The 124yearold building had been the nations largest Wooden Church west of the mississippi. Community members were able to save its tabernacle. No injuries were reported. The cause is under investigation. Theres a new development in the urgent search for the Multistate Bank robber suspect known as the pink lady bandit. This Morning Police believe they finally caught their culprit, wanted for robbing four banks in three states. Heres abcs eva pilgrim. Reporter this is the moment the charlotte fbi moved in, arresting the woman they believe is the socalled pink lady bandit. Shes in custody, facing multiple charges. The fbi says 35yearold circa baez robbed four banks and got the nickname they say for the distinctive pink purse she carried in at least two of her robberies. Investigators say the pink lady started her robbery spree on july 20th at a bank in carlisle, pennsylvania. Three days later hitting another one in rehoboth beach, delaware. The very next day, 300 miles away, another robb
Sleeping. Prison attack. Colorado Movie Theater shooter james holmes jumped behind bars. This morning, the inside story. And royal flush royals win the pennant the Kansas City Royals knocking off the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League championship series, thrilling their fans. And that, of course, means the world series is set as the royals prepare to face off with the new york mets, today, saturday, october 24th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. And im jeff rossen. Happy to be here with you and alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. And youre tracking the top story this morning, this massive hurricane. We have our team fanned out across the country, both here and in mexico. Category 5 storm hitting overnight, the eye narrowly missing the resort area of Puerto Vallarta, where tens of thousands of americans were believed to be before the storm made landfall. And
Reports of any deaths. And just over the mexican border, much of texas, as we know, is under a flood watch with whats left of patricia, the concern there that it will bring, of course, even more rain to a state that has already been pounded. Our correspondents are on the ground in mexico and texas on storm watch. Want to begin with Nbcs Joe Fryer in ecstapa, south of where Hurricane Patricia made a direct hit. Joe, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, jeff. Hurricane patricia has weakened considerably with many breathing a sigh of relief up and down the coast, but the Mexican Government is warning people to not let their guard down as this historymaking storm moves through the country. With the grace of a sledgehammer, Hurricane Patricia reached land, winds swirling at 165 miles an hour. Images taken by tourists hunkered down in hotels showcase the driving rain, swelling seas damage reports quickly surfaced. Washedout roads, toppled trees and uprooted highway signs. Some of the
Several days. Nbcs Janet Shamlian is in pensacola against for us today. Janet, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. This is the storm that doesnt want to quit, pummeling the south for days, and its been setting rainfall records as it marches to the east. No letup this morning to the heavy rains, pounding winds and floods brutalizing the gulf coast, from pascagoula to pensacola, red flag warnings. The wind and rain unrelenting. The rain is punishing, but more than that its the wind. Gusts exceeding 35 miles an hour. The type of winds you would see in a tropical storm. Across the south, dramatic scenes as the storm moved through. Part of the causeway to dauphin, alabama, had to be shut down, waters streaming over the sea wall. I looked out from the balcony and saw it out here, and im little close for comfort. Reporter in baton rouge rescuers pulled 20 Elementary School students to safety when a bus stalled on a flooded road. Orleans but not the misery of flooded streets, debris
This is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. And im jeff rossen. Happpp to be heree with you and alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. And youre tracking the top story this morning, this massive hurricane. We have our team fanned out across the country, both here and in mexico. Categogo 5 storm hitting ovovnight, the eye narrowly missing the resort area of Puerto Vallarta, where tens of thousands of americans were believed to be before the storm made landfall. And while it is too early to tell just how widespread the destruction is, sunlight will help us with thth. Heres what we do know at this hour. Patricia weakened to a category 1 hurricane early this morning with maximum sustained winds of 75 Miles Per Hour. It is expected to turn into a tropical depression as it crosses mexicoss mountains. Now, incredibly at this hour, no reports of any deaths. And just over the mexican border, much of texas, as we with