"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. in the state of california where the fires are given names, it's the blaze they call the cocoas fire that is tonight chewing up the most territory and getting the most attention among the five major fires burning tonight. over 10,000 californians have been evacuated from where they live. the air war continues and so many homes have been destroyed in the past 48 hours or so. two teenagers were arrested late today for starting fires that were later put out. as tonight, the land and air forces in this fight in san diego county are looking for any edge against the encroaching blaze. we begin our coverage tonight with nbc's miguel almaguer in san marcos, california. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. the damage in this burn zone, the cocoas fire will top $15 million. late tonight, we have breaking news from our nbc affiliate, this video is just into us. it shows the harmony growth spiritual retreat where at least two dozen struct

ann thompson, nbc news, stoney brooke, new york. >> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow night. >>> sunday, are questions about hillary clinton's health? >>> it's one of san francisco's most famous events. people are getting ready for bay to breakers. we will show you the change coming for this year's run. >>> the latest on the fires as more people head back home. >>> out of jail but not out of the woods just yet. we will tell you more about the legal drama following a former supervisor from the south bay. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. only in san francisco may be the best way to describe tomorrow's bay to breakers race. the city is getting prepared for anything and runners better be prepared for changes along the route. it starts at the bay and finishes at breakers. monty francis live with the details. >> reporter: runners will not be allowed to stop here at alamo square. you can see there are fe

rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. i'll see you in an hour for "dateline." brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. from all of us here at nbc news, good night. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >>> good evening, everyone. >> a press conference just wrapped up at travis air force base near fairfield following the crash of a plane at an air show at the base. here's what we know right now. a pilot was killed when his plane crashed during the air show. >> thousands were there and 85,000 were there yesterday. the rest of the show today was canceled. people were told to leave. the pilot is 77-year-old eddie andrini of half moon bay. he was inverted, meaning flying upside down 350 feet off the ground when the plane crashed. >> he was performing a

news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. the level of concern here in the united states over the deadly mers virus has been raised a notch with word late yesterday that the disease has for the first time in this country been passed from one person to another. there have been hundreds of confirmed cases of mers overseas since 2012, with almost a third of the cases proving fatal. but it showed up here just three weeks ago when a person who had arrived by air from the middle east. now health officials say that patient has passed it along to someone else, raising new questions about how it's transmitted and how big a threat the virus could turn out to be. we've asked our chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman, to put it all in perspective for us. >> reporter: the illinois man who tested positive for mers antibodies became infected after coming in contact with a health care worker who traveled to saudi arabia for a business. >> had two business meetings, somewhere around 35, 40 minutes, repeat exposure, two back-to-back days.

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. i'm lester holt sitting in for brian who remains on assignment one more night. he hasn't spoken publicly about it in over three weeks, but today amid a highly charged political environment, president obama responded with outrage to the growing scandal at va hospitals, calling allegations of misconduct that left seriously ill veterans waiting for care dishonorable and promising those found guilty will be held accountable. the president spoke after meeting with the va secretary and a day after the va inspector general's office acknowledged that the number of hospitals under investigation has expanded to 26. our political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd starts us off here tonight with more. chuck? >> reporter: good evening, lester. amid the growing political pressure over allegations involving falsifications of patient wait times at va medical centers, the president displayed annoyance and frustration as he finally addressed

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. he is a man at the center of so much of the news we cover of late and just today we heard vladimir putin, the president of russia speak in a way we never heard before. this was at an economic forum in st. petersburg in russia, and while mostly the subject was ukraiew ukraine and the recent actions there, putin took a chance to take a big swing at washington, the u.s., and president obama. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in moscow tonight and starts us from there. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. in some comments putin said he would deal with whoever wins presidential elections in ukraine this weekend, but his tone changed when he talked about washington and he said president obama effectively is to blame for the entire crisis in ukraine. violence in ukraine, ahead of this weekend's presidential election. at least 40 killed in the past 48 hours as government troops fight pro russian separatists. before a f

