July 25th, 2013. Its thursday. Im savannah guthrie. And im matt lauer. Breaking news over seas, that horrific moment twwhen the tras that video posted on youtube things but they are going to to figure out what caused this lets get right to nbc at the behind me, a shocking scene. What you can see is the crane lifting these train cars, these but perhaps more shocking, matt, about to see because a fixed camera on the line behind me trains derailment as reports say, that two people on board were from houston. 247 people were onboard. Twisted at 9 00 p. M. Local time. Carriages piled up. Smoke pouring from the wreckage. Deadly fire as people try to escape. Windows, carried away by first as through the night, paramedics battled to help the injured. Make it covered with blankets. Relatives left in tears by the capital pra madrid coming off the rails of santiago de compotala in northern spain. It was the eve of the local festival. All celebrations were canceled. Hospitals, many of the dead hav
New york city. Reporter Authorities Say the boat collided with construction barges anchored along the tappan zee bridge. Last saturday, they charged the driver jojo johns with vehicular manslaughter. He was injured with all the passengers on board and is in the hospital. We have cause to believe he operated the boat while intoxicated. Reporter lindsey and 30yearold bond were among the dead. There were some people wearing life jackets. Reporter on her facebook page, lindsey posted photos of her engagement to brian bond, along with snapshots that her dog that friends say she adored. Her stepfather said she was looking forward to marrying her childhood friend. Theyre both theyre workaholics. You know, i know they were planning a good future together. Reporter for today, michelle franzen. On this sunday, millions have gathered on the beach in Rio De Janeiro for pope francis open air mass. Anne thompson is there. Reporter good morning, lester. Its an incredible scene here at copacabana beac
We have Team Coverage tonight. We have been asking fire crews if they had enough resources on hand. We begin in the any burr hood where the two neighborhood where the two homes were lost. Reporter frank, the two homes that were destroyed are behind me. As you can see, all that is left is a burnt shell. I spoke to the inner of the home and others in spoke to the owner of the home and others in the area, and they spoke of chaos as they scrambled to evacuate. Its always so calm here. For Something Like this to happen is crazy. Reporter neighbors say police came door to door. The palm tree in my backyard was on fire. Reporter this owner lost everything. Fire crews were busy saving other homes and didnt get to his. I wasnt able to do anything, just watch my home go down. Reporter several homeowners tell me they were at work and rushed home to see what was left. As you are driving down the road, you can see all the smoke and everything. And i couldnt get there fast enough. Reporter when she
There it is the bay bridge incline. The old eastern span of the bay bridge on its last morning commute before we shut it down tonight and then get ready for the new eastern span. It will be very busy next few days. It is wednesday august 28th im pam cook. And im dave clark. Lets check your weather and traffic. Steve is off today but the great mark tamayo is here. Mark. Reporter good morning. Happy to be here with you guys on this early wednesday morning. Tracking low clouds and fog. Dense fog that could impact your visibility for the morning commute especially out to the bay bridge itself. And the san mateo bridge. Right near the immediate shoreline. Santa rosa last check reporting onehalf mile visibility. Current temperatures in the upper 50s. San francisco 57. San jose mostly clear skies 62 and upper 50s in walnut creek. A layer of warm air is up above our heads. Its compressing the marine layer. We talk about a deep marine layer. Its basically the the opposite. Dense fog on the coas
Schools and libraries across the developing world for the poorest of the poor hundreds of schools, thousands of libraries so that every child everywhere is no longer denied an education because they were born in the wrong place at the wrong time. John wood is an amazing guy. He used to be a big executive at microsoft until he went on vacation in nepal. Thats when he saw the desperate need for books and libraries. He changed the course of his own life to change the lives of children all over the world. When i was growing up in pennsylvania, we had actually a bookmobile that came to our town. And we think of this kind of as a nepalese yakmobile. Weve got our yak loaded with books, and were about to head off to go to a secondary school here to deliver about 500 books to help them start their first library. When john arrives with his yakmobile, just look at the reaction. Reading isnt just fun. Its a way for them to connect to the world beyond their isolated community. What does shirash lik