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nbc's brian thompson has the story from brick township, ocean county. >> reporter: this wreckage could possibly be that of this ship. which founded off squawn beach but launched a revolution in near-shore life saving. >> if this is indeed that vessel, it had the fortune of wrecking in front of a life-saving station equipped with the life car. they were very successful. >> reporter: the life car looks like this. onç that freezing january day 1850, 201 of the 202 immigrants and crew on board the ship were brought ashore to safety with the device never used before but used often after. this wreckage was found buried under some 20 feet in the sand by a construction crew building a steel wall to protect brick and mantoloking from a future sandy. they broke one of the pile drivers being used on this project. >> after sandy it didn't wash up. we find it two years after sandy. >> it's not clear what this wreckage comes from. any number of ships were lost, including this one, the cornelius granelle. ground-penetrating radar will be sent in to investigate within the next week or so. >> they ar
nbc's brian thompson has the story from brick township, ocean county. >> reporter: this wreckage could possibly be that of this ship. which founded off squawn beach but launched a revolution in near-shore life saving. >> if this is indeed that vessel, it had the fortune of wrecking in front of a life-saving station equipped with the life car. they were very successful. >> reporter: the life car looks like this. onç that freezing january day 1850, 201 of the 202 immigrants...
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. >> brian thompson is a senior nutritionist at the u.n.'s food and agricultural organization. good to have you with us. as i mentioned there, while the level of malnutrition progress has been made, there's a certain high level that is persisting. why is that? >> the - well, the situation in south sudan with civil unrest makes it such that people have difficulty in harvesting and in procuring their food. that is a particular disaster situation, which has chronic problems. i used to work in south sudan as it happens. i was listening to the report, and it's a factor that leads to the persistence and high levels of malnutrition around the world, even in countries that do not have severe civil unrest and sense that sudan has. you will be having still unacceptably high levels of malnutrition, and that is why we are holding the icn to today. >> there's also a problem with the availability and the quality of food. when some of the reports talk about vitae men dedeficiencies. >> that's correct. it's quality and quantity. we have, over the last 20 years, since the first icn lifted milli
. >> brian thompson is a senior nutritionist at the u.n.'s food and agricultural organization. good to have you with us. as i mentioned there, while the level of malnutrition progress has been made, there's a certain high level that is persisting. why is that? >> the - well, the situation in south sudan with civil unrest makes it such that people have difficulty in harvesting and in procuring their food. that is a particular disaster situation, which has chronic problems. i used to...
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. >> brian thompson has more on road conditions. >> traffic here on the turnpike in woodbridge, just above exit 11 is actually moving pretty well at this hour, in the evening. although there are pockets of delays further north that we've seen. and likely all up and down the turnpike, depending on the volume in that particular spot. state police are dealing with over 200 accidents so far, there was a fatality in new jersey, at least one so far reported. that was in woodbridge when two cars collided on a slippery section of highway 27 in woodbridge. the female driver about 55 years old dying p.m. the state operations center, traffic management center very busy today, calling in extra people to monitor roads across the state, to try to keep them open. they say what a few years ago would have been a two and a half hour delay, with smart traffic management, they got it down to about 40 minutes on average. in woodbridge, nbc10 news. >> just a bit further north, take a look at conditions in central new york, this is albany. the roads stayed clear, while the snow clung to the grassy areas an
. >> brian thompson has more on road conditions. >> traffic here on the turnpike in woodbridge, just above exit 11 is actually moving pretty well at this hour, in the evening. although there are pockets of delays further north that we've seen. and likely all up and down the turnpike, depending on the volume in that particular spot. state police are dealing with over 200 accidents so far, there was a fatality in new jersey, at least one so far reported. that was in woodbridge when...
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. >> brian thompson is here with the story. >> reporter: all morning long and afternoon arson investigators we trying to determine the cause of this barn fire in six flags safari. two antelope feeding and sheltering hereç were able to escape. as for the idea someone could have targeted this park's animals. >> i don't know who would be so callous and unforgiving to target animals and burn a barn down with them in it. it is unconscionable. >> reporter: giraffes and all predators such as bears and lions are always kempt in separate compounds within this park at night and never would have had a chance to escape according to a park official. the scene last night from above showed not only the fire inside the park but several fires in nearby unfenced woods, part of a stroing of seven or eight leaf fires set throughout jackson. >> it suggests that certainly a person or persons were engaged in some kind of serial arson activity last night. >> reporter: as these photos show, access to start a fire here is a lot different than setting leaves on fire, starting with a chain linked fence with barbed w
. >> brian thompson is here with the story. >> reporter: all morning long and afternoon arson investigators we trying to determine the cause of this barn fire in six flags safari. two antelope feeding and sheltering hereç were able to escape. as for the idea someone could have targeted this park's animals. >> i don't know who would be so callous and unforgiving to target animals and burn a barn down with them in it. it is unconscionable. >> reporter: giraffes and all...