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. the federal government today opened a new front in a war that's been going on for sometime, but for the first time ever, the united states is filing criminal charges against the chinese. specifically, five members of the chinese military for electronic spying, hacking into the computers of some of the largest american companies and flat out stealing trade secrets. the first time the u.s. has done this, filed economic espionage charges against officials of a foreign government. it's where we begin tonight with pete williams. >> reporter: the top federal prosecutor in pittsburgh says chinese hacking into u.s. steals computers played a role in the company's decision to cut 140 jobs after the chinese flooded the market with cheaper steel pipe. >> cyber theft impacts real people in real and painful ways, but the life blood of any organization is the people that work, sweat and strive for it. >> reporter: the justice department filed the first ever fo

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. the health care scandal surrounding the department of veterans affairs has widened. the investigation that started with one va hospital in phoenix has intensified. it's spreading out from there including east to washington. veterans' families are mobilized because of the charges returning vets have been ignored, mistreated and have died because of this. and a new whistleblower emerged tonight telling nbc news that an alleged effort to cook the books at another va facility. we begin in phoenix and today's visit from a decorated veteran who happens to be an arizona senator, john mccain. kel kelly o'donnell covering in phoenix for us tonight. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. whistleblowers have come forward to spoke to nbc news. newly surfaced documents are shedding light what practices were like concerning patient appointments and here in arizona a town hall meeting brought the anger to the surface. in phoenix today, the grow

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters, this is "nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. if they had been taken from a school in this country, it would trigger nonstop, around-the-clock news coverage. but as we first reported here last week, this drama is taking place in nigeria. hundreds of school girls were taken on april 15th in a remote village, taken by terrorists who have since admitted to it on video, bragged about it, and taunted the girls' families and loved ones. the terrorist group in question is against western-style education and is responsible for the deaths of thousands of nigerians in recent years. and in nigeria and around the world, there were protests today. the story of this mass abduction has now spread with a big assist from social media focusing a lot of attention on the effort to find them and get them back. it's where we begin tonight with nbc's ann curry. >> reporter: the leader of the militant islamic group boko haram bragging that he was behind the kidnappings. i abducted your girls, he said. i will sell them in the market by

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. the people who know eric shinseki, former four-star army general, wounded, heavily decorated in vietnam, one of the few generals to stand up to george w. bush. the people who know him predicted he would do the right thing out of a sense of duty. today shinseki stepped down tendering his resignation to the president who said he accepted it reluctantly. the man at the top of the v.a. has paid with his job. and in the meantime, veterans are not getting the medical treatment we promised them as a nation. and something is badly broken within the v.a. and it needs fixing fast. it is where we begin again tonight, nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent, chuck todd. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it's been a grueling week of increasing political pressure from members of his party, so the president finally acquiesced and in his words, regretfully accepted the resignation of hhis embattled v.a. secretary. in an

for all of us at nbc news, good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> my vision was just a white circle like this, and i could barely it stay awake. >> it's a bite that would change his life forever. right now at 6:00, a south bay man in a south bay county warning the return of a potentially devastating virus. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm rauj mathai. spraying to prevent west nile virus will begin later their week. >> reporter: good evening, raj. a three-mile area along the san jose/campbell border will be sprayed starting thursday night at about 11:00 as the west nile virus makes its earliest appearance the south bay has ever seen. >> adult mosquitoes right here. >> reporter: inside the vector control offices, they've tested the mosquitoes, along with the birds, and they say west nile virus is back. >> very intense virus activity, the kind we never thought we'd see again. >> reporter: but the spraying starts thursday night in this three-mile area within san jose and campbell, the earliest spraying our area has ever seen, and you can bla

