ed edward lawrence is in baltimore. edward good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alison. right now, maryland state troopers are guarding this intersection, this is where some protesters started rioting and actually looted and burned that cvs pharmacy this is an example of what happened all over the city. thousands of national guard members have taken position on the ground in baltimore where tensions begin to escalate after the death of freddie gray. hours after laid to rest on monday the city descends into chaos. many protesters many of them teenagers pelted officers with bricks and spray. the governor of maryland issued a state of emergency monday night. >> we had opposite ends of the city pulling us at the same time. >> reporter: close to 30 arrests were made. and more than a dozen officers were injured. as members of grey's family emerged to condemn the justice. >> don't do it like this here. >> reporter: a week-long curfew goes into effect tonight. >> what we see is anger, it's destruction of a community. the same community they say they care about they're destroying

edward lawrence is in washington. good morning, edward. >> good morning, anne-marie. on the entire 80-mile trip no radar picked up the gyro helicopter. the u.s. military is looking into why this morning. police surrounded and arrested douglas mark hughes shortly after he land his gyrocopter on the capitol lawn wednesday. the 61-year-old mailman is expected to make his first appearance in court today. the question is how was he able to get into some of the most restricted airspace without being seen. witnesses say they saw him take off. >> crazy. >> man. >> that guy had to be nuts to do something like that. >> reporter: hughes was able to fly past the white house and the washington monument before landing on capitol hill. even if they spotted hughes, they would not have been able to take him down before he landed. >> i don't think there would have been anything warranted. to take him out of the sky would have created more problems than it would have been solved. >> reporter: he's been planning his flight for two years. he was interviewed about his plans in 2013. hughes

>> edward lawrence in washington. thank you, edward. >>> this morning an ohio man who prosecutors say trained with a syrian-based affiliate of ail day is being held on charges that he planned to launch a terrorist attack here in the united states. david martin reports. >> reporter: according to tin dietment this 23-year-old said he wanted to kill americans, especially members of the armed forces police officers or anyone else in uniform. specifically he wanted to go to a military base in texas and kill three or four soldiers execution style. his backup plan was allegedly to attack a prison. the indictment alleged mohammed travelled to syria one year ago, flying to turkey and crossing the border to join his brother who was already fighting for the radical islamic group called al nusra. he received training in breaking and entering explosives and hand to hand-combat on the front line. a naturalized citizen from somalia, mohammed has already made one court appearance back in february when he was brought up on state charg

>> edward lawrence in washington. thank you, edward. >>> this morning there are red flag warnings meaning critical fire conditions exist in southern california. the fire in rialto broke out last night. firefighters battled heavy winds trying to get the fire under control. there are a number of buildings in the area, but so far no damage has been reported. >>> and there has been another deadly shooting of an unarmed man by police officers, this time in houston. it happened following a high-speed chase. the officers believed the suspect was reaching for a weapon, but no gun was found. tim wetzel of our houston station khou says the chase began when police tried to pull the drive over for suspicious activity. >> reporter: a traffic stop led to an intense chaotic chase that went for miles. the driver weaved in and out of traffic. when the police put out stop sticks, he went around them. he slammed into a woman's car. then seconds later, he crashed into an suv. from air 11 it looked like the driver was about to get up. the

edward lawrence has the latest on the peaceful protests and the destructive rioting in baltimore. >> reporter: adults walked children to school as baltimore tries to get back to normal. but police in riot gear are a reminder the city is unsettled. do you feel more secure with all the officers around? >> yes. yes. they should maintain law and order, so yes. >> reporter: this street looked different tuesday night as curfew approached. >> go home! >> reporter: residents and community leaders including congressman elijah cummings urged people to leave. >> it's now 10:00. i ask you to quietly go home. >> reporter: but some didn't and police popped tear gas canisters and made ten arrests to clear the streets. maryland's governor deployed 2,000 national guardsmen to help the city keep the peace. >> we are trying to return to normalcy in baltimore's city and schools are open. businesses are open. state government is open. >> reporter: baltimore mother toya graham who pulled her 16- year-old son off the streets told "cbs this morning" the riots are wrong but the anger is understandable after

reporting live the baltimore, edward lawrence, now back to you. >> edward, they are obviously trying to premain calm and keep the peace as you said. what is the mood out there like right now? >> reporter: yeah, it's an eerie calm right now. it's not adversarial but it's an uneasiness between the residents who are here who are cleaning up, quite frankly telling us that they want to take back their streets from the violence. and keep it peaceful. it's an uneasy calm. but it is a calm at this point. >> and we've seen -- we saw a live aerial shot and then also right behind you, police there in riot gear. >> reporter: yeah. and that's a fact of life here in baltimore today. today for the next -- for the rest of the week there's a curfew in place. it starts at 10:00 p.m. tonight and you're going to see police officers in the areas that were affected by the riots. there's a very heavy police presence today on the streets of baltimore. >> all right edward lawrence live in baltimore at the very latest, thank you. >>> breaking news here on the home front. a fiery accident causing major traffic

