Will that new strategy help win back minority voters or is it too late . Wild weather. Damaging tornadoes in the midwest. A new round of devastating flooding in the south while in california a raging Wildfire Forces new evacuations and now threatens the historic first castle. And expanding the family. Were getting a new puppy with a purpose raising a service dog for a deserving veteran. Today, monday, august 22nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Our first day back all of us in studio 1a. Nothing better than walking in wait, what . I hug you and you get new puppy smell. Were so happy to have you guys back. Its boring around here without you. I brought you a little puppy. I had to give you a welcome. I cannot wait to meet this little critter. It will be fun. Meanwhile, we have a lot of olympic news to talk about. Its kind of the closing
Another mild day. Temperatures in the low 60s and into the afternoon. Leftover sprinkle and a high of 72 degrees. Lets get the first check on a Tuesday Morning commute, lauren. Pretty easy so far, chris. Well head over to long island where we got word of a disabled vehicle on the Northern State parkway. Roslyn roadblocks the right lane. Not causing a problem because its quiet out there. We have road work out there in the southbound lane between 106th street and 79th. Two of them shut down. Delays not bad yet. Well have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Happening today, a long island man will be arraigned on murder charges in the killing of a toddler. Hes accused of killing 19monthold mason robinson. He was pronounced dead at the hospital sunday afternoon. Police have not said yet how the child died or the connection that exists between the two. In connecticut the woman accused of trying to abduct a 17yearold girl on her way to bridgeport is due in court. Tawana randall is a
Up on the 4s. New this morning, we know the name of a teenager shot and killed in downtown brooklyn. The bullets flew in the middle of rush hour. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is in brooklyn where Community Leaders are upset obviously about what has happened here, kat. Reporter absolutely, michael. Furious and saddened by this young person being killed. He was shot in the head. 16yearold armani hawkins. We want to show you video of what happened. Detectives set up tape here. The nypd has set up the teenager who died. Armani hankins was shot in the head. An 18yearold man was shot in the ankle and remains in the hospital. Surveillance video from the restaurant shows a group of people running towards dekalb avenue towards flat bush avenue extension. Gunfire erupted and they ran back from where they came. This was around 6 00 at night. People who live in the area say there are some teenagers who start fights when the nearby schools let out. You have the long island college, you have s
Very large crime scene in their neighborhood. The stone is on Fourth Avenue. Tracie. Reporter michael, were hearing this was the scene of a wild shootout. Were at 4th avenue. It remains blocked by crime sc e tape. Many of the emergencynvehicles that were here when we arrived have s ce pulled out possibly indicating that those that are involved have been placed in custody. Show you video of the Intense Police activity when we arrived. There was a spotlight on one of the homes as closest to 11th avenue. Many people told us off camera they were no being allowed inside of their homes. They were told it was for their own safety. Were hearing that as many as two suspects may hav been involved in a wild shootout with Newark Police officers just before midnight on Fourth Avenue. They were on a routine patrol when all fl this happened. Were hearing one of the suspects possibly shot. Another one was involved in a search with police for many hours. Live now to 4th avenue to show you that a Newark
Well head over to the pally li isades parkway. You can get by though because they are detouring things. Youll be detoured off the road. Well keep you posted throughout the morning. Bqe, overturned tractortrailer which was just uprighted but it shuts down the lanes. Well have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. 5 01. There is breaking news in new jersey. A fire erupted at a mansion in Monmouth County overnight. The scene on hop block lane rook lane. Jen maxfield has been talking with firefighters. Whats the latest there . Reporter thats right. There are dozens ever rescue work zbrers holmdel and other areas. Theyre working to knock down the flames in the back of the ill step out of the way to give you a sense of what is happening here. Number 7 hop brook lane. The report of a house explosion came in before 3 00 a. M. This home was unoccupied and was under construction so thankfully no injuries at this time but still a very active scene. You cant really tell from the front of t