i m diane macedo. i m andrea grymes. new york city is under a travel ban until 7 this morning when all port authority bridges and tunnels will reopen. buses are expected to be running by 7:00 a.m. as well and above ground subway service is expected early this morning along with metro north long island railroad and new jersey transit. we are live with team coverage from long island to westchester county to the jersey shore. john elliot is here in the studio tracking it all for us. were you frozen out there yesterday? yes we just thawed out. that was great work. you did the right thing. all morning i m on the phone saying there an official announcement coming up at 7:00 a.m. but right now we missed it by that much. was a record smasher those stats in a second. but right now i ll let you know that low is done and we are going to see the sun take over but totals for you, 30.5. 30.5-inches at jfk. hello record book. laguardia 27.9, belmont same, brooklyn at 27, centr
that bus and the trouble that driver now faces. and a whopper of a fight. burger king s newest commercial. how much would ten of these cost? under fire for looking and feeling a lot like the wildly popular billy on the street. here you go, you win! why the comedian is telling the fast food giant to get its own ideas today, tuesday, october 14, 2014. from nbc news. this is today. with matt lauer and sa vvannah t guthrie from sutudio 1a. imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? i think if you look at it side by side, they do look pretty identical. it s a controversy that s broiling that we ll get to a little later on. let s get to our top story this morning. we re talking about more violent storms set to impact tons of people on the eastern side of this country after they were slammed by storms on monday. we have al roker and dillon covering this. dillon, good morning to you. reporter: good morning to you. the rain is still coming down hard here in atl
snow, flooding and thunderstorms. according to flight ware.com, more than 13,000 flights had been delayed, and more than 1200 flights canceled nationwide this week alone. so how did last minute travelers fare? here s nbc s chris pollone. reporter: at new york s laguardia airport christmas eve, santa and his elves tried to keep holiday spirits bright, serenading travelers with christmas carollers, perhaps distracting them from dreary weather causing flight delays and cancellations. it was windy and wet from maine to florida. by midday, 200 flights across the country had been canceled, more than 1,000 delayed. travelers in new york seem to be taking everything in stride. so far it s been great. no problems for us. we re hoping it will continue to be this way. reporter: delays were a bit more prevalent in philadelphia where heavy fog slowed takeoffs and landings. less crowded than i expected. i was expecting it to be packed. reporter: forecasters fear chicago s o hare
super bowls in history. the deflate gate and tom brady. footballs in this game set to receive unpress departmented security. savannah and al are live in phoenix today friday, january 30, 2015. announcer: from nbc news this is a special edition of today at the super bowl. with matt lauer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, and savannah guthrie live from phoenix, arizona. good morning. welcome to today on friday morning i m matt lauer with tamron hall. savannah and al are in phoenix getting ready for super bowl xlix. savannah, what s with the down coat. is it that cold out there? it s not that cold. it s rainy. i can t believe it. it s chilly. you can see your breath. it s been raining unusually wet. yes. so you are well within your rights. the weather is a little bit i guess leaving a little to be desired. and we ve been taking turns washing watching the footballs for the nfl. is so i won t get fined. apparently not. al, we ve got a big storm o
there were 58 people on board and 23 are confirmed dead so far according to state media, the plane was going to an airport just off the southeast coast of china. air nattics officials say it was an atr 72 similar to this one. a short haul regional craft. no word yet on a cause. officials says the aircraft itself was nine months old and completed a check early last week. the rescue for survivors is still under way. ntsb investigators are heading to the scene of a deadly commuter train accident north of new york city. seven people were killed in that crash. it happened at peak rush hour last night. reports say the female driver of an suv stopped on the tracks. the crossing gate came down she got out of the car and went back in. that s when she was struck. the third rail buckled and went right through the first car of the train. the suv driver and six train passengers died making it the deadliest accident in metro north history. about 650 people were aboard and most were safel