but then christie went a step too far. if there's an opening for a republican in washington, we'll certainly think about it. i don't think i'd back away from it. with friends like chris. and it's our intern jessica ferrer's last day. and as a last day intern, jessica now gets to tell you what's coming up in the show. go jessica. >> thank you, lawrence. coming up, what voters in pennsylvania don't know about the new voter id laws. a million people may not be able to vote. andf you've been looking for the instruction book on how to be a woman. you're in luck. it's been written and the author is here. catlin moran joins lawrence. that's coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is our beach. ♪ this is our pool. ♪ our fireworks. ♪ and our slip and slide. you have your idea of summer fun, and we have ours. now during the summer event get an exceptionally engineered mercedes-benz for an exceptional price. but hurry, this offer ends july 31st. for an exceptional price. every communications provider is different but centurylink

and chris christie may have taken himself off the list of vp. apparently his temper might have gotten the better of him this time around. we'll tell you all about this story. and the boy scouts were hopeful that they would change their policy on gay members. >> i have always loved the boy scouts of america. it is a program that i hold dear to my heart and i hope one day to be able to be back in the program. >> cenk: turns out he won't be. we'll tell you all about it. and is there mormon church connection to the boy scouts? that's interesting. i got news for you. the whole show is really interesting. you know what? go time. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: now over the last week mitt romney has been hammered over and over again on issues of taxes bain, outsourcing etc. how in the world is he going to get out of this hole. i've had advice for president obama in the past, and so i thought i would flip it around and do "if i were romney." this is harder because he does not have the truth on his side. he's wrong on most of the issues and he's wrong o

governor chris christie gets into a verbal altercation on the boardwalk. just the latest on his run-ins with the public. we're back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> say what you will about him, one thing's for certain, new jersey governor chris christie is not afraid of a little shouting match. his latest confrontation happened on the new jersey boardwalk. [ no audio ] >> all right, we're going to try to get that to you in a little bit, but -- >> he was speaking very quietly. >> he was speaking none too quietly, is what got him in trouble. >> you probably have to get close to your tv to hear what he was saying. >> get closer next time. we'll get to that in a bit. first, we'll take another break. just ahead, another apparent run-in between justin bieber and the paparazzi and one los angeles politician says the pop star should be arrested as a result. we'll tell you why. hershey's drops. a lot of hershey's happiness in little drops of milk chocolate. and cookies n creme. pure hershey's. and micro-climate controls powered by twinchill™ techno

i'm christie smith. coming up i'll tell you why the judge keeps giving him warnings. >> and from one extreme to the other. the heat wave is done. now the cooling begins. very cool temperatures for this time of year coming up this weekend. a look at your forecast. >> some of the reasons for the cooler temperatures is the fog and the mist. that's what you're dealing with. we'll show you where there is slowing and what you can't see coming up. >> we'll show you 880 in oakland now. what you can see, some traffic. starting to fill up out there. as the flood gates open up to the weekend. that is right. it is friday, july 13, friday the 13th, "today in the bay." >> a good friday morning. the time is 6:31. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. it's a half a billion dollar project that had its critics. new concrete, evidence that travelers will soon take b.a.r.t. to the oakland airport. bob is live with the really big milestone that's marked this week. good morning. >> reporter: this morning, good morning t

christie smith is live with efforts to tough at any regulations on popular rides. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. details of this horrible party bus incident are still being sorted out but assembly man jerry ll we were at his offices, he is talking about his legislation and what he thinks it could do like bringing more accountability to this party bus industry and more in line with what happens. 25-year-old natasha was identified as the woman killed when she fell out of a bus this weekend in a dispute with a 20-year-old woman. how the door flew open is unkeer. the 20-year-old said she was drinking on the bus. we have video of the type of buses. they often have dance floor, music and lighting. the chp says some of the passengers actually fled and many who returned were intoxicated. the bill could change a number of things. if there were a minor there would have to be a chaperone over 25, fines up to $2,000 for drivers who don't enforce the rules. >> participating in the alcohol that was going on, that could have prevented that from happening. he is required

