake county and it led to hundreds of accidents across the triangle this morning. Wncns david hurst reports. As temperatures rose today, Road Conditions gradually got better. Behind me here along i 440 theres still a little bit of slush left over. But were not seeing any of the ice that caused so many problems this morning. Icy and slippery roads caused headaches for many drivers across the triangle. What normally would take me a good 30 minute commute took about an hour and a half. The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported over 1,000 the state. Most of those were in the triangle area where troopers crashes. Troopers say none of the wrecks resulted in serious injuries. Delays. On days like monday, when roads are slippery, auto body shops like capitol city collision see a spike in the business. An accident is an accident for the most part. We hope no ones hurt. Experiences a 15 to 20 increase every time theres a significant weather event. Theres usually a small fe
Reporter lawmakers say theyll ask the u. S. Supreme court for one. The plaintiffs want to see the maps redrawn as ordered. They think there should be no more elections. We think the march 15th date will stand. There could be a separate election for the congressionallal primary. The state board of elections says that would cost 9. 5 million. I checked with the state board, a spokeswoman tells me many do not have the funds. Ill send it back to you. Right now the Goldsboro Community is mourning a teacher who lost his life in the schools parking lot. It happened when a daycare bus hit and killed Brandon Kincade outside meadow lane Elementary School. Wncns nate rogers has the story. Very devastating news for the community. The victim was a second grade teacher here at meadow lane. And he used a wheelchair. Right now authorities are trying to figure out how this its a huge loss for us. And our condolences, our heart and prayers go out to his family. Gone too soon is the message throughout th
Like we have been experiencing over the past couple of days. The traffic map showing things clear. All green on your major thoroughfares. If planning to head easound loops from 540 from glenwood two us 64, 70 minutes and on 40 from us one 70 minutes and on 40 from us 1 to 64 70 minutes and on 40 from us 1 to 6410 minute commute. Atoll is recovering after getting shot shot at home daycare. The shooting happened at yesterday afternoon. Wncn emma wright has new information for us this morning department. Reporter i talked with the police earlier this morning and they say they had picked up some people for questioning. They havent made any arrests yet. Scary moments for a tworun bullet holes in the side of of 1508 great bend dr. The only sign something that happened. She thought it was firecrackers but when she saw the bullets and debris she grabbed the kids and hit the floor. Reporter her neighbor ran a Day Care Center out of the house and tried to save the kids. Police say a baby boy was