An ecigarette explodes in the pocket of a california man whos riding a bus. Once again calling the safety of those devices into question today, thursday, december 22nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im matt lauer, alongside hoda kotb here while savannah continues on maternity leave. If i were an ecigarette user, i might be considering a new years resolution. No kidding. Those are the ones that are caught on tape. We were talking about how many happened that have not been captured on tape. El wwell tell you more aboue circumstances surrounding that little bit. But breaking news, overnight raids tied to the International Manhunt for a suspect in that truck attack in berlin. Nbcs Anne Thompson has been covering this story. Anne, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. German authorities find themselves playing offense a
Ninan good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im reena ninan. Vladimir putin had a surprise for the u. S. Today. Not long after his foreign minister recommended that russia expel dozens of u. S. Diplomats, putin went a different way. There will be no immediate retaliation for american sanctions over the hacking scandal. Putin said hell wait to see what happens when donald trump becomes president. Mr. Trump tweeted his approval, and yet again, praised the russian leader. Jan crawford begins our coverage. Reporter within hours of Vladimir Putins announcement that u. S. Diplomats would not be expelled, a convoy of russians from one of the compounds closed by the administration arrived at the Russian Embassy in washington. As part of sanctions, the administration closedly the compound in maryland and another in new york, and ordered 35 officials from the embassy and the russian consulate in San Francisco to leave the country. The only thing i can say is that i think its quite scandalous that t
Counties are under a Winter Weather advisory until 9 00 a. M. This morning. If youre not in purn l, good news. Youre only dealing with wet roads versus some slick roads this morning. But in areas like winchester, hagerstown and frederick, ive gotten some reports of light snow this morning. I cant rule out sleet. Im not seeing a huge concern for freezing rain. The surface temperatures are a little too warm. Cant rule out the slick spots if youre in the Winter Weather advisory. Where youre seeing the bright colors, this is not heavy rain. Its actually melting snowflakes. We want to hear about the snow melting into rain as it falls to the ground. A little white in parts of frederick and well north of baltimore. Well continue to track showers until 8, 9 a. M. Currently at its not about the rain this afternoon but more about the winds. For now over to jack taylor for a check of the roads. Thank you. As youve been describing it could be the potential for a rough commute to the north and the
I just have new updates in about the Winter Weather adviso advisory. A lot of the counties trimmed out. But frederick, washington and carol counties continue to be under a Winter Weather advisory. If youre leaving within the next hour heads up if you live in the purple areas you could be dealing with slick spots this morning. I cant rule out freezing rain but im mainly getting reports of light snow right along the marylandpennsylvania border. Heres a check of radar. Most of us know its a rainy chilly start this morning. Showers come to an end around 9 00 a. M. Ill let you know what to expect for the afternoon but well be dealing with something completely different. How are the roads right now . Well theyre tough. Were dealing with slick conditions. Youve got to be very very a vehicle overturned in myersville causing a dre. On the George Washington parkway, second overlook, a crash on both sides of the roadway. 295 going north up near howard road, a new crash there. With the wet roadway
Yuism good morning wisdom a yeah, john Patrick Donahoe heone went missing earlier this month, excuse me, and this Beauty Supply store behind meup in hyattsville is the reallyea known connection or the or t last known connection to donahoe. Dona he mysteriously disappearedpear earlier this month and now now police are looking for a woman w they say used his credit card cr at this supply store. Ly store. Lets show you a picture of of him. Hes 36 years old he lives in ls downtown bethesda at the gallery building and last seenae on december 13th at hist h parents home on elmore lanean also in bethesda and policendol say last week they got a lead la in the case that brought themugt to the hyattsville area whereleh a woman was caught onaut surveillance using donahoesce s credit card at the premium Beauty Supply store on s annapolis road and now police aw as well as the family arehe fam trying to figure out how she how got ahold of his credit card. Card. Card whats not normal is thatis a his