And tour de red nose. Matt is biking his way from boston all the way to new york. A fiveday journey to raise money for a very good cause and so far so good. So weve got one day down 179 miles to go today as we start day two of the red nose challenge. Today monday, may 18th, 2015. 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 monday morning. Otherwise known as day two of matts 226mile charity bike ride. Hes in Coventry Rhode island. You look great. Youre biking from boston to new york. Were wearing the ridiculous red noses for you. Thats all were doing for you. Thank you. I really appreciate the support. I can feel the teamwork, savannah. We are on day two. Its a lot different than day one. Yesterday was about 75 degrees and sunny and just perfect. Ideal conditions for cycling. Today its a lot colder in the 50s. Theres a bit of a wind. And were going to go 65 miles to
Middle of the frenzy throughout the day. Tom joins us lye from wood bridge. Whats the scene like there . If i was standing here a year ago today at this same moment this place would be empty except for a few employs getting ready. To night they opened earlier than ever before, at 8 00 tonight and the crowds responded. There are a lot of people who ate a turkey dinner and then came straight to the mall. 6 00 thanksgiving night is the earliest best buy has ever opened. A lot of people, some of whom slept outside the store in tents last night streamed in. Meanwhile to the south crowds gathered outside a much bigger place also getting set to open earlier than ever. For the past half decade theyve opened at midnight. Tonight they open the doors at 8 00 and a whole lot of people streamed in. I couldnt believe how many people were out here. Deborah and her relatives made the trip a holiday tradition. We come here every thanksgiving and we dont even shop. We just come for the experience. Nuts.
Register again. Long lines a lot of people frustrating. Issues began ringing up at target across the country, payment problems with debit, gift considered and ebt cards with little explanation why. I think thats terrible especially in a Big Corporation like this. Thats scary especially with debit wards. They were told to pay with cash or credit but plenty have been burned before. Tens of millions hit by a security breech right before christmas. They changed my card. Because of the problems at target. Because of problems at target. The confusion led to slightly longer lines and fairly frustrated customers, leaving the store with a bag full of grocerys and hope. The latest transaction wont make them a target for trouble. It was pretty i hope everything will be all right. Brian web, kpix 5. It was fix by last night and it was not relate today a security issue. New this morning four people forced out of the Outer Mission homes in San Francisco after a fire overnight. The fire started outsi
Winds kicking up outside. If you are stepping out the door in the 40s and 50s. By the afternoon, 75 in concord, 73 in san jose. Pretty windy into the 67 oakland and 62 breezy in San Francisco. Lets check on the roads now. Thank you. Is so far traffic is bearable this morning, no major accidents to report right now. We do have word of a broken down tractor trailer that may be blocking lanes. It is northbound 880 at the almeda. It is not on the main leans. It is main lines. It is blocking the onramp. No major delays there. In fact most of the south bay problem free along 101, 280. No delays. Looking at the bay bridge. We do have slight delays. Theres a wind advisory there though. Give yourself some extra time. It is looking fine this morning. No delays. Back to your morning drive. New this morning, two homes were damaged by a fire over night in San Francisco. Mark kelly joins us live. He just got an update from red cross volunteers. Reporter i did. They just left here recranely. They tel
Ten days ago. And kurdish fighters told them fighters were trying to infiltrate their defenses. Kurdish source they they inflicted heavy casualties on the militants and even got support from coalition aircraft. For more on the developing situation, lets bring in cnns tim lister, joins us via baby cam from erbil. There have been almost daily attempts by isis to infiltrate toured issue territory kurdish territory. Weve seen this aggressive push which led to close contact fighting. Fighting. S the latest . Reporter theing has died down. The fight doing last overnight for at least five hours. The Kurdish Peshmerga officers i spoke to said they inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy and say there were a lot of foreign fighters amongst these isis eunice that attacked three villages simultaneously. A very accordinated complex attack coordinated complex attack that shows despite months of air strikes and considerable pressure on the ground difficulties in resupplying them isis is still capabl