Attack leaving the city on edge. An arrest made overnight as investigators search for answers. Plus manhunt, the desperate search for a husband and wife accused of murder, on the run and armed and dangerou after a daring escape in utah. Shark tank boating accident. The Police Investigation facing reality star kevin oleary after a fatal crash on a popular lake. And pandas and politics, say it aint so. Why the national zoo could be left without its Star Attraction today, thursday, august 29th, 2019 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this thursday morning. Kristen welker in for savannah once again as hoda enjoys her final days of Maternity Leave. We want to get to the latest on Hurricane Dorian it is a category one storm expected to both intensify and grow in size as it moves toward the southeastern u. S a state of emergency declared in florida with the governor urging residents and
Today. Clay anderson here with a look at that. Good morning. Great saturday morning to all of you, a theme for this weekend, no excuses, no apolog ts as far as weather is concerned, bright sunshine across our area right now. H low idity, temperatures warming up into the 8 and its june. Outside right now we are uowing yowhat we see and, ain, sunshine across the area, thses some cloud well to our south and west nt it will conue to remain to our south and west throughout the day today. In fact, 6currently, we are degrees currently is the temperature across our region right now. And for the forecast this is what we do expect, folks are outside already and you should get out both today and tomorrow. Temperatures in the low 80s today, mid80s for your sunday. If you like the heat and humidity, adam, weve got that fo you coming up in the extended forecast. More details in a bit. Back to you. Clay, thank you very much. In rs few hou delicious smells will take over downtown d. C. The National Ca
While she wasgg jog around 8 00 at night. Martinez was stabbed seven times in the head, neck, and ck. During todays hearing the lead prosecutor described how crawford stole a kitchen knife from the Grocery Store moments b before stng martinez. Days later officers arrested crawford. Today wendy mrtinezs fiance says hes satisfied with the 30year sentence. I hope he uses this time tor ect on what he did, that he basically ruined his life for nd nothing, a hopefully he can make peace with god. I really use this time to are e flekt reflect on what he did. Hell be sentenced days before the anniversary of the death of when d i martinez. Back to you. Thank you, karla. Now, major develops into the investation of longtime d. C. Council member jack evans. We learned the council is going to open its own probe into equity iks violations and theyre also going to strip evans of sme of his powers. Mark segraves joins us live to given us the very latest. Good afternoon, leon. There are allegatio from t
Itedll star before 6 00 this morning federal ageat the home of longtime d. C. Council member jack evans. Police closed off the entire lock for hours as the fbi agents searched evans home. Its not a normal friday morning in the neighborhood, but i think its necessary. Its sad. Wats all. Evansaited outside as agents brought out what appeared to be evidence boxes. No one commented. Hours after the raid at evans home, Phil Mendelson announced the council would launch its own investigation and remove evidence. Yesterday he announced he would resign as chairman aftern a investigation found evans had violated its cold of ethics. Mayor Muriel Bowser has been a staunch supporter of evans. Now she was asked if she still had full faith and confidence in her colleague. What i will say, mark, its very disappointing and troubling. Im upset about what i read because i do think it represents conflicts of interest for the council member, but i want the federal authorities to do theiro. reporteren the f