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news would headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >> good evening on this memorial day. i'm cynthia mcfadden in for brian williams. >>> topping the news, the horrific massacre in santa barbara. ten minutes is all it took for a single gunman to take the lives of seven, including himself. as we learn more about those killed, a painful question, could something have been done to prevent the slaughter? mike taibbi has the latest. >> reporter: there were a number of red flags over the past year that elliot rodger was headed to trouble and might take others with him but none of the clues were clear enough to legally stop him. now an entire community is in mourning. a mother and father embraced in their doorway today in anguish and tears. >> i ask god why he don't take me instead of my son. >> reporter: their son was among the first victims of the rampage leaving the wang's to prepare for the saddest trip any parents could make and leaving a community in mourning. it was a long-planned outburst alleged killer, elliott

harry smith, nbc news, victoria british colombia. >>> that is our broadcast as we start a new week. thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. nbc bay area news starts now. >>> right now at 6:00, record-setting heat, and it's just the beginning. >> i'm jessica aguirre. it is heating up across the bay area. and if you thought today was hot, wait until this time tomorrow. from san francisco to san jose we are talking 90s, even 100 on the way. a look at our ballpark camera where the giants are hosting the braves, and it's going to be a warm night at the ballpark. fire crews already bracing for the danger. marianne favro explains the new danger for fire crews. and jeff, you've been crunching these high numbers. >> it's going to be unreal the next two days. if you felt like, okay, how is it going to get hotter than today, it's going to happen, folks. palo alto, 93. south san jose also at 90. with the heat over the next two days, heat advisories in effect for 99% of the bay area. the one spot that's not under it, right

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with brian williams. >> good evening the mers virus arrived seemingly out of nowhere. we actually foe it started in the middle east and is potentially fatal. while public health officials have been downplaying the threat after two confirmed cases here in the u.s., just today, the federal government stems up its efforts to keep it out of this country. today a health advisory went up at all major u.s. airports alerting travelers to the middle east and trying to prevent its spread. health care workers in orlando are being tested after they came in contact with a patient. tonight, this virus is being taken very seriously. it's where we begin our reporting tonight with our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: the white house today responding to concerns about the deadly virus now showing up in the united states. >> and the president has been briefed on this development. the cdc is taking the current situation very seriously and is work income close coordination with loca

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. they have all volunteered for duty and served their nation with distinction. they have sacrificed and asked their families to do the same domestically and overseas and when they come home to the thanks of a grateful nation, they have every right to expect that that grateful nation will take care of them, but as we learn more about an unfolding health care scandal in the veterans administration, it's now clear that's not happening in all cases and some of our vets have been ig noerd, neglected, under treated and mistreated with sometimes fatal consequences. a former four-star general decorated combat veteran himself is trying to fix this and hang on to his job. today he sat down with our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski who starts us off tonight. >> reporter: for the troubled department of veterans affairs, it's a shocking scandal. as many as 40 veterans reportedly died while waiting for medical care at the va hospital in phoenix. >> i am

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. in a little over 24 hours we'll hear from edward snowden, the 30-year-old american who is responsible for the most staggering theft of american intelligence secrets in the modern era. he is wanted on espionage charges. he continues to live in exile in russia. a number of people in high positions in the government and the intelligence community are anxious to hear what he says, understandably, when we air our conversation with him tomorrow evening in primetime. we mitt with him midweek last week in moscow. tonight, a portion of that conversation with this man who introduces himself as ed. he touches on something he's never spoken of before on camera about what he did for the u.s. government and how he describes his job, his training, his career right up until he put an end to it. >> were you trained as a spy? it seems to me spies probably look a lot more like ed snowden and a lot less like james bond these days. >> it's no secret the u.s. tends t

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. already today members of the obama administration have launched a frontal attack on edward snowden based so far on just portions of the interview we've released prior to tonight's hour-long broadcast in primetime. snowden is accused of espionage for stealing secrets from the government, many of which revealed the extent of government surveillance on all of us. many regard him as a treasonous and traitor who should pay dearly for what he's done and many believe he's done grave damage to the united states. some of our viewers have let us know they are outraged that we interviewed him at all. tonight, however, our viewers get to hear his first interview on american television that will include this new portion. snowden's contention that the amount of domestic surveillance he witnessed while at the nsa gave him no choice but to blow the whistle because of what he saw and what a federal judge has since labeled as constitutional violations. >> the rea

