in less than 15 minutes, reporter jay gray will actually have a live update for us on those fires. >>> and we will continue to follow these wildfires across the state. you can actually download our free nbc bay area app. we'll send out push alerts with the latest information. >>> this morning, one of the victims of the thousand oaks mass bar shooting will be honored today in napa, the hero foundation holding a march for alaina housely. it starts at 10:00 a.m. at napa's memorial stadium. housely is one of 12 people when a gunman opened fire inside the borderline bar & grill last week. she just graduated high school this year and was attending pepperdine, following in her parents' footsteps. hundreds of people lined the streets of napa for a procession carrying housely's body. >> i played soccer with alaina and went to school with her. it's important to be part of the family that's here and to show our respect and love. >> organizers of today's event say they're trying to take a stand to get something done to stop mass shootings. >>> this morning an autopsy is revealing the gunman in th

in a few minutes, jay gray will give us an update on h weather will play a crucial factor the next 24 hours. >>> tensionseemed to ea somewhat as president trump met with fnch president emmanuel macron today. mr. trump is in france ahead of memoration to mark the centennial of world wi. mr. trump tweeted overthat macron's -- overnight that macron's deals were insulting and macron said he misunderstood e statement. he said he and mr. trump had a great lunchon in paristh along heir wives. most u.s. presidents have visited a cemetery for americand kin world war i while visiting france. president trump has chosen not to go today. the white house canceled the trip citing bad weather. instead, the white hofse sent chietaff john mccain wi-- chieff john kelly. he says he sentf two the best marines in the united states with th. a formespeechwriter for president bush asylumed the decision calling it incredible. in the tweet that you see. we learned that president trump and fir lady melania trump are not staying in a eahotel. instd they'll be staying at the u.s. ambassador's residence in paris. >

. >> our jay gray is live in new york city, right in the middle of all the action. jay, happy thanksgiving t you. >> reporter: right back to you. happy thanksgiving, guys. what a thanksg wing itl be here. we were a little worried about the balloons getting up in the air. right now as it stands, the wind is good. take a look at one of the giant character balloons that'll be a part of this. that's chase from "paw patrol." 16 giant character balloons, 43 of the smaller legacy balloons, if you and then of course 26 floats, 12 marches bands, 8,000 people it takes to carry out this parade, which has become such a thanksgiving i can tell you, they're already in this bitter cold, people lining the parade route. a lot ofbe people want t part of this. new york police say they expect mo than 3.5 million to take this in live. aaron and eun, should be quite a show. i hope you'll be watching a bit later. >> we will in sed. did you there are people outside already? >> reporter: yes.ot and they're out here working. you know, they've got a spot. i can tell you that. >> for sure. >>

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nbc's jay gray us how the weather could play big factor in the coming hours. co paradise is gone. >> reporter: thepe of the wildfires is overwhelming with the loss like the flames still growing. investigators confirming at least 23 people have died in the camp fire north of sacramento. at least two more victims have perished in the woolsey e,fi burning out of control along with the hill fire outside of los angeles. >> quite frankly, folks, i don't like having to get up here every night and tell you about more bodies that we're recovering. we're serious about this. when we give an evacuation order, we mean it. >> reporter: more than a quart of a million have been pushed from their homes and more evecuations are expted as strike teams continue what tohi point has been a losing battle against the raging inferno. >> our number one priority is life and then property. >> reporter: president trump has signed a disaster declaration to htp with the fi but traveling overseas he lashed out online, blaming the fires on gross mismanagement ofif nia forests and threatening

nbc's jay gray has the latest on the investigation in thousandia oaks, califo >> reporter: nightfall, but still no relief from the attack th's gutted this community. investigators continue to search for evidence inside the borderline bar andgrill, a place that, hours before the attack, was filled with students, like every wednesday. >> we heard the gunshots -- a lot of gunshots. >> reporter: fired, investigators say, by ian david long, a 28-year-old marine t veterat served in afghanistan. armed with a pistol and smoke canisters, aseording to tho inside the club. firingozens of rounds, killing at least 12. more than g 100 inside scrambl to escape. >> mys friend got the bar stools and started slamming it into the wind windows. >> reporter: sergeant ron helus rush in. >> he's not going to wait. he's not going to hesitate. and he -- you can't describe it as anything other than totally heroic. >> reporter: helus leaveswi behd and son. jay skson coffman lost his son, cody, in the attack. >> oh, heavenly father, just please -- >> reporter: also confirmed among the dead, alaina housley, justi

