8 00 p. M wednesday. Laura anthony, abc7 news. Investigators want to find an arsonist that destroyed two cars in a driveway of a home overnight. You can see someone there to the right of the screen put gas on the windshield then lights it on fire. The family had been targeted before. This time, more dangerous. Bart is back up and running after downed power lines stopped service between San Francisco and east bay this afternoon. A big rig struck a power pole near west oakland station. Officials shut down trance bay service about 15 minutes. City leaders expected to make decisions about pot clubs trr more there than any other community in the bay area. David, a number of options on the baseball. That is true. You know, you might say history trying to repeat itself. Three years ago the counsel tried to reign in the cannibis cooperative but Strong Community opposition by some segments caused them to back down. Here are the new proposals that theyre going to be voting on. Theyre going to pu
And the voice. Josh kaufman wins it for team usher on a night packed with stars, the voice crowns its new champion, so whats josh kaufman going to do now . Hes making his way to our plaza today, wednesday, may 21st, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And, good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. And when we say josh kaufman is making his way to studio 1a we really mean it. Literally making his way. Took the red eye overnight. Expected to perform. He is the voice. You are not the voice this morning. Battling the voice a little bit, but looking forward to meeting him. It should be great. We want to get to todays top story, the intense storms wreaking havoc on the midwest. Al, they are on the move this morning. They absolutely are. Check out this video just out from chicago. Really amazing Lightning Storm going on. High winds, a lot of rain, a real mess. And in fact, some amazing Lightning Pictur
Severing her spinal cord in an accident, sixtime gold medal winner amy van dykenrouen speaks with us. I just want to thank you guys and everyone who watches the today show for all of your support, all of your prayers, your positive vibes. As she begins the next phase in her recovery today, wednesday, june 18th, 2014. Announcer 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 wednesday morning. And how nice is it to see amy van dykenrouens smiling face after all shes been through. And her spirit is intact. Well show you that special message in just a moment. By the way, youve never looked better. Oh, wait, al and natalie are down in orlando this morning. How soon you forget. Were going to cast a spell on you. Oh, yeah. They are down in the Wizarding World of harry potter. Well see their newest attraction down there in just a couple of minutes. Our top story, those dangerous torna
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Why did it take so long . My cohose and digital producer wajahat ali is here. Bringing your feedback. Chris cluy in the center of the issue. I was a husky child always wore husky pants, i wanted to play spors, sports. Tackling all of the crises, i think Mainstream Media wants to use these issues to stir the pot and attract viewers and listeners. However, i dont know how going g they are in constructive conversations. Were going oprove them wrong. Were going ohave a constructive conversation. Were going odo it. Former nfl punter made waves because of his outspoken position on gay rights. Cluy is considering suing for internal violations of the vikings into his claims, including mike prefer, made. Chris cluy joins us and al jazeera sports director neil scarborough. Thanks for both of you for being here. Chris, you were dismissfrom the minnesota vikings. And you are a gay rights activist. What makes you feel that is the reason for your dismissal . They wanted me to keep my punts higher an