"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. just 24 hours ago we heard from the secretary of foreign affairs, eric shinseki there are calls for him to resign. he's trying to hang on and keep his job while the va has a very big problem. charges of a shameful record of medical care for some of our returning vets including neglect and mistreatment and in some cases veterans have died as a result. the families want answers, so do investigators. today subpoenas were issued for e-mails and correspondence surrounding the phoenix va hospital. there is an audit underway and shinseki will testify before congress next week. it's where we begin tonight with our correspondent jim mickly chef ski. >> reporter: she lost her father in law thomas breen to cancer last november and blames his death on the va hospital in phoenix. >> i'm sorry i'm shaking, but they were quick to dismiss my pop, right? >> reporter: she says when he went to the hospital for urgent care, the staff refused to treat him and t

beloved ride. >>> edward snowden speaks to nbc news. tonight we have a story about privacy, technology, and your personal information. >>> then at 6:00, if you want to be mayor of the bay area's largest city, there's one thing that you have to do well. that is raise money. how much cash it will take to win. that's next at 6:00. gridlock. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. >>> we can all rest a little easier tonight. scooter gates is over. hunter pence and his scooter have been reunited. there it is there in his locker this afternoon. pence's beloved scooter had been missing since sunday. someone turned it in today. in

"night lie news" begins now. >> from nbc world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. i'm lester holt. sitting in tonight for brian. as president obama dangled the threat of tough o'er action against russia, the crisis in ukraine took a dangerous and deadly new turn today on the ground and in the air. as ukrainian forces in the east launch a major counter offensive against pro russian insurgents who then shot down two ukrainian helicopters. but the conflict has spread to southern ukraine. a country increasingly divided against itself, coming closer to the brink. we get more from our british partner itn. >> the term civil war should not be used lightly, but tonight, ukraine appears to be perilously close. >> the southern port city of odes odessa, a city split between those loyal to russia and those to ukraine. the two sides fought in the city center and the result was a bloodbath. more than 30 known to have died, and it is likely to have been more. unlike the east of ukraine, pro russians cannot dominate here. normal ukrainians, young w

nbc news investigates. that's ahead on "today." >>> now in sports, round two of the nba playoffs is off and running. and los angeles did not miss a beat against oklahoma city. the clippers hit 15 three-pointers, eight of them by chris paul. on defense, they get 23 points off turnovers. that's 122-105. l.a. takes game one. this was oklahoma city's worst playoff loss at home. >>> washington gets their first second round win in 32 years. indiana trailed 13 points after the first half and never recovered. washington starters scored double figures and shut down indiana's comeback outrebounding them 53-36. wizards win game one 102-96. >>> the new york pittsburgh series is no longer tied. the penguins net two scores and that's all they needed. they win 2-0, to go up two games to one. >>> back to l.a. now, los angeles continued their playoff winning straight. their win over anaheim makes it six straight, they lead the series 2-0. >>> are you ready for some football? well, we could have some bad news for nfl. the op

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening, the very same weather system that left behind a death toll of 35 from the tornados it spawned, churned over the south overnight dumping as many as 18 inches of water, five inches in the space of one hour and because flash flooding kills more people every year than tornados or hurricanes, the rising water has become a huge danger. it's a wild figure but the u.s. geological survey estimates 2 trillion gallons of water will fall on the south and along the east coast just today. roads are giving way, power's out for over 40,000 people, and the rescues continue. we begin with our teams on the ground tonight and gabe gutierrez in pensacola, florida. gabe, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the water may be receding, but the scope of this disaster remains massive. more rain fell here than during hurricane ivan, a decade ago. in the florida panhandle today, high water and high drama. first responders on boats rushed to rescue dozens of panicked fa

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. as we look to an emergency in the west tonight, consider these numbers, 100-degree temperatures, 3% humidity, give or take and 50-mile an hour winds. as one fire commander in carlsbad, california put it today, we've been dealt a bad hand. as viewers watched today on live television, fires have exploded around them in southern california galloping across the land, jumping across canyons faster than firefighters can run and fueled by some of the worst possible conditions. tonight entire neighborhoods and lives have been put on hold, traffic diverted and the marines landed on the beach in hoover craft to fight a fire on their own base. we begin tonight in southern california, joe fryer is in carlsbad, joe, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. a thick layer of smoke covers carlsbad and you can see they resources are stretched thin, because north of san diego, there are now seven fires burning tonight. it didn't take long for the flames to