jay gray, nbnews, new york. >> well, balloons or no, youan alwa watch the parades, all the music and dancing tomorrow morning from theomfort of your home. stay warm and tune in, starting at 9:00 a.m., rightere on nbc 4. >> that is the way to watch it. >> yeah. >> definitely is. especially this year. >> could be one of the coldest days they've ever seen in new york. could be a top five for us. >> nhing like a good -- good pie on aice cold night like this, i always say. don't you e.ag >> or multiple pies. >> pumpkin pie. >> got to love the pumpkin pie. >> the pie eating contest at the capitals harena. a great time. i was part of the pie eating contest. i did not come in first. as a matter of fact, i had ale liit of an issue. i learned that much pie goes down, you can'tet air down the same pipe at the same time. that was very tough. >> what is that, bubble wrap on your head? >> you know how long itth takes hair to get this way? i have to make sure everything is okay. >> oh, myss good >> those guys can take a shower afterwards. i had to come back to work. thatas a lot offun. i want to th

jay gray there for us on the ground in california. jay, thank you. >>> let's go right to meteorologist bill karins. is there any relief on the horizon? >> well, the winds are really going to be the worst the next two days, then it lets up a little bit towards the middle of this week, but we're under high wind warnings. this is 7 million people here, and it goes out through tuesday afternoon, about 5:00 p.m. isolated gusts, could get upwards of 50 to 70 miles per hour. and because of the high winds, we have our fire weather outlook that goes from elevated to critical and a huge area of extreme all through southern california. that's the danger area today. >> bill, thanks for looking out for that. >>> with the president back in paris, he now has a new challenge ahead of him -- a divided congress. with democrats gaining control of the house, they say their first priority is to protect robert mueller's investigation into possible russian meddling. and they're already preparing for investigations into the president, including his possible

jay gray, nbc news. >>> a new bug is invading the country. e longhorn tick is native in the far east. and it can transmit severalve diseases to people and animals. the cdc says the tick has been found in nine states now including maryland and virginia. each of the ticks can produce thousands of eggs. the ticks are jeopardizing livestock overseas and l fkily soar no reports of the same thing happening in this country. >>alk about frosty paws, an es icy watere has to warm your heart. a firefighter jumped into this icy pond in ohio yesterday to save a dog that fell in and couldn't get himself out. the dog and the hero both are idoing okay, but brings us to a really important subject, pet safety in the wintertime. chuck be gets some advice. >> repor fr: chris taylorm the humane rescue alliance is here with advice on keeping your animals healthy and happy. what are some of the tgulations? >> important thi keep in mind, if it is too cold for you, it is too cold for your pets. iif your dogs going to be outside at 40 b orow, that you are required to

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jay gray, nbc news, west lake village, california. >> absolutely devastating. the president is taking heat for a twt about the fires. take a look. he tweeted on saturday, quote, there is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in california except that forest management is so poor. one california fire association tweeted right back. mr. president, with all due respect, you are wrong. the crews working the front line on deadly fires say there's an urban fire and has nothing to do with forest management. the california profeional firefighters union says the firefighters and communities deserve an apology from president trump. >>> now to our forecast here. our issue today is cold rain just a bad combination. n with don't need anymore rain. meteorologist laucketts joining us with a look at when we can expect the first few rain drops. >> one thing i want to mention about thefires, especially the northern one, the good news is the winds artolightening up y, but the ones around l.a., the winds are going to be pretty gusty for that area until tuesda

m jay gray, news 4. > i'm erika gonzalez. breaking right now, the associated press critesing a -- critesing citing a law enforcement official that michael avenatti s been arrested for domestic violence. here is what be know ti know. aven was busted after his he is changed wif fil a report. law enforcement says that there was some kind of confrontation at an apartment building in los angeles yesterday. tmz says avenatti's wife's face was swollen and bruised. they have been married since 2011. and he filed for divorce last year. avenatti has been a high profile critic of president trump and of course as we mentioned, he is the attorney for the adult film star who says that s had a sexual encounter with the aiesident. the democrat has that he may run for president in 2020. back to you guys. >>> and doug,atching those wild fire, we have seen so much kichblg of th coverage, but tans is beyond hing we've seen. >> and it just continues. you talk to some of people that live out there and i interviewed some people that i go out there

