So why did the jury just find the officer not guilty . A fact check at whole foods. And then ed sheeran here live for a Perfect Performance, today, december 8th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its friday. Nice to have youc with us. Its friday. Were so happy. And we have ed sheeran with us. Its going to be a great day. But we have a lot to get to and its a tough time in california. Those worsening wildfires there. A new one has now roared to live near san diego while crews in and around los angeles struggle we want to get to nbc correspondent Miguel Almaguer. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. Some 500 structures have been destroyed. This is the scene thats been playing out in this community. The fires can travel for miles and wipe out neighborhoods still standing. This morning, six fires are now burning out of control up and down the Southern California coast.
Same soul, and the same blood. Glor captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. Nearly 8700 firefighters are now battling six major wildfires burning tonight in Southern California. We will have much more on all of this in just a moment. But first, a very different side of nature. An earlydecember snowstorm in an unlikely place the deep south. Snow fell from louisiana to georgia, as muchaise half foot in some spots. More than a quarter of a million homes and businesses lost power in seven states. More than 1100 flights were canceled. The snow is now on its way to the northeast. And Mark Strassmann is in atlanta. Reporter the surprise snowstorm hit hard in the heart of dixie. More than five inches fell across parts of alabama. Wet, heavy snow created hazardous driving conditions. Icy roads in hattiesburg, mis, also made driving treacherous. This pickup needed a lift to get back on the road. Snow fell in houston for the first time in seven
Same soul, and the same blood. Glor captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Also made driving treacherous. This pickup needed a lift to get back on the road. Snow fell in houston for the first time in seven years. Up to three inches fell in the city, which could be a record. I think its amazing. Its my second time seeing snow. laughter blow torch winds have died down but deadly fires are still spreading. President trump declared a state of emergency, clearing the way for additional federal aid. Fiefers have burned more than 140,000 acres, an area larger than chicago. More than 500 structures have been destroyed. Carter evans is in san diego where another fire started today. Reporter when the wind kicked up, the flames roared. In many homes in this north San Diego Community never had a chance. 1,000 firefighters were called to battle the flames, but they were no match for the 50mileperhour gusts that fueled this massive fire. When firefighters came acros
Johnson and jackson mayor Chokwe Lumumba. And in california, nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated from their homes amidst the fifth worst fire fueled by climate change. The fatal blazes are now the fifth largest in california history. There was an awful lot of smoke that came along with the fires. At one point on my property, when the fires got to a very dry area, and sounded like water going over niagara falls. Int is the sound of the fire a particular area. Amy but many farms in the area have stayed open. We will go to california to talk about the fires and the farm workers, some of whom have been forced to continue working despite hazardous air quality. All that and more, coming up. In alabama, Democrat Doug Jones and republican roy moore are locked in a tight and increasingly controversial race to fill the Alabama Senate seat left vacant by attorney general jeff sessions. Polling shows the two candidates are neck in neck ahead of tuesdays special election, despite moore being
And your chance to catch saturday night fever. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. His suggestive tweet calling fer a lightweight and flunky who once begged him for Campaign Contributions and would do anything for them. I think it was shameful. Reporter democrats called the president s words. Nasty. Reporter and. Grotesque. Reporter massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren even accused him of trying to intimidate and shutshame gill brand. If your mind is in the gutter would you have interested that way. Reporter White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders insisted there was no innuendo. He was obviously talking about political partisan games that people often play and the broken system that hes talked about repeatedly. Reporter but by this afternoon, more than 100 House Democrats had signed a letter requesting that the House Committee on oversight investigate the reports of sexual miconduct raised against President Trump by more than a dozen women, stresming back to the stretching