reporting live in washington edward lawrence. now back to you. >> thanks edward. now time for a look at your national weather with meteorologist bill karins. good morning, bill. >> good morning. wild storm in the northern rockies. a storm moving through. friends telling me how windy, shut down interstate 80 at one portion, a semi overturned. in north dakota brush fires were out of control in a hurry. all because of upper level low. not all storms the same. we measure with pressure. this is up higher in the atmosphere. this storm system had a lot of cold air with it too. that's why we're getting a lot of snow. we have winter storm warnings in some areas and mountainous terrain in southern montana and western wyoming and rain and mountain snow. this is going to track ever so slowly over the next couple of days. it will bring snow later tonight and tomorrow to areas of colorado and then severe storms out here spot central plains. this could be a decent severe weather outbreak especially oklahoma and tech as we go towards tomorrow night. as far as the snow goes the to

edward lawrence, cbs news, baltimore. >> at least 20 officers have been injured in the riots. one was hurt critically after a building fire. >>> nepal's prime minister says as many as 10,000 people are thought to be dead from the devastating earthquake. the official death toll topped 5,000 so far. and a new mudslide today triggered by the earthquake wiped out another town. crews are digging through rubble for the fourth day hoping to find any survivors. international rescue and medical teams are slow to arrive in nepal because the kathmandu airport is just too small to cope with all the air traffic. and new at noon several nepal earthquakes survivors from here in the bay area touched down at sfo this morning. kpix 5's ryan takeo was there when they reunited with their families. >> reporter: there are emotional home coming every day. but today is different because today is when survivors of that devastating earthquake made it back to california soil. >> what happened my wife was hiking. >> reporter: ever since he couldn't wait for her to come back home. >> we had a pretty roman

and nbc bay areaes a edward lawrence is live with the latest for us. good evening, edward. >> good evening. the worst kept political secret in recent years. hillary clinton hopes the announcement she makes sunday will give her enough buzz to get her name at the top of voters lists. >> i'm here to say, don't you some day want to see a woman president of the united states of america. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton will finally announce her presidential bid in a video pressage over social media. then do intimate events with voters in primary states. >> humility is the word of the hour and going an meeting voters and relating to them as human beings and revealing more of herself. >> analysts say the big flashy events from clinton's first run under 2008 didn't connect with voters. sunday she will immediately be the front-runner for democrats. >> i think she is going to be head and shoulders above anybody. so i don't expect her to have a serious contest. >> and clinton won't have to spend as much in her primary to beat possible challengers as r

nbc's edward lawrence joins us now live from capitol hill where the countdown is now under way. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. members of congress can block the move if they want to. a new piece of legislation will have to be drafted and voted on. at the moment the congress cannot interfere with the president. now reaction is coming down along party lines. nancy pelosi says that she applauds the move. this is -- cuba should not have been on the state sponsor of terrorism list for 50 years and she said that tourism will bring a positive change. and on the other side marco rubio calls it a mistake. he's the son of cuban immigrants and believes the u.s. must double the effort to support those in the country who push for democratic elections. other countries that were on the list and then dropped off include iraq libya, north korea, south yemen. now syria, iran and sudan all remain on the list. reporting live in washington, edward lawrence. >>> today, boston will mark the second anniversary of the 2013 marathon bombing. a citywide silence will be held at 2:39 p.m. church b

reporting live from washington edward lawrence back to you good hard to believe on so many levels edward thanks very much. >>> 5:33. lets get traffic and weather together. here's katie. >> good morning everyone. the the hits just keep on coming. with hiccups along the way we will tracking a a larger storm heading in to next week but rest of this week and especially the weekend in the looking bad at all. lets take you out there we will start off with the quick check of the tri-state sweep of storm scan three which is just empty and tranquil. we have thrown satellite coverage on top and zoom it out, we have activity over virginias, back to now in the yes river valley and down to the carolinas. eventually this moisture will work its way in for us. we will be dealing with some showers, cloudy skies scattered showers but this is tomorrow. today is quiet. we want to give you a head up if you have plans to be outside tomorrow still mild even they despite the fact that this will be a front moving through we will not see too much on the thermometer. with that said temperatures as they stan right