jay gray is live for us on the ground with more on these devastating fires. jay? >> yeah, brian these fires, three major blazes burning across the state have claimed 44 lives to this point there's concern that that number will go up we're in oak park, one of the first neighborhoo hd hoods outsf los angeles affected by the fire you can see the devastation those flames left behind with the santa ana winds kicking up, there are some who fear we still may not have seen the worst of these wildfires as the california wildfires continue to burn out of control, fire teams battle the flames around-the-clock, pushed to their limits by the intense conditions including gusting santa ana winds. >> the winds pick up to 50, 60 mp minneapolis a miles per hour and it looked like it was snowing, which were embers flying. >> we continue to respond to every new area with equipment to keep the footprint small. >> the areas chewed up by the hill fire, the woolsey fire and the camp fire all continue to grow >> it's gut wrenching. >> reporter: unrelenting a firestorm swallowing entire ne

nbc's jay gray shows us how the weather could play a big factor in the coming hours. >> the scope of the wildfires is overwhelming with the loss like the flames still growing nvestigators conearming at 23 people have died in the campfire north of sacramento. at least two more victims have perished in the woolsey fire burning out o control. >> quite frankly i don't like having to get here every night and tell you about more bodies that are recovering. when we give an evacuation order, we mean it. >> more evacuations are expected as strike teams continue what to this point has been a losing battle ragainst theing inferno. >> our number one priority is life and property. >> president trump has signed a disaster declaration to help with the fit but he's lashedt online blaming the fires gross mismanagement and threatening to withhold federal funds if it isn't. correct strike teams along the front lines and commanders coordinating the effort don't have time for a political war of wordsat >> i'm not a point to address his comments. the winds and flames are expected to intensify over the nex

that was jay gray reporting. just utter devastation th ve. >> theeo coming out of there was just frightening. here's amelia now with a closer look at what's fueling these fires and the impact that we could see here. fire videooming out of california, we have three major fires burning there, one in northern california and two in southernw,california. ll of these fires started yesterday, a lookt how muc damage they've already done. now the campfire in northern california is aboutive times the size of manhattan and hst yed nearly 2,000 structures earlier today. that count was 1,000. now it's upo about 2,000. the fire is only about 5% contained, and it could be one of the top five most destructive fires in california history. again, that's theampfire. now, the hill fire has burned over 6,000 acres with full containment expected on thursday, and the woolsey fire has led to evacuations in ventura and los angeles counties including all of malibu, that just coming in this afternoon. t least 75,000 residents are under eva

in our next halfll hour, w check in with news 4's jay gray live in new york city right in the middle of ae accition. >> it'll be too bad if they don't get the floats up. >> it'll still be fun. still have the floats. >>> coming up, there may be a lot of food othat thanksgiving table today. doctors say some of it will improve your memory. >> we'll telleou which s dish you want a second helping of. >>> and today, families are gathering after a long and stressfultretch of holiday travel. adam tuss is introducing us to some who traveled far and wide to make it home for thanksgiving. how about our weather, lauryn? >> new york is not the only place seeing gusty winds. we're breezy down here as well. we're looking cold as well. wose temperatures as ye up this morning, low to mid-30s. plenty of sunshine out there. we'll talk about the r at of yourernoon and black friday coming up next. (alex trebek) $8,000. over $8,000. nomp why is this number sotant? because $8,508 is the average cost of a funeral. if youe already planned how to help cover your final expenses, like this one, great. but if yo

gray joins us now from westlake village in california so from what we're hearing the authorities seem to think that perhaps the danger is starting to recede how would you describe the conditions there. well first i want to show you what the flames are leaving behind this is a firsthand look at some of the devastation here in places that looks like the surface of the moon or something i mean you've got does solution here thick gray covering everything little left but twisted metal in many of these areas and this is what a lot of those returning evacuees will be coming back to it's important to point out while there is. some mayor. some neighborhoods where people are allowed to go back into their neighborhoods back into their homes and see exactly what happened that's not the case over much of the area still a lot of vacuum way sions in place hundreds of thousands and officials fear more could be on the way why because the santa ana winds that are pushing the flames expected to pick up again today and run through the next couple of days pushing fire into places it hasn't been yet jeopar

jay gray report >> from flurries to a full-on blizzard. mother nature making a mess. >> this might be the top five i've ever seen across the area. >> the winter blastelping from the rockies to the great lakes. with more than a ft of snow in some areas. >>wa i super windy. lots ofow sn. probably no fewer than 1 cars in the ditch. >> thousands of travelers haven't made it home from holidaytrips. >> definitely an inconvenience. i can't say that it's not. it is what it is. >> stranded for at least two days at o'hare airport. >> do yout w to get back home? >> where it's nice and warm. >> she turns her ternal into a concert hall. arm is not an option for millions. even clearing out a path to walk can be a problem. >> it's heavy and wet and wet underneath, too. i've had to clear out the snow blower. >> the heavy snow has snapped tree limbs and pulled out power lines. nttreme conditions across the middle of the c as the storm system now targets the northeast. nbc news. >>> if you have the answer to this next question, you will be a local hero reve

