Thats the wrong house. And wait until you hear who actually lives there. And for 16 years jon stewart took on politics. 49 of the country also solemnly swears. Cable news, and yes, even us. Sarah palin cohosting the today show. I was performing a medley of her greatest hits. Tonight he signs off and late night tv will never be the same. Today, thursday august 6th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this thursday morning. Jon stewart signs off tonight, the same night as the republican debate. You dont think he would have wanted one more shot at this tomorrow . Maybe hell come out of retirement. I dont know. Well see. Tonights big debate is the big story. Plenty of prove. The main event is in prime time it features the top ten. Peter alexander is in cleveland for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning. There is an electricity in the city that you normally would not see until a ge
Good morning and thanks for joining us. Im Alison Harmelin in for annemarie green. Police say a man who attacked a tennessee Movie Theater had a history of mental illness. The violence took place wednesday afternoon at a cinema in antioch outside of nashville. Witnesses say a man carrying a hatchett and pellet gun unleashed pepper spray on the audience. A s. W. A. T. Killed the man as he was trying to get away. Brian webb has our report. Reporter Vincente David Montano had been arrested once more than a decade ago before his attack on movie goers in antioch. This individual had an arrest in murphysborough in 2000 for for assault and resisting arrest. Reporter Officials Say the 29yearold had a history of significant psychiatric issues for which he was committed four times. In the missing persons report filed just three days ago montanos mother said he was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. On wednesday montano showed up here during an afternoon showing of mad max fury road armed with a
Flight 370. The Prime Minister of malaysia says crews found the plane and other debris on a French Island in the indian ocean after a wing was found. Plane disappeared back in march of 2014. So far french investigators have not yet confirmed the debris is linked to that mh370. An alleged serial arsonist is in jail suspected of starting more than 30 brush fires in the east bay. The string of fires started in april and continued into the summer sometimes getting close to homes. They have been in at least 8 cities. The hot spots were highway 4, 24 and marsh creek road. Anne makovec is in lafayette with more on why investigators believe all the fires are set by the same man. Anne. Reporter a lot of these fires set in the east and north bays. Most of them between the hours of midnight and 5 a. M. Which of course made them more challenging for firefighters to fight. So the suspect identified as 29 yearold james wilson, he was arrested at his home in bay point yesterday. Some of the fires he
Says crews found a plane window and some other debris on the French Island in the indian ocean just a week after finding a wing from that plane. It disappeared in march 2014. So far french investigators havent yet confirmed the debris is linked to the flight 370. Later this morning governor jerry brown will meet with firefighters battling the rocky fire near clearlake. He will get a briefing from fire officials on their efforts to contain the blaze. The largest wildfire burning in california. Its burned close to 70,000 acres. Its only 30 contained. The fire has destroyed 43 homes and its threatening about 7,000 structures. The Air National Guard is helping fight the rocky fire. They are using c130 cargo planes. The mission for the pilots is straightforward. Refuel, drop a load of retardant, repeat. It gets tiring after a while with the heat and everything. But got a lot of folks out here helping us out. One of the pilots flew five missions tuesday. They have civilian jobs but at one po
Desperate an urgent search. Even the rescuers admit the time is running out. A very large staging area here at the parking lot at beach b at the sandy Hook National seashore. But the urgent action continues out there on the beach. In fact, as we speak, divers are going back into the water. Into the Atlantic Ocean in the dark to search for this missing swimmer. We will show you video as the search hit its most intense moments. Aviation support and the nypd, divers and boats came over from new york city. Search rescue apparatus rush here as well. This happened around 7 30 p. M. This evening. Officials say a 25yearold man was swimming off of beach b here at sandy hook with this family when he went under. New numbers came back to the beach and called 911. And at the search that underway in earnest. It has now been several hours. Officials say it is unlikely someone would be able to survive for this along with the currents the way they are. This is a beach without a lifeguard. Even during t