and governor christie's actions end up costing you money. this one is costing you big time. 9th circuit court of appeals cancelling their conference at a fancy resort. first, does president obama want a do-over. he is telling business owners this. >> if you are successful somebody along the line gave you some help. there was a great teacher somewhere in your life. somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allows you to thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> greta: now the romney campaign firing back saying in part, president obama's comments reflect how unqualified he is to lead us to real economic recovery. ron johnson has been in business for more than 30 years. nice to see you. what is your thoughts about president obama's statements on the campaign trail? >> i think it's pretty revealing kind of like joe plumber moments. it really does point to the fact that president obama believes the center of economic activity

i'm christie smith. why his bill is named after a 19-year-old. >>> this morning, the olympic dream continues for five women who earned a spot to represent the u.s. gymnastics team. how they're peopling about all the pressure. >>> a group of high school kids working at facebook. we'll show you thousand they landeds summer jobes there. >>> and a live look over san jose on monday morning. we'll check that forecast with christina loren. the news at 11:00 s.t.a.r.t.s now. >>> good monday morning, everybody. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez. happening right now, closing arguments are under way in the case of a south bay man charged with assaulting a priest who he says abused him as a child. nbc bay area's bob redell is live in san jose with the latest from the courtroom. bob, good morning. snoosh good morning, marla. the prosecution wrapping up, delivering its statement by power point presentation. it will d.a. employed the jury to find will lynch guilty in the assault of father jerry lindner in spite of of

coming up, chris christie seaside showdown. we show you the latest shouting match with the heckler with an ice cream cone in his hand. if you leave now, i'll cry myself to sleep. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> juan: oh, boy. new jersey's tough talking governor is at it again. this time, chris christie gave a heckler a piece of his mind on the jersey shore. >> you're a real piece. keep your mouth shut. >> keep walking. keep walking. keep walking. what do you make of that? >> kimberly: that is why the boardwalk can be dangerous to bring children. i like the guy. i like his politics that he can speak his mind and stick up for viewpoint and val that he believes in. he would be a good v.p. choice to get after it with obama. but this is not behavior that is fibe. this is counse someone could be president of the united states. i'll take his side. >> eric: i'll take his side. it shows passion. he was calling him out. what he is doing with the teachers is saving the state a bootload of money there. -- boatload of money. good job. good job. >> greg:

this killer of hecklers, chris christie. he's the voice that mitt romney wants belling forth from tampa the week before labor day. where once it was the great jerry lewis setting the tone for back to work week, now it's the emperor of the boardwalk himself. i think this tells us what romney is up to. outsource the spanking of obama then put a more pleasant fella on the ticket. he wants christie out there doing the dirty work. he wants a nicer guy like pawlenty on the ticket with him hopefully sharing space with him some day. use the big guy from jersey to clear the beach of obama. let tim enjoy the comfort of a good job. this is what see shaping up. a snarling campaign with the elephants trampling their way around the circus tent. what's the old romney formula? support the enterprise by shipping the dirtier jobs off shore. now, that's what i call equity. that's "hardball" for now. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> welcome to "politicsnation." i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, the gop divided over willard

i'm christie smith. we'll look at that coming up in a live report. >>> right now we give you a live look outside from our san bruno cam. a spanning shot of the bay. looks like the clouds are breaking up, some sunshine coming in on this tuesday, july 3rd. the news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm marla tellez. >> good morning, everybody. i'm jon kelley. we have breaking news to tell you about out of the east bay. a gravel spill right now affecting southbound mike is here with latest. >>> 880 southbound, like jon said, at broadway. word of a gravel spill earlier this morning, didn't sound like a big deal. it's covering three lanes now. chp says all southbound lanes are stopped at broadway. that means you have an alternate, though, if you're coming off the bay bridge or out of the east shore freeway out of the berkeley area. you can take 580 away and take 90 back down to 880, connecting you back onto the roadway there. there's also the fact that the traffic will

