An ecigarette battery exploids in a mans pants catches them on fire. The warning being issued. Today thursday, february 25, 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Back in the land of the living. It seems like a long time since i have seen you. It is nice to be out of my apartment. Yes, i got a flu shot. Well talk more about that later. Im amazed you touched me. Me, too. Lets start can the dangerous storms hammering the eastern half of the country. The death toll climbing to at least eight people. Four of those died in virginia. Without power from the carolinas to maine. This tuesday there have been at least 34 confirmed tornadoes. Weweave it all covered including the impact on travel. Well start with miguel almaguer. Reporter the storm took at least eight lives. Three were killed in this region alone. The storm went right through this community. It was a powerful and deadly system. Another night of severe weather. Damaged. City. In long island firefight
2016. Announcer fro nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, liverom studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Its a monday morning. Double joy in the lauer household. Denver. They alrdy got the call that school is closed because of snow. Might affect the voting in New Hampshire. Lets start with the game though. Its our top story. Dylan dreyer drew the lucky straw and was there to take us behind the scenes. Id normally say to tell us about the big storm, but today, tell us about the big game. I watched it with my own eyes. Superman reverted back to clark cam newton and his panthers. They say defense wins championships and thats what we saw at super bowl 50. Vaughnhn miller won thegames mvp. Fromhe star spangled banner to the starstudded halftime show to what people are speculating was Peyton Mannings last game, it was a huge night in santa clara. The ball is out. In the end zone the carolina touchdown. Reporter super bowl 50 is in the history
We have a new poll for South Carolina to talk about. Our top story, president obama plans to travel to cuba next month. Ron allen is on white house duty this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter the white house is expected to announce the esidents trip to cuba sometime later today. It has been just over a year since mr. Obama said he would begin normalizing relations. Many critics are saying it is much too soon to reward the castro regime. A Senior Administration official telling nbc news that president obama will visit cuba in march marking the first time in 88 years a sitting president will visit cuba. These 50 years have shown isolation has not worked. It is time for a new approach. Reporter warming relations began after facetoface meetings. The pair announcing in late 2014 that they would begin over time it is possible for us to turn the page and develop a new relationship between our countries. Reporter last august the American Embassy was open. Since then secretary of state joh
Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. 23 degrees out there. That will be known as a heat wave this weekend. By sunday it could be 1 degree or 0 here in new york city. Bundle up. Lets start with breaking news after a dramatic night of negotiations those four people still occupying a federal buding in oregon now appear to be on the verge of ending that siege. Thi 41day occupation could come to an end this morning with occupants saying they plan to turn themselves in peacefully following dramatic developments as fbi put barricades ahead of and behind where those are camping. Come out with your hands up. No were not. T. Youre going to have to kill us. The fbi moves in on the four remaining occupiers at a wildlife refuge. Well, no, im done talking. Im done praying. Thats it. Reporter Assembly Woman just landed in portland and drove through the night hoping to negotiate a peaceful exit. We need to get calm here. Nobodys listening to us. Reporter the group agreed to turn in th
Park, 56 opalocka and miami. First alert forecast for today, cool sunshine this morning. For most well call this chilly. 53 to get things going. 71 this afternoon. Cool and bright skies, a delightful friday forecast. Kelly blanco still feeling under the weather. Now aheck on traffic with joe brennan. Still looks great out on the roadways. We havent had a hint of an accident so far this morning of any importance that would cause delays on the palmetto. Here at the hialeah area, 74th street. The run from the shula to the dolphin back to the big curve, not seeing any issues along the way. Its like all the cones and barricades from overnight work have been picked up, same for 95 between downtown miami, the Golden Glades interchange and the Broward County line still crash crashfree. Breaking overnight, a shooting spree in Central Kansas does include the gunman. 14 or more were injured. Nbc 6 reporter Michael Spears is live in studio with what do we know about the gunman so far. Sheli, at th