in baltimore, edward lawrence, kpix 5. >> and you can hear more from toya graham and her son. they are going to be interviewed on "cbs this morning." you can watch it here starting at 7 a.m. >>> now, the unrest is having an impact on major league baseball, as well. the baltimore orioles will play at home against the chicago white sox today after games were postponed on monday and tuesday of a live shot of camden yards in baltimore. there will be no fans so police can potential on protecting the city. >>> governor brown is expected to make an announcement this morning in los angeles. the governor's office hinted that the speech could have to do with climate change. later today he will speak at the navigating the american carbon world event and the governor is sending a clear message to water wasters, cut back now or pay up later. he unveiled legislation that calls for fines up to $10,000 a day for the most fragrant violators. >> it is a lot of money and it's more than we have ever fined anyone. >> the governor announced the plan yesterday after a meeting with big city mayors. t

edward lawrence has the latest from baltimore. >>> reporter: police in riot gear patroled the streets of baltimore overnight once again looking out for anyone breaking curfew. as 10 p.m. approached community leaders took the lead in clearing protestors off the streets. >> go home! >> reporter: they were joined by congressman cummings who promised a thorough investigation into freddie gray's death. the 25-year-old suffered had a fatal spine injury and died a week after being taken into police custody. >> it's admitted there was an issue that he needed medical attention that he didn't get. >> reporter: what happened inside the police van gray was riding in remains a mystery. a report published in the "washington post" wednesday claims a prisoner who was in the same vehicle as gray but could not see him could hear gray banging against the walls. it cites a baltimore police document in which the prisoner reportedly says, he believed gray was intentionally trying to injure himself. in response to the post, gray's family attorney says, we disagree with any implication that he severed his ow

edward lawrence reports on the chaotic scene. >> reporter: thousands of armed national guard members have taken position on the ground in baltimore. where tensions continue to escalate over the death of freddie gray. hours after the 25-year-old was laid to rest monday, this city descended into chaos. authorities say protesters many of them teenagers pelted officers with objects including rocks and sticks. police responded with pepper spray. demonstrators looted stores, damaged cars and set fires. the governor of maryland issued a state of emergency monday night. >> we have opposite end of the city. actual resources here will allow us to get on top of the issues at multiparking light locations. >> reporter: close to 30 arrests were made and as night fell members of gray's family emerged to condemn the violence. >> i want you all to get justice for my son but not like this here. >> reporter: the mayor imposed a city wide week long curfew which goes into effect tonight. >> what we're seeing isn't anger, television destruction of a community. the same community they say they care about t

lets get out to edward lawrence who joins us in baltimore with the very latest on this, good morning. >> reporter: good morning ukee and erika. people are starting to move around on the streets of baltimore. take a a look, folks are boarding up the cvs pharmacy burn during these riots. you can see beyond police there ready to take action if needed in this area they are expecting demonstrators to come back to this a area. so there is still a level of protection here. national guard troops in armored hum vees are patrolling empty streets of baltimore. >> citizens are safe. the city is stable. we hope to maintain it that way. >> shortly before 10:00 p.m. tuesday police in riot gear backed by community members moved in on crowds of mostly peaceful protesters instructing them to go home after the mandatory curfew go into effect. >> show is over, people go home. >> reporter: defiant protesters threw bottles and rocks. officers deployed smoke pepper spray and made ten a arrests. the situation on the ground is far cry from the events of the 24 hours ago when looting rioting abe fires overshad

edward lawrence live in baltimore, thank you. >>> today the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments challenging laws against same sex marriage. kpix 5's ryan takeo joins us live downstairs in the newsroom to explain what's at stake today. >> reporter: frank good morning. some think this could be a landmark case. oral arguments start in about 30 minutes. the justices will hear arguments on the two questions, do same sex couples have a right to marry and two do states have to recognize snakes from a -- same sex marriages have a different state. they will meet today to offer the first public comments on the issue and also listen to arguments from both sides. currently same sex couples can marry in 36 states and the district of columbia. yesterday, both sidesser making their voices heard. >> if the supreme court dares to issue a slow versus wade of marriage, we will not obey it. >> to see the law change so tremendously in front of our eyes is certainly not only really exciting as you know a gay person but also as a future young attorney it just shows yo

edward launs lawrence is in baltimore with more. >> reporter: the streets are quiet in baltimore. the police are talking to anybody breaking curfew in the area, which is what happened to these folks. police are taking the curfew very seriously. the national guards troops and humvees are patrolling the empty streets of baltimore. >> cities are safe. the city is stable. we hope to maintain it that way. >> reporter: shortly before 10:00 p.m. tuesday, police in riot gear backed by members moved in on crowds of peaceful protesters and instructed them to go home after the curfew took effect. defiant protesters squared off with police throwing bottles and rocks. the police made about ten arrests. the situation on the ground is a far cry from 24 hours ago when looting, rioting overshadowed the calls for justice for freddie gray. >> he died a week after being taken into custody. many activists believe the tragedy highlights ongoing issues between law enforcement and the communities they serve. >> it's important for us to establish a national standard for use of excessive force. we can't ha