christie smith, "today in the bay." $thank you. quite the scene. for a look at what's happening let's turn it over to mike inouye. >> for a period of time, bob said this happened about 3:00 in the morning, very dark, basically that fire up on the hill along side the highway, caused cars on 101 to stop. chp said continue moving. fortunately no subsequent on the or laugh ramp. that's the reroute. avoid bayshore boulevard. between silver and 280. you'll take silver and take san bruno as your salt nat. that's for city streets. line for the muni line, they have to go around that closure and the fire activity. keep that in mind. for the morning commute, 101 both directions as well as 280 moving through the interchange. we'll track all of this activity. off of the freeway on bay shore boulevard. >> a developing story out of union city. police continue searching for suspects wanted for a violent home invasion. at least two people in a home were hurd in this incident. a 62-year-old woman as shot by a suspect. police have not released her condition. her son

christie will not be mr. romney's running mate. one sweltering week in which the new jersey governor seemed to bask in berating a quote unquote idiot who dared ask an off topic question. one steamny stretch in which the ice cream in his hand failed to cool his temper. you're a real big shot, the governor shouted down. his very own jersey shore moment. education we know is a sensitive topic for mr. christie. who could forget this response when asked about his children's private schooling? >> you know first off, it's none of your business. i don't ask you where you send your kids to school. don't bother me about where i send mine. >> but the real reason he will not be mitt romney's running mate is not his short temper. it's his sheer honesty, which was summed up today. >> can't lead by being a mystery, an enigma. you can't lead by being aloof. you can't lead by being programmed. >> a mystery. and enigma. aloof. programmed. a perfect if uncomfortable description of mitt romney himself. and with that, mr. christie, your countdown to 20

but then christie went a step too far. if there's an opening for a republican in washington, we'll certainly think about it. i don't think i'd back away from it. with friends like chris. and it's our intern jessica ferrer's last day. and following the tradition and as a last day intern, jessica now gets to tell you what's coming up in the show. go jessica. >> thank you, lawrence. coming up, what voters in pennsylvania don't know about the new voter id laws. a million people may not be able to vote. and if you've been looking for the instruction book on how to be a woman. you're in luck. it's been written and the author is here. catlin moran joins lawrence. that's coming up. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to

christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. this started with a report of an unresponsive little boy at an apartment in north oakland. he was brought here just 3 years old to oakland's children's hospital. police are now saying that they looked further into it, and authorities determined that there was evidence of past abuse. well, now they're trying to find four other children with tieing to that child. they arrested the boy's baby-sitter, stepfather and mother. that the little boy has life-threatening injuries, and police believe that family members may have the other children. they just want to make sure that they're all right. they are 4-year-old paradise mahasin, 6-year-old antwan alex aender johnson and 7-year-old zaniyyah johnson and 16-year-old alyajah marie johnson. they're working on getting pictures of the children. the three adults will make their first court appearance tomorrow. reporting live in oakland, christie smith "today in the bay." >>> two people face charges this northern for starting a fire that damaged o

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nbc bay area's christie smith is live at the scene. christie, what's the latest throughout? >> reporter: well, certainly that's the answer that everyone wants to know at this hour. is this the missing man that family and friends have been looking for who may have fallen into the bay after a giants game? what we do know is that the body of a male adult was pulled out right here along the embarcardero near howard street just before 8:00 this morning. and a man jogging by noticed something odd in the water and ran to the firestation, which is right northeastern, to get help. now, on june 25th, victor morillo, a 27-year-old corrections officer and dodgers fan, had left the giants game with a friend and went back to their car which was parked at pier 30-32. the friend got in that car and was on the phone and apparently did not see morillo again but didn't see him fall in. this morning the san francisco fire department launched their boats within minutes. >> we were able to recover a body. it is a male body. the medical examiners were called out to the scene. they then took the bo