. >>> from nbc news headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news kwtsz with lester holt. >> police didn't have to wonder what caused a gunman to kill six people and injure seven others near a california college campus last night. the answer was a click away on youtube in a chilling manifesto. the victims were gunned down by a drive-by killer on the streets of isla vista near the university of california santa barbara. the spree of terror stretched for blocks and finally ended with the gunman himself dead. tonight the family confirms the shooter is elliott roger, who made a lengthy youtube posting hours before the rampage and calmly laid out his plan for what he vowed would be a day of retribution. revenge, he said, against the women who rejected him. already questions are being asked about whether authorities could have headed off this horrible tragedy. we have two reports, beginning with mike taibbi on the jean for us. mike? >> reporter: hello, lester. the family of the suspect said they warned police about the youtube video before the shootings. what did happen ten minutes of car

officials tell nbc news that there are u.s. intelligence assets in the region including bases from which unarmed reconnaissance drones could be used in the hunt for the kidnapped girls, brian. >> ann curry with the latest on this scary story out of nigeria tonight. ann, thanks. >>> a new white house report on climate change is out. and it's not about if or when, but the point of this report is to show it's happening here and now in this country. the report warns that climate extremes will become increasingly common. some point to places like lake piru north of l.a. where all the green you're seeing used to be covered by water which is now at a 30-year low. one more symptom of a devastating drought. and according to today's report, the kind of thing the next generation should be prepared for. we get more tonight from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: if the projections are right, newborn nia will witness big environmental changes during her lifetime. just think of all the extreme weather headlines in the last nine months. floo

. >> reporter: jenna susko, nbc bay area news. >> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit @nbcbayair ba.com. >>> a hit and run crash injured one woman. police found the 24-year-old woman last night on 10th street near gilroy high. paramedics transported her to a trauma center. today she is in stable but serious condition. according to the police, the driver was in a champagne-colored suv miss get driver's side mirror. >>> some say as california goes, so goes the nation. and in california this evening, there is new legislation to combat what is becoming a staggering number of smartphone thefts. one in ten americans have been hit. if this new so-called kill switch effort is successful, it could soon affect cell phone users across the country. miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: brazen cell phone robberies are an epidemic, often carried out in daylight. 3.1 million americans had their smartphones stolen last year alone. one out of every ten of us. 23-year-old megan boken was talking to her mom on her new iphone when

that's the latest from fairfield, nannette miranda for nbc bay area news. >>> money and jewelry, those were the goals of a home invasion robber armed with a gun. his target, an elderly couple in sunny veil. nbc kimberly terry joins us live with what happened to those victims. >> reporter: they say they did everything they could, everything that the robber asked them to do, everything they could to keep him calm. they say they're shaken up but okay. they're mostly upset about the valuable very sentimental jewel tri man was able to make off with. 83-year-old dorothy says she first spotted the suspect on friday sitting on her front porch then standing at her front door. she says that man seemed frantic and was talk bug she couldn't understand him, apologized and then shut the door. on saturday around 3:00 in the afternoon she encountered that man again only this time inside her home with a pistol demanding money and jewels. she says he pushed her husband up against a wall. >> i was thinking "this can't be happening. this isn't real. we may die. we may end up dead today." >> she says the m