live on capitol hill edward lawrence news4. jool people suspected of being black market smugglers are operating in broad daylight. the news4 i-team is working on an investigation for our broadcast at 11:00. scott mcfarlane is here now and says you might be surprised by where the investigation leads. scott? >> because, jim, tonight we're taking you to the busy checkout lines of some very popular big-box warehouse stores locally, the ones where you buy in bulk and fill up those normt carts. for example, have you ever seen a buyer like this with this much product behind you in line? someone who's filled enormous push carts with tens of thousands of dollars in cigarettes? it happens and perhaps more than you think. the news4 i-team working for a story for 11:00 tonight. we'll show you what these buyers are suspecting of doing with all that next. why virginia investigators are so worried about them and why it's so easy for these big buyers to pretend they are legit. we go on the tobacco trail and follow where these suspected smuggle

in washington edward lawrence news4. >>> if you lan to do some shopping in georgetown this weekend or get a look at the cherry blossoms you can expect a little more breathing room. georgetown business improvement district tells wtop radio it's going to widen the sidewalks along m street this weekend. portable fencing will give pedestrians about eight more feet of space from tomorrow night at 6:30 through 5:00 on sunday. >>> to some severe weather in the midwest. rain and wind downed trees and destroyed roofs in missouri. here's a look at some of the damage done to the buildings. school buildings were closed today due to all the damage and power outages and widespread. unusual weather in kansas was taught caught on tape pap tornado quickly formed in the middle of the field falling right out of the clouds. if you look carefully, you can see the rainbow there. photographer also reported hail and sideways rain at that location. no reports of damage from that storm. >> it sounds like some of us will see storms coming up tomorrow. >> that severe weather we were talking about in kansas, that

in washington edward lawrence, nbc news. >>> you last saw the actor edward norton in a comedy sketch on "saturday night live" there. he's part of a group that opposes the natural gas drilling become known as fracking. maryland lawmakers are set to consider two fracking bills. governor larry hogan says he'll take a good hard look at any legislation that passes. edward norton grew up in columbia maryland. >>> the jury has begun deliberations in the murder trial of aaron hernandez. the former new england patriots player is accused of killing the boyfriend of his fiancee's sister. two others are charged in the murder. they pleaded not guilty and will be tried later. in closing arguments, hernandez's lawyer acknowledged his client saw a man being killed but called hernandez a 23-year-old kid who didn't know what to do. prosecutors told jurors if they look at the evidence they'll find hernandez guilty. >>> we are staying on top of our breaking news. the power is starting to come back after thousands across the area lost it in a widespread outage today. more of our coverage as this story un

edward lawrence is live on capitol hill with new fallout for the magazine. edward? >> reporter: pat and jim, today the president of the fraternity mentioned in that "rolling stone" article says that they have been defamed and they plan to pursue legal action. the headlines rocked the feeling of security for women at universities across the country. "rolling stone" published an article describing a 2012 gang-rape of a student named jackie at a university of virginia fraternity. after serious doubts about the story emerged "rolling stone" asked columbia university's school of journalism to find out what went wrong. it found the story of journalistic failure that was avoidable. >> it was the collective fault of the reporter the eld or the, the editor's supervisor and the fact-checking department. >> reporter: they found the reporter sabrina ruben had a bias for jackie's story and a lack of transparency in verifying it. police never substantiated there was a rape discredited "rolling stone" retracted the story, and the final report says the magazine's failure may have s

nbc's edward lawrence is following that story from capitol hill. where lawmakers now have to approve the president's plan. edward, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. lawmakers actually can block the deal within the next 45 days but they have to draft a new piece of legislation and then vet on that legislation. now, reaction is coming down along party lines. nancy pelosi says that this is a good decision. she applauds the move. she says that cuba shouldn't have been on the state sponsor list for 50 years and she said tourism will bring a positive change to the communist country. on the other side of the aisle, marco rubio from florida calls the move a mistake. he says that he is the son of cuban immigrants and believes that the u.s. needs to double their effort to support those who are pushing for democracy and democratic elections within cuba. now other countries that were on the list and were dropped off, iraq, libya, north korea, south yemen. now, if and when cuba does come off that list there are three countries that are left on the list.

