We will go to that conference once the mayor begins his remarks. Well hear from a number of ceos about how sandy has impacted their businesses. The heads of hartford financial and landry is among the top executives who will be joining us over the last few hours. How equity Index Futures are trading. Will cease trading in 15 minutes time. The dow and nasdaq pointing d n down. As for europe, the action dominated by Deutsche Bank and bp. We do see green arrows across the board with a 1 gain in germany. At least 16 deaths blamed on sandy as the storm continues to wreak havoc on the northeast with new york and new jersey dechaired major disasters. Overnight more than 200 patients have been evacuated from two nyu langone hospitals after backup power failed. Millions on the east coast awoke without power or mass transit. An estimated 7. 8 million are believed to be without power and experts say it could be several days before it is restored. Mass transit at a stand still after an unprecedente
Verizon, the nations largest wireless carrier, announces the return of its unlimited data plan. Is the battle for your business about to put more money in your pockets . Major milestone. Uconn makes it 100 consecutive wins the university of connecticut Womens Basketball team pushes its recordsetting win streak to an unthinkable 100 games, a first for any team, men or women, in College Basketball history. And theyre definitely feeling the love from the husky faithful. Today, valentines day, tuesday, february 14th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on tuesday morning. Savannah. Shaping up to be a bis yay one in the news. We start with breaking news out of the white house. Michael flynn abruptly resigning as National Security adviser amid growing controversy over his russian connections. Well talk about it with Kellyanne Conway in just a moment. Lets start our coverage with nbc Nat
From right now. Clear skies to partly cloudy. Parks reporting clear skies on those automated meters. Its 73 bridge port. What a great start. Really nice morning. Its going to be a nice august day. Were looking at mid to upper 80s. The humidities are held at bay today. A little more humid tomorrow. Thunderstorms late in the day sunday. Big old weather changes for next week. Debbie duhaime has been talking about garbage, the throughway, up there. Thats for sure. Were going to start off with the garbage spill. Were going to go to live shots. This is hamilton avenue at 3rd avenue in brooklyn. Look at the mess here. Its an overturned garbage truck with this garbage all over the place. Crews are here cleaning up the scene. They have been out here for quite awhile. Avoid hamilton avenue in brooklyn. The ramp from hamilton avenue to the bqe is completely blocked as well. This is going to take awhile to to the maps and tell you about a major problem on the new york state throughway. Exit 11 in
Job, that she was going to get me a job there. Reporter that night she gave no indication anything was wrong. I dont think she would do something, but i dont know her that much. They said that she was on medicine, medication and drunk. I dont know, people too things crazy. Reporter according to court papers, ruiz told police she was taking medication. Investigators say rue weesds started the blaze in the basement of this row home while 3 of her neighbors were sleeping. Investigators say she was achk bring, but why was she mad . She didnt want to say that. Neighbors who have been waiting for answers today they sayre shocked, but at least now they know how the fire started, even if they dont know why. Many in the neighborhood say the family of ruiz was inside this house, including her own child at the time that the fire broke out. She is next scheduled to be in court next week. Reporting lye in wilmington, delaware, deanna durante. Our coverage continues now with nbc 10s brandon hudson,
He has 322 career goals, but only ten this year in what has been a disappointing season. The rangers host the blue jackets and former coach John Tortorella tomorrow at msg. The islanders continued their road trip in edmonton. There was no score until late in the Second Period when the loose puck is corralled past cam talbot. Right now the owls lead the oilers. They are searching for their fourth straight win. Now to spring training where there was a special guest at mets camp today. Future halloffamer, mike pea ought sa. He is spending a few days working with the team as a guest instructor. It will be quite the summer for piazza. He will see his number 31 retired at city field. You know, its a thrill. Its great knowing that its going to be on the wall and, you know, the fans have just been so special to me. Its great to share it with them. Because theyve been in my corner since the day i got here, so, to have them to celebrate it with them is something really great. Great to see mike s