gray live on the ground with more jay? >> reporter: hey there, brian. as you can see, the damage here overwhelming in fact, these areas that are burned out, almost like the sur guys of the moon the puls fires continue to burn out of control the flames growing and on the move again in the california hills. >> the winds have returned >> reporter: the santa anas gusting over 30 miles an hour at time breathing life into three major fires but campfire has killed mover than 100,000 acres. >> at least two people have died in the woolsey fire. >> i can tell you we are still in evacuation mode the cities of hidden hills, westlake village, agora, kalabasis are still under evacuation. >> more than 1/4 million are outside of the fire. >> well, if we could stay right along the side on the ground, the fight with mother nature, hand to hand combat those strik teams getting support from the air from choppers and tankers dousing hot spots. the battle expocketed to continue along with the winds here for the next several days >> those santa

jay gray, nbc news, los angeles. >>> police areti invating a deadly collision. this happened yesterday just before 6:00in the morning. authorities say one of those giant pea pod trucks, the driver hit a toyota corolla as the car's driver was making a left turn on northampton drive near new hampshire avenue. we're told two people in thell coa died while another passenger has life threatening injuries. the driver of the truck was not hurt. >>> the time is 7:06. a frightening ordeal turns into a heart break afte a man's dog gets shot during a robbery. this happened onanklin street in northeast d.c. friday night. we're toldim the vihad just gotten out of his job when the job -- car approached. povice say the im's dog, a pit bull, ran after the guy. another man in the car shot the dog in the face and the two suspects drove off. that get away car is described as a dark red sedan with tinted windows. the dog's es are pretty severe. animal control had to tend to the dog. >> horrifying. >>> keep this in mind for your holiday weekend. there are major metro closures near r

. >> nbc jay gray is live this morning in westlake village, california, with the latest. jay? >> reporter: a firsthand look at what the fires are doing, you see the gutted out community, looks like the surface of the moon or something, twisted metal, desolate, coated in thick, gray ash. this is the kind of scene the wildfires are leaving behind as kro the state right now. the flames growing and on the move again in the california hills. >> the winds have returned. >> reporter: the santa ana winds gusting 30 miles an hour breathing life into the fire. >> it's just total devastation. >> reporter: it's scorched more than 100,000 acres. at least two people have died in the woolsey fire near los angeles, which, along with the hill fire in ventura county has charred close to 90,000 acres. >> i can tell you that we are still in evacuation mode. the cities of hidden hills, westlake village, agoura, calabasas and malibu are still under evacuation. >> reporter: more than a quarter million ordered out of the zone >> it was a wall of flames that came through. >> reporter: as firefighters

jay gray, n news, oak park, california. >>> here at home, storm team 4 has issued aer weather >> some of us will wake up to snow and freezing rain.ng cop next, doug is back towa lk us through who gets what and why flooding could be the biggest concern. >>> and plus the holiday shopping season is getting fired up, the top toys it stayhe clea of wn you are ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ yoyou want "streaming all your favorite netflix son fast. you want "internet that helps you save on mobile" easy. you want "the best wifi you can pause with a tap." see? easy. x you wanity because it makes your life... simple. easy. awesome.ec get a l offer on xfinity internet, tv and voice for just $79.99 a month for 2 years. plus, get dvr service free for a year. click, call or visit a store today. >>> we are in weather alert mode and you can see why. this system is expected to dump snow on parts of the midwest before tracking our way. >> and i'm

jay gray is live inor new city, previewing the action for us. they're getting ready up there, jay. >> reporter: you're righoi i think i'm to eun's house. that's going to be a goodgi thanng. hey, guys. we've been worried about the winds here. i can tell you right now they are calm enough for the bigns ball to fly. you can see the giant balloon there, chase from "paw patrol." there ar16 of those. if the wind stays the way it e' right now, see those fly. you've also got the 43 smaller heritageons. floats.ot the 26 then the 12 marching bands. 8,000 people it takes to put on th holiday tradition. 3.5 million or more are expected to line the parade route. aaron and eun, there's some already out here hours before. i think the may need t bloody mary before this is said and done. >> i know. warm them up with something. >> when hot chocolate just't w do. >> jay, thanks so much as always. we'll checkn with you again. >>>ur well, we all havey, maybe sweet potato pie, apple pie on our minds. you may want to save room for veggies. a new study from harvard fou