capitol pcb s news correspondent edward lawrence joins us live with the very latest, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee ander contact douglass hughes will be charged later today formally in court for flying in restrict air space. he faces year in prison and $10,000 fine. police surrounded and arrested douglass mark hughes after he landed his gyro copper on the lawn of the u.s. capitol yesterday. sixty-one year-old mailman is expect to make his first a appearance in court today. >> questions that will shake up this town is how was he able to get in the most restrict air space in the you had without being seen. >> reporter: witnesses saw hughes take off from the gettysburg airport in pennsylvania. >> crazy. >> reporter: hughes was able to fly past the white house and washington monument were landing on capitol hill. even if authorities spotted hughes they may not have taken him down before he landed. >> i don't think use of force would have been warranted, anything to take that out of the sky may have the created more problems then it would have solved. >> reporter: hughes ha

edward lawrence reports. >> reporter: the headline rocked the feeling of security for women at universities across the country. "rolling stone" published an article describing a 2012 gang-rape of a student named jackie at a university of virginia fraternity. after serious doubts about the story emerged, "rolling stone" asked columbia university school of journalism to find out what went wrong. it found a story of journalistic failure that was avoidable. >> it was the collective fault of the reporter the editor the editor's supervisor and the fact-checking department. >> they found the reporter had a bias for jackie's story and a lack of transparency in verifying it. police never substantiated there was a rape. discredited "rolling stone" retracted the story. the final report says the magazine's failure may have spread the idea that many women invent rape allegations, a fear shared by the head of washington, d.c.'s rape crisis center. >> my message is that you aren't alone and that we believe you and that we still encourage you to come forward and seek support and resources. >> reporter: now

on capitol hill, edward lawrence. >>> an skrup date now on a news4 i-team investigation. a federal judge today refused to grant an injunction that would stop work on the csx railroad tunnel in southeast d.c. csx official sas the 100-year-old tunnel is beginning to decay and they want to double its size. a city watchdog group is worried about noise, vibrations air pollution, and the risk of a rail accident. csx says it is "committed to doing the project the right way, safely, respecting our neighbors and working closely with residents and businesses to minimize the impacts and to ensure that they are november informed about construction plans." >>> now at 6:00 you may have to wait years before you can hop on the silver line and get to loudoun county but news4 has learned that firefighters there have been quietly building their own model tracks. our scott mcfarlane shows us why it could pay off for passengers. >> reporter: in recent weeks we've seen incidents of smoke near the rails of arcing insulator, firefighters responding to d.c. metro stations. in leesburg the deputy

edward lawrence for cbs news, capitol hill. . >>> george lucas found a unique way to get payback on his neighbors. three years ago he ran into opposition from his wealthy rural marin neighbors when he tried to expand his skywalker ranch studios so he decided to put in a 224-home housing community for seniors, teachers and retirees. he said he will personally pick who gets to live there. >> george lucas said if i'm not going to do what i want to do there, what can i do that would really be beneficial to this community? >> lucas has had problems with his other big plans. his $700 million museum at san francisco presidio fell flat with trustees and his bid to build it in chicago is hitting rough waters, as well. >>> all right. 20 minutes after 5:00 on thursday morning. doctors didn't know if he would walk again. now giants fan bryan stow is preparing for a major comeback four years after he was brutally attacked. >> the warriors wrap up the regular season and we now know when and who they will play in the first round of the play- offs and the giants do something they haven't done in 15 yea

edward lawrence shows us conditions on the streets. >>> reporter: >> reporter: national guard troops in armored humvees are patrolling the streets of baltimore overnight authorities picking up more than a dozen people for violating the curfew order that's in effect. >> citizens are safe. the city is stable. we hope to maintain it that way. >> reporter: shortly before the curfew went into effect at 10 p.m. tuesday, police in riot gear backed by community members moved in on crowds of mostly peaceful protestors instructing them to go home. >> show's over, people, let's go home. >> reporter: but some defiant protestors squared off with police throwing bottles and rocks. officers deployed smoke and pepper spray. it's a far cry from the events of 24 hours ago when looting, rioting and fires overshadowed the calls for justice for freddie gray. the 25-year-old died of a spinal cord injury a week after being taken into police custody. many activists believe the tragedy highlights ongoing issues between law enforcement and the communities they serve. >> it's important us to establish a nation

in washington, edward lawrence, nbc news. >>> something completely different now. check out this video shot by an nbc10 news crew this morning in philadelphia. it's an animal causing some traffic trouble around the ka of saints peter and paul in center city. a raccoon was stouk a banner across from the church. animal control had to call in other city workers to help get the animal down because it was so high up. a ladder and the long pole were used to get the animal down to rescue him and bring it to safety in a cage. >>> we have rain around the area right now and you can expect more as we go into tonight. temperatures today pretty comfortable comfortable. by tomorrow, big change. for the rest of the evening, rain will be staying in the forecast. there is a chance we could see maybe a couple thunderstorms, but by tomorrow the big change is not going to be clearing. it's going to stay rainy, but the temperatures will be a lot cooler. temperatures dropping quite a bit into tomorrow even wednesday. i'll show you that in just a second. for the rest of the week though r

