A private company, the biggest rocket in the world successfully with the most unusual cargo weve probably ever seen. He sent his car into space. It is headed to mars at this hour after sending back some spectacular pictures. Three, two, one. Reporter now the biggest rocket in the world, Spacexs Falcon heavy, three rockets strapped together launched a new era of American Space travel. Successful separation. Reporter but this was different. The boosters separated and then flew back to earth landing together reusable. And the falcon has landed. Wow. Reporter the center rocket coming back to earth ran out of fuel and slammed into the ocean. It was lost. A setback for the 90 million test flight which needed some cargo, and rather than concrete, spacexs ceo elon musk who also runs the electric Car Company Tesla decided the payload, the weight at the head of the rocket under the skin, would be his electric car, a red roadster. So there it was, a car with a dummy in a space suit exposed to spa
Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, Florida School shooting, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from pyeongchang, south korea. Welcome to today on this thursday morning. We are here in olympic park in pyeongchang, south korea, but it goes without saying that our hearts are definitely back home. Theyre back home and our hearts are heavy. Its hard to even imagine that this has happened again. Again. Its happened again. And we want to get right to the latest overnight. The death toll, in a word, is st shootings in american history. At least 14 others were wounded, some of them are in Critical Condition this morning. The suspected gunman is in custody. Officials identifying him as 19yearold nikolas cruz, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who had recently been expelled. We are also seeing disturbing images recorded and shared by frightened students as they barricaded themselves in classrooms. Thache went through. This is how it looked,
Gotten started because the womens figure skating has not begun, but that drought ends in prime time tonight with fremonts karen chen finally taking to the ice. We talked to karen overnight, we will have that for you and let you know what she said and how shes feeling on the eve of her big event auto. For now back to you. We will look forward to that because she performs tonight at 5 00, you can watch it right here on nbc bay area. It will be fun. Its cold enough to ice skate outside. We could keep an ice rank out there going on this morning. Its really cold as you get ready to step out the door. Weve been saying that, but once you actually feel it, youll know. Look at that, 24 degrees now in napa, it continues to drop and will do so as we head through at least the next hour. Sunrise is the coldest time of the day and were still well below freezing for much of the inland valleys, halfmoon bay at 30 degrees. As the sunrises taking a live look in san jose and we are going to willow glen.
Materials there it could be a hazmat situation if it got into the soil. There is slowing out of the altamonte pass and that is typical for 580. A smooth drive across the bay bridge. No issues. 5 01. Exactly one year ago this is what people woke up to one Early Morning in san jose. They woke up to these horrible images right here, flooding, waters rushing into their homes. This happened after the coyote creek overflowed its banks after relentless rainfall. Today in the bays bob redell live in one of those hardest hit neighborhoods, rock springs. Tell us how has the city come how far have they come really after this tragedy . Reporter good morning, marcus. You see that muck that was on the roads thats clearly been cleaned away, all those submerged cars have been towed and the letter xs that rescuers had spray painted on homes, most of those have been painted over, but the rock springs neighborhood that flooded last year is not what it used to be. A number of people who were here when thi
Weapon of war. President trump vowing this time there will be change as he faces criticism for suggesting one solution is to arm teachers. Were live at the white house. Remembering billy graham. Tributes pouring in from around the world for the beloved televangelist. This morning his son reflects on grahams life and legacy in his first interview since his fathers passing. All that, plus shiffrin shines. Mikaela shiffrin takes the silver in the alpine combined while lindsey vonn misses a gate and misses out on a medal. Owning the podium. Does he have the double 360 . Yes americans win gold and silver in the ski halfpipe and u. S. Snowboarder Jamie Anderson makes history with her second medal of these games, and they are all with us live, today, thursday, february 22nd, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic games, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from pyeongchang, south korea. Oh, everybody this is epic. Welcome to today at 7 00 a. M. O