We were here when it arrived and now were hours away from setting the worlds most famous Christmas Tree aglow wednesday, december 3, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Gangs all here early and will be late tonight for a great event. Yes. Getting lit as usual this time of year, a lot of stars going to help us light up the Christmas Tree. Goes on and on. I was saying our rendition of joy to the world. You havent lived until you heard it. Should be fun. Lets start with our top story this morning. Its that dangerous situation in california, caused by one of the strongest storms to hit that state in years. Nbcs jacob rascon is east of los angeles. Good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Its a rain california desperately needs but not like this. The fear is that at any moment the rain and the mud on the hillsides behind me that have been sc
Bothered me for a while. And i have talked to him about it, saying, you know, it is big and hanging over my property. Reporter the tree is surrounded by homes, how it fell is a big question since it wasnt windy at the time and the tree didnt appear to be in distress. Like somebody driving a truck with lumber on it and the lumber rolling off it. Reporter her neighbor describes what he heard. A shock. But at the same time it it it is mother nature. Reporter he suspends it grew too big for its spot. He takes full responsibility and will pay for the damage. All of them are just thankful no one was hurt. You never know when mother natures wrath will hit. Reporter the focus now is getting this mess cleaned up. Cutting the tree into pieces. The fencing has been put up. They are supposed to tell us what went wrong here. You cant use that garage, what is going on tonight, is she staying there . Going to a friends . Reporter there was no damage to her home and they have athleticricity up and run
History. Warriors seal a come back to go 31. An overtime victory tonight. Good evening im julie haener. And im frank somerville. Mark ibanez is here with us. Warriors looked dismal then they just came alive. Never a moment of doubt right. Warrior fans right. All it took was simply the greatest come back in warrior franchise history. They have never come from 20 points down in the fourth quarter. And pulled a game out but thats exactly what happened today. Take a look at how it unfolded. 17, four runs. Green on the offensive rebound. Curry buries a three this time with 11. 8 seconds left but they are still down by two. The pelicans went to the free throw line and made only one of two free throws and that opened the door for one last chance. Actually two last chances because you will see seth get the ball. Work for a shot, miss, but alertly grabs it on the offensive board. This time curry nails it and there you go. And his dad and brother are pretty proud of that shot and it goes to over
Smell of an electrical fire prompted an evacuation at Arroyo High School. Skyfox was overhead. Fire Officials Say a pump overheated in a locker room. No one was hurt. But students were evacuated as a precaution. In the last halfhour, students were allowed back into classrooms at Arroyo High School and released for lunch. Good afternoon. Im tori campbell. Also in the last hour, muni outlined major changes all in an effort to offer a better ride to customers. Christien kafton is live in San Francisco to explain what is about to change. Reporter were geary and levinworth along 38th. You can see what were talking about. One of the new shelters that muni is showing off and the rebranded lines. If you take a look closely at the sign, you be able to see the line is called the 38 l and now it will be called 38 r for 38 rapid. Mta leaders showed off the new shelters with clear lettering and new images. Its part of the muni forward program. The agency will increase how often buses run. They will
Away when the suspect charged at the officers with the knife. Both officers discharged their firearm. It is in the back. The family had a private autopsy formed. The conclues was he was shot six times from be concludes he was shot six times from behind. The chief will have to recant the false lie that he has been perpatchuating about how the shooting occurred. The Police Department said it would have no comment. The City Attorney says the allegations are not consistent with the witness accounts and called the shooting justifiable. During todays press conference the parents made an appearance on skype from guatemala. They want justice. This is the last thing they expected when they sent their son to the united states. That he would come back the way he did. Reporter the two officers involved in the shooting have returned to patrol. And there is a vigil that will begin in the mission in an hour. Frank . So what are the attorneys for the victim saying about what happened about the knife,