jay gray was there yesterday in thousand oaks, and now he's joiningen us for another devastating the area. jay. >> reporter: yeah, erika, it's overwhelming here. swirl.d continues to the fire popping up hot spots across the fire zone right now. it's leaving homes like this one you see, in fact, entire communities in ruins right now. look at that, that's flames hundreds of feet high. >> reporter: an onge glow across the golden state overnight. at least three major wdfires exploding out of control pushed byanta ana nds, gusting at times over 60 miles an hour. fireghters rushing in as tens of thousands wer forced out of their homes. >> the fire was all around me, and it was kind of frightening. i couldn't -- i couldn't see anything except the smoke and fire. >> reporter: ny. >> oh, my goi can't even see it's sook >> reporter: barely escaping the flames. >> father, please help us. >> reporter: about 180 miles northeast of san francisco. >> chaos, totals. ch >> reporter: the town of paradise is for the most part lost. >> a considerable portion of the town was stroyed. >> reporter: sunrise

. >> "today in the bay's" jay gray is live in new york city with all the last-minute preparations under way and they are scarfing up and putting on more layers, jay. it's freezing out there. >> reporter: it is officially now the coldest thanksgiving day parade in history. 19 right now. going down as we continue through the morning. feels like 6 with the windchill. those winds were a concern. there go the giant balloons, the character balloons. there was a big worry they wouldn't fly during this parade. if the winds got 23 miles sustained, 30-mile-per-hour gusts, this it wouldn't happen. they would be grounded. we didn't reach that threshold. they're on the route here and the parade is officially under way. you have 43 other smaller heritage balloons, they're called, 26 floats. they're starting to come by as well here as this thing gets rolling. a lot of entertainment on these floats. you'll see diana ross today, john legend, martina mcbride, ashley tisdale. the list goes on. pentatonix, bare naked ladies, sugarland. all of that a part of this thanksgiving tradition. boy, what a traditio

. >> "today in the bay's" jay gray is in the city with all the last-minute preparations. we see you're bundled up. are folks staying home? it's cold out there. >> reporter: it is so cold out here. i had a bottle of water out here and it's already froze. i feel like the michelin man. it's the coldest parade in history. 92 years they've been doing this. there was concern about the wind as well. that concern gone this morning, thankfully. if it had been above 23 miles an hour sustained or 34-mile-per-hour gusts, these balloons would not be able to fly but they just pulled the nets off. everything is a go. that's great news. you have 43 of the heritage or novelty balloon, 26 floats. they are lined up and ready to go along central park here. some great entertainment on those floats. you have diana ross, john legend, bad bunny, pentatonix and the bare naked ladies -- boy, are they going to be cold out here. 12 marching bands that are a part of this as well. it takes 8,000 people to put on this holiday party. and those that attend, more than 3.5 million lining the parade route.

. >> nbc bay area's jay gray live this morning in west lake village, california, joins us now with the very latest. >> reporter: yeah, and laura, marcus, that new fire comes as the winds pick up here, spreading the flames. just what we didn't need in this scenario. i want to give a first-hand look at what the flames are doing. you can see it almost looks like the surface of the moon here or something. it's stark, there's thick, heavy ash hanging over everything. just twisted metal about all that's left of what were homes here. and, again, these fires just continue to rage right now out of control. unstoppable walls of fire driven by fierce winds and dry conditions, raging across california on both ends of the state right now. nearly three dozen people are known dead, more than 200 still unaccounted for. in northern california, the city of paradise is completely burned to the ground. >> was a beautiful place. >> reporter: still raging, this fire is already the most destructive in state history. more misery in southern california. homes burned in malibu and thousand oaks. a quarter milli

. >> once election day is over if we hear less from the president about jay powell >> i think his own fed chair is if things slow down. as has his attorney general and chief of staff he can't necessarily fire the fed chair. that's a gray area >> it will be interesting to see -- congress has the power over trade and tariffs it has abdicated a lot of that power to the presidency. we will see if they call some of that back and with a democratic senate as well you can imagine in either case more roadblocks put up without some sort of accountability >> you may hear less from the president on the china front go back to the real point of view from larry kudlow who was real frank with us. >> we had a wild ride on friday. our reporting friday morning and your interview fridayafternoon showed they're not close to a deal >> if you take the splil spectrum, the two ends meet. they bent around and they meet the far left and the far right are very similar >> bernie sanders. they could work a deal >> eamon, good to see you here two interviews you won't want to miss tomorrow, marc lasry. he warned us