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"nightly news" begins now. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams, reporting tonight from nashville. >>> good evening from nashville and before we get underway tonight, a quick word about the past two evenings of unexplained absences with my thanks to lester holt for filling in. at the end of this broadcast, we'll show you why we are here in nashville tonight, but first, first, where we've been for the past two days. about 16 hours ago, i departed moscow, where moscow, where i traveled to interview edward snowden. he is widely referred to these days as the most wanted man in the world, the interview was months in the making and cloaked in the secrecy of his life as a fugitive living in exile overseas. our conversation went on for several hours and we're still going through it all and just starting the process of seeking comment from all those people and entities he discussed. we are going to air snowden's comments next week on the other side of the three-day memorial day weekend and in prime time on wednesday night at 10:00, 9:00 central, you'll be able to see him and hear

nbc bay area news at 11:00. we'll have more. ♪. nbc news exclusive. edward snowden, the man who committed the biggest theft of u.s. secrets in history, tells brian williams he was trained as a spy. >> when they say i'm a little level systems administrator, that i don't know what i'm talking about, i'd say it's somewhat misleading. >> this morning, why he's as surprised as anyone he ended up in russia, and secretary of state john kerry reacts in a live interview. >>> a call for change.

nbc news has obtained an internal document suggesting top v.a. officials knew at least a year ago that scheduling data was vulnerable to manipulation. nbc's danielle leigh is in washington with those details. >> reporter: there's growing outrage over delayed or poor care at the veterans affairs health care system. in phoenix at a packed american legion meeting, dozens of veterans and their loved ones shared their personal trauma. >> i could not get through. i could not get in line. >> i was never really seen. >> six months to another three months or four months, that gets me ten months out that i can't see a doctor. >> reporter: the v.a. is auditing all of its facilities after whistleblowers claimed employees were manipulating schedules to highlight wait time which in dozens of cases may have contributed to patient deaths. >> i think every american should be outraged at how our veterans are being treated. >> reporter: an internal memo from march 2013 obtained by nbc news shows top v.a. officials learned of the problem well before the current alle

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nbc news has not independently confirmed that. yesterday, nba owners met to discuss the process of ending sterling's ownership of the l.a. clippers saying they will, quote, move forward as expeditiously as possible. a lawyer for sterling's alleged girlfriend v. stiviano says one of her friends leaked the recording to tmz. >>> an investigation is under way into the cause of a massive street collapse in baltimore. that department of transportation there is working to restabilize a road and stop further erosion. look at the new video. in the moments leading up to the collapse, a row of cars just sinking away. real time here as a block long portion of the road gives way, officials say residents who live along this block may have to stay out of their homes for up to 40 days as a precaution. this is just unreal, i'm sure, for folks there and this video, bill karins. i can't believe i'm seeing it. it seems very, very slow. >> it is where it happens. we have seen pictures like this in the pacific northwest, it gives way every now and then

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. for the second straight night, it looks like a bombing campaign underway across southern california. conditions so hot and dry, if some fires don't get hit from the air, they won't go out and because of the winds, the intensity of the flames, we've seen one of the true freaks of nature in the san diego area. funnel clouds of pure flames from the ground skyward. the santa anna winds, which unlike our weather across the country blow from east to west can clearly be seen from space blowing the smoke from these fires out over the pacific ocean. so many homes burned, so much land scorched. it's a full on battle especially in the area around san diego. our coverage of the fires begins with joe fryer in carlsbad, california. joe, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. 22 families are without a home tonight in carlsbad including those at this house behind me. now the number one priority is a fire just to the east in san marcos where thousands m

let's get to that new nbc ne news/washington journal poll. actually a tie, as we mentioned, between barbara bush and hillary clinton as the most admired first lady in the last 25 years. >> both of these women will have huge roles to play in the 2016 election, hillary clinton, former secretary of state, clear front-runner, but barbara bush has said she's not sure if she wants her son, on this mother's day weekend, to run for president in 2016. obviously i'm talking about jeb bush. both of these women have stayed in the headlines and will continue to do so. the american people are interested in what both of them have to say. >> barbara bush is very interesting, too. she is a straight shooter. she says what she feels and that's it. and this, too, is very interesting in a poll. michelle obama actually came in second with 24% overall, right? when you put her up against hillary clinton, she is preferred by a 3% margin. what do you attribute to that? >> that's a great question, betty. i think it really just speaks to how the current first lady is, i

"nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams.

