The fearness pilots trying to understand the massive storm by gatt. Rg data from hurricane hurricane danny. And stop that ball, an unusual scene in ohio. Onlookers chasing a giant red ball rolling through the streets. What set it off . Today, saturday, august 22nd, 2015. From nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im Peter Alexander. Its the ball that has a lot of people talking today. Youre that guy chasing after it. Im wondering what you think youre going to do at that point. Its like seinfeld. And youre thinking where are the cameras . Its candid camera, what is going on. And theres your clue. Its made out of the same material that they use for rubber lycra. Our top story this morning is the americans who came to the rescue on a train bound for paris. Thart Authorities Say it could have been an unspeakable tragedy if these men hadnt stopped the gunman. Were learning more about how it all happened this morning, one
French town of arah, the gunman taken away in bare feet is now in french custody. The french mayor handed out medals for bravery and president obama hailed their, quote, heroic actions. In the aftermath, we saw that a mans throat had been slit and he was bleeding profusely and spencer, who has some paramedic training, just clogged up his neck so he wouldnt die because he was losing a lot of blood. Another attack that could have had a different ending. He leaves here a young man on an excursion and he comes back a Frances National hero. Still wrapping my head around that. Spencer stone, his friend is still in the hospital this morning. Hes expected to recover and so is the frenchamerican passenger e he helped to save. Just in the past few minutes, the French Interior minister has spoken out saying they are not ready to identify the suspect, but they believe he may be a 26yearold o 26 26yearold moroccoen origin. Kelly, thank you. There was a similarly scary scene, this one in new york ci
A sister station sent news members to help with reporting and messages of love from parkers boyfriend, the evening anchor at the television station. We just moved in together. We were about to celebrate nine months together. And every morning i would wait up for her to wake up and we would i would make her breakfast. We would talk. I would make her lunch and send her off on her day. Reporter adam ward was engaged to the morning producer. Vicki gardner, in the video, underwent a second surgery. Shes expected to make a full recovery. Alison thanks, liz. Since the shootings, several politicians are calling for stricter gun control laws. New jersey governor and republican president ial candidate Chris Christie is not one of them. On the Fox News Channel today, he called gun violence in lawlessness issue. He says the country does not need more laws, just better enforcement of the ones in place. When i was u. S. Attorney, we enforced gun laws. We put more folks in jail than in previous years
Of us. Careful what you wish for when youre on with us. How did that alarm feel this morning when it went off . Were you excited . Never get used to it. Good morning, everyone, so we are still talking about those nfl closures, i dont think well ever get used to those, katie. I know you were asking me the other day. What are we at, phase four . Phase four, final phase. I dont believe you. I just want to know when it will go away you. Dont think this awesome is event coming to the city but so many travel problems. And the weather certainly not helping matters, i have storm system starting to work its way well, well into the region, some showers through the overnight, couple of showers around yesterday, still the main energy with this off to the south, sluggish storm system, so still bringing very heavy rain, most confined at the moment anyway through west most virginia and specially the coastal part of North Carolina here. So soaking rain for those folks. That continues to lift north, sh
Also, a Senate Intelligence hearing in an hour. And the retail wreckage continues. Sears is closing even more stores and macys lowered guidance yesterday. Talking about margins. But there might be a bright spot and the name is walmart. Tesla stock hit an all time yesterday and where they might be headed with the model 3. First up, the president has chosen the nominee to be next fbi director as comey gets ready to testify on capitol hill tomorrow. Our eamon javers is in washington. What a day for news. Good morning, eamon. Good morning. So Christopher Wray will be the president s nominee for fbi director one day before the former fbi director james comey is scheduled to testify on capitol hill about his interactions with the president. The president has selected somebody new. Heres the tweet from the president just a few moments ago. He said i will be nominating christopher a. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials to be the new fbi director. Details to follow. What are some of those cre