Decisions on how to handle the epidemic. What every family needs to know. Those stories, plus asleep at the wheel. Shocking new numbers on the growing dangers of drowsy driving. Philly fanatics. Millions of eagles fans set to flood the streets in a super bowl victory parade for the ages. And let the games begin. The Winter Olympics get under way overnight as the flag bearer for team usa is revealed. To actually be that person is insane. From the Opening Ceremony to the athletes to watch, weve got it all covered for you, today, thursday, february 8, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today. Thank you for joining us this thursday morning. The olympics. Todays the day. Today is the day. You know when you have a date circled on your calendar for years, this is it. February 8, the olympics start. Well be heading there later. We will. Well catch up on all of it in a bit. Lets start with th
Drlly fanatics. Millions of eagles fans set to flood the streets super bowl victory parade for the ages. And let the games begin. The Winter Olympics get under way overnight as the for team is to actually be that person is insane. From the Opening Ceremony to the athletes to watch, weve got it all covered for you, today, thursday, february 8, 2018. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie andkotb. Live from studio n plaidsza. Thank you for joining us this thursday morning. The olympics. Todays the day. Today is the day. You know when you have a date circle calendar for years, this is it. February 8, the olympics start. Well be heading there later. We will. Well catch up on all of it in a bit. Lets start with the big headline out of washington this morninof the president s closest aides. Staff secretary rob porter stepping down amid abuse allegations fro exwives. This morning the white house is trying to contain the fallout after initially defending his character. We
Out what time the driver started driving on the tracks. Police still have not released the name of the victim only saying that he was in his late 80s. Police also say that they will look at Surveillance Video along the tracks trying to figure out if he made a wrong turn this morning and driving down the tracks or sat there for some time. Live in new jersey, kala rama, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, kala. Also new at noon, a woman was killed after being struck by an mta bus in midtown. Police say the 69yearold was crossing 57th street between broadway and 8th avenue when she was hit. Officials say she was not in a crosswalk at the time. The woman died a short time later at new york presbyterian hospital. No word if there were passengers on the bus at the time of the crash. For the first time we are hearing from former president jimmy carter after his cancer diagnosis. The 39th president opening up at a News Conference saying there are small cancer spots on his brain. Marci gonzal
Did you see the woman who had been assaulted . No. No. No. I dont just see the car with the cups. Reporter a command center has been set up near the scene. Officers fanned out from there thursday to canvass the area. This, as dyers neighbors keep her in their thoughts. I hope that she heals and that shes okay now. I hope like the best for her and like she can still keep pushing through it. Like yeah her parents may be altered appearance may be altered but hopefully she still has that heart to love. Reporter now, the suspect has been described as aonian in his 30s. A man in his 30s. About 57 and he was wearing a dark shirt and shorts according to police at the time of the attack. If you know anything about the incident please call Crime Stoppers at 1800577tips. Reporting live in sunnyside queens, darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you darla. And get ready for another round of heavy rain its going to make a mess overnight. And for the morning commute. Prompting a Flash Flood W
The heat and humidity comes back up a little bit today. It backed down briefly today. But still a hot one. We have the heat advisory northeast sections of new jersey, down the coastline and the five boroughs including the city of course. Feelslike temperatures could reach mid and upper 90s. The Bigger Picture shows, more significant line of showers to the west. Eval and this evening. Look for another hazy warm humid day. High temperature close to the 90degree mark. Say good morning to lauren scala. Good morning everyone. You can see all green on the maps. We do have accidents on the roads this morning. Glenn glen cove road and you can see minor delays through ilt, that shuts down two lanes. Theres a vehicle fire there. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Thanks, so much lauren. Its 4 32 right now. The man who police say killed a local iman is preparing to face a judge. Oscar more he will was charged last night. Katherine creag is in queens with more. Reporter good morning to you, darle