nbc news has not verified the authenticity of the video. a similar clip was released about a year ago and set off a firestorm for ford's office in the months following. ford was filmed numerous times in public where he appeared impard ai impaired and erratic. in a statement, he says this is one of the most difficult times in my life. i have a problem with alcohol and the choices i have made while under the influence. i have struggled with this for some time. >>> labor rallies are taking place across the globe today as part of may day. here at home, workers suffered a blow yesterday after the senate struck down a bill to raise the federal minimum wage. president obama is accusing republicans of abandoning the middle class. republicans argue a wage hike could slow hiring at a time when job growth is already sluggish. the bill was one of the president's top legislative priorities. it would have gradually raised the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. >> by preeventing even a vote on this bill, they prevented a raise for 28 million hard working ame

in an exclusive sit-down interview with nbc news last night, snowden told brian williams, he considers himself a patriot. he insisted he tried to work within the system, complaining repeatedly to supervisors before fleeing the country and leaking crucial details about the u.s. government's domestic spying program. secretary of state john kerry calls him a traitor and a coward, but snowden claims what he did, he did to protect the country. >> i may have lost my ability to travel, but i've gained the ability to go to sleep at night, to put my head on the pillow, and feel comfortable that i've done the right thing, even when it was the hard thing. and i'm comfortable with that. >> the obama administration says clemency for snowden or even dropping the charges is not an option. we spoke with a bay area man who blew the whistle just like snowden a decade ago. mark klein says back in 2003, as he work eed as a san francisco-based at&t technician, he installed a splitter that sent a copy of communications data to a secret room on market street set up by the nsa. these were what would become kn

more local news coming up on nbc bay area right now. stay with us. ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together the fastest internet and the best in entertainment. we call it the x1 entertainment operating system. it looks like the future! he has a phaser! it's not a phaser! it's my phone! he can use his voice to control the tv. you can use your woice? my voice. your woice. my voice. "vuh," voice. his voice. your woice? look. watch sci-fi. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. >>> announcer: nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm ter terry. diane is off for the evening. lanes were shut down more than four hours after a drive by shooting. it happened at 1:00 on i-580. mark matthews is live on the scene. what is happening right now. >> reporter: terry we are looking down on the lanes that are moving again. they were closed down most of the afternoon. chp say this is is what happened. at 12:40 this afternoon, a blue suv, ford, was moving into

. >> from nbc news this is "today." with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a saturday morning. i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill along with mike bet is in for dylan. nice to have you with us. we're going to talk more spelling bee. i went on wednesday, saw some of the action before the finals and spent time with the kids and boy, did we get lucky. we hung out with one of the co-champions. and it also -- coincidentally. we got lucky. >> spell coincidentally. >> i couldn't spell at all. i thought i was good until i went up against these kids. they are way smarter than adult i met. >> look forward to that. >> we'll have that. >> in the meantime. >> in the meantime we begin with the top stories. the future of the los angeles clippers. that huge lawsuit filed by owner donald sterling could it now get in the way of a record deal reached by his wife to sell that team to the former ceo of microsoft. miguel almaguer has a look. >> reporter: the team set to be sold this morning donald

for "today," ron allen, nbc news. >> so glad she's okay. dylan has made her way outside for another check of the forecast. dylan? >> okay. okay. an awesome crowd out here. i'm a little distracted. future meteorologist. do you know what the weather is going to be like today? >> i heard it was suppose tobd really sunny with about 70 degrees. rain. that's where we're looking at an updated drought monitor. you see the darkest shade of red, that's where we have exceptional droughts in central california and parts of texas and oklahoma. temperatures today will start to cool down in the southwest. but interior areas will still be in the 90s, up around 100 degrees. 80s around the gulf coast and 50s and 60s around the great lakes. very much below average in the great lakes region. as for rain, no severe weather in the forecast today, but we will still see some run-of-the-mill thunderstorms through the rockies and arkansas and parts of tennessee. the northeast, though, in new england, where it's pouring right now, i promise you that rain will move aw

