Race and yes, that beard. And goodbye to the greatest. Friends, fans and celebrities arrive in louisville for the funeral of muhammad ali, and matt joins us for a live preview today friday, june 10th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everybody. Welcome to today. Its friday morning, 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. We have carson. Matt is in louisville, kentucky where later today tens of thousands of fans along with a starstudded crowd is going to say goodbye to the champ. Muhammad ali. Good morning to you. Good morning. Its going to be a sad day here and inspiring day, a procession is just about to get under way through the streets of this city that muhammad loved and loved him in return. That will be emotional seeing people lining the streets, waving to the champ, one more time. As you mentioned behind me 15,000 or more people will be inside for a Memorial Service. There will be eulogi
Interim chief by former mayor jean quan. A year later he was officially appointed chief. Crime has dropped significantly under his tenure as chief. And this is the new man in charge of the opd, deputy chief ben fairow from the Bart Police Department stepping in as interim police chief as the city conducts a nationwide search for a new chief. Fairow has previously served as a captain in the oakland Police Department. He was also the commander of the internal affairs division. Were going to get more information on whents resignation at a News Conference later this morning. And some Community Activists are applauding this move. Well hear from one of them coming up in the next halfhour. Now live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Whents resignation last night was three weeks after San Franciscos police chief stepped down. Greg suhr resigned last month the same day that Police Fatally shot a woman in the bayview. Under his leadership the department facedded criticism over a number of Po
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He stepped down. More information around his resignation will be made public at a News Conference this morning. It comes amid an investigation into an underage sex scandal involving several officers and allegations of assault by an offduty officer. The city is expected to launch a nationwide search for its next police chief. Heres a look at the former chiefs background. Sean whent joined opd in 1994 in the patrol division. He worked his way up the ranks. In 2012 deputy chief. May 2013 interim chief. A year later appointed chief. Crime has dropped under his tenure as chief. The city announced deputy chief ben fairow from the Bart Police Department will be interim chief for now. He has worked with the oakland Police Department in the past. Sean whents resignation comes three weeks after San Franciscos police chief stepped down. Greg suhr resigned hours after officers killed a woman in the bayview. He had been under pressure to make changes after criticism over Previous Police shootings a