eight to ten shots reported by eyewitnesss in two separate moments. these are live pictures from the scene this morning. now, we understand originally at least two people were hit. we expect a special report from nbc news any moment now. officials at los angeles international airport report ag suspect in custody and there are multiple victims following a shooting. it occurred this morning, 9:30 pacific time at or near a tsa security checkpoint in terminal 3 of the l.a. airport. that will be the checkpoint for virgin america airlines. the gunman reportedly carrying a rifle. the motive unclear. we re told the situation is over right now. this is a picture these are pictures of the scene earlier. you see a tsa officer and another person who were taken into ambulances. we re getting late word now about casualties. i want to go to nbc s pete williams in our washington newsroom. pete? we re told now one tsa official was killed during this incident, a second one was injured, we
by and a sneak peek at 30 rock. we say good-bye, kind of an end of an era around here. major guest star on that program tonight, we ll save that for later. starting with the powerful storms, al roker is strtracking them. good morning. good morning, matt and savannah. massive tornado, may be rated an ef-4 when all is said and done. you can see how huge it looks on the ground. let s look live right now in adairsville, georgia. you can see some of the destruction that was left behind, at least one fatality in this system. we look at some of the aftermath now that went on as rescue workers got to the scene. there was one area where 100 people were trapped inside of a factory, causing big problems there. you can see cars tossed around like toys, and more damage throughout the rest of the south, as well. in fact, we had heavy rain, a lot of flooding from the carolinas, all the way into the southeast, where it was a real mess. now, as we go to the maps and show you exactly wha
january 31, 2013. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m savannah guthrie. i m matt lauer. we didn t have anywhere near the weather they had in the south. here in the north, it was howling last night. the wind and rain were crazy. some intense downpours and whipping winds. we will have more on this weather system with al in a couple minutes. now to newdown, connecticut where it was an emotional scene last night. parents of the young victims spoke out at meeting on gun violence. we will hear from some of them and also from capitol hill coming up. on a much different note. remember when the blackberry was the cool device to have. after years of falling behind the iphone and the droid, blackberry is unveiling two new smartphones, including the ones we have here. a lot of reviews of these devices are very good but people are asking whether this can be cool enough to get blackberry into the smartphone game. we have the company s ceo live an
behind it today, thursday january 31, 2013. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m savannah guthrie. i m matt lauer. we didn t have anywhere near the weather they had in the south. here in the north, it was howling last night. the wind and rain were crazy. some intense downpours and whipping winds. we will have more on this weather system with al in a couple minutes. now to newdown, connecticut where it was an emotional scene last night. parents of the young victims spoke out at meeting on gun violence. we will hear from some of them and also from capitol hill coming up. on a much different note. remember when the blackberry was the cool device to have. after years of falling behind the iphone and the droid, blackberry is unveiling two new smartphones, including the ones we have here. a lot of reviews of these good but people are asking whether this can be cool enough to get blackberry into the smartphone game. we have the company s ce