nbc's edward lawrence has new details. >> don't you someday want to see a woman president of the united states of america? >> reporter: former secretary of state hillary clinton will finally announce her presidential bid in a video message over social media. then do intimate events with voters in primary states. >> humility is the word of the hour and going and meeting voters and relating to them as human beings and revealing more of herself. >> analysts say the big splashy events from clinton's first run in 2008 didn't connect with voters. sunday she will immediately be the front-runner for democrats. >> i think she's going to be head and shoulders above anybody. >> reporter: she won't have to spend as much in he primary as republicans will for theirs. >> this is going to be the most expensive presidential campaign in history. >> reporter: about $2 billion spent when it's all done and she'll need it. new polls show voters in free three primary states giving low marks for being trustworthy largely because of erasing e-mails and what she knew about benghazi. the gop today released an att

. >> edward lawrence in baltimore, thank you. president obama condemned it and called it a slow rolling crisis. speaking at the white house yesterday, the president said in order to solve the problem, the country as a whole, as to decide this is important. >> you don't just pay attention when a young man gets shot or has his spine snapped. we are paying attention all the time because we consider those kids our kids and we think they are important and shouldn't be living in poverty and violence. >> a baltimore mother captured on video getting her son off the streets is being praised. she's called no-tolerant mom. she let her son know how she felt. >> i can see the objects thrown at the police. this is happening with me. lo and behold i turn around and look in the crowd and my son is coming across the street with this hoodie on and a mask. at that point, i lost it. he gave me eye contact. at that point, not thinking about cameras or anything like that. that's my only son. at the end of the day, i don't want him to be a freddie gray

in washington, edward lawrence, kówcf1 o nbc news. relationship with cuba. president obama is about to have a face-to-face meeting with raul castro. tomorrow mr. obama will sit down with the cuban leader. it will happen in panama. the white house is describing the meeting as a chance for substantial talks about improving relations between the two countries. >>> just days before the tax deadline, we're getting a look at the first family's finances. the president and mrs. obama's gross income was just-j()ñ s released by the white house today. mr. and mrs. obama paid about $93,000 in taxes and 70,000 to charity. the vice president and his wife dr. jill biden also released their income statements. they earned almost $400,000 and paid $17,000 in taxes. >>> still ahead, farmers under fire. the group being targeted because of our droughts. >>> and two separate neighborhoods coming together for the very first time. up@pkqyf4f/next, your chance to shape the future of san francisco. >>> and what a long strange trip it's been. and now that trip coming through santa cl

. >>> nbc's edward lawrence is live in washington this morning. edward, it looks like the race for the white house is now heating up. >>> hillary clinton is in iowa. she started a grass roots campaign and campaigning on the road in a van. the scooby van, as hillary clinton named it pulling into a restaurant in ohio. a few aids and two secret service members went inside for food. no one seemed to recognize the democratic front-runner. >> i'm hitting the road to win your vote. >> it was her hirs to talk to students at kirkwood. meanwhile the republican candidate for president grew to three. florida senator marco rubio announced he wants the nomination. >> the time has come for our generation to lead the way for a new american century. >> reporter: the youngest person to announce is a first generation american a son of cuban parents. >> i live in an exceptional country where is son of a bar maker and a maid can have the same future as those from power and privilege. >> he is the youngest candidate at just 43 years old. he has his first campaign event

reporting live in washington, edward lawrence, back to you. >> he's joining his florida pal jeb bush in that race for the gop nomination. thank you very much. >>> it is 5:44. there are new claims south carolina police officer accused of murder used excessive force in previous arrests. this dash cam video just released shows july yas wilson being arrested last year. he says during the arrest officer michael slager tased him even though other officers had already pinned him down. this is a second accusation levied against slager. last week a man came forward also saying slager used excessive force by tasing him. slager is charge with murder accused of shooting walter scott in the back. in the meantime a man that was sitting inside the car when scott was pulled over issued a statement through his attorney. he says he does not know why scott ran but says scott did not deserve to die. >>> well, spooky might be a good word for this video. a small robot shot saturday inside of one woft three fukushima reactors that melted during the japan quake and tsunami four years ago. the robot was able

