who treated prince in the days before he died. his one-time medical center saying he is no longer an employee. as police return to paisley park in search of more clues. and the rock. surrounded by shark-infested waters, alcatraz was once an island prison thought to be escape proof. one man has managed his way out, and he s on the loose today. wednesday, may 11th, 2016. 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 wednesday morning. al roker continues this tour of our national parks. exactly. he s been to wte sands, now we re sending him to prison. he s in front of alcatraz this morning. hey, al. hey, guys. that s right, one of the most feared prisons in the world, from 1934 to 1963. alcatraz federal penitentiary. ten years later, 1973, becomes a national park. now, it s just unbelievable to see how popular it is. we ll have a complete tour com
of the government security we ve had since 9/11. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. round two. the nation s midsection taking another wicked weather punch as we come on the air tonight. these pictures in to us just minutes ago from kentucky. take a look at this. a tornado on the ground there. part of the second severe weather outbreak in as many nights. in oklahoma this evening, residents are still assessing the damage after two dozen tornadoes churned across the region just about this time last evening, killing two people. right now, this map shows in realtime the locations of storm chasers, several of them as you can see clustered in kentucky and indiana, where things are heating up. gabe gutierrez reports now from the storm zone. reporter: late today, this tornado slicing through mayfield, kentucky, as millions in the midwest and north texas please
philadelphia. and into the upper 50s in other parts of the area. so the clouds are going to keep the temperatures down once again, although 60 degrees is as far as we got yesterday. you can see these clouds advancing toward the allentown area, thickening up in atlantic city and in philadelphia. and there is some rain back to the west, but not a whole lot. there s a little bit around baltimore. you can see over the last couple hours, it s been moving in our direction. so we do have a chance of some showers in the next couple hours. the computer models have been suggesting that this really increases as we go into the early afternoon, especially for delaware and south jersey. the lower chances of rain are in lehigh valley, as we ll see in the forecast as well. but this afternoon, middle of the afternoon especially, we ll see some of those showers. philadelphia, temperatures getting into the 60s, but not quite up to 70. best chance of showers earlier in the afternoon. pennsylvani
physician who treated prince in the days before he died. his one-time medical center saying he is no longer an employee. as police return to paisley park in search of more clues. and the rock. surrounded by shark-infested waters, alcatraz was once an island prison thought to be escape proof. one man has managed his way out, and he s on the loose today. wednesday, may 11th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in problem fellrockef. good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. al roker continues this tour of our national parks. exactly. he s been to white sands, now we re sending him to prison. he s in front of alcatraz this morning. hey, al. hey, guys. that s right, one of the most feared prisons in the world, from 1934 to 1963. alcatraz federal penitentiary. ten years later, 1973, becomes a national park. now, it s just unbelievable to see how popular it is. we ll have a comp
nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. round two. the nation s midsection taking another wicked weather punch as we come on the air tonight. these pictures in to us just minutes ago from kentucky. take a look at this. a tornado on the ground there. part of the second severe weather outbreak in as many nights. in oklahoma this evening, residents are still assessing the damage after close to two dozen tornadoes churned across the region just about this time last evening, killing two people. right now, this map shows in realtime the locations of storm chasers, several of them as you can see clustered in kentucky and indiana, where things are heating up. gabe gutierrez reports now from the storm zone. reporter: late today, this tornado slicing through mayfield, kentucky, as mi midwest and north texas please don t hit that farm. oh, my god. reporter: brace fo