Flights to two african nations, while u. S. Groups begin pulling workers out. This morning, an exclusive live interview with the son of an american battling the virus. And the second one. Sharknado was a surprise hit. Are those sharks . Tonight, the sequel arrives with more wild lines and special cameos. There is this is a twister with teeth. Theyre sure to set the internet on fire today, wednesday, july 30th, 2014. Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. 3 c3 Plaza Rockefeller we start in the middle east, our top story once again. The shelling of a school being used to shelter people displaced by the ongoing violence in gaza. This morning, the United Nations is blaming israel and condemning at tack. Lets get right to nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel in gaza city for us again. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. Witnesses tell us there were no militants or weapons in this school when it was hit around 4 00 a. M. Women and children were sleeping in one of the cla
An estimated 10 million gallons of water lost. The pawly pavilion. Ive never seen anything like this. This as the u. N. Confirm a stockpile of missiles have been found in another one of its schools. Severe flooding in northern denver. Meanwhile a wildfire burning in californias Yosemite National park. Its only 34 contained. Officials in u. S. And europe are hoping a new round of economic sanctions will have a deep effect on russia. President obama has upped the anti. It does not have to be this way. Its a choice russia and president putin have made. Two women narrowly escape being run over by a skytrain. An indicator light showed smoke on board. Dramatic rescue after a hiker tumbled down the steep embankment. The 25yearold man was hoisted to safety. All that Justin Bieber and Orlando Bloom apparently got into a screaming match. A oneshot rally. And all that matters. A 5yearold girl and you have a little brother and all of a sudden you realize hes not going to be so little anymore. You
The water still leaking there just a bit. But here is why. An estimated 10 million gallons of water down the drain. And we watched it happen. To put that in perspective, the entire city of los angeles uses 55 million gallons of water each day. At its peak, that geyser was shooting water 30 feet into the air. It took more than three hours to turn off a series of valves and ultimately stop that massive leak. But the damage was done. The 93yearold water main broke just above the ucla campus. Water and mud blanketed parts of the school. You can see students down below literally wading through that water. Underground parking garages were also flooded. And at one point up to 8 inches of water covered the floor of the historic Pauley Pavilion which is home to the ucla basketball team. This is creating a huge response on social media. Thousands of photos and videos were posted showing the damage and the flooding. This photo tweeted by an nbc reporter shows the workers trying to dry out inside
Celebrity confrontation. Orlando bloom reportedly going after Justin Bieber at one of the biggest night spots on the planet. A punch allegedly thrown and the skirmish caught on camera so what set off this alister altercation . When everybody talks bad and good morning, america. We have a lot to get to this wednesday morning including breaking news from the war in the middle east. Thats right, george. Another United Nations school hit in the crossfire. Palestinians had taken cover there. More than a dozen people killed. Well have the latest coming up from gaza. But we begin with that massive water main break at one of americas major universities sending millions of gallons of water pouring into the street an accidental flash flood. And cecilia vega has the latest. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter george, good morning to you. Boy, what a mess out here. This campus a few hours ago was a virtual lake. I want to show you what it looks like right now. Take a look at this, piles of wet carpet.
Term. Theres the ongoing issues of the police layoffs, chaos at city hall and the occupy riots that got her administration on the wrong foot with the public. In response quan points to the drop in crime recently and the rise in job rates and the 23 rise in home values in the past year. Bottom line people have to decide whether or not the city is Getting Better and whether or not we have momentum. As for the voters, yes, no, maybe, where are you . Maybe. No. Im a maybe. Reporter there are 16 candidates so time and time for others. Jean quans numbers as far as the polls go she has 25 to 30 support. She could win under rank choice voting. But she might need to grab the raiders and pull Something Big like that coliseum city together to show she has turned the corner and can do something. A lot riding on the raiders and jean quan. In oakland, phil matier, kpix 5. Oakland and Alameda County taxpayers are still paying 20 million a year on the last stadium deal. New at 6 00 the bay area water