The tennis commentator who sparked a controversy over racism with this remark. See venus move in and put the guerrilla effect on. Fights back with a lawsuit against espn over his firing. They killed me. They made me unemployable. What else was i supposed to do . Those stories, plus, what do you say when you win threequarters of 1 billion. A struck driver gets a sign from above. And mayhem in the motor city. The benches clear three times during the tigers yankees game. In a basebrawl, sure to cost some players big bucks today, on friday, august 25th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning. A lot to talk about. Lets talk about our top story. Its the weather. The gulf coast bracing for the impact of Hurricane Harvey at this hour. Look at these eyedrpopping ilp images. That is a big storm. It intensified, too. Packing winds s up to 100 mile per hour
Im on the edge and gone. And the dodgers dream of a perfect game going, going, gone. Nine innings of no hits destroyed by this walkoff home run. And gone. Could this cover have been their jinx . And good morning, america. There is a lot of news to get to this morning. We want to get right to that hurricane watch. Its happening on the gulf this image from nasa. That is Tropical Storm harvey from space. Its massive. And it is gaining strength right now. Evacuations under way in some parts of texas preparing for the worst stocking up on supplies. We want to go right to ginger tracking the storm. Good morning. They are right to prepare for the worst. This will be a heavy rain event and flooding that could impact life and property. Weose both this weekend. Tropical storm harvey that fmed overni redeveloped and you can see its about 300 miles south and east of brownsvi max sustained winds right now, m at 10 Miles Per Hour. There are hurricane watches, Tropical Storm warnings and a for a larg