you. four, three, two, one,. [cheers and applause] happy new year! it is officially the first day of 2018. confetti new and fireworks went off at midnight as the crystal ball dropped in times square ushering in the new year. tens of thousand of merry makers braved the frigid temperatures i can talk. tradition. it was the second coldest new year s eve in times square on record. the temps only 10 degrees in new york city at midnight. fox s lauren blanchard is in new york with more. reporter: temperatures in times square not keeping revelers away bitter cold and unprecedented blanket of security marking this new ye year. reporter: keeping all these people safe a major concern. the more than million party goers going through patow there s so much police around and they checked us pretty well when we came in here. so, i think i think it will it s safe enough. reporter: following the terror attacks and concerns here in new york and october s shooti
we re live at the white house. surprise loss. chris cornell, a driving force in grunge rock, dies unexpectedly. black hole sun won t you come the soundgarden lead singer s death following a concert in detroit. his family and fans shocked. an investigation underway. and concussion controversy. nfl star tom brady facing serious questions this morning after this revelation from his wife giselle bundchin. he had a concussion last year. he has concussions. but the nfl has no record of them. did the patriots quarterback hide injuries to stay on the field? the nfl saying it wants answers today, thursday, may 18th, 2017. 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. 7:00 on the west coast on a thursday morning. savannah will join us in just a couple of minutes, but we want to start with this breaking news. roger ailes, the man who started fox news and then buil
reporter: throughout that morning investigators say the suspect entered the facility twice through a broken lock on the garage door. the second time he entered his face covered by a sheet while pushing a baby stroller. you got multiple people in that building doing work throughout the night and underground fire could have devastating results. it s pretty much homeless guys that go around, and they do simple things. they take things off your porches and things like that. reporter: police are not sure if the suspect is homeless but neighbor joe davis believes he is and he s glad someone is home surveillance camera was reporting that morning. if you have some cameras you can always call the police. reporter: now davis pushing for more to be install in the area. deterrent for any other crime in this southwest philly neighborhood. at least two or three properties. let s get some cameras up, because, we really don t want to be out here, you know, going fisticuffs with
evacuations are in place and harvey churns closer to the gulf coast. local elementary school targeted by racist graver eaty. the community gathers together calling for an end to the hate. the vandalism happened before the start of the school year. i m jessica dean. i m nicole brewer. ukee has the night off. story is unfolding as herbert hoover elementary school in bucks county. natasha brown is live with tonight s community response. natasha. reporter: well, racist graffiti was found on windows, doors and sign outside of hoover elementary school on friday night. meantime tonight rally was a town hall meeting and really trying to strike a cord with community healing and light in that disturbing discovery. for anyone stepping into the town hall meeting in langhorne, pennsylvania the message was very clear. hate has no place here. act will not be accepted. community members came together on the heels of racist graffiti found scribbled on the herbert hoover elementary
you told me that there are people here who are detained and not being released and you have something to say about that from what we ve heard, between 50 and 60 lawful permanent residents who are being detained. and have been here many hour, earlier this evening, judge granted a temporary retraining order ordering them to be granted access to these detainees tell us your name and tell us if you ve had that access. my name is hatan, aknes, an immigration attorney and no lawyer has been granted access. unfortunately we ve been informed that they would refuse to comply were the court order. reporter: what does that mean. they should be held in contempt of court because they are not above the law. r we re informed and she s going to take whatever action is necessary. we re hoping politicians and congress men throughout the country can be called upon to call and also airport security at dulles airport to enforce them to comply with the court order. reporter: thank y