cbs news correspondent edward lawrence joins us live from baltimore with the the very latest, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the just within the last 45 minutes that number of arrests went up to 14. that is because four people showed up in this area, one of them had a hatchet on them so police took him away for breaking curfew. this is what youe in many corners in the baltimore area, hum vees from the national guard, so far all quiet as this curfew is expiring. national guard troops in armored cars are patrolling the the empty streets in baltimore. >> the the citizens are safe. the city is stable. we hope to maintain it that way. >> reporter: shortly before 10:00 p.m. tuesday police in riot gear backed by community members moved in on crowds of mostly peaceful protesters instructing them to go home after the mandatory curfew go home. >> show is over people lets go home. >> reporter: defiant protesters squared off throwing bottles and rocks. officers deployed smoke pepper spray and made ten arrests. situation is a par cry from the events of the 24 hours ago when looting rioting an

cbs news correspondent edward lawrence joins us live from baltimore with the the very latest, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the just within the last 45 minutes that number of arrests went up to 14. that is because four people showed up in this area, one of them had a hatchet on them so police took him away for breaking curfew. this is what youe in many corners in the baltimore area, hum vees from the national guard, so far all quiet as this curfew is expiring. national guard troops in armored cars are patrolling the the empty streets in

edward lawrence is in washington for us this morning. does congress have any say in this one? >> congress can't interfere with the decision, but they can try to block the move within the next 45 days. they have to come up with a resolution. they have to draft a bill and vote on it. reaction on this is coming down along party lines. senator minority leader nancy pelosi applauds this move. it says cuba should not have been on that list for 50 years as it was. on the other side of the aisle, marco rubio, a republican also running for president, says that this is a mistake. now he's the son of cuban immigrants and he believes the u.s. needs to invest money and time into the people on the ground in cuba who are pushing for democratic elections. he says that normalizing relations is the wrong move for the united states. as you said there are e three countries that will remain on that list. iran syria and sudan. >>> now to a rescue in pennsylvania. firefighters were called to help a 5-year-old stuck 30 feet in a tree. he climbed up to get a closer look at a squirrel's nest. he got sc

i'm edward lawrence in washington with that story coming up. >>> vittoria and katie return with traffic and weather together coming up. we're a little cool to start. how is the seven day looking? is there i need to promote my new business. and do it on budget. i can make that happen. business cards? business cards, brochures, banners... pens? pens, magnets, luggage tags, bumper stickers. how about foam fingers? like these? make on-budget happen. make self-promotion happen. staples. make more happen. >>> we have breaking news tram i can developments in the hit and run crash a two-year old boy hit by a car has died and police are still looking for that driver. >>> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us now. >> jan, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee good morning. "eyewitness news" sourcers tell thaws the the two year-old boy hit machine died overnight pronounced dead right around 1:30 this morning. in the meantime police are searching for this driver in his case and in that southwest philadelphia deadly hit and run case that female driver has in the turned herself in yet e

lets get out to edward lawrence who joins us in baltimore with the very latest on this, good morning. >> reporter: good morning ukee and erika. people are starting to move around on the streets of baltimore. take a a look, folks are boarding up the cvs pharmacy burn during these riots. you can see beyond police there ready to take action if needed in this area they are expecting demonstrators to come back to this a area. so there is still a level of protection here. national guard troops in armored hum vees are patrolling empty streets of baltimore. >> citizens are safe. the city is stable. we hope to maintain it that way. >> shortly before 10:00 p.m. tuesday police in riot gear backed by community members moved in on crowds of mostly peaceful protesters instruct

edward lawrence is live with us this morning on capitol hill. can lawmakers make this bill veto proove though? >> i don't know about veto proof, but right now i'm telling you the white house is saying this is partisanship at its best. the senate foreign relations committee will vote a bill that would force any deal with iran be voted in congress. another complication to all of this is the russians. they announced they are going to sell defensive missiles to iran which complicate things somewhat. sanctions are still in place. iran says they are going to take those missiles and the russians say they will continue with that sale. that sale was actually suspended five years. it's a sale that's been in the works and suspended by the sanctions. secretary of state kerry called his russian counterpart expressing concern. they are sure to mention this deal with the russians in the senate foreign relations committee today as they discuss the bill and any framework with a deal in iran on their nuclear program. >>> at the live desk with this just coming in

in washington edward lawrence nbc news. >> the a.p. says more than 18,000 medical appointments were delayed at least a month in pennsylvania, but the vast majority received care within a month. in new jersey nearly 6,000 medical appointments were delayed at least a month. one in 16 were delayed at least a month at the vineland clinic alone. the clinic in georgetown,sussex county was among the worst in the county for wait times and the facility also exceeded the u.s. average. >>> coming up next and all new on nbc 10 news at 6:00s, big savings on your electric bill. >> the plan could end up costing you. the door to door sales pitch you should look out for and what police are doing about it. >>> thunderstorms that could produce lightning, strong winds and hail for friday plus warmer temperatures along with it. i'm tracking a threat for tomorrow afternoon in my exclusive first alert forecast. >>> some cold and drizzle, the warm and storms. nbc 10 tracking big changes in the first alert forecast over the next 24 hours. >> a damp and dreary

