string of new polls showing a much tighter race. we ll ask clinton s running mate tim kaine. promising breakthrough. a new drug delivers tantalizing results in the fight against alzheimer s. this morning how it works and why researchers are hopeful but cautious. and britney is back fresh off her performance at the vmas and with her new album just out, we re catching up with britney spears and she ll have a special us today, thursday, september 1st, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to today on a rainy thursday morning. remember earlier in the week labor day weekend. not looking so good. we re going to confront al. i mean, talk to al. it s our top story. the weather. a state of emergency in florida. tropical storm hermine expected to make landfall later today. it s already brought heavy rains to the gulf coast. could strengthen into a ca
did high-risk venture play off. the polls show a much tighter race. we ll ask clinton s running mate tim kaine. a new drug with a fight against alzheimer s. why it works and why researchers are hopeful. and britney s back fresh off her performance on the vmas, we re catching up with britney spears. she ll have an exclusive performance just for us today thursday september 1st, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to today on a rainy thursday morning. remember earlier in the week we were great outdoor plans you had for labor day weekend. not looking so good. we re going to confront al. i mean, talk to al. it s our top story. the weather. a state of emergency in florida. tropical storm hermine expected to make landfall later today. it s already brought heavy rains to the gulf coast. could strengthen into a category 1 hurricane and, yes, the e
we ve been doing this series living legends. tony bennett and norman leer. he s 94. tony just turned 90. i got to sit down with dick van dyke who is 90 years old. his wife is 40 something. exactly. i also got how do you stay young? i got to hang with don rickles. a little soft shoe. he goesth what a beautiful spe. is that his ho? gorgeous. look at him. my gosh. whoa. and he is going to have a cameo in the new mary poppins. he needs to be asked. it s good that he accepted. it s very funny. remember he played two roles in his other role was mary? no. the old banker. and now he says he can play the role but he doesn t need the makeup. that will be fun. i talked with don rickles. did he rip you apart? couldn t be sweeter. so terrific. he s so cute. i want to hug him. he s just the best. love him. and then everybody s favorite, betty white. the where are you? we are at pacific dining car in santa monica. this is her go-to place. it s o
they are less restrictive for ride sharing companies less restrictive than had spoken but in last few weeks. i want to outline them for you right now. so these would mean no minimum fare or wait time. that s something that was a big part of the last set of rules that had been talked about. also, the rules would require fingerprint based background checks. that is still a major sticking point for several of those ride sharing companies including uber. and then also cars cannot be the new rules would also cap the surge pricing at ten times the standard rate. and then also call for no surge pricing during emergencies. there was a major interest from the community on this vote today. there s video of a rally held beforehand. not even half the speakers that signed up to speak at the meeting were heard. they only had about 45 minutes for public comment. now we did get a chance to speak the meeting they are still threatening to pull out of tampa bay if these rules are passed. if the
facility. we want to capture it. it is contaminated with tradeyo active material, more than 200 million gallons have poured in. and the water that went down is not drinking water quality. we would not want it to intercept it. reporter: we re told this started august 27th. the level was dropping near a gym sum it was draining into the sinkhole and down into the acquifer. the public is frustrated it did not find out until yesterday. and the director of environmental projects said there is a reason for the delay, we know the contamination has not my greated beyond the area of the incident it is not a urgency, and none of the contaminated water left the into their own wells, we will not allow it to my great. it is offering to test the well water with the assuress a lot of people are worried. it is upsetting especially when you have three children. i think it is ridiculous, are they seeping into the wells t is scary. reporter: the federal and state environmental ag