Used to execute a killer. Dennis maguire was convicted of rape and murder. Witnesses say he struggled for 17 years. A senator in oklahoma said he will not serve out his term. The 66yearold will leave at the end of the current session. He was diagnosed with cancer but says the decision was not about his health. Those are the headlines for this hour. America tonight is next with joie chen. The latest news on al. Ill see you back for prime trial news tomorrow night. And mr. The best of all of us. And fears santa ana winds ignite flames. Who officials think may be responsible. And good evening, thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. We begin with look about history what we know and dont know about our communities, our families, even ourselves. Whats provoked special interest in the past for us is making big waves today. When the oscars were announced, one film, 12 years a slave, was honored with nine of them. Best picture, best actor, best adapted screenplay. The story was of simon northrop.
To look back and see if there is something we missed along the way. That is one of the things. Not, i do not or know. That is one of the lessons we had the time. You worked on this issue for a long time. Come to mind. Ngs if i could make three points. First of all, we need to be cognizant and recognize it is not just the role of the media when an event is plain out. It is the legitimizing or magnifying role of the media that is frequently sought by the lone wolf terrorist or the small organization. Itself is done in order to maximize and gain recognition or media attention. That becomes part and parcel of the objective of the exercise. In the forestt when no one is around does not get you much at the end of the day. The media role is significant and we dont fully understand it. Turn the boston the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Who wouldve thought he would be the first guy in his class . The second thing we are fact thatof is the only oneterrorism is thin slice of that continuum when
We will tell you what happened in just a moment, monday february 3rd, i am pam cook. And lets talk about more rain somewhere down the line. Well, wednesday, dave, what is interesting is there are lesser amounts and they are favoring sonoma south. They still have a half inch and in many locations it is flying down to the desert, they are taking the turn down to san diego. Mostly sunny, some of the rainfall was pretty good and it is the best we have seen in a long time. Three quarters of an inch, a half inch of rain and the most i saw, except for some of the coastal locations, colder lows and some patchy fog out there. You can have 31 and 35, concord 49 and they held up because of some patchy fog and it looks like they will slide south. The next system, right there it looks like it will be here on wednesday. Its colder, no doubt about it, they will stay cool for a while maybe all the way into thursday, here is tara. Thanks, steve, those metering lights are about to pop on, lets take a li
And winters last gas . Heavy snow leading to accidents and Power Outages from the midwest to new england. While millions deal with a drastic blast of cold that has temperatures plunging by as much as 40 degrees today. Thursday, march 13th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. We welcome you to today on this thursday morning. Im matt lauer along with tamron hall. Savannah is off. Joined by Natalie Morales and al roker as well. Busy news day. Its so hard to believe so few answers related to that flight 370. Were almost at a week since this happened. Thats right. Well have much more on that story coming up. But our top story today is that tragedy at the south by southwest festival overnight. It was caused by an alleged drunk driver. Our nbc affiliate kxan is at the scene. Sophia, good morning to you. Reporter matt, police say a suspected drunk driver tried to escape police, but t
Over a car is more rare. The number of police stops in oakland is down some 75 from a few years ago. Thats according to numbers obtained by the chronicle which shows Oakland Police made about 68,000 stops in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, the number went down to 49,000. In 2011, another huge drop to about 25,000. And by the end of this year, the projected number of police stops in oakland will be 15,733. Police cite factors including layoffs which reduced the police force by 25 , cops running from one 911 call to another making it harder to make stops in between. Also, special investigative and traffic teams have been disbanded including the motorcycle squads. Just the motorcycle squads alone would be responsible for an average of 35,000 stops so thats probably the most contributing factor i can point to. Reporter some first said off camera is that there is a complicated timeconsuming paperwork process because of some past abuses by individual officers, every officer now has to fill out that