This morning, but we will begin with Danielle Leigh in cape may, new jersey. Reporter people are trying to get back to normal and laying out picnic tables and chairs. That said, the threat from Hurricane Sandy has passed. There is danger out there throughout most of the northeast. The communities are climbing out of a watery mess. Sandy beat the eastern seaboard with a vengeance. We dont know if we have bodies out there. That is why we are on the road. Reporter streets that look like rivers and landmarks ripped apart have crews working over time today. I know people woke up to devastation. I was on the phone with fema at 2 00 a. M. To answer the questions they needed answered to get that designation. Reporter the atlantic boardwalk once packed with tourists is filled with debris and the roller coaster is surrounded by ocean. Beach communities are digging out from the dunes that once protected them. It will be a while cleaning up from this one. Reporter the lights are still out in the c
Announcer 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 monday morning. Im matt lauer. Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. Everybody is watching washington this morning. The u. S. Capitol open for business but for how long . A beautiful shot. Its not so beautiful inside. If you could be a fly on the wall. The big vote coming at 2 00 in the senate today. That will kick things off. A Chain Reaction following that. Well get a lot of perspective on this this morning. Including from bill oreilly. Hes here in our studio this morning. He has a new book called killing jesus. Well talk to him about that as well. That is our top story and its hours away now. Peter alexander has the latest on whats unfolding. Peter, good morning to you. Matt, good morning to you. Anything is possible, but it looks to be an almost uncertainty. That the government will shut down b
Suspect, 58yearold jenny su. She was booked on vehicular manslaughter charges over the weekend but has since bailed out of jail. There is a growing memorial of flowers, candles, and pictures at the crash site for 16yearold kevin sam. He died friday when a speeding car crashed into the back of the minivan he was riding in. He was riding in that minivan with his mother and sister who were both seriously injured. Today grief could belienselors meeting with sans classmates to help them deal with the loss. Right now a developing story outside of chicago in forest park where more than two dozen people right now have been injured after an outof of Service Train collides with another train that was stopped at a station. Now the mayor of forest park says the crash site is being treat the ased as a crime scene. Theres no indication of any criminal activity, but sources within that Transit Agency telling our sister station in chicago one of the trains may have been stolen from that yard. Right no
This one right now, some rain up in the monterey area, inching slowly towards the bay area. She is here right now, live and in living color to tell us for herself. We have quite a few systems on the way. Three, as a matter of fact. Its kind of like relative tha. You look forward to them but you want them to go back home. I think youre going to be sick of the rain before all is said and done. Taking a live look at the bay bridge, showers coming up from the south. That will be the trend. South bay is going to get their first activity. The showers will spread fo the north throughout tonight. But there are three systems on the satellite picture all going to impact the bay area. What to expect. The first two storms are on the way as we head through the weekend. Wind starts to pick up today. The first storm arrives tonight. Were going to get very heavy rainfall just in time for the morning commute. Another wave of heavy rain on friday. Get a break on saturday. And then the cold system arrive
And good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning, im Savannah Gurthrie. And im matt lauer. Well talk about major breaking news in a minute. But the review you talked about about guy fieris restaurant, i have never read a review like this. And a lot of people are wondering, is this fair . The kind of review that should be written . Or did this go across some kind of a line . Yeah, use whatever word you want to use, roasted, fileted, skewered. When the review starts out guy fieri, have you eaten at your new restaurant in time square . We look forward to a response. Looking forward to what he has to say. Also a developing story in israel overnight. Three People Killed in a rocket attack after the israelis took out the top military commander of hamas in this strike on wednesday. Well have a live report from tel aviv coming up straight ahead. And one of the most Popular Energy Drinks on the market. These fivehour Energy Capsules have been cited as a possible factor in 13 deaths. Wee