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i'm christie smith. coming up in a live report, i'll tell you what investigators found in the trunk of that car in a live report. >>> plus, tragedy on the track. we are learning more about the accident that killed a jockey at the alameda county fair. >>> and the latest jobs report is out and it's already serving as ammunition in that race for the white house. >>> and here's a live look at san jose in the south bay. looks like it's a nice friday for you. we will check the weekend forecast with christina loren. the news at 11:00 starts now. >> good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm marla tellez. >> good morning, everybody. i'm jon kelley. we start with breaking news in the east bay where an oil refinery in newark has been evacuated because of a super heated oil leak. emergency crews right now on scene at the evergreen oil refinery just off mallory avenue. officials telling us there is no danger and everything should be back to normal very, very soon. >>> one of the worst nightmares a parent can fac

governor cuomo and governor christie, pay attention. you can't have child rapists getting two years in prison. that's not going to sit in new york state. i live here. if i have to go to albany and camp outside, i'm going to do that. >> listen, you know how i said you get sweepish about certain things, you're in defatiguable, you're mcgruff the crime dog on protecting kids. tear them a new one, billy. >> bill: absolutely. we're going to get jessica's law in jersey and new york and i don't care what the excuses are. we're going to get it. all right. "american idol," jennifer lopez and the guy from aerosmith, they don't want to do it anymore. miller what, is happening to american civilization? >> they should turn that show over every year. i just hope john roberts doesn't go over there now and judge 'cause he's proven himself insane. >> bill: you should be a judge! miller, let's do a write in campaign. miller should be a judge. they got howard stern on that other show, don't they? isn't howard sitting this? you should be on "american idol"

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what's chris christie facing? >> well, chris christie is a great public speaker. i mean, he's a guy who gets -- he's been a former prosecutor like myself, he was a u.s. attorney in new jersey. he will craft his speech himself. we'll get an advanced copy to the romney team. then he'll go out and speak in front -- >> how much do they play with it? obviously, not just the campaign is looking at the keynote but i assume the candidate would too. >> right. you do the first draft, send it to them. they may tweak it, they may not. with my end, it was a five-minute speech and it was pretty clear-cut. i spoke from my heart about my fellow veterans and what i saw needed to be done in going after bin laden and to bring the troops home from iraq which is what president obama has done as commander in chief. for chris christie, it depends on what they want him to do. they probably want him to be an attack dog like they showed in the past week. >> chris christie says officially he doesn't have the invite yet. how did you find out? >> i got a call from david axelrod who asked if i

i'm christie smith. i'll have a breakdown of the fare increases coming up in a live report. >> and hot times finally feeling like summer in the city. 70s in the bay today, 60s at the coast, and we're talking about 80s and 90s on your temperature map. the warmer weather, your full forecast, in just moments. >> the east bay showing an increase in the traffic. i'll show where you there is a fare increase across the bay as well. >> live look outside at san francisco, some of the low clouds setting in. kind of taking up the view here. it is independence week, independence day week. a couple day away on this monday, july 2nd. this is "today in the bay." >> a very good morning. thank you for joining us. always good to have you. it's now 5:30. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. after a dramatic day of testimony we could hear closing arguments today in a high profile south bay trial. william lynch is charged with beating a retired priest he says abused him as a child. bob redell joins us live with more o

i'm christie smith. i'll tell you what's expected in court coming up in a live report. >> a fugitive wanted 182008 san francisco murder is back behind bars. how police caught him. >> we've got a hot day ahead. temperatures climbing into the triple digits in the warmest cities across the bay. 90s inland, 80 bay side and 70s at the coast. we're sparing the air, lots to talk about in your full forecast. >> i've got the san mateo bridge. on the peninsula side a new incident involving a motorcycle. we'll sort out the details, let you know if that affects you. >> we give you a live look at the golden gate bridge. kind of a live look. it's a look at a lot of fog out there. a little bit of traffic. we'll fill you in on the details on this tuesday, july 10th, "today in the bay." >> good morning everybody. the time now is 5:29. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> today right here in the bay area convicted killer hans reiser returning to a courtroom. >> he is facing a wrongful death suit brought on by hi

i'm christie smith. i'll have that story coming up. >> reporter: the future of getting to the oakland airport is starting to take shape. i'm bob redell. a look at the latest milestone for the oakland airport connector. >> it's official, the heat wave is over but you might be surprised how cool the temperatures head into the weekend. >> that made for heavy beach traffic. today heading to 17, and the summit you may have an issue with a stalled big rig. >> what about a live look outside. where'd my beautiful bay bridge go? what? it's therein somewhere. it's friday, july 13th. we'll clear things up. this is "today in the bay." >> good friday morning to you. jon is telling us it's friday the 13th. >> i'm reminding everybody. beware. it is 5:30. i'm jon kelley and an east bay jury could start deliberations today in the wrongful death case against a computer programmer, that being hans reiser being sued by his own children for murdering their mother. christie smith is live in hayward with the latest twists and

christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. 6:31. let's take a closer look at what lopez's testimony could mean for ross mirkarimi's future. joining us our legal analyst steven mark. we've all been waiting for this testimony. >> she needs to counteract what was on the videotape which was devastating against the sheriff. she needs to put that in context which this commission can understand. yes, we had an argument, he did grab me. it's not what everyone is trying to make it out to be. that's critical for her. this is now a political process, this is no longer a courtroom, and her testimony could change the tide of public opinion against the sheriff and may go a long way to getting him his job back. >> what she says could help or further him. >> if he tries to hard to help him it will come across as contrived. if she tells it like it is, stays on message, i can stand up for myself. he made a mistake. we're back on track. that's going to go a long way. the danger is ross mirkarimi admitted, he pled guilty to it. the key is this dissuadi

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christie is interesting. the experience, this guy was a federal prosecutor, a united states attorney for eight years. this isn't the first issue where he said something surprising that is rooted in the experience. immigration is the other issue. he takes a much hard line. he saw from the practical standpoint as a prosecutor, you talk about running a campaign to reform the drug laws, i should point out down by the border in el paso where the carnage of the border war of drugs is hitting home with people, there was a man who ran for congress in a primary against a long-time incumbent democrat and he ran challenging the wisdom of the drug war based on the experience in the community and he won. >> i think we can see republicans more easily running on treatment as christie is talking about. democra democr >> so coming up, we just talked about the price some communities are paying because they don't have enough cash. others are getting creative. we've got a man who wrote the book on getting creative. richard flori

i'm christie smith. we'll have that story coming up. >> and this will be the warmest day of the week so far, a return of the 80s inland, 70s bayside and 60s at the coast and the warm-up continues. your full forecast in moments. >> pretty good number of cars hitting the nimitz freeway through oakland. there is construction. we'll show you where you have to slow and go and where you can just go coming up. >> can you see, a foggy look outside, not too bad as christina mentioned, a warm-up on the way. it's thursday, july 19th. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning. thanks for joining us. 5:00 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning everybody. i'm

chris christie? marco rubio? >> i have no idea. it will probably be romney lite, somebody like pawlenty or portman. >> does that make a difference? >> no. >> it could make a negative difference. the role of first do no harm is always important when choosing a vice president. you want someone to will not overshadow the top of the ticket. people generally don't care, state and our p -- generally don't care, some they are pa lin or quayle. >> the rnc announced that christie will give the keynote address on tuesday. which means he is out of the running. christie said a day later that it may not happen, but i think he is out. pawlenty is rising. perhaps, if it turns out that the attacks on romney about the wealth and attachment andy card lif an attack -- and the card list and the tax returns that you want for seven year -- 70 years -- [laughter] if that becomes the issue, then pawlenty is a guy with humble roots. he actually said on fox that he is a log cabin republicans before i realized that it has a new meaning. [laughter] i think i.

>> chris christie -- >> new jersey governor chris christie. >> i don't think it's exclusively a tax or a penalty, it's both. >> chris christie not ruling out saying yes to being on the ticket. >> you have to answer the call and listen, at least. >> he's picking up the phone. >> how important are optics like this? >> this pick could be coming pretty soon. >> today the obama campaign pivoted back to bain. >> a brand-new ad from the obama campaign is hitting the air waves in nine states. >> mitt romney's companies were pioneers in outsourcing. >> this is the attempt by the obama campaign to define mitt romney before he has a chance. >> he's had an image as an auto mo ton. >> he's had lots of specifics out there, they just contradict each other. >> keep it vague. >> i love america! >> usually we don't elect automatons. >> if we don't elect chris christie, romney will be the nominee and we'll lose. >>> there is a new audition question for the republican vice presidential hopefuls. >> is obama care a tax? >> sure. yeah. i mean, listen, i thought all along that it was a tax. and i don't think