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
Most exciting time of the year. We also have the final four to talk about. Al roker told us he would not do rokerthon 3 unless it could surpass 1 and 2. Al, how havethat . Whoa. Hey, guys. An entrance in. Thats a good one. I havit would be homa. Theit. And we are going where we symbols ever attempted. School. Everybody hanging kick off storming into the oh my gosh. Al. Hope heittle enthu him in a bit. Blame game among repu an obamacare replacement. Where do the president and his perspective former white house earnest. St. Reporter i i have we have tohe days resident is trying to shake budget director asked aloud is the Republican Party capable of governing . The president and the party have a limited window going on to kee taxes. More fallout, for a president feeling drained by the swamp. First, the defeat. Now, the fingerpointing. What happened is washington won. The one thing we learned this week is that washington was a lot more broken than President Trump thought. Reporter Presiden
Friends speak as students are walking arm in disbelief. Students heading to choose today are facing the news that yet another Berkeley Student has died overseas in the terrorist attack. I have spoken to students here at berkeley and it has hit hard. Really hard. File agents call officials yesterday to confirm that 20 yearold Nicholas Leslie was among the dead there for an entrepreneurship program. Relatives of other students studying abroad panicked when they heard. I heard and i was honestly terrified and thought she could be one of those kids. It is heartbreaking families had same reaction i did but they were not lucky enough, as i was, to find out my sister was okay. This month, berkeley lost 18 yearold jane, sophomore killed with gunfire in bangladesh. We will hole the vigil. Here much more can we have . We want peace not world this is sad. No one from berkeley was available to comment but the chance lore released a written statement calling this tragic devastate news and they set
Stole his waterline made of copper. He bought the home last week and now cant stay there. No water and no electric so i have contractors coming out to do that for me. Reporter the homeowner said the suspect broke through this window. He cut through this wire and pipe. Police believe this guy did the crime. Officers arrested him today after the 22yearold broke into another house on north reid avenue this morning and cut the gas line. It appears that he mistakenly thought it was a waterline and it was the gas line and the gas line was live. Reporter neighbors told us they smelled natural gas outside. I was concerned. Reporter she says she saw police and firefighters outside her neighbors home. They opened the doors and windows to air the odors out. If the heater would have sparked, we would have definitely lost that house and probably the two or three houses next to that house. Its definitely relieving knowing that hes not going to be in the neighborhood anymore. Reporter police say he b
Searching everywhere. He was if there was out of the 56 children there, he was what was described to us as the star. You know, him and his brother went there, they looked out for him, this kid, to the point that they bought him the swimming trunks, they bought him the shirt, and they made sure he was fed every day. The reporter really sad circumstances there. Now, earlier this week, a Family Member told x a strong swimmer. The commission are says from when he understands, that wasnt the case and in fact, that day, he was getting a swimming lesson. More on that part of the story at 6 00 p. M. For now live in boston, kerry kavanaugh, fox 25 news. Mark more details now, mayor walsh Just Announced changes after willis death at all Boston Center for youth and family programs. Head counts of children will be done 16 minutes. Ratios will be two counselors to every ten wear live preservers and security cameras are to be added to increase curity. We have add the new timeline on our web site rig