Now its just hours away, setting the Christmas Tree aglow today, wednesday, december 3rd, 2014. 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 wednesday morning. Gangs all here early and well be here late tonight for a great event. Getting lit, as usual. This time of year, a lot of stars will be here to help us, idina menzel, our rendition of joy to the world. You havent lived till you heard it. I dont think it will make the show. Lets start with our top story this morning. It is that dangerous storm in california cause d by one of th most dangerous in years. Reporter matt, good morning to you. Weve had so much rain here this week that at any moment communities like this, recently scorched by wildfire, could come down into homes as it has done before. Its what many in california have come to expect when it finally does rain a decent amount, it does this. More than six inches f
Acting defense minister are on their way to crimea as pro russian activists enter the naval base in sevastopol. South african president jacob zuma under pressure for benefiting for a multimillion dollar upgrade to his personal residence. Plus, more than 20 years after the death of hollywood legend Marlena Deitrich, some of her personal belongings go to auction. Hello everyone. There have been emotional scenes at the airport in kuala lumpur in malaysia as frustration boiled over among families of people on board the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. At least two people thought to be relatives of passengers were bundled away when they complained about the lack of information. 12 days after the plane disappeared, theres still no sign of the missing aircraft. 26 countries are involved in the search operation covering two giant arcs to the north and south of the planes last known location. The bbcs jonah fisher is at the media center where that confrontation happened. A warning, his report c
Upgrades to his home is released. More than 20 years after the death of hollywood legend march layne nah deitrich some of her personal belongings are up for auction. Hello everyone. Day 12 since Malaysian Airlines flight mh370 disappeared with the aircraft and 239 passengers, still not found. Two relative ps of chinese passengers on the airliner were forcibly dragged away speaking to journalists at a media center in kuala lumpur. The two brought a long white banner in words in chinese characters saying we protest against the malaysian government for hiding the truth and for wasting time in finding the passengers. In an update on the search operation itself, malaysias acting transport minister reports that the plane had been seen in the maldives, those reports are untrue. He said the investigation into crew, passengers and ground staff goes on. Analysts are trying to recover dater apparently deleted from the pilots personal Flight Simulator. 26 countries are involved in the search, look