edward lawrence has more. >> reporter: the headline robbed the feeling of security of women at campuses across the country. after serious doubts about the story emerged, "rolling stone" asked columbia's school of journalism to find out what went wrong. they found the reporter sabrina rubin had a bias towards the victim. the final report says the magazine's failure may have spread the idea that many women invent rape allegations, a fear shared by the head of washington, d.c.'s rape crisis center. >> my message is you aren't alone, we believe you, and we still urge you to come forward and seek support and resources. >> the fraternity plans to sue "rolling stone" as students try to repair the scars left the university of virginia campus. >> there are hundreds of students that care about this issue and they want this institution to be a national leader in preventing further sexual assaults sonon campus. >> reporter: nobody at the magazine lost their job. >> great to have you with us tonight. it is sad on all accounts. one can only question how hard is it going to be for rape victims in the

edward wardward lawrence is in baltimore. good morning. >> this has been the focal point. this message says love and unity. this has a peace sign and says freddie gray. there were minor calls for people breaking curfew but no major problems in baltimore. police were looking for anyone breaking curfew. community leaders took the lead in clearing protesters off the streets. they were joined by alie ja cummings. fed freddie died after being in police custody. >> there was an issue that he did not get. >> reporter: what happened inside the police van remains a mystery. a report claims a prisoner who was in the same vehicle as gray could not hear him, but saw him banging against the walls. it cites a document where he believes gray was intentionally trying to injure himself. in response gray's family's attorney says we disagree that he severaled his own spinal cord. protests over gray's death have taken a more peaceful tone. >> it's so that everyone has our back. i feel like i can go to a city say i'm from baltimore and they will welcome me in. >> reporter: 60 were arrested. th

reporting live in washington, edward lawrence. back to you. >> it will be an interesting race to watch. thank you, edward. >>> happening later today iraq's prime minister makes an i in-person appeal to president obama for more support for isis. he makes his first visit to the white house today since being elected seven months ago while u.s. air strikes and weapons deliveries have helped to curb isis forces. the iraqi military needs more support from other nations to try and finish the job. >>> 6:33. time to check the microclimate forecast. as we give you a live look outside, clear enough to see the transamerica pyramid. the winds blowing around the bay area really whipping up. making things clear out there though, rob. >> yeah, pushing the clouds out of the bay area but some chilly temperatures to talk about this morning. and the winds causing some issues actually for your morning commute which mike is keep an eye on just after the weather forecast for you. first, see temperatures now in the 40s and 50s. wind speeds, 10 to 20 mile

and authority's a distaff shipped deputy sheriffs jolt pedersen jays' fall bird lawrence mcnally and daniel edwards have all been placed on the administrative leave which is standard procedure this is starts wednesday night with someone called knowing 11 to report a car going and runway on northbound highway 101 debbie does try to stop the vehicle and a chase ensued. authorities said the driver put the vehicle and reverse knocking three deputies to the ground report on striking a patrol car them that's would that be open fire hitting a woman several times tonight she remains hospitalized and center rose up all or a hospital. >> pam moore: a live look at the bay bridge this friday evening some much-needed rain is headed our way laurel lee is standing by in the man weather center with a look at when the storm will touch the. lauren >> reporter: it is the eyes at the golden gate bridge the clouds have will give him mostly sunny skies and very breezy conditions but this could be stay like this all through the overnight hours as we usher in that raid. the start about 9:00 p.m. this evenin

, names viewers here know very well, including bradley, chelsea manning, edward snowden, as well. guest: i'd like to get a copy of that visual. i'm giving a press conference on that subject. i could use that chart. host: i'll let you take that with you. talk about why you're in town today. guest: for this press conference. it was usually mentioned that he was prosecuting more people. at first it was three, four, five. it's rarely mentioned that he's prosecuted three times as many people as all previous presidents and it's not easy to explain why. all presidents hate whistleblowers that help investigative journalists. why he's decided to use the espionage act, which is totally unjust, against leakers, and we can go into that reason. there should never have been one case, including mine. no whistleblower who's trying to inform the public, who a jury might not agree had done the right thing, but no whistleblower should be tried under the espionage act and that's the act under which they have been tried. it's designed for spies, not designed for people who in their hearts and in their