images of herself on big game hunts taunting her critics. we ll talk to her. and end of the road. the little robot on a cross country journey to san francisco. strangers supposed to get him all the way. but then this happened. how the happy little life of the robot came to a sad end today, monday, august 3rd, 2015. from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today. 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on monday. i m savannah guthrie. our big story is out west. scary scene in california. over 20 individual fires but a couple of them very, very alarming. it s our top story this morning. thousands of homes now being threatened by this california wildfire. and overnight, emergency officials stepped up evacuation orders. nbc s joe fryar is live in lake port, north of san francisco this morning. good morning to you, joe. good morning, savannah. we have just learned this fir
the little robot on a cross-country 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. we ve got carson here and breaking news at the top this morning. it s our top story. the severe storms moving east now, after producing dangerous hail high winds and tornadoes across the midwest. here s nbc s 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 and
the popular locala palooza festival shutting down. organizers ended the final day of the festival 30 minutes early when another storm hit the area. here in grays lake, illinois, a day of cleanup. parts of this building across the street. you can see that truck turned over. carson, savannah, back to you. what a night. jong yang in grays lake, illinois, thank you. meanwhile, in california, thousands of homes are being threatened by a wildfire that nearly tripled in size over the weekend. emergency officials stepped up evacuation orders. joe fryer has the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning, carson. this fire now at 54,000 acres, growing at a rate that s unprecedented. the flames have moved into a more remote area, which is good news. but in these conditions, they know things can change in an instant. the rocky fire is an unpredictable monster still growing this morning, even veteran firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. at one point, the flames
the call indicated. reporter: investigators believe elizabeth drown in her back yard pool, hidden behind bushes and fence on the three- acre property. the suffolk county homicide department was called in an not two hours later dennis cullen returned home where he lived with his mother and put under arrest. while we were processing the scene, that s when he returned to the scene and we placed him unarrest meal, and that was at approximately 5:50 p.m. reporter: in an affluent neighborhood with houses spread across grassy acres, neighbors were hesitant to comment. it s tragic and i m going to talk. reporter: but remember elizabeth cullen as a kind neighbor and mother. what was she like? lovely. lovely. reporter: good mother? yeah, great mom. great mom. reporter: cullen s defense attorney says he does have a history of mental illness. authorities say he has no criminal history, but if found guilty he faces 25 years to life in state prison. we re live in the suffolk c
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