Make his presence felt in the souths first battleground. Winters chill. The eastern half of the country waking up to bitter cold temperatures and high winds this morning. Blizzard warnings in parts of the northeast. Als weekend forecast just ahead. Those stories, plus water everywhere. A massive water main break in texas floods homes and roads and leads to dramatic rescues. Houston, we have a problem. Astros players being hit by pitches, booed and mocked by fans at spring training in the wake of the cheating scandal. And todays getaway. Lets get this Party Started. Weve taken the entire show on a winter vacation for one wild ride. Today, friday, february 28th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from universal Orlando Resort in florida. Hi, everybody. Good morning. Welcome to today. Its good to have you with us. A special friday morning. Were here in orlando, florida. Beautiful, blue sky above us. We happen to be n
Good morning, leigh. Reporter good morning. Yes. And its very busy. Very crowded in this kitchen. So im doing my best to stay out of everybodys way. We have all the volunteers here. Theyve been here earl 84 this morning. And they are doing an Assembly Line of the meals. And it looks like the potatoes that is now on its side which means we are probably getting low on that end. And they will have to put in the second shift of potatoes. They are moving along pretty quickly. There are more than 4,000 meals that will be packaged here and hand delivered to thousands of San Francisco residents who cannot leave their homes either to illness or age. Now we have more than 500 volunteers coming to pick up these meals and deliver them. There are some longtime volunteers that are here. We did meet a guy in the first hour named zach who is here with both of his parents. We have also met tourists from germany that came early to help out. We were thinking what to do with our christmas. And we thought
And he wanted to get out and do other things, which he has. In fact hes started an indoor football franchise based in oakland. He has very strong ties to oakland and wanted to get out and do production venues and this, that, and the other, and his friend pete carroll is in trouble. If he can help, do it. Thanks vern. Heres the top stories at 5 30, a bay point Convenient Store clerk who was robbed and beaten fights back. Were taking a look at whether the clerk himself could be in legal trouble. That part of the story ahead at 6 00. Holiday travelers encountering disruptions at bay area airports linked to bad weather in other parts of the country. Sfo is reporting 17 cancellations so far and over 200 delays. San jose has seen over 70 delays and oakland has seen 65 delays. Sky a2 alarm fire broke out this afternoon in San Franciscos richmond district. A neighbor tried to warn his friend as the fire broke out, but that person didnt make it. A firefighter suffered a minor injury, and 4 othe
Couple Walking Around the perimeter, even checking inside to see if anyone was there before they made their move. Reporter on this christmas week, our lady of Guadeloupe Church is spreading the word of god but word of a theft is also making the rounds. I dont know why they did that. Reporter it was 2 48 saturday afternoon. Baptism Services Just wrapped up and what appears to be a man and woman in disguise walked right past the cruse fx and allegedly steal a collection box. Bring gloves, has the hood on. So definitely they thought about it. They planned it before they came here. Reporter then they walked right out of the door with about 3,000. This box was also broken into. The father says the money was to buy toys for kids. Im very upset about it because this is a hardworking community. And so i know people make a lot of sacrifices to buy the gift for the children are. Reporter every year they celebrate the day the wise men gave gifts to jesus. But now their funds are depleetded. Litsz
Lets take a look. You can see what it looks like. It houses 200 beds and has a communal area and restrooms in between. There is an administrative building on the campus. It looks like a giant white tent or dome. It takes up a corner of a parking lot on beale and bryant street. It is owned by the port of San Francisco. The first residents will start moving in by the end of the month. This is about helping people not only off the streets but helping them into housing and helping them with opportunities to succeed in life. This is one of seven Navigation Centers in San Francisco. A few more on the way. The mayor says the goal is to have 1000 shelter beds in the city by the end of next year. Right now they are about halfway there. They say the goal of the shelters is to transition people out of homelessness. She and other city leaders faced stiff opposition from neighbors who have expressed concerns about crime and other concerns around the shelter like this. The group spent nearly a quart