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brian. >> anne thompson on the big environmental story today. anne, thanks as always. >>> tonight, our friends at the weather channel are referring to what's happening right now across the country from north to south, east to west as the arctic outbreak. and it's true. records are falling, and it's really cold out there. nbc's janet shamlian is live for us in denver where it's been a hundred years since it was this cold this early. hey, janet, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. that's right, the mile high city's on track to shatter a record that was set in 1916. it has not gotten above 6 degrees, here today it's currently 2 degrees. and this crush of cold is now pushing south and east. >> i-70 is really -- >> reporter: denver under siege from heavy snow and bone chilling cold. truckers pulling out chains to ready their rigs, some not quite prepared for the deep freeze. >> slick. really slick. >> reporter: that familiar scrape, not usually this soon. >> this is beautiful colorado. >> reporter: from the air an oversized blanket
brian. >> anne thompson on the big environmental story today. anne, thanks as always. >>> tonight, our friends at the weather channel are referring to what's happening right now across the country from north to south, east to west as the arctic outbreak. and it's true. records are falling, and it's really cold out there. nbc's janet shamlian is live for us in denver where it's been a hundred years since it was this cold this early. hey, janet, good evening. >> reporter:...
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. >> and the panel members, were dave cal train, and ben from high speed rail and brian from the tjpa project team, and thompson from the high speed rail group and jillian the director of the policy of the city and county of san francisco and this panel was moderated by dina, and when i attended that discussion, really reaffirmed that the issue must be and that issue must be studied closely, providing the funders of the high speed rail and mou and the opportunity to collaborate on upcoming decisions. we must maximize our operational flexibility and capacity, and passenger accessibility. and it is critical, that the appropriate agencies and funding partners, be informed on the assumptions, alternatives, trade offs, and decision-making criteria to make the best decisions now. decisions to design and build in any up front constraints must be analyzed closely and approved at the highest levels and the key issue now is front and center is the question of uniform height and level boarding, which will drive the vehicle procurement decisions and these decisions will impact transportation, opt
. >> and the panel members, were dave cal train, and ben from high speed rail and brian from the tjpa project team, and thompson from the high speed rail group and jillian the director of the policy of the city and county of san francisco and this panel was moderated by dina, and when i attended that discussion, really reaffirmed that the issue must be and that issue must be studied closely, providing the funders of the high speed rail and mou and the opportunity to collaborate on...
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anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> like i said, we may be guilty on this one. that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> right now at 6:00, it wasn't everywhere but the misses where it did rain, as you can see, it came down pretty hard. the rain was to blame for a ten-car crash that clogged an east bay freeway for miles. thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguiraguirre. the showers are still lingering right now. the storm played favorites with the north bay getting the biggest soaking and san jose seeing almost nothing. if you didn't get rain, don't worry. new storms are brewing over the pacific and one is just hours away. we have team coverage tonight. jodi hernandez spent the day in marin talking with people who were caught off-guard. we begin with jeff ranieri tracking what's coming our way next. >> you can see storm system we're dealing with right now, then also that second storm system well offshore. the
anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> like i said, we may be guilty on this one. that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> right now at 6:00, it wasn't everywhere but the misses where it did rain, as you can see, it came down pretty hard. the rain was to blame for a ten-car crash that clogged an east bay freeway for miles. thanks for being...
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anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> like i said, we may be guilty on this one. that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> i'm not saying that what i did was wrong. >> it's the only time bill cosby addressed any allegations and only we've got it. i'm billy bush. who's the one woman to whom he offers an
anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> like i said, we may be guilty on this one. that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> i'm not saying that what i did was wrong. >> it's the only time bill cosby addressed any allegations and only we've got it. i'm billy bush. who's the one woman to whom he offers an
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anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> like i said, we may be guilty on this one. that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> kathy griffin officially taking over joan rivers' fashion police throne? >> now on "extra." "fashion police throne? >> now on "extra."" throne? >> now on "extra." >>> kathy griffin on replacing her idol joan rivers. >> i hope the show continues in the tradition of my dear departed friend. >> the major change they're reportedly making to the show. is one of the fashion cops out? >>> a fifth bill cosby accuser comes forward today, claiming the legend drugged her in a sickening sex attack. as nbc pulls the plug on cosby's new show, we uncover his lost stand-up about using aphrodisiacs. >> you put some in her drink. man, she -- >>> then our new one on one with rihanna. what's her big surprise? >> you never know. >>> plus, people's sexiest man alive chris hemsworth, gushing about his sexiest woman alive. >> my wife.
anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> like i said, we may be guilty on this one. that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> kathy griffin officially taking over joan rivers' fashion police throne? >> now on "extra." "fashion police throne? >> now on "extra."" throne? >> now on "extra."...
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brian belski with bmo capital markets. >> united technologies was one of the biggest decliners in the dow today. shares fell about 1 1/2% after the industrial giant's ceo suddenly and unexpectedly resigned. mary thompson has more on the unusual move at united technologies. >> reporter: the announcement from united technologies, void of the sugar coatinging that usually accompanies a ceo's departure. louis chenevert retiring immediately and being succeeded by his cfo greg hayes. >> this is a shocker. it was not anything anybody anticipated. >> an industrial giant with businesses ranging from carrier air conditioners to otis elevators to pratt and whitney engines, utc only saying chenevert's departure is unrelated to the firm's financial performance and the transition is part of an established success plan. still, investors didn't know the change was coming and that's unusual for a firm this size as they try to telegraph ceo succession investors are right to question whether it was personal, personnel or strategic issues that were behind the departure. >> there's something that's being
brian belski with bmo capital markets. >> united technologies was one of the biggest decliners in the dow today. shares fell about 1 1/2% after the industrial giant's ceo suddenly and unexpectedly resigned. mary thompson has more on the unusual move at united technologies. >> reporter: the announcement from united technologies, void of the sugar coatinging that usually accompanies a ceo's departure. louis chenevert retiring immediately and being succeeded by his cfo greg hayes....