the ms. america organization takes action suspending sam haskell after he came under fire for e-mails allegedly mocking and degrading contestants and winners. this morning what he s saying in his own defense. all that plus the relentless 270,000 acre fire in southern california becomes the largest in the state s history overnight. bitcoin takes investors on a wild ride plunging more than 30% in just one day. and what was that? a stunning scene in the skies over southern california. what was that? have conspiracy theorists guessing it was everything from a north korea rocket launch to an aililien invasion. we can put those to rest saturday, december 23rd, 2017. announcer: from nbc news this is today with sheinelle jones, kr craig melvin and dylan dreyer. live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today. i m craig melvin. i m sheinelle jones. dave price is in for dylan. what was that strange sight in the sky over southern california overnight? i don
the ms. america organization takes action suspending sam haskell after he came under fire for e-mails allegedly mocking and degrading contestants and winners. this morning what he s saying in his own defense. all that plus the relentless 270,000 acre fire in southern california becomes the largest in the state s history overnight. bitcoin takes investors on a wild ride plunging more than 30% in just one day. and what was that? a stunning scene in the skies over southern california. what was that? have conspiracy theorists guessing it was everything from a north korea rocket launch to an aililien invasion. we can put those to rest saturday, december 23rd, 2017. announcer: from nbc news this is today with sheinelle jones, kr craig melvin and dylan dreyer. live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today. i m craig melvin. i m sheinelle jones. dave price is in for dylan. what was that strange sight in the sky over southern california overnight? i don
it s monday, september 18. from abc news, this is world news now. a good morning to you all. we begin with the latest in a string of powerful late summer weather systems in the atlantic, including one following in the path of hurricane irma. we re keep ago keeping an ey hurricane maria, lee and jose. maria is expected to hit tonight, antigua and barbuda. the coast guard has a view of some of the damage caused by irma. the 185-mile-per-hour winds lasted an incredible 37 hours, and taking a look at what that could mean. at least far ahead. let s take a look at paul williams. good morning, kendis, diane. jose causing problems on the east coast. swells beginning to develop. we re expecting heavy seas, rough surf, coastal flooding, strong rip currents and gusty winds between 50- 50-60-mile-per-hour winds, then maria causing problems. and a category three as she passes over puerto rico and approaches hispaniola. this is how she ll go from now until friday. now to
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it s interest, because it s been so warm around here the change is only going to knock the temperatures back down to where they should be this time of year, no more 70 s by the middle of next week, we re talking mid 60 s average for the if area. let s start with visibility report, my commute into work was not pleasant. fog was very dense across south jersey especially when you get across the open fields, the fog settles on in. we re down to three 10ths of a mile in millville, three 10ths in wildwood, half mile in atlantic city and getting into ocean county to thomas river also down to three 10ths of a mile. the low level of the atmosphere imposed up a little bit. north and west of the delaware river everything is fine, it s really just this area, south jersey dealing with the fog, 43 in allentown, chilly up there in the poconos, 40, philadelphia, 53, millville 46, trenton 46 and lancaster 48, satellite 6 along with action radar, show as lot of high thin clouds to our south