i'm christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> it sure looks like it, christie. thank you. >>> the hot weather may play a major role in one of the most challenging stages of the tour of the california bike rice. >> it gets to the bay area tomorrow, just as the heat wave is supposed to hit. of course, it starts in san jose. they will send riders up mt. hamilton, an 11-mile climb up to mount diablo. >> it could be an issue. they're going to do things like water down the riders in order to keep the temperatures down. but at the same time, it's getting towards the end of the last climb, it's going to be hot. >> definitely. now, another concern for the cycleists, the heat may affect the asphalt if the road warms up to 140 degrees or more, that could actually cause the tires to soften and slow down the bike. the 108-mile course through the bay area may be one of the toughest stages in the tour's nine-year history. the heat watch is online at nbcbayarea.com. >>> a painful reminder of water safety, especially as the weather does get warmer. a baby nearly drowned in the e

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peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> there is word of yet another recall today by gm. this time it's more than 218,000 small cars. most of them chevy aveos from the model years 2004 to 2008. gm says a faulty part of the daytime running lights could overheat and cause a fire. since mid-february, gm has recalled on average almost 1 million cars a week. >>> still ahead tonight, hidden fees, extra charges, cancellations. new rules announced to tackle some of the biggest complaints for air travelers. >>> and later, a song that has so many people getting happy.

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester holt alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dryer. we didn't go to the dinner this year. i think we missed good, good lines. >> there were good laughs this year, i think. >> there were some good lines. i was judging highlights this morning. >> we're easy targets. the president took some good shots at us. also fellow politicians, congress. >> no one is safe in that room, i think. >> no. >> why is why none of us went. >> that and i had an awesome date with my son to play basketball yesterday. >> joel mchale of "community" kind of walking the line, it sounds like, as he emceed the event for the night. >> dangerous job to do that. >> got to poke fun at the president and everyone else. it's hard. >> much more on the big night ahead. >>> startling news. statistics about the effects bullying can have on our children. an important story parents want to hear coming up. >>> royal w

. >> that includes nbc news which has reported on its own batch of snowden documents and has a reporting relationship with glenn greenwald. >> when it comes to specific stories about the specific collection programs, about specific targets, these aren't decided by me. these are decided by newspapers. >> you see the part of this and for a lay audience looking on,

>> reporter: for today, raheehe ellis, nbc news. >> i love them all. that was so cute. >> that is the sweetest thing i've ever seen. so sweet. thank you for loving me. >> best thing ever. wait 6 years. it will be mazing. >> it's going to be that long? >>> we are having a mother's day extravaganza on the plaza. we want all the mothers to come down and take part for a day of pampering. how about that? >>> a 16-year-old who picked up her bachelor's degree before her high school diploma. how is that even possible? you'll find out from her. first this is "today" on nbc. >>> still to come on "today," magical world of cinderella. >> live performance just ahead for you. a ♪ [ telephone rings ] how's the camping trip? well, the kids had fun, but i think i slept on a rock. ♪ the best part of wakin' up what are you doing? having coffee. ohh. ♪ is folgers in your cup having coffee. ohh. ghirardelli squares chocolate... ♪ a little rendezvous savor our luscious filling combined with our slow melting chocolate. ♪ that little reward for all the things you do

sources tell nbc news that a u.s. spy plane somehow fried air traffic control computers and forced the airport shutdown. a spy plane passed through los angeles air space and overloaded the computers. it ordered the faa to order a ground stop that lasted for about an hour. it affected thousands of passengers flying in and out of southern california and a number of bay area flights were also delayed by that glitch. >>> the man accused of burning down the old kntv studios in san jose is due back in court tomorrow. 55-year-old stillman feffer pleaded not guilty to arson and burglary charges. tomorrow his preliminary hearing is scheduled. the homeless man deliberately started a fire in that building. the smoke could be seen for miles. the building was destroyed. as many as 30 homeless people often stayed there. investigators do not believe he was living there at the time of the fire. >>> a change ahead this week in the weather. the wind, it is a-coming. a look at downtown san francisco on the left and san jose on the right

news. >> several of the top, say, 5 or 10 are stories that are left to be told. one s that will really shock th world. >> reporter: green wald spoke with snowden 24 hours ago, but